One guy is offering a Simplon hardtail bike for little more than 200eur. I only saw a photo, however it looks something from arround 1995. This guy bought it second hand three years ago and knows little/nothing about this bike (on the phone he could not explain wether is cromo or aluminium). I belive it is alu, since its back triangle is made from squared tubes. As I remember they were a classy bikes back then and they were offering some pretty light bikes.
What is your experience on used alu bikes? I was never fund of it, since so many guys had problems with cracking it. One good thing is that it has forks, so less stress was put on on the bike front side.
Is it wise to buy a third hand aluminium mountain bike?
I found some old Simplon catalogue from 1995 and compared it to the photo on internet, and bike looks very close to the one on the pictre below, geomtry is slightly different. I think the best thing would be to start the car and go and check, though is a little far away.
What is your experience on used alu bikes? I was never fund of it, since so many guys had problems with cracking it. One good thing is that it has forks, so less stress was put on on the bike front side.
Is it wise to buy a third hand aluminium mountain bike?
I found some old Simplon catalogue from 1995 and compared it to the photo on internet, and bike looks very close to the one on the pictre below, geomtry is slightly different. I think the best thing would be to start the car and go and check, though is a little far away.
