Hardtail for 500-600 pounds?

alancheeky

Hi everyone - new to this site, wondering if i could get your opionons...

I'm just about to move closer to work to cut out my 1hour and a half drive each way. Looking to get a mountain bike for max 500-600 pounds thats good for commuting to work (7miles each way, might consider buying seperate road tires) but also a bike thats good enough to cycle of road on days off. I'd be buying through the cycle to work scheme (probably) but also does anyone have any suggestions about what bikes are likely to be reliable or worth getting 2nd hand???

I had a Gary Fisher Wahoo bike (2010) which i loved, but had to sell it in order to buy a car. Now i cant find it on sale anywhere - especially not in white!


Cheers,
Alan

alancheeky

Sorry about the load of spelling mistakes! Also the bike i had before wasn't the wahoo - it was the 2010 Marlin model.

Liam1611

The Carrera Fury won What Mountain Bike Best Bike under £600

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65499#dtab

And the Boardman Comp is also a very good and highly recommend Push Iron

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

Both come in White and you can get a further 10% discount by signing up to Halfords e-mail newsletter.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ee6a67b66d

Or if you don't want to/like buying from Halfords you could always buy a Decathalon 8.1

2010 model.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/8-1-2010-141402412/

2011 model

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/8-1-2011-172069577/

Or if you want a go anywhere do anything bike with lots of upgrade potential you could always have a Mongoose Tyax Super (X-Large only)

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/26088/Mon ... -Bike.html

Mongoose Tyax Elite in Medium and X-Large

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/26087/Mon ... -Bike.html

Regards

Liam

piker

Liam1611 wrote:

The Carrera Fury won What Mountain Bike Best Bike under £600

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65499#dtab

And the Boardman Comp is also a very good and highly recommend Push Iron

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

Both come in White and you can get a further 10% discount by signing up to Halfords e-mail newsletter.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ee6a67b66d

Or if you don't want to/like buying from Halfords you could always buy a Decathalon 8.1

2010 model.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/8-1-2010-141402412/

2011 model

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/8-1-2011-172069577/

Or if you want a go anywhere do anything bike with lots of upgrade potential you could always have a Mongoose Tyax Super (X-Large only)

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/26088/Mon ... -Bike.html

Mongoose Tyax Elite in Medium and X-Large

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/26087/Mon ... -Bike.html

Regards

Liam

Spot on advice.

getonyourbike

holy sh*t, the spec on that rockrider 8.1 2011 is awesome. X7 drivetrain, recon forks and elixir brakes for under £500.

jeannot18

Liam1611 wrote:

The Carrera Fury won What Mountain Bike Best Bike under £600

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65499#dtab

And the Boardman Comp is also a very good and highly recommend Push Iron

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

Both come in White and you can get a further 10% discount by signing up to Halfords e-mail newsletter.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ee6a67b66d

Or if you don't want to/like buying from Halfords you could always buy a Decathalon 8.1

2010 model.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/8-1-2010-141402412/

2011 model

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/8-1-2011-172069577/

Or if you want a go anywhere do anything bike with lots of upgrade potential you could always have a Mongoose Tyax Super (X-Large only)

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/26088/Mon ... -Bike.html

Mongoose Tyax Elite in Medium and X-Large

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/26087/Mon ... -Bike.html

Regards

Liam

You can pickup the Decathlon 8.1 for £450 (2010 model), which is not a bad deal from what I have read on different posts.
JC

Liam1611

Or if you want to go for Steel rather than Aluminium and go all "Retro" then you could always go for the Kona Blink.

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/kona-bli ... 58314.html

All the above bikes excel within your price range so all you need to do is see which one fits and suits you the best.

Regards

Liam

alancheeky

appreciate the suggestions people!

Also been looking at the Bianchi Kuma 4900

http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/produc ... rtno=41026

What do you reckon? Also does anyone know of any places that are selling the last of the Gary Fisher Marlins?? (preferably in white)


Cheers

waby1234

Just like to point out that the halfords 10% voucher has expired now.

piker

alancheeky wrote:

appreciate the suggestions people!

Also been looking at the Bianchi Kuma 4900

http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/produc ... rtno=41026

What do you reckon? Also does anyone know of any places that are selling the last of the Gary Fisher Marlins?? (preferably in white)


Cheers

The spec on the Bianchi is not good when compared to the main recommendations of Boardman comp,Carrera Fury or Decathalon 8.1.