Mountain Bike

[R R]

I have a relatively inexpensive Mountain Bike I bought several years ago for pleasure riding.
Question is, could a cheap mountain bike handle real mountains and tough terrain? The last thing I
want to do is be stuck carrying my bike home when I'm far from it.

Cheers,

Remo Rosati, author DIVINE INTERVENTION http://www15.brinkster.com/div2003 Now available at over
50,000 bookstores

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[Ignatz Q. Mouse]

R R wrote:
> I have a relatively inexpensive Mountain Bike I bought several years ago for pleasure riding.
> Question is, could a cheap mountain bike handle real mountains and tough terrain? The last thing
> I want to do is be stuck carrying my bike home when I'm far from it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Remo Rosati, author DIVINE INTERVENTION http://www15.brinkster.com/div2003 Now available at over
> 50,000 bookstores
>
>
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Depends. There be good bikes for low $$$ and lousy bikes for high $$$$. Perhaps you can find a
name/model and material sticker on the frame. Also, helpful what kind of group it's outfitted with,
Shimano XTR, XT, LX, etc.

Lastly, pose the question under rec.bicycles.tech

I'm still bombing around on a 10 year old Cannondale Delta V600 (hardtail with the early headshock,
about 1" of suspention, upfront) it does quite well on real mountains, despite having been bought
when I rode the flat-as-pancake trails of the Saginaw Valley.

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