What bike £450??

Hello all,
I am in the process at looking for my first real bike to get, its for road, rough terrain cycling, my mates have all got Trek i think, the catalogue i'm looking at is Evans, they stock mainly Trek, Specialized, Pinnacle, Scott, GT, Saracen, Claud Butlers etc. I like the look of the Specialized Hardrock Sport Hyd Disc '07'. Is this a good choice for £429.99 ? Need help. Also as novice as I am is Hardtail the kind of thing i'm looking for, I guess my mates have similar as they seem the most popular.
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Jay
I am in the process at looking for my first real bike to get, its for road, rough terrain cycling, my mates have all got Trek i think, the catalogue i'm looking at is Evans, they stock mainly Trek, Specialized, Pinnacle, Scott, GT, Saracen, Claud Butlers etc. I like the look of the Specialized Hardrock Sport Hyd Disc '07'. Is this a good choice for £429.99 ? Need help. Also as novice as I am is Hardtail the kind of thing i'm looking for, I guess my mates have similar as they seem the most popular.
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Jay
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My friend has just got the Specialized hardrock hydraulic disk version today. The brakes are a bit weak and the bike is a little on the heavy side. Try looking in other shops and look for the Giant XTC series. I have one and find it to be a very good bike for the money. Also try and test ride the bikes before you buy one.
2006 Giant XTC SE
Goodridge braided hoses y0!
2005 Proper Houdini
2000 Aprilia RS50
plus at this time of year the 07 models are reduced so best to have a look round
GT Avalanche 2.0 disc £400
Mongoose Tyax Elite £280
Mongoose Tyax Super £400
Giant Terrago disc £400
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and with the deal its even better
Mongoose Tyax Elite 2007
Carrera Limited Edition TDF
Full suspension - King of the forest!
If anyone rides in Sulham Wood give me a shout
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GT Outpost - somewhere to start - changed gear at will and uncomfortable as hell
GT Avalanche 1.0 - Better quality than the outpost but heavy as hell and then the left Crank fell off on the third time out!! - censored !!
Specialized - Built to last - SRAM gears now have had a service are changing like a dream, changed to shimano clipless pedals and came as standard with a marzocchi mz comp fork no complaints so far - plenty of travel for what I need and will handle tabletops and drops etc as long as not huge!! - dont find it heavy can keep up with my mates who ride an orange 5 pro (2200.00) and a cannondale prophet (1600 - 1800.00) and believe they dont hang around them boys!!!
I can only speak from experience but I love my specialized and would recommend to anyone on a budget.
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Still spamming every single thread someone recommends a Halfords bike on then?
It won't become any less boring and idiotic the more you do it.
To my knowledge, there are at least 10 Fury owners on this forum, a good few are also buying Boardmans, to date yours is the only complaint I've seen?
Tell you something?
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I did not realise the GT was lighter certainly did not feel lighter but again slight changes in geometry do make a huge difference and maybe it just wasnt the bike for me!!
BUT....
i looked at the fury after having my bike for a month and realized it is brilliantly speced and maybe i had made a mistake buying the hardrock, when the offers came up for the fury i decided to go for it, i sold the hardrock to my dad, to help fund the money for the fury, and wow what a bike, feels so so soooo much better than the hardrock! if you can spend the extra £50 i would get the fury, if £329 seems like a bargain to you then get that but you may regret not getting the great spec of the carrera as they are miles apart.
the hardrock frame itself is great looks great and is strong so is a good base to upgrade on, but beleve me you will be looking almost instantly for upgrading parts.
hope this helps abit, am writing it while at work so havnt got time to read back through it, but if it isnt clear
carreara fury = AMAZING £380.99 deliverd (with xmas £25 off deal and extra 10% off deal im not sure if still on)
Hardrock hyd disc = Good + cheaper at dales cycles £329 delivered
Fury = 29.5lbs
Hardrock = 36lbs (admitedly the weight of maybe a full on downhill bike!!!!)
Good luck - and for what its worth the Fury is probably the deal to go for at this budget currently but you must try to test them as it is perosnal ultimately.
I originally got it rode about 50m from the shop and the chain snapped scrattched the frame gear mech snapped off and crank twisted or something as the pedals wouldn't move! Took it straight back and it was a newer member of staff who set it up. So they appologised replaced the whole bike and gave me £40 vouchers.
I figure people make mistakes I don't blame halfords they sorted so ended up just a little problem.