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Any mountain bikers here?
My 10 year old son is really enjoying riding his bike and we live near are national park which has a large network of mountain bike trails. I'm keen to buy myself a bike and start riding with him.
I know nothing about mountain bikes, I've done a little research and determined that I need a hard tail with 29' wheels, light aluminium frame and hydraulic brakes, I don't want to spend more than $1000 and from what I've read that's about entry level. I was just going to pick one from this list - https://www.bikeexchange.com.au/blog/best-hardtail-mountain-bikes-2018-under-1000
If anyone has any advice/tips that would be great, I have considered picking up a second hand one from Gumtree but given I don't know much about bikes thought this could be a bit risky
Thanks
My 10 year old son is really enjoying riding his bike and we live near are national park which has a large network of mountain bike trails. I'm keen to buy myself a bike and start riding with him.
I know nothing about mountain bikes, I've done a little research and determined that I need a hard tail with 29' wheels, light aluminium frame and hydraulic brakes, I don't want to spend more than $1000 and from what I've read that's about entry level. I was just going to pick one from this list - https://www.bikeexchange.com.au/blog/best-hardtail-mountain-bikes-2018-under-1000
If anyone has any advice/tips that would be great, I have considered picking up a second hand one from Gumtree but given I don't know much about bikes thought this could be a bit risky
Thanks