Hardtail under £750

JamesKent

For mainly cycling along coastal trails and roads so not really any type of testing terrain to deal with. Ive been looking on winstanley bikes and seeing bikes from 2006/7/8 drasticaly reduced, are these bikes even worth considering?

buff

oh yes these bikes are worth considering as some are like 70% off a decent bike

JamesKent

I've never heard of Proflex, is this a good deal?

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Proflex-279-Mou ... _27152.htm

Proflex 279 50% off now £475

Splottboy

I've got a Proflex 768 full sus. Very nice frame/bike, no problems with it. They were a US company, making their original full sus bike with elastomers. Now, I think they are Spanish.
Check their website out, really nice stuff.
The hardtail looks ok for the cheaper price...

mac_man

JamesKent wrote:

I've never heard of Proflex, is this a good deal?

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Proflex-279-Mou ... _27152.htm

Proflex 279 50% off now £475

Decent spec for the money - especially if it has hydraulic brakes.
But the bike was never worth that £950 in the first place.

The Carrera Fury at Halfords has a similar spec and is around £500. I bought a similarly specced old school Saracen last year for £400 (supposedly £650) from Wiggle.

Always compare any spec with what's available at other price points. A high initial RRP is meaningless TBH.

JamesKent

mac man wrote:

JamesKent wrote:

I've never heard of Proflex, is this a good deal?

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Proflex-279-Mou ... _27152.htm

Proflex 279 50% off now £475

Decent spec for the money - especially if it has hydraulic brakes.
But the bike was never worth that £950 in the first place.

The Carrera Fury at Halfords has a similar spec and is around £500. I bought a similarly specced old school Saracen last year for £400 (supposedly £650) from Wiggle.

Always compare any spec with what's available at other price points. A high initial RRP is meaningless TBH.

cool thanks, I missed the fury offer at halfords.. gonna look at the Agressor 2.0 this afternoon since its up at £332 but i can afford up to £750 so should be able to go for something better. Are Saracen decent now? i bought a saracen raw when i was about 15 and it fell apart before i even got home on it so swapped it out for a carrera banshee which has lasted me from 2001/02 until this year.

mac_man

JamesKent wrote:

cool thanks, I missed the fury offer at halfords.. gonna look at the Agressor 2.0 this afternoon since its up at £332 but i can afford up to £750 so should be able to go for something better. Are Saracen decent now? i bought a saracen raw when i was about 15 and it fell apart before i even got home on it so swapped it out for a carrera banshee which has lasted me from 2001/02 until this year.

Saracen re-launched last year. Mine was from the runout of old stock I guess. But it's pretty solid with a decent spec... Rockshox Tora U-Turn up front, SRAM X5 transmission, Tektro hydraulic disks. Seemed a bargain at the time. Only downside is it's a tad heavy - and needs some work getting uphill.

Downhills are a blast though. :-)