Mum got a bike!

[Swan]

So mum got a free bike today... a relative recently upgraded to a new bike and offered mum the one she was riding until now. To sweeten the deal (it was already free though!) they threw in a headlight, a rear led light, a bike rack, helmet, and paid for her fitting. Crazy stuff! Mum's stoked, though, and I can't blame her. :D
It's a GT Aggressor 7000 mountain bike, but aside from that, I know nothing about it! Google brought up a whopping three pages of private sales ads, and that was it... But she wants to know more, so I'm coming to you lot! Know anything about this bike?

[Owlie]

So mum got a free bike today... a relative recently upgraded to a new bike and offered mum the one she was riding until now. To sweeten the deal (it was already free though!) they threw in a headlight, a rear led light, a bike rack, helmet, and paid for her fitting. Crazy stuff! Mum's stoked, though, and I can't blame her. :D
It's a GT Aggressor 7000 mountain bike, but aside from that, I know nothing about it! Google brought up a whopping three pages of private sales ads, and that was it... But she wants to know more, so I'm coming to you lot! Know anything about this bike?
Awesome!

I like GT's mountain bikes, given the prices, even if they do seem to run big. Do you happen to know the model year? GT's catalog archive only goes back to 2009. The current Aggressor's an entry-level mountain bike.

Also, your mom might consider getting a new helmet. I'm not a huge fan of the idea of second-hand helmets. The styrene degrades over time, and you don't know if they've ever been crashed or dropped.

[goldfinch]

Here is the bikepedia link to that line of bikes: http://www.bikepedia.com/Quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2010&Brand=GT&Model=Aggressor&Type=bike#.UPyYsif_ry4

If you don't know the year you might figure it out by matching the bikepedia description to the bike. It looks like they make this bike for quite a few years.

If you mom plans to ride on pavement she might want to get away from knobby tires which may be on the bike and get some slick tires. That will make riding pavement a whole lot easier.

Now you have a riding partner, eh?