Very good solid bike

its a rearlly good bike, very few fault. it can take a beating and is brilliant all all kinds of terrain. there was one fault that occured from the beginning on the 2011 version of the bike that i got. that is that the brakes on the bike had issues and needed to be bleeded at least once a week! halfords however upgraded the brakes to a better spec for free.

the tyres taht come with the bike are rearly good and grippy, however they do wear fast ecspessially on tarmac.

also the chain that comes with the bike wears quickly eccspecially if you do alot of sandy trails like i do.

i recently completed a 50 mile technical mountain bike ride, and i am glad i choose to take the carrera rather than my cube anulog as even know it was heavy on the hills, it was very very good during the technical parts, and it stuck to the dirt and held its line.

i would reccomend this bike to anyone that is into mountain biking, beginner or regular rider, as it is cheep to buy and is very very good value for money.

the only other complain i have is that there should be a diffrent colour scheme as im not keen on the grey orange and black :P

susspension is rearly good for value, with plenty of travel!