Originally Posted by
RaleighSport
Guys, if you would like to actually be of use to her instead of arguing amongst ourselves about what would be best here goes.
The situation as she explained it to me 100-250 bike budget, she's now rechecking used on craigslist rather than ordering BSO (Up to her not us though), she has 3 mountain bikes to tinker with, all with 26" wheels, we've covered what bikes direct offers in the 250-300 range, and I think she now wants to really decide between wrenching a bike from her backyard or buying used... we covered some cheaper tool sets and things like that but please help her out.
Some of these details would have been really handy to have in the first post.
To newbies: Give us some background to work with so we can taylor our answers to
your needs, rather than going by what we, and the other cyclists we know, do or want to do.