Hardtails for £1k - what would you choose?

iron dre

Thinking of getting a mtb and have a budget £1k ish

Decided on hard tail - and thats about as far as I can get.

Would like something that is good for xc and trails.. Also not keen on big names but I don't mind Specialized ( have a Spec S-Works Transition for Ironman racing but thats a different story)

current faves are

Whyte 809 ( or a 19 Trail on fleabay )
Voodoo Wanga
Boardman Pro ( recommend by a friend ) not sure I could ever shop at Halfords
Ragley Blue Pig - found one on pinkbike for 750

any others to consider ? any experience of the above bikes

yours hopefully

Steve

jmillen

For me it would be the Boardman...although having had one in the past, I guess I would say that.

The only thing I could fault was the tyres (which are easily swapped) but overall fantastic value for money.

Rick_huggins

Spesh Rockhopper £700

rockmonkeysc

On One Carbon whippet SLX - £999
On One 456 Trail - £1099
Personally I would go for the 456 trail, I like steel frames more than carbon or aluminium

kieranar

rocky mountain Vertex 30 which you can get a 2010 model for a good reduction!

iron dre

thanks for the replies
been out at lunch to have a nose

specialized - just seen a rockwhatever - not excited
cube - just seen a few in a store - not excited
Whyte - 19c - £1900 - bit to much of a stretch
Orange - only like the p7 pro - again to expensive
on one - cant do it - dont linke planet x

also discounted boardman/voodoo

saw a whyte 809 / 905 - both look good

any comments on Ghost bikes?

rockmonkeysc

How about a Saracen Zen?

dunker

boardman pro 2011 looks good at £999.99p.

dhjames

somthing from on one!!

specialeyes

RockmonkeySC wrote:

On One Carbon whippet SLX - £999
On One 456 Trail - £1099
Personally I would go for the 456 trail, I like steel frames more than carbon or aluminium

+ 1

What don't you like about planet x?

cooldad

iron dre wrote:

thanks for the replies
been out at lunch to have a nose

specialized - just seen a rockwhatever - not excited
cube - just seen a few in a store - not excited
Whyte - 19c - £1900 - bit to much of a stretch
Orange - only like the p7 pro - again to expensive
on one - cant do it - dont linke planet x

also discounted boardman/voodoo

saw a whyte 809 / 905 - both look good

any comments on Ghost bikes?

Read your post. Not excited. Don't care.

Atz

What spec is the blue pig?

richg1979

how tall are you?

i have a large on-one 456 carbon xt/xtr/blackbox revs ect ect as new cond id take under 1k for.