Hi all,
I've decided to get into mountain biking. I haven't ridden anything for 10 years, and back then I was pretty much just riding around town. I'll be selling an old project car to fund the purchase, so I get one chance to buy the the right bike, as it is unlikely I will save the amount needed to buy another bike in the foreseeable future. I plan to do a bit of everything xc, trail, light downhill, etc. and probably ride it to work too. I done a bit of research and had a chat with the guy at the LBS and i'm liking the sound of a 29er full suspension 5"ish of travel. So this has me slightly in love with the 2012 stumpjumper fsr comp 29. I love the attention to detail on this bike and have read pretty glowing reviews about it. A cheaper alternative I found was the gt sensor 9r but I couldn't find much opinion about this bike. Anyway to my question, i'm pretty sure the LBS guy thinks this is too much bike for me, what do you think? And please don't say get a hard tail.
Thanks,
Andor.
I've decided to get into mountain biking. I haven't ridden anything for 10 years, and back then I was pretty much just riding around town. I'll be selling an old project car to fund the purchase, so I get one chance to buy the the right bike, as it is unlikely I will save the amount needed to buy another bike in the foreseeable future. I plan to do a bit of everything xc, trail, light downhill, etc. and probably ride it to work too. I done a bit of research and had a chat with the guy at the LBS and i'm liking the sound of a 29er full suspension 5"ish of travel. So this has me slightly in love with the 2012 stumpjumper fsr comp 29. I love the attention to detail on this bike and have read pretty glowing reviews about it. A cheaper alternative I found was the gt sensor 9r but I couldn't find much opinion about this bike. Anyway to my question, i'm pretty sure the LBS guy thinks this is too much bike for me, what do you think? And please don't say get a hard tail.
Thanks,
Andor.