Hardcore hardtail or FS for £1000
G3rard
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Hi everyone first post on the site although I have been searching the threads on here for the past month trying to decide what bike to get. So time to take the plunge and get involved
I have recently dug out my old 1998 Spesh Hardrock (with 2 inch of RS Indy S travel and rattles like a bitch!! lol) and rekindled the joys of cycling round my local trails, Brecon Beacons, Tal Y Bont, Port Talbot etc. After almost killing myself takling the Dragon Downhill course in Gethin Forest Ive decided its time to upgrade to something a bit more meaty
I've got a bit of a dilemma deciding whether to stick with a hardtail or go FS. Ive got £1000 to spend on the CTW scheme and my choices are:
Option1- a hardcore hardtail that will do a bit of everything something like an Orange Crush or Charge Blender which I could thrash around the trails, take down the jumps, ride to work but also whack some lighter wheels and a triple chainset and take on an XC ride.
or
Option 2 - something like a Specialized Pitch Comp which would be able to handle the downs flatout, tackle all the trails can handle but may be a bit of a dog lugging uphill around the beacons allday and overkill to get to work.
I be greatful for any other bike suggestions which I should check out. Ta (and sorry for the super long post).
I have recently dug out my old 1998 Spesh Hardrock (with 2 inch of RS Indy S travel and rattles like a bitch!! lol) and rekindled the joys of cycling round my local trails, Brecon Beacons, Tal Y Bont, Port Talbot etc. After almost killing myself takling the Dragon Downhill course in Gethin Forest Ive decided its time to upgrade to something a bit more meaty
I've got a bit of a dilemma deciding whether to stick with a hardtail or go FS. Ive got £1000 to spend on the CTW scheme and my choices are:
Option1- a hardcore hardtail that will do a bit of everything something like an Orange Crush or Charge Blender which I could thrash around the trails, take down the jumps, ride to work but also whack some lighter wheels and a triple chainset and take on an XC ride.
or
Option 2 - something like a Specialized Pitch Comp which would be able to handle the downs flatout, tackle all the trails can handle but may be a bit of a dog lugging uphill around the beacons allday and overkill to get to work.
I be greatful for any other bike suggestions which I should check out. Ta (and sorry for the super long post).
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Why has my sig been removed by the admins???0
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FS.0
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If you're buying new and you MUST stick to that £1000 limit - buy a hardtail.
You'll be a much much much better rider for it and with the price of bikes these days you need to spend £1k to get a good quality proper offroad HT IMHO....0 -
you dont to stick with hard tail thats a myth that you cant buy a full susser for less than a grand .
just look on pauls cycles at last year models .0 -
well of course you *can* buy a full suss for less than a grand but it'll tend to have relatively cheap chainset & shocks and be relatively heavy...
A thousand pound HT will be XT/XTR throughout, be light and be right at the top of the end for a HT, you'd have to spend closer to 2k to get near to top end of a full bouncer IMO0 -
truespin wrote:well of course you *can* buy a full suss for less than a grand but it'll tend to have relatively cheap chainset & shocks and be relatively heavy...
A thousand pound HT will be XT/XTR throughout, be light and be right at the top of the end for a HT, you'd have to spend closer to 2k to get near to top end of a full bouncer IMO
A £1k hardtail will not have XT/XTR and is nowhere near the top end of HT performance. Get closer to £2k for that sort of spec. Only a Boardman has near top end kit for a grand but I wouldn't trust one myself. My Stumpy Comp was £1200 but "needed" plenty of upgrades.
A decent full bouncer can be had for £1.5k but you need £2k to get something properly tasty.0 -
Hardtail.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=33321
Possibly the best freeride full build going....frame is superb.
I am in now way biased either0 -
For 1k I'd go for a nice hardtail, or if you can get one a very nice 2nd hand one or 2nd hand FS0
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well my giant trance cost me £850 and has xt and xtr and that was brand new .
GIANT TRANCE 2007 USA VERSION CUSTOM SPEC
Frame:ALUXX aluminium, Fluid Formed, Maestro suspension system 4.2''/106mm travel
Rear Shock: Fox Float R with pro pedal
Fork: 2009 rockshox recon race solo air 100mm with remote poploc
Headset: crane creek with carbon spacers
Chainset:deore LX hollowtech 2 2009 with titanium bolt kit
BB:deore XT hollowtech 2 2009
Front Mech: Shimano XT 2009 with titanium bolt kit as my 2 week old xtr broke and cant afford another £85
Rear Mech: Shimano XTR 2009 with titanium bolt kit .
Shifters: Shimano deore XT 27 speed with gold alloy bolts
Rims: alex ace18 xc disc rims
Hubs: formula dc20 disc hubs
Cassette: SRAM PG950 11-34T, 9 speed
chain:shimano XT hg93 2009
Tyres:Hutchinson Bulldog MRC AirLight, wire 26x2.1
Brakes:Hayes HFX-9 Limited Edition 10th Anniversary with carbon fibre blades (160mm front 160mm rear to keep bike light) with titanium bolt kit
Handle Bar: FSA CARBON K-FORCE XC RISER HANDLEBAR
Stem: pizzaz carbon fibre with titanium bolt kit
Saddle bioflex carbon fibre and titinium
Seat Pin: fsa carbon fibre
seatclamp: pz racing carbon fibre
Pedals:crank bro eggbeater c
titanium and alloy gold bolt kit
giants carbon fibre shock guard
gold titanium qr skewers .
this is the usa version with black and gold decals paint job where the euro version is plain silver . i prefer the black & gold
total weight so far 28 lbs always trying to save weight0 -
heres a few
http://paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b2s1p1505
http://paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b4s1p1741
http://paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b4s1p1290
the mongoose has full xt and is only £10990 -
vitaminjayz wrote:this is the usa version with black and gold decals paint job where the euro version is plain silver . i prefer the black & gold
Mmmmmm, just like the JPS Lotus F1 cars. Bet it looks good.Why has my sig been removed by the admins???0 -
Vitamin - that's an insanely good bargain then.0
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yeah was bargain but was hard work ,basicly the bike cost me £500 from pauls sold most parts off and before shimano price hike i managed shopping around to get the parts it has now .
the rock shox recon race retail at £379 but managed to bag em on ebay buy now for £140.
ive worked out what ive spent and sold its worked out at about £850
heres a pic
yeah im tempted to get some gold leaf john player special stickers but thought may look silly .
wot u guys think0 -
Cheers everyone. Got my voucher last Friday and I went for the Pitch Comp. So glad I went for the FS.
I bust its cherry in Cwmcarn on Tuesday and was very impressed with it. As expectecd its a pretty heavy beast and took hell of an effort on the way up with the Pikes and X Fusion bobbing around quite a bit but with a bit of effort it tackled the climb of 15km cross country Twrch trail which is a real lung buster even on a light hardtail.
Once at the top I decided to test it on the freeride park and Y Mynydd Mojo downhill course. The Pitch was so much fun on the way down and I doubt Id be able to get a bike for under £1k that would have been as competent and inspire as much confidence on the way down as this did.
I cant wait to get out again this weekend0