Merida 40 MD Review

Hi Folks! First of all i want to thank BBC(Bangalore Bikers Club) Members for posting such a wonderful and useful information in the forum for all the cycling enthusiasts.The BBC forum has proved to be extremely useful for me to decide on my new bike.
Initially i had decided to buy Firefox Target, after visiting the Firefox Bike station at CMH road and Chickpet, i felt that Firefox dealers need training on their soft skills & how to interact with their customers. As a customer we will be thinking twice when we are investing such a big amount on the bicycle!
After goggling a lot i found that trek 3700 as is a better entry level bike, Some how i was convinced myself to go for Trek 4300(Orange) especially looking at the paint job and the Matt finish of the bike. i must say its a eye candy :) My bad luck it was out of stock!! Before all this I had done some home work and shortlisted some of the best in class bikes. Trek 3700(RED), Trek (4300), Merida 40 V and Merida 40 MD were the choice I made. Finally one day it happened to visit Venky's shop and purchased MY MERIDA MATTS SUB 40 MD from Wheel Sports, Merida Junction Bangalore.
I had finaliszed to buy Trek 4300, due to some personal choice on color i had to drop it :( Never the less my roomy is going to buy trek 4300 Orange or Silver in short. We can exchange daily :)
Merida bike looks good as you can see from the photographs. All the components in the bike are made up of good quality materials and feel like they are worth for the money(Paisa Vasool). Looks Trendy and decent. I used to own a Hercules TOP GEAR and Hercules MTB before this and the bike was as heavy, But this bike is light weight and easier to handle.
Front forks RST Gila have lockup feature. Suspension is the best in this bike, You can feel the difference in one ride
Front and rear Shimano Mechanical disk brakes have a excellent braking power and they look damn cool.
One can enjoy the late breaking power with Merida 40 MD, zig-zag fly down hill without the fear of breaking failure!


The bike has saddle(Which is very hard though, need to get used to it), Front and rear wheel quick release like any other high end bikes have.
Shimano shifters. Excellent, Smoother and easy to use.


More reviews yet to come... :) Hope this blog is useful to choose your new bike.