New Bike Advice Please :) Hardtail or FS

pmowbs

Hi Guys,

So im looking to get myself a decent bike. My local riding spot will be mainly Sherwood Pines (Notts) but hoping to travel around a bit to.Would like to progress with the technical trails as I advance. Budget is £1000 and the two bikes ive short listed are:

Trek 6700 2011 £950

Cube LTD Pro £949

I also quite like the idea of the Whyte 809 £1099 but not sure its worth the extra money?

Any advice would be greatly apreciated Cheers, Pete.

My question is...I know that these bikes are primarily cross country bikes with only 100mm forks but how far (if at all) could they be pushed on the more technical trails. As it will mainly be used at sherwood pines will they be capable of doing everything there with out trashing them (excluding the dirt jumps) or do I really need to be looking at an entry level Full Suspention with lower spec components?

1mancity2

The cube has the better forks, any will serve you well and all will cope with trail centres, I'd go H/T for your budget.

bamba

Blow the budget , get your self a fs and get your self to the peak district.

oodboo

If you want to push them down technical trails you might want to look at bikes with 120mm forks like this:
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... re-26-3-12

castlelad

oodboo wrote:

If you want to push them down technical trails you might want to look at bikes with 120mm forks like this:
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... re-26-3-12

Quality

chez_m356

oodboo wrote:

If you want to push them down technical trails you might want to look at bikes with 120mm forks like this:
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... re-26-3-12

very nice, but this is a bit more for a bit less http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... ad-zero-11 size dependant of course

ncresswell46

hey,
Which bike did you get in the end?
i also visit sheerwood as my local trail.
be interested in any advice as its the cube ltd race or whyte 809
neil