Ragley Piglet or Rockhopper Comp?

fergo

Hi

Which would you buy and reasons why?

Dont know much about Ragley TBH, wondered what everyone's thoughts are, has quite a big discount.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=62607 - Piglet £640

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/speciali ... 76775.html - Rockhopper Comp £600

Will be used in local woods/trails - not DH.

Thanks

supersonic

Depends what sort of terrrain you plan to ride: the Piglet has slacker geometry and will be more stable, a good bet if you like to descend quickly over harder terrain. The Hopper is a classic XC bike, faster handling - but not as good value.

The Rookie

With SS, the two are very different bikes, for hardtails about as far apart as you can get at that price, so what riding will you do, for XC there are better cheaper bikes than the 'hopper.

oodboo

Piglet

fergo

Thanks for the replies, as for the piglet im wondering if the frame is thick enough - looks rather thin and im 6'3 and 15st, sounds daft but will it take my weight!?

chrisw333

Yes, it's steel and a very strong bike.
Frankly, these two bikes are very different and I don't think you should just be tossing a coin between them. Do a bit more reading around or have a serious think about what sort of riding you want to do. Be realistic - most of us probably over estimate what were likely to be riding most of the time.

In a nutshell, Rockhoppers are good all round cross country bikes. The forks have 100mm of travel. Quite capable for general trails and most trail centres. You could prob get a bit more bang for you buck though for a 100mm xc bike.

A piglet is a steel hardtail with a bit more travel. Apparantly steel rides differently to aluminium so a different type of ride. Probably a bit heavier too. It has a bit more travel in the forks and geometry is more relaxed, so better for agressive riding, steeper rockier terrain etc

I like the look of the piglet, it's prob the 'better' bike, but not necessarily for your use if that makes sense?

The Rookie

The best bike is always the best bike for YOU and YOUR RIDING, so tell us what you do/don't like and what riding you do and people can make a suggestion.

fergo

chrisw333 wrote:

Yes, it's steel and a very strong bike.
Frankly, these two bikes are very different and I don't think you should just be tossing a coin between them. Do a bit more reading around or have a serious think about what sort of riding you want to do. Be realistic - most of us probably over estimate what were likely to be riding most of the time.

In a nutshell, Rockhoppers are good all round cross country bikes. The forks have 100mm of travel. Quite capable for general trails and most trail centres. You could prob get a bit more bang for you buck though for a 100mm xc bike.

A piglet is a steel hardtail with a bit more travel. Apparantly steel rides differently to aluminium so a different type of ride. Probably a bit heavier too. It has a bit more travel in the forks and geometry is more relaxed, so better for agressive riding, steeper rockier terrain etc

I like the look of the piglet, it's prob the 'better' bike, but not necessarily for your use if that makes sense?

Thanks for that - spesh comes in at 13.3kg and Piglet at 12.6kg.

As for my type of riding it is general XC, woods, trails - not so much DH or rocky terrain (although very 'stumpy' in places!). Would the Piglet not suit this?

The Piglet is meant to be RRP £1075 and at £640 seems a bargain, the spesh is £600 from £700.

oodboo

I still say piglet.

warpcow

I'm with oodboo. The Piglet would probably be ideal. It'd be my choice anyway. There's nothing it can't do that the Spec. can and vice-versa, but I'd go so far as to say the Piglet is likely a better 'all-round' bike than the Rockhopper.