£1800 budget full sus
OldHand
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Greetings - I have £1800 to spend on a full sus and I have been looking at the Cannondale RZ 120 2. I went to Evans and definitely fitted out for a large frame. Anyone have any experience on this bike?
I currently have a Cannondale Trail Sl 2, but want to go a stage further and upgrade to a full sus. I like the Cannondale bikes and better the devil you know would like to stay with them.
I currently have a Cannondale Trail Sl 2, but want to go a stage further and upgrade to a full sus. I like the Cannondale bikes and better the devil you know would like to stay with them.
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What kind of riding do you do?0
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Trails, XC, some downhil and roads to work and back. I am 42yrs old and the hardtail is too punishing for me now, hence the full sus.0
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Roads to downhill is the full spectrum - what does your DH riding entail? Drop/jump size? How much do you weigh?0
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I tend to avoid the big jumps on DH, as too old bottle wise and don't really have that skillset yet. Weight is 13 1/2 stone.0
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You still need to be a bit more descriptive of your riding - the RZ120 is more XC oriented and is simply not for downhill. You can get burlier bikes with 140-150mm of travel that are better suited to mild DH, but are still a decent weight for XC. Or or even bigger bikes just incase you really do want to get into it!
Any all rounder will be a compromise, so this is why we need to dial in exactly waht you need. This is the sort of middle ground bike I mean:
http://www.canyon.com/_en/mountainbikes ... tml?b=2564
6 inches of travel, big tyres, nice kit, will handle many types of riding, particularly hard xc/trails very well.0
