Hi,
I'm new to this forum and don't know much about mountain bikes so please excuse my ignorance.
I decided to buy a good easy rolling MTB for trails in the country side, along the beach and in São Paulo which is quite hilly.
A friend of mine has a GT Karakoram 3.0 2011 model which has a smooth ride that I quite like. I am currently doubting between the GT Karakoram 1.0 (2012 or 2013 model) that has quite good reviews or the new 2014 GT Karakoram Elite model. The 1.0 seems to have slightly better specs but I don't know enough about mountain bikes to tell how big this difference really is ; )
So my question, is the 2014 Elite a followup of the 1.0 model? How similar are they? The Elite is a little cheaper, the tires seem a bit faster which I like and there's a white color option that is quite nice. Because of this I'm inclined towards the Elite model but maybe I should I go for the 1.0 instead?
I cannot find much information or reviews of the GT Elite online so I decided to post this here.
Thanks!
I'm new to this forum and don't know much about mountain bikes so please excuse my ignorance.
I decided to buy a good easy rolling MTB for trails in the country side, along the beach and in São Paulo which is quite hilly.
A friend of mine has a GT Karakoram 3.0 2011 model which has a smooth ride that I quite like. I am currently doubting between the GT Karakoram 1.0 (2012 or 2013 model) that has quite good reviews or the new 2014 GT Karakoram Elite model. The 1.0 seems to have slightly better specs but I don't know enough about mountain bikes to tell how big this difference really is ; )
So my question, is the 2014 Elite a followup of the 1.0 model? How similar are they? The Elite is a little cheaper, the tires seem a bit faster which I like and there's a white color option that is quite nice. Because of this I'm inclined towards the Elite model but maybe I should I go for the 1.0 instead?
I cannot find much information or reviews of the GT Elite online so I decided to post this here.
Thanks!