Best XC full suspension bike for £1500

Ross_Davidson

Hi im hoping to purchase a new bike in these up coming months , just wondering if anyone would recommend a good reliable xc full suspension bike around £1500?

supersonic

Boardman Team is worth looking at - as is the Giant Anthem series and Spesh FSR XC Pro.

lappymatt

i think the giant reign is just delicious

supersonic

It is... but XC?!

lappymatt

Oh yeah oops. Im on my 7th can of carling - excuse me

thel33ter

Couple of ideas -

Anthem 0
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b0s1p1752

Mongoose Canaan Team
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b0s1p1501

This one isn't full sus but are still a great deal.

XTC Advanced 2
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b0s2p2294

ride_whenever

spark 40 if you can stretch, or the 50 if you cannot. Both really nice platforms for a fantastic little xc bike.

llamafarmer

OP - What do you want from the bike? What sort of stuff are you going to ride?

thel33ter wrote:

XTC Advanced 2
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b0s2p2294

:shock: Want!

upinsmoke

meta55matt wrote:

i think the giant reign is just delicious

I got one of them and great it is. If you're never going to chuck yourself off anything probably overkill though. Anthem is a good shout though.

joshtp

boardman team fs, or a scale (maybe spark, cant remember which one is FS, which one is HT) 40/50

The Big Cheese

Without a doubt a stunning bike and hard to beat, look at that spec!!!! :shock:

Got great reviews, don't be put off by the fact that it's not a 'Lapierre' or 'Spesh'

Great frame for XC, worth double what it's going for.

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1501&rs=gb

If I had £1500 for a new bike, thats what would get my monies!

joshtp

The Big Cheese wrote:

Without a doubt a stunning bike and hard to beat, look at that spec!!!! :shock:

Got great reviews, don't be put off by the fact that it's not a 'Lapierre' or 'Spesh'

Great frame for XC, worth double what it's going for.

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1501&rs=gb

If I had £1500 for a new bike, thats what would get my monies!

wow, that is awsome! better (no, really it is) spec than ,y mates £2400 Trek fuel ex 9

ashfanman

The Big Cheese wrote:

Without a doubt a stunning bike and hard to beat, look at that spec!!!! :shock:

Got great reviews, don't be put off by the fact that it's not a 'Lapierre' or 'Spesh'

Great frame for XC, worth double what it's going for.

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1501&rs=gb

If I had £1500 for a new bike, thats what would get my monies!

I've never ridden one, but the spec is pretty incredible. The forks are worth almost £600 alone...

Airienteer

Ditto on that Mongoose deal, amazing spec.

Northwind

Recommending Anthems, I'd have to say not a standard (80mm) Anthem, the Anthem X just seems to do everything better.

HandjobDan

Check out the spec on this and at the moment only £799.99!!!!!

Carrera Zelos

thel33ter

Just checked out the review of the Canaan, seems to be amazing value.

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... team-16472

I can also reccomend Pauls, got my Kona from them.

That Carrera seems decent for the money.