Originally Posted by
fietsbob
So You saw all those bikes the OP was considering?
In Essence a Mountain bike is not service free.. If you use it in the mountains . you will break stuff.
No, you want. If you abuse it, yes you may break stuff. If you use it? No. There is nothing wrong with used mountainbikes. Regardless of what some people around here may claim mountainbikes do not have a service life of a year.
You can try to hide your bad advice behind the old coot act, but at the end of the day it is still bad advice.