theboy":11pv8t1e said:If I have a mid range bike, that is a SS, and was originally a low/mid price, and it has XT cranks on cos they were all I had hanging around, can I enter it?
theboy":jbwsiu06 said:If I have a mid range bike, that is a SS, and was originally a low/mid price, and it has XT cranks on cos they were all I had hanging around, can I enter it?
John":jbwsiu06 said:To deal with a few points raised
-No parts from higher gruppos allowed, i.e. no XT or DX
Nah 200/300/400 etc are all learning to ride bikes and ride around town and not for mountains/hillocks.
An 'Mountain Bike' (in my eyes and probably Magazines at the time) would have a Deore or similar other manufacturer components.
MikeD":13ex5eft said:Nah 200/300/400 etc are all learning to ride bikes and ride around town and not for mountains/hillocks.
An 'Mountain Bike' (in my eyes and probably Magazines at the time) would have a Deore or similar other manufacturer components.
£300 was always considered "entry level" for actual off-road riding (by the magazines ;-) ), which would have been 300/400LX or so. My 1990 Trek 850 had Suntour XCE on it, that was £350 IIRC. The Fire Mountain of that year for similar money had mostly 300LX. Both entirely capable MTBs.