Upped budget! final choice!

Panhandling Prince

Hi guys

I have managed to find some extra cash for my imeninant XC bike purchase and have 2 strong contenders, the Trek 6700 Disc and the Giant XTC 2.5. Have ridden both, and both ride nice. Both ideal for XC racing and trail riding.

If it was your £800 squid where would it go and why?

No stupid statments on alternatives please. Genuine help needed.

Thanks

supersonic

Still not decided eh?! I reckon you'll be up to a grand tomorrow lol.

Anyway, both good bikes (you know I was going to say that...), but looking closely at the spec I knew what I'd choose if I thought both were hard to split on a test. It would be the Trek. The Giant has the better fork, but the Tora 318 isnt far behind and they both have the same damper. The wheels on the Trek are far better, mavic XM117 are pretty poor, the Bontrager stuff is very good. I'd also put the Treks SLR frame, cranks, drivetrain and brakes above that of the Giant.

Panhandling Prince

No, still urming and ahhing!

Yeah, I knew you were gonna say they were both good, mainly coz they are.

I was leaning towards the Trek but just wanted some final input from the gurus.

Cheers mate

Panhandling Prince

Ok nearly there.. but have found the Merlin Malt 4 online and looks like a new contender.

£800 with Reba shocks after the %20 online discount.

What do you reckon?

dunker

well i know what i would buy cos i did

Panhandling Prince

What is that?

I cant access you link.

dunker

my bike? merlin malt 4 with rebas.

L60N

Check the Focus Killer Bee on the www.wiggle.com site.

CBA to check the spec, but know its probably heaps better than the trek & many others, just not sure of the frame.

Just another thought. £850 is a bargain.

Panhandling Prince

Already checked the Killer Bee but they sold out of larges yesterday.

Cheers anyway.

The online 20% discount on the Merlin Malt 4 is awesome.

It will be a tos up between that and the Trek 6700.

kegs

You could look at the review on the front page to check :P

Loks to be quite nice for the money

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... d-07-12948

Panhandling Prince

Cheer

As I said I have already looked on wiggle (the killer bees only supplier) they have run out of stock on the large.

Cheers anyway.

Panhandling Prince

At last it is done.

Merlin Malt 4 with the Reba SL forks. £777 quid. Sorted.

Prefered it to the Trek 6700 Disc and its a bit different.

Thanks for everyones help over the past few weeks, your input has been greatly appreciated.

Ta

dunker

you're gonna love it

Scubar

Wow thats a good price, how come you got it so cheap , the standard malt 4 is £835 ?

jamieayres

Scubar wrote:

Wow thats a good price, how come you got it so cheap , the standard malt 4 is £835 ?

Merlin are doing 20% off all Malts and Rock Lobsters in July, and 10% off the sale bikes.

Panhandling Prince

Online order discount is 10% and if you order before end of July you will get another 10% off.

Check it out at merlin cycles.