Help!! not sure if this is the right bike for me.

buzzwhiskers

Hi all.

Ok I recently came into some money, which is nice, and I decided to upgrade from my old Spesh stumpy. The money pot isn't bottomless and i am looking to spend around £1500. I've seen this which looks ideal:

http://www.cyclecellar.co.uk/products/245-ghost-amr-5900-suspension-bike-2012.aspx

However I've not heard masses about Ghost as a company or this bike, What I really need to know is:

one: how the sizing comes up - The stumpjumper is a 17' and i would want to go much bigger than that.
two: if this is going to be a worth while upgrade.
Three: Is the bike really as good as all the reviews say.

Any help would be massively appreciated

Thanks

The Rookie

Nothing specific on the ghost but
1/ Spec is good for the money, very good
2/ Euro style bikes tend to get knocked a bit under UK trail conditions as they tend to blow through their travel a bit quick under bigger hits
3/ Size wise EFFECTIVE top tube length is the most critical single dimension as it's the least adjustable (noting you have to allow for setback versus inline seatpost on that as well).

b_real

I rode that Ghost over a couple of volcano's in the Canaries a while back, it's an excellent bike.

cooldad

Excellent to know they are fire proof.

pilch

What's a Euro style bike?

danlikesbikes

cooldad wrote:

Excellent to know they are fire proof.

Either that or so damn quick they went through the flames too fast