which bike under £2000

bobbydfg

looking to get back into mt biking, which full suspension would you reccommend?

i will be doing fairly standard average trails, few steep drops little jumps bit of road between routes etc nothing to extreme.

would a kona stinky fit the above..

i have been out of the hobby for around 7 yrs and theres so much to choose from, please help.

thanks.

nicklouse

do you want to pedal up slopes?

bobbydfg

suppose so yes

zero303

Kona Stinky would not be ideal for the above.

As a rough guide and using Kona as an example, you will be better off looking at the Dawg or Four range.

If you're spending this much, don't buy anything without trying first.

Trail bikes from £1500 to £2000 - there is so much choice and few are true rotters.

The following are bikes I've either tried or have friends that own them:

Orange Five S - comes in comfortably under £2k leaving room to play with their very good upgrade scheme - take the Fox Float if nothing else but Hope Hubs and Hope Mono Minis are worthwhile and still comes in under £2k.

Specialized Stumpy FSR

Marin Mount Vision or Rift Zone

Cannondale Prophet or Rush

Kona Dawg Deluxe

Commencal Meta 5.5

Lapierre Zesty


Jesus, there's so much to choose from!

bobbydfg

i know mate thats my problem, ive been looking and havnt really got a clue where to start??? thanks very much for the list ill check them out, niceone.

The Spiderman

To that list you could add a Giant Trance or Trek Fuel EX8.