which bike

bleasy

Hi people im looking to take up mountain biking and dont know which bike to buy? Not sure on my budget but def no more than £1000 more like around £600-£800 looking to ride at gisburn forest, grizedale forest and lee quarry. So if anyone can help me with some ideas it would be very welcome

specialeyes

Is this budget just for the bike? I would also budget for camelbak, multitool, spare tubes, pump, patch kit, clothing and helmet.

bleasy

£1000 for the bike and the gear

Dave_P1

Bear in mind a good deal can be often struck with your local bike shop if you want a bike along with all the gear.

supersonic

What brands does your local shop sell?

bleasy

I have a leisure lakes close, so they sell specialized,cube,whyte,orange,cannondale, the other 2 local shops one sells Scott and focus the other trek, giant, orange but I'm not to far from formby cycles and wheelbase aswell

bleasy

A few ideas ive come up with are

Lapierre 500 raid or 700 raid
Orange g2 or g3
Cube Ateention or Acid
Whyte 801
Canyon Yelowstone 5.0
Voodoo Bokor
Boardman ht comp

But open to other ideas

jaymodunn

specialeyes wrote:

Is this budget just for the bike? I would also budget for camelbak, multitool, spare tubes, pump, patch kit, clothing and helmet.

I saved money by buying non specific biking clothing and I personally prefer water bottle over camel pack.

Decent gloves and helmet will pay dividends, the rest can be had very cheaply saving the rest for the bike.

How about a canyon GC AL 6.0. I had a Cube Attention with upgraded kit and found it a very stable fast bike that inspired confidence? You could probably get a team or pro in your range.