GT or Specialized or Other?

woody12

Hi everyone,

First post, so take it easy on me!

I used to be a keen'ish biker back in my teens and when I was at school, but my bike, soon went into the garage once I had a car and thus, I became lazy!

Anyway, I'm hoping to get back into it now as I need to get fit and improve my health! Doctors and my own orders.

I went out on my bike a few weeks back, it's a GT Aggressor 2.0, from about 10 years ago (when I was 13/14) :shock: but has served me well. However, it's a tad to small for me now :oops: (probably 5'2" back then...I'm now 6ft)

So moving to the present day, over these last few days, I've been searching and searching and searching for a bike suitable (just to narrow it down a touch). I have about £500-£1000 to spend (hopefully via the cycletowork scheme).

For this, I reckon I can get a decent hardtail for. Not too sure if a FS will be overkill?

Type of cycling I'll be doing - across in the Peak District, Lanes, Tracks, bit of road.

The bikes I have so far short listed are the following:

GT:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/ ... e-ec020897

http://paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b1s2p2232

http://paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b1s2p2458

http://paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b1s1p2482

Specialized:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec020338

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec023874

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec019397

Or other?

I'm really struggling - the full suspension ones are some I've just this second come across...

The GT's don't seem to have any reviews anywhere...

Any help would be much appreciated guys