There are people who will talk about how much mountain bikes have improved in the last few years and that may be true but mountain biking has been a sport for 30ish years.
Mountain bikes under 500 reddit.
Gt aggressor sport pro 475.
With that in mind when choosing mountain bikes under 500 the mongoose malus fat tire bike was the most logical choice.
We re talking about the the basic prevelo alpha four.
Wouldn t recommend under roscoe 7 the 2019 lineup starting with the roscoe 7 at 1150 are solid bikes.
Mongoose makes many different types of bicycles but we like their mtb line the most.
Decent fork dropper 1x10 deore drivetrain.
Scott aspect 970 449.
I will go back and try to link each of these bikes at each of their prices.
This mtb review page would not have been complete without a fat bike as they are becoming more and more popular.
I decided to do some research on bikes in the 500 and under range just because it s what i was willing to spend for my first mtb.
It was fun on bikes 30 years ago so there s no reason you can t ride an older bike.
So i made a list of some top name brands out there all 499 or less.
P mongoose malus has a set of mechanical disc brakes which might need more strength in your fingers to fully engage but they brake much more efficiently than v brakes.
Combine the disc brakes with the wtb ranger 29 tires and you ve got traction for days.
I ride an older mountain cycles frame with parts from a donor bike that had a cracked frame.
Decent fork dropper 1x10 deore drivetrain.
1250 specialized fuse base model has dropper post air fork boost spacing front and rear.