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Amit wrote:the gran couva track is 5 min east of couva fly over, just as you pass the entrance to the children hospital
please contact larry 678-7080 at cannondale shop for proper directions. At present there are no fees to use the track,
casper wrote:Details wrote:Good evening fellas looking for a good trail bike to buy I'm about 6ft and about 175lbs beginner at trail riding but looking to get very serious in it (hobby wise ) any advice is welcome as well thanks much in advance
Details....I lookin to get into mountain biking serious too...but jus like u I on a budget....same height as u and around same weight...I checked out the local dealers for trek (geronimos), specialized and giant (mike's bikes), and Fuji (bike inn) and they all have decent bikes for around $4k - $4.5k
I settled on the trek marlin 5 mainly cuz mike bike's doesn't have anything good from specialized at that price and they have very limited Giant branded bikes....d guy there kinda turn me off when I told him my budget and he tried convincing me to buy a specialized stuntjumper for $13,000...got upset and walked off....
bike inn has some nice mountain Fuji's but the trek marlin 5 for the price has a lot more features than the Fuji @ same price range and also geranimos offer lifetime warranty on trek frames PLUS in d event that u wanna eventually upgrade ur trek they do trade ins where u bring ur old trek and they give u in store credit towards ur upgrade...or downgrade for those who want to....also u get the 1 year after sale warranty on tune ups and repairs etc....not sure if Mike's does the same but I wasn't told by their sales clerk that they offer those services...
specialized and treks are d 2 main brands I focused on....preferred trek's support and the quality of their frames more tho....also the marlin 5 is a very good frame that is worthy of some sweet high end upgrades.
the marlin 5's main cons are the pedals, grips, and the fork...however u can get a nashbar verge pedal on amazon to replace the stock ones for like $40 US which is a rel bess pedal....and u can always buy replacement grips from ODI or raceface for like $20 on amazon....I personally ordered the raceface strafes to replace the stock grips...u can check them out...
also no matter what bike u get make sure and get somn to protect the chain stay....u can use an old tube and wrap it around with zip ties on d ends...or if u wanna buy somn amazon has a brand name lizard skin has some really affordable ones for like $7
hope all this helped
casper wrote:^^^The Marlin 5 costs $3990 brand new at geronimos...btw the lock on it is mechanical so u can only switch to lockout when all load is off the fork and not while loaded
cacasplat3 wrote:a complete bike attracts 20% duty and 12.5% VAT, which works up to be 35% on its value.
Bicycle parts on the other hand only attract VAT
Amit wrote:the gran couva track is 5 min east of couva fly over, just as you pass the entrance to the children hospital
please contact larry 678-7080 at cannondale shop for proper directions. At present there are no fees to use the track,
casper wrote:anyone know where to get some good quality helmets locally? Gene only has Bontrager...not sure what brand Mike sells but I assume it might be specialized...any places sells Bell or Fox?
cacasplat3 wrote:a complete bike attracts 20% duty and 12.5% VAT, which works up to be 35% on its value.
Bicycle parts on the other hand only attract VAT
Amit wrote:saturday the central group is requesting help to do some work at the Gran Couva trail. start time 745am , you all can come and check out the trail ,
PapaC wrote:Going to check out the trail in Gran Couva in the morning.
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