Sun Mountain Bikes

[Marcellus]

Has anyone heard of these, if so good/bad or indifferent?

Just I'm looking to buy a Mountain bike (all mine have been road bikes until now) and live next door to a Sun test centre and the shop owner says he'll do me a deal.....btw this is in France.

Also when buying a new mountain bike what should I be looking at/for in terms of what makes a good one or not..budget €2000 ish

[neil_bolton]

Don't you mean Sunn?

Either way, Sunn were big a while back, as ridden by Anne Caroline Chausson and Nico Vouiliez to World Cup victories.

They earned a good rep, but I'm not sure how they are now.

I seem to remember that Max Commencal was one of their designers, and left to start Commencal, so gawd knows who's there now.

Sorry I can't any further than that

You could always have a look at Lapierre bikes in France, very weel regarded, and very reasonably priced over there...

[Marcellus]

thnks neil and yes I did mean Sunn!!

[Gooby]

neil_bolton said:

You could always have a look at Lapierre bikes in France, very weel regarded, and very reasonably priced over there...

A friend has just purchased a Lapierre Zesty, very nice bike. We went on a mission trying any bike we could get for a test ride, the benchmark was my 5. The zesty was brilliant. Climbs really well, downhills like a rocket and looks beautiful.