Rose vs Canyon

bernie1973

I'd only ever ridden hardtails and was all set to replace my Trek superfly with a cotic solaris...until I hired a full susser at glentress last week and just loved it. I see there's been a good deal of debate already tonight about the relative merits of FS vs HT and the depth of the pockets of those who buy them, but I'm now decided on going for my first FS and find myself drawn to these two offerings from Rose:
http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/rose ... aid:583512
or Canyon:
http://www.canyon.com/_en/mountainbikes ... tml?b=3036

The savings from buying direct are just too tempting.

Any opinions on the relative merits of these two bikes, the service offered by Rose and Canyon or any others I ought to consider. I plan to use the bike for a mixture of trail centres, xc and messing about my local woods.

hainman

hey bernie,im kinda having the same problem,although my choice is the Radon slide 150.....
http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1867/ ... 0-8-0.html

b_real

Don't think the Slide 150 is a 29er. I was also considering Canyon until I stumbled across the Whyte T129S. Check it out.

http://www.whytebikes.com/2013/section. ... 47&xPage=1

jairaj

If you contact Rose you maybe able to sort out a demo ride.

hainman

my bad,never noticed the choices he had were 29ers......

rockmonkeysc

jairaj wrote:

If you contact Rose you maybe able to sort out a demo ride.

^^That^^ and Rose have an excellent UK rep. I haven't rode the bike you linked to but I have rode the Granite Chief and it rode as good as any trail bike I have ridden and is extremely well specced for the money.

bernie1973

Cheers folks, I will give Rose a shout, I had no idea it may be possible to demo. I had just assumed that lack of demo opportunity was a downside of buying online. Agree that Radon bikes are fantastic lookers and have similarly great specs to Rose and Canyon, but as was pointed out I am looking for 29er which I don't think they do in full sus yet.

jairaj

My friend bought a Rose a few years back and got really good service helping him pick the right bike, they come highly recommended by him.

rockmonkeysc

There is a UK contact on the Rose website
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/contact/show