I mean, that’s about as cheap as a brand new bike is gonna get, so… it’s a bike. Just being honest with you that no £350 bike is going to be a very good bike, it will be cheap materials (heavy) and cheap parts (maybe repairable, maybe not) but for £105 you can’t really go too far wrong but don’t expect ‘good’ just ‘okay’… otherwise, save up a bit more and buy a nice used bike a couple of years old with higher quality bits and pieces. Just my opinion.
i agree to start second hand and by the time you start to find stuff annoying about your bike you’ve learnt enough to make a good judgement for your next one.
any new mtb for less than 500 (€/$/£) is pound foolish before you know it
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I mean, that’s about as cheap as a brand new bike is gonna get, so… it’s a bike. Just being honest with you that no £350 bike is going to be a very good bike, it will be cheap materials (heavy) and cheap parts (maybe repairable, maybe not) but for £105 you can’t really go too far wrong but don’t expect ‘good’ just ‘okay’… otherwise, save up a bit more and buy a nice used bike a couple of years old with higher quality bits and pieces. Just my opinion.
https://www.halfords.com/bikes/mountain-bikes/carrera-vulcan-mens-mountain-bike-limited-edition—s-m-l-xl-frames-167995.html
I thought this was a decent spec for £300
i agree to start second hand and by the time you start to find stuff annoying about your bike you’ve learnt enough to make a good judgement for your next one.
any new mtb for less than 500 (€/$/£) is pound foolish before you know it