Bounty Full Suspension Mountain Bike - 18 Speed Shimano Gearing, Zoom Suspension Forks, Disc Brakes, Light Alloy Rims - Bikes for Men

I love the ride, It feels comfortable going through rocky terrains. Easy to install. Basically only the pedals, the front wheel and the handle bar were in need of fitting. Necessary tools are given (3 sizes allan Key, and a multipurpose bicycle wrench) you do need to inflate tyres ( no pump included), they are tubed. Decent travel in both suspension. It had some chain slap but if you have basic diy skills and some tutorial video you should be able to torque the derailleur.(If you fear you may mess it up, I highly suggest you go to a repair shop to get some of the tinkering done for perfect riding experience). Now obviously quality of seat and pedal material are some of compromises you have to take when going for such value. (I bought it for ~£250). However, the bike does feel premium. A tad bit in the medium heavy side. You can easily push it up a flight of stairs but can't carry it up.

I've had this bike for 2 months now, straight out of the box, the brake discs were warped and rubbing, and then they needed adjusting, the gears were skipping and needed adjusting, and the chain was slapping, after going through all of these things, the bike rode fine for a while.After about 3 weeks of daily use, the grips started becoming tacky and soft, smooth, and malleable, like sticky putty(no chemicals ever came in contact.)After about 6 weeks of use(all commuting on paved roads) the front shocks are now creaking and squeaking over every bump and groove, no amount of oiling will help, they aren't compressing smoothly, and of course this bike doesn't have a suspension lockout for the front.Heavy, cumbersome, slow, and kinda crappy, but at least it's cheap and looks comparatively nice.

This is a nice bike for the current price of £211. It was a bit more expensive than that, but the price has been dropped and I think the new price is very reasonable for what you get.<EDIT> It's now gone up to £379, and immediately been discounted to £301, which is not good value at all for this bike. It was marginal at £211. </EDIT>The bike has an aluminium, full suspension frame. The swingarm is also alloy, but the forks and handlebars are steel. To be honest, the forks are a bit of a letdown - they are very springy and have no damping at all. However, a decent set of forks costs more than this entire bike, so you do have to expect a few compromises!So let's do the 'managing expectations' bit first. This is an alloy-framed full-suspension bike for £200. A 'real' mountain biker is going to give it a right panning, but that would be undeserved at this price. What you get is a nicely made, entry-level bike with cable disc brakes and 18-speed Shimano gears. It's finished very nicely in a satin grey paint and has 27.5" wheels.That makes it enormous, by the way. Mrs. Z had her eyes on it when it arrived, but it's far too big for her. It's almost too big for me, and I'm just shy of six feet tall. The frame is designed with a lot of clearance under the bottom bracket, which makes the seat very far from the ground when its set for optimal pedalling efficiency. Of course, for off-road use, you would set the seat lower and be standing most of the time.This is where the bike shows its weakness. As a full-suspension bike, it has serious off-road aspirations, but the rest of the hardware isn't really robust enough for serious off-road use. I like a full-suspension frame because the roads around here are in terrible condition, and the hardware fitted to this bike is ideal for commuting and town use. The geometry of the frame isn't, though.The bike is slightly caught between two camps. It's not quite tough enough to be a 'proper' off-road bike, but the off-road features compromise its performance on-road.The bike arrived in a massive cardboard box. Reading the labels on the box was interesting. The bike started life in Pakistan, and traveled to Taiwan, 3000 miles in the wrong direction, before being shipped to the UK. That's a long way. I'm not convinced that cycling is an environmentally-friendly alternative to using the car if every bike travels nine thousand miles across the world by boat before it arrives here...Lifting it out of the box was 'fun', as it's partially dismantled and all the parts are attached together with zip-ties. Everything was carefully wrapped in cardboard, and a few minutes carefully cutting it off revealed that the bike had survived its epic journey without a mark. Impressive.All the tools to assemble it were in the box, and it took less time to assemble than it did to unpack. I just had to put the wheels on, fit the handlebars, seat and pedals. Even the brake levers were lined up where I wanted them - and the right way around. The front brake is operated by the right-hand lever, like it should be (bikes destined for the USA have the front brake on the left). There was even a bell. The front brake disc was perfectly aligned between the pads, and the rear needed only a minor adjustment.Trying to decide the star rating is really difficult. It's a nice bike for a good price - It's much cheaper than the sum of its parts. It's attractive and well made. But it uses budget parts where an upgrade would have made a big difference. If this was £50 more expensive but had a better rear shock and forks with better damping, it would be an easy four stars. That £50 would be worth spending, because the rest of the bike is worth it. As it is right now, four stars feels a little generous but it doesn't deserve a critical review (three stars is considered to be negative). Three and a half stars...