Marin North Side Trail

Fantastic bike, I paid £499 which was more than I wanted to spend but once I saw the bike in the showroom I fell for it big time. It looks like you could ride through a mountain never mind over one. I have done about 100 miles in the 3 weeks I have had it and its been brilliant except for the way it was set up.

I bought the bike from On Yer Bike in Blackburn, I put a deposit on the bike on the Friday morning and asked for it to be set up and ready for collection on the following Monday. When i picked it up it clearly had not been touched by the staff. They sold me the bike without the air pressure in the back tyre being anything like it should have been. The brakes were not set up properly and were binding badly. Worse of all the gears were a nightmare, the bike didn't change up or down when i wanted them. They changed minutes later normally when under heavy load going up hills which isn't good.

Overall a superb bike - just make sure you buy one from somewhere decent, where they look after their customers