29er fs with xx1?

scrat

Any 'off the shelf' full suspension 29ers with XX1 available in UK?

BikeSwan

Specialized have specced XX1 on their top tier Epic 29, Stumpjumper FSR 29, and Enduro 29. All retail to the North of $10,000 CAN Dollars, so i'd expect them to be about 6,000 Pounds. Santa Cruz also have an XX1 package for most of their bikes.

njee20

I was just about to come and suggest those (they're £7k+ - the Epic is £7200), but... they all have XTR, I'm sure the catalogue I looked in showed XX1, and Kulhavy used XX1 on his. They're not importing the S-Works Enduro complete bike.

So that's those out!

What sort of thing are you after OP? Any particular reason it has to be off the shelf?

The Scott Spark 900 comes with XX1.

BikeSwan

njee20 wrote:

I was just about to come and suggest those (they're £7k+ - the Epic is £7200) . . .

Holy cr*p! They retail for 7200! That's absurd! That's the equivalent of 11,200 CAN Dollars. That bike retails for 10,000 CAN Dollars (6,500) pounds over here in Canada. Frankly it sounds like all you guys should be buying your bikes over here!

Back to the matter at hand: To reiterate what njee20 said . . . why do you need it on a stock bike? You can always buy a frame and then build it up with XX1. For mountain bikes there is usually a very small price increase to have a completely custom bike (usually 5-10%). It's not like road bikes where you get a 6,000 pound bike and all the parts come out to 7,000.

cooldad

Welcome to the world of import duty.

BikeSwan

cooldad wrote:

Welcome to the world of import duty.

What a bit*h import duty is . . . eh!

cooldad

But on the bright side we don't have to put up with yanks nearby.

BikeSwan

cooldad wrote:

But on the bright side we don't have to put up with yanks nearby.

They keep to themselves most of the time.

cooldad

Probably because most don't know you exist. Their world consists of USA, Vietnam (vanquished by USA), Korea (vanquished by older USA), Ruskie Commies (vanquished by USA), England (saved by USA), the Moon (owned by USA). Oh and those nasty drug dealing Mexicans.

scrat

Thanks for the reply's so far, and kind of what I had expected.

So forget all them, I need a plan B.

Canyon Strive AL 9.0 Race, 3,799 Euros. That's slightly more realistic, one problem, it's not a 29ner.

So maybe I'll have to build it myself?

BikeSwan

cooldad wrote:

Probably because most don't know you exist. Their world consists of USA, Vietnam (vanquished by USA), Korea (vanquished by older USA), Ruskie Commies (vanquished by USA), England (saved by USA), the Moon (owned by USA). Oh and those nasty drug dealing Mexicans.

Well . . . as soon as they need fresh water we're screwed! The battle of the Great Lakes is probably not too far away if Golf courses keep springing up in Nevada.

BikeSwan

scrat wrote:

Thanks for the reply's so far, and kind of what I had expected.

So forget all them, I need a plan B.

Canyon Strive AL 9.0 Race, 3,799 Euros. That's slightly more realistic, one problem, it's not a 29ner.

So maybe I'll have to build it myself?

If I were you i'd get the frame you want and then build it up with the components you want. As I mentioned above Santa Cruz have an XX1 package for all their bikes. I'm sure an Alloy Tallboy LT with SRAM XX1 would come in under 4,000 Euros.

scrat

Yes the Tallboy LT does look good, think that's a good idea, cheers

sirichmond

http://www.radon-bikes.de/xist4c/web/Black-Sin-29er-10-0_id_22990_.htm

Radon Black Sin 29er with XX1, Carbon and weighs 9.2kg, 3299 euros gets me vote but its a hardtail.

scrat

Yep, that's just the sort of thing i'm after, just in a full suspension version

njee20

The Spark 900 then.

scrat

too much money, and im not fussed with the carbon frame

It's a hard search I know but this

http://www.canyon.com/_en/mountainbikes ... tml?b=3050

In a 29er ticks all the boxes, and for a decent price.

Don't think my spec is available anywhere this year, without going custom.