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tayman137
12-28-09, 06:52 AM
Hi i am looking to buy a hardtail mountain bike from 250-450 pounds
this bike here looks good but he says it needs new sir clips inside the brake levers so what will that cost http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120511071180&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT link to bike
please post good bikes to buy

stapfam
12-28-09, 07:52 AM
Don't know if you would be able to get cir-clips for the levers but new levers can be had for less than £20 a pair.

Be wary of those new parts he has put on. Never heard of the forks and at £200 would not be much. Bike Might be worth £200 but the amount the current owner has spent on it means that the bike must have been unridable when he got it. Sounds like a bike that had been well used- but try the thing out before handing over any money.
24/7biker
12-29-09, 12:06 PM
the epicon fork on that bike is made by suntour http://www.srsuntour-cycling.com/SID=sib9f54a4cb3473d77802b8008f16fdf/index.php?screen=sh.product_category&tnid=2541.

bigbossman
12-29-09, 12:21 PM
Hi i am looking to buy a hardtail mountain bike from 250-450 pounds
this bike here looks good but he says it needs new sir clips inside the brake levers so what will that cost http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120511071180&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT link to bike
please post good bikes to buy

The bike at the link you provided is not a hard-tail.

HERE (http://sports.shop.ebay.co.uk/Bikes-/33503/i.html?Type=Mountain%2520Bike&Gender%252F%2520Age=Men%2527s&Condition=Used&Wheel%2520Size=26%2520inches&Suspension=Front%2520Suspension&_catref=1&_dmpt=UK_Bikes_GL&_fln=1&_npmv=3&_ssov=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=100&_udhi=450) are all the used hard-tail's I could find on UK eBay for between 100-450 pounds. You didn't state what size you're looking for, so you'll have to weed through the list.