What Bike Should I Get As An All Rounder For About £500??

jakejonesy95

I've got about £500 to spend on a new bike. Its got to be pretty versatile, but I am happy to spend on upgrades. It just needs to be a bike that i can ride whilst upgrading.Here are a few examples : Giant Stp 0 08 , Giant Stp 2 09 , Kona Stuff 08. Please Post Suggestions Soon!! I want to buy a new bike in a couple of weeks!!

gnarly-ass-rider

the stp is a very nice bike !
when i get enough money i shal be getting one

HighRolla

Deciding what sort of bike is the best place to start.
Do you want 24 or 26 inch wheels?
Suss or rigid?
Geared or SS?

jakejonesy95

I want 26 inch wheels, Hardtail and Geared. The sort of riding I do is more towards freeride than jumping but I still do a lot of jumping so I need gears.

jakejonesy95

The sort of riding that I do is probably classed as freeride but I ride more jumps than anything really.
The setup I thought is:
Giant STP 0 08 Frame
Rock Shox Argyle 318 In Black or White
Avid Juicy 5 203mm F + R
Mavic Deetraks Wheels
Shimano Saint Crankset + Shifter + Rear Mech
E13 LS1
FSA Orbit MX Aheadset White
Truvativ Holzfeller Bars + Stem in White
E13 LS1 Chainguide
Selle Italia Trans AM XO Special Edition
FSA DH-300 DH - Freeride Seatpost
Truvativ Holzfeller Pedals
PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS SETUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HighRolla

If you could get that for £500 I'd be very impressed!
203mm is probably a little on the large side for a rear brake disc.
The Deetraks look like a pretty good choice if you've got the money, although they might be slight overkill for jumping.
The Holzfeller pedals are very nice, but I know from experience that they can be extremely vicious - the pins on them are lethal!
The STP frame is a pretty good call as well, but maybe have a look at what NS, Last, Identiti and Spank offer as well, just to get an idea of what else is out there.
I like the Argyles a lot, but was too skint to get them myself when I was upgrading, kida wish I'd hung on a bit longer for them.
As far as the saddle is concerned, you might be better off picking something more freeride/dirt jump orientated that would suit the bike better, and also more able to stand up the knocks it's going to get.

Hope some of that helps, although like I said at the start, you're not likely to get that for £500 - unless you're just planning upgrades?

jakejonesy95

I know im not gonna get all that for £500 i mean a bike for £500 or under and i dont mind how much i spend on upgrades,good advice though. Have you ever built any north shore??What rig you got atm??

HighRolla

Never built any north shore unfortunately, never found a spot that's lasted long enough to get any going

I've got a pimped out Scott Voltage and a stock Identiti P45, neither of which get enough use at the moment

jakejonesy95

Good bikes!
Me and two of my mates went searching for somewhere to build jumps last summer hols. I found this wood with a couple of doubles and few drops. It turns out that they'd been there for two years. A couple of months ago we went back there and everything was exactly the same. So, being the creative, perfectionist that I am. I decided to make some drawings of a north shore drop off that we decided we were going to build. I spent 3 hours doing the drawings. The next time we went there( 1 month ago ),we discovered that 3 trees had been cut down right by the track. This really pissed me off because I spent 3 hours doing the drawings for the drop off and then we decided not to build it in case it gets wrecked :?
I've been thinking recently.
Would it be worth us building a small drop and see what happens ? If nothing happens to it could we get away with building a bigger one? I'll build it out of fallen branches not planks of wood. There is a small ns drop higher up the forest which has been made out of planks and hasnt been wrecked.
Please post advice!!!