[Archaea]

As if the Archaea household does not have enough diversions, Mrs. Archaea just returned from her first weekend as a successful mountain biker, pocketing 400 bucks for her wins.

She did this on an ill-fitting borrowed, heavy bike.

Thus, while we are not looking for top of the line equipment, we are looking for an introduction to MBing. We know the best stuff has dual suspensions that can lock up going up the hill but become suspensions down the hill.

We want cross country bikes.

What are reasonable recommendations?

Mrs. Archaea, Mr. Archaea and Archaea junior wish to pursue this new endeavor to gain more overall fitness. I'm cheap but not easy, or maybe I'm easy but not cheap.