Hardtail Choice
psenior1
Posts: 17
Posted a little while ago re MTB for £700 (got to be Halfords) through a bike2work scheme.
Went to the store today and finally spoke to someone who seemed to know what they were on about. He put me off the full sus Banshee X and recommended sticking to a better quality hard tail for the same money for the type of riding I will be doing.
The two he recommended were the Voodoo Wanga (£779) Or Boardman Team (£799) for the quality of the components, he said he will do either for me for £699 to fit with my budget. There is also the GT Aggressor XCR at £639.
links to the specs are below, I can't find any decent reviews so opinions please?
http://www.boardmanbikes.com/boardman_mtb_spec.pdf
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_258407_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_82394_crumb_33980-33957_parentcategoryrn_82394
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_241145_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_82394_crumb_33980-33957_parentcategoryrn_82394
Went to the store today and finally spoke to someone who seemed to know what they were on about. He put me off the full sus Banshee X and recommended sticking to a better quality hard tail for the same money for the type of riding I will be doing.
The two he recommended were the Voodoo Wanga (£779) Or Boardman Team (£799) for the quality of the components, he said he will do either for me for £699 to fit with my budget. There is also the GT Aggressor XCR at £639.
links to the specs are below, I can't find any decent reviews so opinions please?
http://www.boardmanbikes.com/boardman_mtb_spec.pdf
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_258407_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_82394_crumb_33980-33957_parentcategoryrn_82394
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_241145_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_82394_crumb_33980-33957_parentcategoryrn_82394
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Out of those three, just my opinion.
The GT then the Boardman.
You do know Halford's will source bikes through this scheme? It doesn't have to be a make they stock.
Something else to think about.Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia. ~H.G. Wells
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What about the Giant XTC Composite
Dont know much about bikes, but this seems cheap
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... m1b0s2p4680
