£450 to £600 Hardtail Mountain Bike

john10012

What is the best Hardtail Mountain Bike betweem the following:

Genesis 26.2
Specialized Rockhopper 2012
Decathalon Btwin Rockrider 8.1
Scott Aspect 630 2013

Any others you'd recommend I look at? Looking for something that can handle steep ascents and descents, lightweight, reasonably good forks and good value for money.

waby1234

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RR is excellent VFM and would be my choice. Also try the Voodoo Hoodoo. That's the stock answer.

cooky73

I went for a KHS Alite 2000 and am happy so far.

http://www.khsbikes.co.uk/bikes/khs-alite-2000

The Rookie

At £850 that's not in a £450-600 budget!

benpinnick

£499, not the 850 model

The Rookie

RRP is still £650, and from what I've seen of RST air forks I'd steer clear....

felix.london

If you could stretch your budget by another £130ish the Radon ZR Team 7.0 looks like amazing spec & weight for the money.

http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1830/a58206/zr-team-7-0.html?mfid=52

john10012

waby - unfortunately the hoodoo is unavailable to me as it is only sold through halfords which are not part of the cyclescheme that my employer uses. Good bike granted though a little on the heavy side, I do like the colour of it a lot and would be tempted if it was available but for the weight.

Would be interested to fill in the gaps on weight for the below:

Radon ZR Team 7.0 - Weight??? (Is this available through Cyclescheme?)
Genesis 26.2 Weight???
Specialized Rockhopper 2012 29.3Lbs / 13.32KG?
Decathalon Btwin Rockrider 8.1 Weight???
Scott Aspect 630 2013 13.6KG / 30Lbs

Cheers,

John

john10012

Looks like the Radon ZR is way out of my price range though weight looks excellent. Not sure on the rest of the spec as I can't read Jerry. What kind of fork are they using is it any good? Will have to cross that off the list.

cooky73

KHS is £499 direct from KHS.

I'm a beginner so couldn't tell you if the fork was rubbish or not, just read the decent review and liked the weight compared to the Voodoo.

john10012

cooky73 wrote:

KHS is £499 direct from KHS.

I'm a beginner so couldn't tell you if the fork was rubbish or not, just read the decent review and liked the weight compared to the Voodoo.

What is the weight of that one?

cooky73

12.1kg / 26.75lbs for 17" according to What Moutain Bike?

Rawkrider

RR is 12.85 kg (I think that's for an M size frame).

I can thoroughly recommend the 8.1. I love mine anyway.

swardchill

http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/a58202/zr-team-6-0.html

On special today, I doubt there is a better bike to be had for £600.00

felix.london

only 20 & 22" available but yes - absolute bargain!

Rushmore

http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1830/ ... m-6-0.html

this...

{edit} - This is the same link as the one 2 posts above..

But it's the best you can get.. incredible spec... for the money of course..

felix.london

Rushmore wrote:

http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1830/a58202/zr-team-6-0.html

this...

{edit} - This is the same link as the one 2 posts above..

But it's the best you can get.. incredible spec... for the money of course..

What this??

swardchill wrote:

http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/a58202/zr-team-6-0.html

On special today, I doubt there is a better bike to be had for £600.00