Hi,

I’m about to buy my first decent bike and I found this one.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290077139371

It seems like a pretty good deal to me. Loads of X-Lite parts and it looks pretty cool.

Any advice would be great. Cheers!

It's not worth 400 sheets that's for sure

I'll bet no-one bids on it

What do you want to ride? It's a bit of a hybrid, a bit heavy for normal XC and a few too many gears for jumping and stuff.

Thanks for the advice! I'm looking for an all-rounder really. I've done quite a bit of XC but I've started doing a bit more downhill. Not much jumping. I don't want to abandon XC because it keeps me fit, and I can't afford 2 bikes! I certainly can't find anything else this good for this price brand new, and most others on ebay look like the've taken a good hammering.

It may fit the bill then, but as Kato says it's not worth £400. Anything you buy will be a compromise if you want to do DH & XC. Have think about what you'll do most of then you'll have a better idea of what will suit you.

I wouldnt touch it with a tungsten-carbide barge pole personally. If the bike's for all-round use and you're not dropping any huge jumps I'd start of with one of the below (probably the Giant) and build it up.

giant XTC

Kona Blast

Or in fact pretty much anything from that site.

I was also going to suggest a Kona Blast - Long travel hard tail which you will be able to throw downhill, and should be fine for XC.

Or a Saracen Zen