Whichbike for the future?

jonty8
jonty8 Posts: 65
edited September 2009 in MTB buying advice
Hi, iam currently saving up for a new bike and i am looking at these four:
Cannondale rize 5 £1599
Commencal supreme £1399
Marin wolf ridge 6.7 £1499
Specialized SX Trail FSR II £1649

Comments

  • jonty8
    jonty8 Posts: 65
    I should have added that i will be using it for downhill and red and black routes in north of england, south scotland.
    Thanks, much appreciated, Jonty
  • guilliano
    guilliano Posts: 5,495
    At that price I'm guessing the Supreme is either a couple of years old or a frame only?
  • xtreem
    xtreem Posts: 2,965
    You should write off the Rize.
    And which Supreme were you thinking at?
    DH, 1 or 2?
  • jonty8
    jonty8 Posts: 65
    Just seen the commencal in keswick mountain bikes, it was an orangey colour don't know which one it was but it was a full bike?

    Will the marin be any good and will the specialized be ok for dh?
    Thanks, Jonty
  • xtreem
    xtreem Posts: 2,965
    I think the Marin lacks of suspension travel, it's an AM bike, not really a DH one.
    If you do want to pedal a bit then that would be the best choice.

    Otherwise the SX Trail and the Supreme DH, 1, 2 shoud fit your needs better.
    Also from the Commencal you can consider the Furious CG at Merlin:
    http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/custom-mo ... us-cg.html

    And in my opinion, the best spec for the money has the SX Trail II.
  • first of all why should i rule out the cannondale?
    And second of all
    Which one
    Commencal Supreme DH 2009 £2,099.99
    Commencal supreme 2 £1,400

    P.S. i don't have the cash yet but i'm saving up so which would be best for my money.
  • xtreem
    xtreem Posts: 2,965
    The Rize isn't a DH bike, it has small amount of travel and not enough strenght.
    From Cannondale you should be looking from the Perp series and above or at lest the Moto series.

    And from those two the Supreme DH would be better.

    Btw, what size of drops/jumps are you planing of doing?
    Will you do any XC, or just strictly DH (pushing the bike on the uphills)?
  • Drops jumps= Anything over 4 foot and i will be doing Mostly DH with a little bit of xc
    Thanks.
  • xtreem
    xtreem Posts: 2,965
    In that case with the Supreme DH you won't be able to do any XC.
    With the Supreme 1 you can do a bit of XC but not much.

    For more XC you should look at the Cannondale Moto 5 or 4, Scott Ransom 30,
    Commencal 6.2 or 6.3, Trek Remedy 7, but with those bikes you sacrifice a bit of strenght.

    Think about it how much xc you'll be doing, and test a few bikes if you can.