Help Choosing My New Bike...

alex_not_right

Hi people,
Having not had a bike for a few years I have decided to get back into riding. Have a budget of around £2k to spend at the end of the month. There are so many bikes available but I have managed to narrow it down to a couple. The Trek Remedy 7 and the Lapierre Spicy or possibly a Froggy. I'm looking for something that will take a bit of abuse as I'm not as light as I used to be. Any thoughts on the above would be appreciated or any suggestions of other bikes to look at before I part with my cash? I'm in N.Wales so will be riding surrounding areas with the occasional trips to places like Glentress.

supersonic

If you rides are mostly short, sharp and full of big rocks, then they seem good choices. If you plan some long days out thrashing trails, you may find them overkill. Spicy is more for the latter.

alex_not_right

Anything else I should look at before i make my mind up?

supersonic

GT Force?

papasmurf.

depends on what riding you're planning on doing. Look at Zesty, EX8, Meta, Roscoe Trance X etc for something more usable.

Or get a nice sweet custom long travel hard tail..

Anonymous

if you are after an all mountain bike i would say how bout an enduro? much better option now they have normal forks on the front.

paulscutt

after demo'ing both a froggy and a zesty i'd go for the zesty cos the froggy is overkill for anything UK unless you are at fort bill or do trips to the Alps! zesty is pleanty 'Am' enough for the UK, saying that my next AM bike is gonna be a Trek remedy (8 hopefully!) as this is also a great all mountain bike and not too overkill
Both zesty and remedy are very capable bikes - i ride mainly at glyncorrwg/afan as its just down the road

Hope thats helps!