Recommendations for a good all mountain frame?

prycey

Hi

I am planning to put together a new bike this winter as my Trek is feeling old. Can anyone recommend a good all mountain full suspension frame set. Something with at least 6 inches of travel? I will be buying second hand on a budget so frames up to about 5years old?

Many thanks in advance

delcol

take your pick most manufactures will have something in this range

santacruz orange lapirerre trek knolly specialized scott just name a few..

rockmonkeysc

Older style Giant Reign X. Awesome bike. Newer ones aren't so good (I bought a new one :-( )

1mancity2

Giant Reign, I got my 2010 one of ebay for £400 with shock, absoulte bargain.

Pudseyp

Reign, Remedy, Enduro, Helius, BMC Trail Fox, Corsair Marque, Scott Ransom, I could go on...

prycey

thanks for listing bike manufacturers but you seem to be missing the point. I am asking for people’s opinions on frames they have ridden. I have been riding since the 90's so of course I am aware that most brands have an all mountain bike in their range

1mancity2

prycey wrote:

thanks for listing bike manufacturers but you seem to be missing the point. I am asking for people’s opinions on frames they have ridden. I have been riding since the 90's so of course I am aware that most brands have an all mountain bike in their range

Reign, rides everthing you put in front of it, mastero suspension works so feel, climbs well and decends even better, I do every type of riding and its by far the best frame I've had.

Pudseyp

prycey wrote:

thanks for listing bike manufacturers but you seem to be missing the point. I am asking for people’s opinions on frames they have ridden. I have been riding since the 90's so of course I am aware that most brands have an all mountain bike in their range

Perhaps you should have been more clear...what would be you top budget ?

prycey

my budget is about £500-600

delcol

prycey wrote:

thanks for listing bike manufacturers but you seem to be missing the point. I am asking for people’s opinions on frames they have ridden. I have been riding since the 90's so of course I am aware that most brands have an all mountain bike in their range

ok sorry i missed that bit in your opening thread,,,, i took this as another what bike blah blah blah...
me personally
had a santacruz heckelr for 3and half years and loved it, took it on some big terrain in whistler (did 6 trips) with the heckler it was faultless, in my opinion it was far better when i put a coil shock on it...

replaced heckler with santacruz cruz butcher did 2 trips to whistler on it and it is an amazing bike really really impressed me...
friends bikes
i know people who had knolly deleirium t and rate them
scott genius highly rated
orange alpine 160 highly rated.

Northwind

Haven't actually ridden one but I'd like a shot of a Reign X...

Cotic's Hemlock is discontinued but is a proper bike, really rate mine highly... Orange Alpine is decent but a bit more compromised IMO. Marin Wolfridge? Not a 160 bike, just thinks it is...