Thread: Mountain Biking Noob

i'd limit things to a hard tail (no rear suspension) and cable disc brakes. rear suspension causes you to lose a lot of downward "push" and you tend to go up and down not forwards (yeah ok you can get one with a lock out but its something you forget.... ) unless you plan on doing a lot of down hill its also just more weight. hydralics are nice but a bit harder to work on if something goes wrong.

larger wheel size allows your tyre to "roll over" obstacles same thing as truck wheel size i guess. make sure you get a good lighting system (headtorchs work ok but you really need a good red tail light) as i'm sure you know doing a lot of driving, bikes pop up out of nowhere.

has been a few years since i've been on my bike was well.... might just motivate me to dust it off