No more Pitch or Prophet..

visual-hybrid

Hello again,

So after being gutted when the Pitch Pro became no longer available it now seems my second and now preferred choice the Prophet 2 is gone... no more.

OUCH!

Any advice out there for a similar all mountain rig? After 140mm travel ideally sub £1500..

Had originally looked at the Spesh FSRs but not sure that they would cut it.

Thinking possibly a Commencal Meta 55.3..

Thoughts and advice appreciated.

for the record, it seems Freeborn Cycles 01403251252 have small and XL Pitch Pro's available still....


Paul

supersonic

Gt Force?

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b1s1p1443

supersonic

Also Teocali Super:

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... Suspension

Anonymous

those are both good reasons to own a full sus bike at the 1000 quid mark, the mongoose looks particularly good value if judging on a spec sheet, im sure the mogoose free drive system reviews well too.

3110neil

HI
Sure the prophet 2 and 1 at evans cycles

supersonic

It does, always had great reviews, and won tests before.

But GT and Mongoose just don't seem as fashionable today - good for reductions, so gains to many people!

A full bike there for less than the price of an Orange 5 frame!

visual-hybrid

Halfords do our cycle to work.. ARSE

Evans seem sold out too at the moment. Halfords cycle to work team told me supplies have dried up.

Cheers for the suggestions, looking now

Anonymous

supersonic wrote:

But GT and Mongoose just don't seem as fashionable today - good for reductions, so gains to many people!!

if i was in the market for an all mountain bike, i would seriously consider that mongoose, if for no other reason thn it is lovely looking! but with that spec it offers amazing value and the sus is tried and tested and from a big name in mountain bikes.

its a leap of faith to buy without getting a test but im confident that well specced bikes tend to be pretty good.

supersonic

Old Cheesey bought the GT Force 1.0 they were doing for 1199 - similar spec but with a Fox Float RL fork - amazing deal!

Almost worth buying them to strip!

skinman

Why don,t you get a pitch comp and get the lbs to upgrade the rear shock to the rp2 and also you can up grade the fork by fitting a motion control circit to it. all the rest of the stuff will ware out and you could upgrade in time this is what i did and only paid 990 for it.

fenboy369

Whats the crack with the motion control circuit? What does it do and how much etc....

supersonic

Adds adjustable compresiion damping to the fork - with lockout and blow off adjuster.

visual-hybrid

Just tested a Commencal Meta 5.3, really nice bike.

Cheers for all the pointers y'all..

Not sure I'd ever go for a Mongoose, never really heard much shout about them for years. GT's are definately an option.

Any more for any more?

supersonic

Mongoose and GT are owned by the same parent company ;-).

Anonymous

definatel dont write off the mongoose for the sake of the name, you se plenty bout and they always review well, plus, just look at it!! its a mega looking bit of kit.

supersonic

Full XT groupo at merlin is 700 quid too!

The Big Cheese

Both are great bikes, as SS said I bought the 2008 1.0 for £1200 - couldnt not believe the spec on it, and a good weight too.... Pauls sold out on the strength of ss's recommendation methinks...

The 2.0 is a great bike at a great price, just with LX instead of XT kit and a slightly diff fork.

people for some reason get worried about the name of the bike, GT and Mongoose have both been around for years, both of the bikes got great reviews and I can say that the GT handles superbly.....

visual-hybrid

Cheers chaps.

Got me thinking for sure. I have a GT ZUM commuter bike and it's a great ride.

Paul