YSbeginner

Is endurance key or is it very technical

How difficult is the 30km route? For a beginner?

What would you do if you havent been on a bike in years. Had just over a week till a 30km mtb race and no access to mtb to train with. You also havent been to the gym in around 2 months but will have a lot of time for the gym in that last week. Other than not take part.lol. How would you go about training for it if you were forced to.

Well it looks like general consensus is to stay away from a large:). Thanks for the advice, i'll keep looking. While we here, any views on small vs medium frame for my height? Just for interest the large bike was a GT Avalanche 3.0 ( heard its a good entry level bike).

Hi Just wanted to know what the downsides are to getting a bigger bike than i should. i know that at my height a small or medium bike would be a good fit. I'm a beginner and i can get a good deal on a second hand large framed bike. Just wanted general comments on using the wrong size bike, possibly from past experience.