I'm being offered a Rocky Mountain Elevation 2002 with Hope Mini disc upgrade all in for £800 (new bike, friendly dealer).
My riding is probably intermediate (used to be pretty good but have let my last bike get a little rusty) and is pretty much all off-road: some muddy forest trails, plenty of awful hillclimbs and some excellent screaming forest and gravel track downhills.
I have no particular views on the hardtail vs full sus debate, other than I suppose a full sus would be more comfy (!), and I suppose you can get a better spec and lighter hardtail for the same money. That said I tested the new Haro Extreme X2 the other day and thought it rode like a Raleigh Grifter.
"Kevin Sheldrake" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]... | Hi, | | I'm being offered a Rocky Mountain Elevation 2002 with Hope Mini disc upgrade all in for £800 (new | bike, friendly dealer). | | My riding is probably intermediate (used to be pretty good but have let my last bike get a little | rusty) and is pretty much all off-road: some muddy forest trails, plenty of awful hillclimbs and | some excellent screaming forest and gravel track downhills. | | I have no particular views on the hardtail vs full sus debate, other than I | suppose a full sus would be more comfy (!), and I suppose you can get a better spec and lighter | hardtail for the same money. That said I tested the | new Haro Extreme X2 the other day and thought it rode like a Raleigh Grifter. | | Any thoughts on my terrible dilemma? | | Kev |
