What bike to buy? ? ?

tuttybigwheels

What bike to buy? ? ?

I am looking for a new mtb, think I have got it down to 3, The Boardman Fi Mountain Bike Comp, The Boardman MTB Comp or the VooDoo Bizango 29er Mountain Bike. I will be doing a mixture of road and trial riding, not sure if this helps but I go 6'6" & weigh around 20stone so the bike needs to be strong, using bike to work scheme to fund this

Please can some point me in the right direction? ? ? ?

The Rookie

Links to each bike to save us searching would help.

'Trial' riding I assume is Trail...something very different!

The Comp is the relatively new entry level Boardmans designed to keep under £500, the good new is they keep the good quality frame from other models, the bad is the rest of the bits suffer a bit to pay for it.

chez_m356

The Beginner wrote:

Links to each bike to save us searching would help.

The Comp is the relatively new entry level Boardmans designed to keep under £500, the good new is they keep the good quality frame from other models, the bad is the rest of the bits suffer a bit to pay for it.

Fi

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499 £649.99

Comp

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499 £649.99

Bizango

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499 £599.99the comp is regarded as one of the best at that price, the Fi is the "female" version, not seen the voodoo before, looks pretty decent for that money

tuttybigwheels

thanks for the help on this everyone. any more suggestions would be really good

chez_m356

tuttybigwheels wrote:

thanks for the help on this everyone. any more suggestions would be really good

are you restricted to halfords ?

if so, don't rule this out

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65499#tab2 similar spec to the bizango, but with 26'' wheels and a £100 cheaper

tuttybigwheels

Was really looking for a 29er if possible using Halfords coz u seem to get more for your money

chez_m356

tuttybigwheels wrote:

Was really looking for a 29er if possible using Halfords coz u seem to get more for your money

it appears so, the Bizango and Comp29er do look good value, don't know of any others 29ers with 120mm travel thru axle air forks, anything you can get on a cyclescheme better than those will most probably between the £900 to a grand mark with a 100mm travel fork

anyone else got any suggestions for this guy ?

tuttybigwheels

that's what I thought, thanks for ur input mate