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What is the best downhill mountain bike you can get?

What is a good downhill mountain bike i can get for £400?

  • i wanna get a dual suspension mountain bike with a good name like 'specialized' or 'trek', i know for £400 you wont get anything near the best but i dont mind spending money after doing it up and buying better parts...i did downhill mountain biking at the french alps last year..and i want to get my own bike to take...so any suggestions and links please thanks :))

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    When you went to the Alps, did you rent a bike? Which make and model? Find out and then find out how much that bike would sell for. I bet it wouldn't be 400, probably several times as much. What makes you think you could safely do downhill riding on a bike at that price? Downhill bikes take tremendous punishment and even expensive ones sometimes break. Buying a bike to upgrade is a losing proposition. Aftermarket parts cost several times as much as those same parts on a new bike, plus you already pay for those parts that you take off. Basically you need to spend more for a bike. Think about how much you are prepared to spend on upgrades. Look up the prices of quality components on the internet, it isn't hard to do. Add the price of all those parts to the price you want to pay and see how great a bike you could have bought

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Like everyone else says,... you can't buy a D/H bike fro £400 and live to tell the tale. But with a bit of research; by the magic of ebay... there is an online store called "Tingmax" who sell 2nd handparts. I had quick look and you could kit out a Santa Cruz Bullit with triple crown forks.... for £550 schweet.

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Spend £400 for a DH bike and you'll enjoy about 30 seconds of cycling. You could get an entry-level hardtrail in sale at that price (got my son a Kona half priced from Merlin Cyles last year). It really does depend on the typr of terrain too, I go to Annecy in France with a Boardman Team and it handles it fine

You wont get a down hill bike for that amount and you cant upgrade it to work either. A full suspension bike for that amount wont take the punishment.

You're on the right track -- go for bikes from the big manufacturers. But try multiplying that budget by at least five or six times if you want to get a real, albeit entry-level, DH bike.

400 quids? Its kinda low but you may find some low priced full sussers in paulscycles.co.uk, winstanleysbikes.co.uk and wiggle.co.uk---

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