£600 hardtail on bike to work

brearley

what is the best bike for around 600 on bike to work scheme

looking at either scott, cannondale or marin i think unless anybody can suggest otherwise

looking for a good light hardtail with a good race feel and geo

supersonic

Can you get one from Halfords? If so, the Carrera Fury or Boardman Sport.

brearley

don't think so, isn't halfords on the other cyclescheme, the place i'll be getting it from is a lbs near me which stocks the above bikes, may possibly put some of my own money towards it as it will be my mum taking out the scheme

cblair246

2 things, 1st read this months MBR has a review of a dozen bikes under £600 i think it was and also What Mountain bike are doing the same deal. 2nd of all you should be able to get a bike from any shop possibly including Halfords if your on the cyclescheme. You need to get your mum to confirm this with the company that is managing the scheme. Then the world is your oyster!

DJC013

Hello, go to Halfords and look at the 2 bikes that Supersonic has mentioned, I have just got the Fury, its Great !!

MTB-Rich

DJC013 wrote:

Hello, go to Halfords and look at the 2 bikes that Supersonic has mentioned, I have just got the Fury, its Great !!

He already said he cant get it from Halfords.

.blitz

cblair246 wrote:

read this months MBR has a review of a dozen bikes under £600

+1

IIRC the Voodoo Bantu came out joint first with a KHS ALite 2000.

Worth reading just for the bikes that got 5/10

Pudseyp

I would look at KHS...you buy direct and they do cyclescheme and to be honest they do have a good spec for the money...they always get good reviews for value from MBUK and WMB Mags...http://www.khsbikes.co.uk/bikes if they let you top up by £80..take the Alite 3000 sub 26lb with Manitou Drakes. and a mix of X7/X9, Mavix 317 rims and Hayes Strokers...you be hard to match that spec with the other brands you have listed..

brearley

cheers guys, im liking the look of the khs bikes and the voodoo aswell, will be upgrading some bits on whatever i get such as tyres and stick some lightweight components on it

Oxygen Thief

Is that Fury frame worth upgrading?

Sodfoster

Pudseyp wrote:

I would look at KHS...you buy direct and they do cyclescheme and to be honest they do have a good spec for the money...they always get good reviews for value from MBUK and WMB Mags...http://www.khsbikes.co.uk/bikes if they let you top up by £80..take the Alite 3000 sub 26lb with Manitou Drakes. and a mix of X7/X9, Mavix 317 rims and Hayes Strokers...you be hard to match that spec with the other brands you have listed..

The KHS have amazing spec for the money!

DJC013

MTB-Rich wrote:

DJC013 wrote:

Hello, go to Halfords and look at the 2 bikes that Supersonic has mentioned, I have just got the Fury, its Great !!

He already said he cant get it from Halfords.

Thanks for that ! The OP actually says `he doesn`t think so`, in my book that is not 100 % a NO ? Regards, Damian.