Whats the Best Freeride for approx £1k?

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,666
edited March 2009 in MTB buying advice
A mate of mine has asked me what is the best FreeRide bike to get for approx £1000.

I had no idea really, so I thought I would ask you guys then send him a link to this thread.

Cheers

G

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Stinky '08 is around 1k..
    2009 big hit is around 1.2k
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Norco? http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/produ ... _Bike_2008
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    This is a bad bracket (price wise) to get into for a FR bike.

    They are *generally* harder to get than hardtail at that price point, with half decent components......

    To get a good FR rig you ae looking at £1800 +

    It's ******** but true

    :cry:
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    ^^ secondhand is the best option, otherwise you'll end up with a dud for that money
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Cheesey wrote:
    This is a bad bracket (price wise) to get into for a FR bike.

    They are *generally* harder to get than hardtail at that price point, with half decent components......

    To get a good FR rig you ae looking at £1800 +

    It's ******** but true

    :cry:

    wow that's quite a price hike! yoinks better tell him to get busking/begging/on the game some more :)

    The basic advice I gave him was look for long travel in the front fork and rear shock, 160mm front, 150mm back.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Cheesey wrote:
    ^^ secondhand is the best option, otherwise you'll end up with a dud for that money

    cheers dude,, will tell him to contact the old steptoe and sons. :)
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Possibly a Carrera Banshee XXX on a budget.
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  • gillathekilla
    gillathekilla Posts: 32
    got the banshee xxx myself and love it to bits, not too sure that full on freeriding is within its capabilities though, or maybe its just that i dont have mine set up right. however, if your mate is just up for the occasional 6ft drop and the odd run down a 4x track or a play on dowhill tracks then the xxx is ideal. other than a broken rear mech hanger when dragging a felled tree branch ito my back wheel mine has served me very well and has seen some punishment over the last 5 months of me owning it. looking on halfords site, the xxx doesnt seem to be availabel anymore so if you can order 1 instore from another branch you might be up for a bit of discount. managed to get mine down from £1000 to £810. anyway hope this helps, happy hunting :)

    Damn that twig!!! still stuck to the flaming great branch and must have had rear mech magnetism :(
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    right guys, i've passed on this link to my mate...

    I told him to go for the Pitch Comp but that's the one I will probably get so can't have both the same bikes now.. that's just not cricket.

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