what is the best hard tail that I can get with my £650 budge

crispyj

bikes that I have in mind are:

Boardman Comp £649

Voodoo Hoodoo £529

Vodoo Bokor £679

All advice is appreciated

Chunkers1980

What do you want to do with it? Links would help, but, the Boardman

crispyj

Boardman http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... =true&msg=

Hoodoo http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

Bokor http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

I will mostly be doing xc and a little bit of road riding

Bigchris

Have a look at the genesis core 20, I have a core 10 and love it. The 20 has 120mil suspension over 100 on the 10 aswell, along with over better parts.

70\ʹspenguin

If i had the magical £650 figure to spend then i would get this: http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1830/ ... m-6-0.html


Of the 3 you mention i would get the Boardman.

chez_m356

Bigchris wrote:

Have a look at the genesis core 20, I have a core 10 and love it. The 20 has 120mil suspension over 100 on the 10 aswell, along with over better parts.

the bikes listed have 120mm to 140mm, and ''if'' your talking about the current core 26.2 ? i'd say they all have better forks too.....of the 3, probably the boardman, but, what ''70\'sPenguin'' said

crispyj

Thanks, which forks do you think are better out of epicons and reba's

andy-64

Have a look at Edinburgh Cycles, the Revolution Zero and 1.0 have a lot better spec than the ones above, at the moment they are saving a big sale

The Rookie

crispyj wrote:

Thanks, which forks do you think are better out of epicons and reba's

Reba's by a long way.

chez_m356

andy-64 wrote:

Have a look at Edinburgh Cycles, the Revolution Zero and 1.0 have a lot better spec than the ones above, at the moment they are saving a big sale

apart from the limited size's triad 1.0 in 16'' and zero in 18''

Bigchris

chez_m356 wrote:

Bigchris wrote:

Have a look at the genesis core 20, I have a core 10 and love it. The 20 has 120mil suspension over 100 on the 10 aswell, along with over better parts.

the bikes listed have 120mm to 140mm, and ''if'' your talking about the current core 26.2 ? i'd say they all have better forks too.....of the 3, probably the boardman, but, what ''70\'sPenguin'' said

Not sure about current models tbh, I have the core 10 2011 with 100mm toras, I am pretty sure the 20 has either 120mm toras or recons. Well worth a look imo.

Then again id personally save a couple more ton, and get a 456 on one..

Just had a look now, you can even stretch to a core 30 with plenty change..

http://chasewatercycle.co.uk/shop/article_45/Genesis-Core-30-2011-%C2%A3579.99.html?pse=coa

Or burn the lot and get a 40.

http://sprocketscycles.com/bikes-frames/mountain-bikes/hardtail-mountain-bikes/genesis-core-40-2011-19in/

Bolly

I am no technical expert, but I fell in love with cube last year and got a 2011 cube acid last year! Brilliant. Can be found within your budget if you went second hand and even could go next model up in the cube ltd range if you shopped about and looked through classifieds.

coomber

Where are you based?

I would try them all first of all to see what you think fits best.

I would also shop local see what specials you can get. I.e. my local bike shop has 2011 Saracen Zen 1's for £499 - U Turn Toras, SLX rear mech, nice finishing kit etc. Great bike for the money.

WoodsRider

Have a look at the Cube Bikes, IMO very good build quality, and reasonable pricing!