Want to buy a new bike

[Grant]

This is going to end in disaster. You can barely use your feet to walk, let alone operate light machinery haha.

That said;

-Lockable front suspension - why? If you are using it for a road bike to cycle to work, just get short travel suspension. Most lockable suspension comes in 120mm+ travel, which for a road bike is too much any way. You need to decide which you are going to be doing most, road riding or off road riding, and angle for that. You will never get a good bike for both, but just get stuck in the middle and when your off road keep saying to yourself this is shit. When your on the road you will be thinking jesus i wish i bought a road bike.

Spend about £800 on a second hand off road bike. You will get a really cracking steed for that. Then take that £200 thats left and invest it in a second hand cheap road bike.

That way you will have a bike specific to each. If you are coming this weekend have a spin around on my freeride hard tail. Take it up the park if you like.

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Avoid cable disc brakes big time. Go for either hydro discs (avoid shimano. Try and go for Avid or hope) or good quality V brakes.

In what dimension are v-brakes better for off road than cable discs? lol