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Sounds like very different terrain than I am looking to ride. For me roads but very small ones but constant hills. Yea 90% road but I don't think so much so I would want a road bike and besides road bikes have super high gearing compared to mtbs! The little off-roading I could envision would...

Ahh will rule that one out then. I have plenty to go on with offers on this forum now it seems and the community here I will feel more comfortable putting money down than a random gumtree seller. Thanks :).

Reynolds, lol, no I think not. Those are the good frames right? This is just a cheap by the numbers 'full sus' offering that people here would call 'BSO'. It is even a girls bike, not that I knew until I looked it up and would not have known any different had I not found that out. I simply want...

Not really I am getting a lot closer to knowing what I want as I see more offers. I realized, and the seller agreed, that the Diamond Back was not right for me as, given more thought, the gears are not low enough on that and would have to buy smaller contemporary crank and bigger cassette on...

That is what I gathered from the bit of searching around I did after the bike came up for sale. Sounds like other companies which had a great reputation at one point, like Raleigh when they were made in Wales but through getting sold off they end up selling BSOs and get a bad name. The story...

What is the cheapest way to improve the Diamond Back I have posted since the current gearing seems to high as 44t I was told is the chainring! Less options for chainrings for ZEE hollowtech 2 BBs it seems. Do they even do 2x? 34t seems the smallest option and in that case I would be stuck with...

Wow I just had a look and they are going for like 30 quid a pair. Why so prized? I remember the local bike charity shop I used to go just flung me one with a bunch of others and sold it to me for like a quid or two! Of course I had no idea of its value at the time however I chose it simply...

Thanks, hmm so the diamond back is overall a good bike, regards the make? If you ride bikes even bigger and same size as me then sounds fine. It seems a great price and a chance to try out the new 1x systems while still giving me the option to go 2x / 3x on a new crank if I want. Is having a...

Thanks but as mentioned earlier not an ebay user (political objector).

Thanks, I will have to do more research then as my reading had been focused on 3x/freewheel systems! 42t still too low for me, I would want at least 46. I would want as many teeth as I can get before the price ramps up in the extreme to £xxx for the 50t and such though I think there are...

Last bike I got for free the frame was massive. No idea the size but with seat all the way down, iirc, I would be on tippy toes. Didn't bother me and I think I read that for hill riding, which is what I want to do most, it is not an issue and even a benefit? I remember we would be advised, again...

5' 10"...is that ok?

@Tootyred Check this out!!!: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/nice-lightweight-diamond-back-axis-1994.484206/ Looks like just the ticket of the OP, and what you suggested, all in a neat package, ready to go, right?

Thanks! I was getting a lot of stick from other members here, and even accused of being a troll, for being too fussy just because I am new as if I am not allowed to be discerning about what I want before I have x years experience under my belt. I am 5' 10". I would be looking for posting...

So acolyte would require new shifter? Ok well I am not set on that one. I can just swap out for shimano cues is that ok? https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Shimano-CUES-CS-LG300-9-speed-Cassette_263112.htm Price seems the same anyway, and even cheaper than the microshift yet still same max tooth sprocket.

Yes as to the last sentence what is the max dinner plate that the current derailleur would support (and what is max tooth currently)? If it could handle it I would be looking to put something like this on there...

Ohh just reading the specs and 1x8 gives me a lot of options for upgrades eh in the contemporary direction? What is current tooth lowest? What is the max sprocket low I could fit on current derailleur? With the current BB what is that? Is it different to square taper meaning I would need to...

I am spoilt for choice now!

Did it go?

I have a better idea what I am looking for now! 58/94.