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bacon World Chat Champion
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Posted: 17:52 - 14 May 2018 Post subject: Used bike advice for brother |
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Hi all, my brother is looking at getting into push bikes, think he wants to get fit on some trails around the nearby woods, nothing too steep etc.
He's found 2 bikes on scumtree, I just was interested in some feedback you could have for him. His budget is low, around £200-250 max. Are either any good? The trek looks tidy and is a lot newer, the Orange from my research would have cost around a grand new so my thoughts were it should be a decent spec. But I don't know how qaulity translates over the years at the price ranges we are looking at.
Trek caliber 7
https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/trek-x-caliber-7-mountain-bike-2014-29er-blackred/1295709260
Orange evo4
https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/orange-evo-4-limited-edition-rare/1298652718
Any feedback would be great
Cheers
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bacon World Chat Champion
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Posted: 22:38 - 14 May 2018 Post subject: |
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Cheers for the quick replies, we went to look at the Orange earlier and took it home. He got it for £190.
Looks to be in decent nick considering its age, few scratches, I had to adjust the head bearings as they had some excess play and gave the chain/sprockets/cassette an oil, aside that it looks rather good.
I only have a cheapy Carerra Vulcan I bought back in 2012, but I'll go out with him and see if I can reignite the push bike flame! Back when I was a teenager I had a DMR sidekick with DMR cranks, pedals etc, marzocchi z1 forks, hope big uns, hope c2 hydraulic calipers and discs etc, good little slalom/jump bike!
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