When choosing your first new mountain bike, budgeting to spend £500 on the bike alone is a good place to start (you’ll also need money for a helmet, other essentials and perhaps the odd upgrade). There’s a wide range of decent bikes to choose from at this price and you’ll be certain to avoid the dreaded ‘bike shaped object’ that you can see available for hundreds of pounds less in supermarkets and the like.
To aid you in making the right choice, we consulted the bike buying experts at What Mountain Bike magazine for their advice. Here are their top five £500 bike buying tips…
1. The weight
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As cheaper mountain bikes are constructed using less fancy frame materials and weightier components, entry-level bikes tend to be on the heavier side.
A trail or cross country bike weighing much in excess of 14kg (31lbs) will likely feel heavy and cumbersome when riding (particularly uphill!) and be difficult to manhandle over stiles, fences or up stairs.
Fortunately there are a fair few bikes that tip the scales around the 13.5kg mark even at £500, such as the 13.6kg Canyon Grand Canyon AL 3.9.
2. The suspension system
3. The wheelsize
4. The frame design
5. The components
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