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I wouldn't buy anything that was both 26" and fucked tbh
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You are unlikely to discover you like mountain biking if you try it out on a fucked up old 26er, more likely you will be “this is hard and unpleasant”.
Either borrow a decent bike from a friend or hire something or bite the bullet and buy a not fucked 29er.
Speaking as someone who recently went from riding a fucked 26er to riding a proper swish 29er, the difference is night and day, and it’s way more fun with a better bike.
Howard
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@EliasV
Hi all,
I'm thinking about getting into mountain biking and I don't know if I will like it, nor if I will do it a lot.
I wanted to buy a second hand bike and got my eye in a cheap Wilier 18 Carati. It's from 2008 or something, had 26 inch wheels (v brake, but there are dis brake tabs) and it has a seized front shock
The bike looks pretty shitty tbh but it's relatively cheap (like less then 100 euros).
Do you all reckon I should go ahead and buy it, maybe upgrade the groupset and convert to disk brake? Or would it be a better idea to get a newer 27.5 or 29er?