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I have been deliberating for a while how I can get into mountain biking on a budget and I've been looking for a retro MTB for a long time. I haven't got the money for something newer and this will really be just for bashing wheelies and short trips.
Anyway, everyone is clearing out their uni rooms this week and this bike was 2 minutes from mine with 'free bike' written on some paper taped to it. It is way too small for me, being 6ft5 (I think every mountain bike I've ever looked at is), but I reckon it's worth keeping.
It is a complete dawes, with shimano 200GS groupset with biopace chainrings. No idea about the wheels or anything else. I've never really messed about with mountain bikes or canti brakes before so this should be a learning process for me.
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