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Hi
Help needed on choosing a new bike for the wife.
She's 5ft 7". Her riding skills not that great, riding singletrack, fire roads, slight off road but nothing like Cannock.
26 or 29er?
We have tried giant talon 29er (not bad) fork not that great. It was a small frame in that bike.
Forme 26er 17" frame that was quite nice.
Just don't think she needs all the gears just 1 by 10, light.
May build our own but what? Scandal 29er?
Your opinions please.
Budget?
I'm 5'6, and have a genesis Mantle 20 29er, which I absolutely love, in a 17.5" frame. I also tried the Scott Contessa scale 29er and quite liked it, but I preferred the Genesis.
depends if she wants to improve riding skills or get into doing more singletrack really....the other option for a low faff bike could be an Alfine MTB? Again Genesis do one I think.
Budget is up to £800, also tried the Scott 29er but very heavy. Will look at your choices.
Yeah, the Scott did feel quite heavy, hence why I went for an extra £200 on the genesis. That's not super-light either, but it does handle very well. I had to cut the bar down though as the one that came with it was crazy wide for me.