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@Wingedangel
I am a newbie here too...(though not to building bikes) but would never suggest to anyone that they buy a potentially murderous bike to anyone. It's just terrible advice, if he's a big guy...he will kill it or it will kill him within a hour/day/week?
He said he was looking for help...? how is that helpful? It's huuge fail and very bad advice.
Ride the mountain bike, leave it in a reasonably hard gear i.e one that makes you push a little and sweat a bit more, sit back for a couple of weeks whilst reading this damned forum more that the metro, and buy something that isn't made of cheese...
there have been a couple of decent bikes in here that have been built by competent forum peeps for the £250 mark...within the last month, and would be infinitely better than the unipack/create/angelfire option(whilst only coughing up another £60, which you would cough up on the unibomber within the first week?) Also those angel fire look ok...but are shit. anyone that paints a bike in a pretty colour that cannot mask off any of the bearing cups properly needs a kick in the arse.
good luck.