Under £500

Is it possible to buy a bike for learning on for under £500 ?

I jumped on my mates boys QR50 and I want something a bit more suited for
someone who 6 feet tall ! Only for thrashing round a field no jumps or
anythng involved.

Any good second hand bikes to be had for this sort of cash ?

Cheers

Bulla

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:09:47 +0100, "Bulla"
<bulla@*spam*.gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:

>Is it possible to buy a bike for learning on for under £500 ?
>
>I jumped on my mates boys QR50 and I want something a bit more suited for
>someone who 6 feet tall ! Only for thrashing round a field no jumps or
>anythng involved.
>
>Any good second hand bikes to be had for this sort of cash ?

Secondhand bikes? Yes. Good ones? No. Clapped-out motocrossers
certainly used to go for this sort of money privately a couple of
years back but expect bodges, knackered chassis bearings, chains &
sprockets, weeping fork seals and yet more bodges.

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-Pip