 hiya all just got a new bike 2 days ago bought for me by my wife and daughter as an early fathers day present ( she is only seven so i guess i funded her half ) LOL they bught me a diamondback m-05 had a couple of days fun on the compulsary down the canal towpath have not taken it seriously off road yet plan to go to cannock chase soon what do you guys rate as a good first bike and i hope mines in the list
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 Depends where you live, best to have a shakedown period first and get used to the new bike if you havent ridden for a while.
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 Hi there Mark I got a pair of pedals for fathers day so i guess you were lucky  What bikes a good 1st bike. One with wheels & brakes is a good start. Honestly, dont worry about it untill you start riding and then you will quickly find out how good the bike is
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 As long as the bike is the right size, and you feel comfortable riding it, then I don't think it really matters to be honest (as long as it's not made of cheese).
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 Hello Yep.. I agree, wot they sed.. It doesn't matter too much what you ride as long as it won't fall apart at the first sight of mud/rocks. Your bike looks fine for a starter bike anyway (sorry, not meaning to sound patronising). If you start venturing off-road properly, for example getting into trail-centre riding, then it'd be a good idea to upgrade to some properly grippy tyres. Other than that the rest of the bike should be fine while you're getting into it. For what it's worth I know plenty of riders on £1.5k bikes who can't ride for toffee... have fun! 
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no offence dan i am a starter at xc my mates looked at my bike and said the tyres are ok for trial riding so hopefully fingers crossed it goes ok wednesday at cannock chase and i dont crash and burn at the first attempt
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ps i have chewed on the bike and definately not cheese 
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That's always a good sign
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Fairy Nuff Mark - some beginner bikes do come with half decent treads on them. It's usually the really, really, really cheap bikes that have tyres made of teflon..
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ps i have chewed on the bike and definately not cheese
And it's not chocolate wrapped in foil?
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good morning All well i survived cannock chase and so did my bike with the heat it did not melt so i think chocolate covered in foil is out aswell it may actually be a real bike really enjoyed it so off again tomorrow hope its not as hot and i think my fitness needs working on got halfway up a hill legs turned to jelly seemed to stay vertical for a few seconds then just collapsed into the bracken soft landing ....... LOL think im going to enjoy this
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 Better start preparing your wife to being a mountain bike widow Mark!
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 And start saving  Welcome to your new addiction.
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its the point at which you start to think that a £1500 bike isn't 'good enough' because it's not a boutique brand, that you have to worry . . . 
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How is the red thing now?
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Hey Mark. What's Cannock Chase like from a beginners point of view? Got a friend that's new to riding and we're thinking of going somewhere for a big day out. So far he's only really been on wide open bridlepaths.
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hiya Davidian, Yeah definately give it a go just got to take it steady till he gets used to the bike and the track its definately a tester see if its what you want to do my mate took me on the red trail " follow the dog " couple of moody hills to climb but the downhill side is well worth it just tell him to take it easy on the jumps i got a bit over confident and found that the trees have a habit of jumping out on you  LOL but its good first time round was fun its all new and exciting
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How is the red thing now? Well feck loads better since Jamie@Balfa worked his magic on the shock and fitted a spring for my weight. I'm still only getting 5'' of travel out of it but have yet to tinker properly - it's feels faster than the Reign even with only 5'' of travel! tis rather nice but shouldn't have cost me quite so much to get it that way... sorry for thread hijack Mark!
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As long as the bike is the right size, and you feel comfortable riding it, then I don't think it really matters to be honest (as long as it's not made of cheese). If its a cheese bike you would need one made of Emmantel as the holes would make it lighter.
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 Cheese rolls quite well! Lunatics 
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