Saracen Mantra - Any good?

h34e0f

http://www.saracen.co.uk/bikes/mantra

Just spied the Saracen Mantra, seems fairly priced and looks to have a slightly better spec than some of the other contenders in the price range.

Can only find a review for the kids version on this site??

Pudseyp

Hi Alex, you can find better for your £400 if you shop around...

Example here if you need a 17 or 19" frame...it has a better fork, better groupset and brakes, and better finishing kit..so better by a country mile really !

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=45898

h34e0f

Pudseyp wrote:

Hi Alex, you can find better for your £400 if you shop around...

Example here if you need a 17 or 19" frame...it has a better fork, better groupset and brakes, and better finishing kit..so better by a country mile really !

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=45898

Showed this to a friend who instantly said No as soon as they saw the fork. :?

supersonic

And why was that? Because it was an RST? It is a one of the better forks you will find at this price point as is the PRO version with hydrauilic rebound damping. And is a lot better than the fork on that 400 quid Mantra.

submityournentries

i cant comment on the new one, but i had an 07 mantra 1, and i really liked the frame (until about a week ago, that was the only standard part from the origional saracen spec, i just upgraded everything else)

Pudseyp

supersonic wrote:

And why was that? Because it was an RST? It is a one of the better forks you will find at this price point as is the PRO version with hydrauilic rebound damping. And is a lot better than the fork on that 400 quid Mantra.

Couldn't agree more !! it's a way better fork.....the Be One is far better value.

xtreem

+1 for the BeOne
And in the same lines you can get the Focus Northern Lite Expert 2010 for £400.

Forget the Mantra with the low end drivetrain, disc brakes, fork.
And if you can stretch your budget for about £50 then I wouldn't look at anything else:
Focus Killer Bee 2010

pte1643

Xtreem wrote:

Focus Killer Bee 2010

Crikey... :shock:

X7/X9 and Toras on a £450 bike... That's gotta be a bargain.

hounslow

surprised to see madison using sram, you would think they would be shimano through and through.

rockmonkeysc

My specialized had the same fork as the Saracen & it is terrible. My xct fork gets used to prop open my shep door & thats about all it's good for!