Which hardtrail bike under £400???

sidders79

Hi guys,

Am after a hardtrail bike and have a budget of upto £400. I have seen a few bikes and have listed them below, but am not sure which to opt for.

Specialized Hardrock sport disc 2010 at £399.99

Ridgeback MX5 2009 at £389.99

GT Avalanche 3.0 Disc 2009 at £349.99

GT Agressor XC3 2009 at £349.99

Any guidance on these bikes would be much appreciated. Or if there are any other bikes in this range that I should look at please let me know.

I will be doing a mix of road and off road/trails but cannot afford two bikes so need one that can do a bit of both.

thanks

Dan

supersonic

All a very similar in spec - if you can stretch to the Agressor XC2 or Avalanche 2.0 you get a real step up in performance.

Flenser

Commencal Normal Disc?

Or have they all sold out by now?

sidders79

Here are some links to the bikes I mentioned.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... y=hardrock

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/rid ... ?query=mx5

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/ ... =avalanche

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

Thanks for the help Supersonic. You have got me thinking now about the GT Agressor XC 2 from halfords which with quidco cashback of 6% would only cost £423.

I have also noticed that halfords are doing good deals on carrera bikes with the Kraken 09 at £379.99 and Fury 08 at £479.99. I can't push the budget to the 09 Fury. What do people think of these? Links below:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

My budget keeps on creeping up and I just can't decide!!
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supersonic

The Fury, Kraken and Aggressor are all a step up from the original list as have decent damped forks and better componentry. Fury is a superb bike.

Northwind

If you can stretch to the Fury, try it for sure, it's the best bike in the price range by a country mile for rough and tumble riding.

Put it this way, I bought a Kraken and it was alright- very good bike for the money. But soon, I was changing parts, and upgrading the fork, and then I replaced the whole bike. If I'd got a Fury there's a good chance I'd still be riding it.

sidders79

Which would you say is the best bike out of these two?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/ ... e-ec016366

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec019398

stevet1992

sidders79 wrote:

Which would you say is the best bike out of these two?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/ ... e-ec016366

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec019398

IMO the gt ... although your pushing £500 there which is the price of a carrera fury ... you get loads for what you pay ! best bet really

Skonk

I got an AM Fury 09 but there was something about it that I just didn't like, though I can really place what it was.

I took it back and swapped it for an Aggressor XC 3 (which had 20% off at the time) and I've been much happier with the GT.