Dear all,
I am too asking for advice of the knowledgeable community before I bite the bullet and hit that buy button.
Recently decided that a gravel bike is not enough and I’d like to try MTB – **in and around Munich, Germany**. I now see what seem to be some pretty good deals:
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|Model|Price|comment|
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|[Orbea Occam H30](https://99spokes.com/en-DE/bikes/orbea/2023/occam-h30)|around 1550 Eur||
|[Marin Rift Zone Carbon 1](https://www.marinbikes.com/ww/bikes/2023-rift-zone-29-carbon-1)|around 1800 Eur||
|[Canyon Neuron 5](https://www.canyon.com/en-de/mountain-bikes/trail-bikes/neuron/al/neuron-5/3165.html?dwvar_3165_pv_rahmenfarbe=WH%2FBK&dwvar_3165_pv_rahmengroesse=M)|around 1800 Eur|not a deal, kinda regular price|
|[Orbea Occam H20 LT](https://99spokes.com/en-DE/bikes/orbea/2023/occam-h20-lt)|around 1750 Eur||
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**I am 33 y.o., 66 kg, 175 cm and this will be my first MTB experience**. I am rather risk averse, so probably won’t even try any of the scary stuff out there, but I’m interested in finding out how far this journey will take me. **Probably will try to train for a trans-Alp and try out the local trails, as well as take an MTB course.** I am interested in going both up and down
In general, I guess **Occam H30** would be enough for me, definitely for the start. However, I would probably need to upgrade the brakes at some point – which I won’t do myself, so I guess it’s gonna cost something like 200-300 Eur. Which alone bridges the gap to the more expensive bikes where I probably won’t need to upgrade anything.
Also I kinda like the looks (silly reason, yeah) of the **Marin**, but scared a bit that it has a carbon main triangle (which sounds cool, tho). I am quite careful with equipment, but don’t want to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown every time I get on a packed train with it.
I don’t think I need the long travel of the **Occam H20**, but it has better components than the H30.
As for **Canyon**, I guess it’s not the best deal of the 4.
So what do you guys think? Many thanks in advance!
by __dont_mind_me_