New bike tomorrow - '06 Whyte E5 or 07 Whyte 19 Race?? HELP!

racingt

I've got me a cyclescheme voucher, and I'm going to the shop tomorrow.

Should I get the Whyte E5 (06 model) with Mavericks, or the 07 Whyte 19 with Rockshox & FSA carbon crank???

What a dilemma!!

My riding will not be very bumpy, and I climb badly, so the hardtail is very attractive!

Help me out guys!!!

Thanks

racingt

Sorry guys, it's the 19 Works, not the 19 Race. Still awesome though!!

dunker

you already know which one you're going to get and it's gorgeous

racingt

Nice bike Dunker!
Is it still as clean!

You are right, when I went into the shop, I could only look at the 19. The E5 is probably a great bike too, but that 19 is fantastic. And I worried about the Mav;'s on the E5 - they don't seem very popular.

So I bought the 19, and it looks fantastic!.

The beauty is, when I rode it two weeks ago, it was £2500. Now it was £2100 (07 stock clearance), and bought via Cyclescheme for riding to work , it will cost me £1050, over 12 months. How could I not buy it!!

Got Ayups too , so I'm going to ride whenever I can!!

yippeeeeee

dunker

thanks yep it's all clean but in need of a new middle chainring and new chain, i've got the parts just not had the time or really motivation to fit them as i can't stand wet weather, anything else i love, hot, cold,windy and night is great just not wet

i knew you'd get that one how could anyone resist it hehe that's like half price too good deal! just a shame the weather is so bad for you, unless you like it like this

canada16

Sorry to hijack, but dunker how are those shimano xc pedals any good?

Been looking at the v12 but people say paint comes off within a couple of rides and easton flatboys are a bit heavy (i was told)

Thanks and sorry once again

dunker

they've been good so far, i've done 1400+ miles on them about 50/50 road/xc with only little jumps and 99% dry riding, i'm not a mud fan yet. i just recently switched to the long pins and before they were good with my 5/10s but now they're alot grippier. i've not had to service/regrease them yet and i've got the tech docs for them and they look pretty simple to do, i'll prolly repack them with pedros syn grease next spring/summer unless they need attention before that. oh and they look like the've only ever done about 10 miles after a wipe

if i had to choose between these and say some v12 magnesiums with a bag of free spares for them hmmmm i'd prolly take the v12s but that's more to do with my personality really as i like trying things i hav'nt tried before, the v12 mags ar'nt painted are they?

but saying that i had years of bmx'ing in the eighties on one set of dx's that are prolly still intact somewhere even now and these new mx's are feeling just as solid.