specialized rockhopper comp 2014

georgemarshall

i have ordered the above bike through a insurance claim from a site called bike replacement through wheelies i have £900 store credit could anyone say if im getting my moneys worth or should i change it if i can

rockmonkeysc

There are much better bikes for the money

georgemarshall

thanks rockmonkey could you help me out please want to make sure im getting moneys worth there was a lapierre raid 729

georgemarshall

gt karakoram 1.0 2013
felt nine 50 2013
lapierre raid 529 29er
lapierre raid 729 29er
giant talon 2 2013
giant talon 29er 2013
cannondale trail sl 2 2013
connondale trail sl 2013
cannondale sl 29er 2013
gt zasker 9r sport
rockhopper comp 2014

felix.london

links to the bikes on offer would be handy but basically go for the one with the best fork!

georgemarshall

what would be the best fork as im still getting to grips with things

georgemarshall

http://www.bikereplacement.co.uk/Catalo ... r%20Unisex

the bikes are here

cooldad

Yep, lots of bikes there.

georgemarshall

un sure on having 20 gears and having 2 biggish gears at front and not 3 any insight with this

georgemarshall

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... _#features

this is what iv ordered. does it sound any good

rockmonkeysc

Terrible fork. Nasty transmission. Rubbish brakes. Bargain basement wheels. Frame is ok but there are better bikes available for £600. All the bikes on that website are very over priced. Just pick the prettiest turd.

georgemarshall

what bikes would you recommend then. im not getting it from evans tho

cooldad

Take the cash and go to Halfords or Decathlon.

georgemarshall

ill only get £600 cash

felix.london

you'll get a better specced bike from Decathlon for £600 than you will from that list*


*I haven't looked at all the bikes on the list but if the Rockhopper's anything to go by they're all stinkers!

georgemarshall

any links for these bikes

felix.london

i.e

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-81-2012-mountain-bike-grey-id_8168918.html

georgemarshall

whats better on that then spesh

felix.london

georgemarshall wrote:

whats better on that then spesh

from a quick look...everything! - def fork, drivetrain & brakes

georgemarshall

fuck lol will that spesh be good for going to work on and bike rides with the son

cooldad

Let's try that again.

felix.london wrote:

georgemarshall wrote:

whats better on that then spesh

from a quick look...everything! - def fork, drivetrain & brakes

felix.london

Of course. It'll be fine for that. Just, you could get far more bike for far less money (as above) and if you really get the bug and start venturing further and going faster you'll be on the upgrade path far sooner

georgemarshall

cooldad wrote:

Let's try that again.

felix.london wrote:

georgemarshall wrote:

whats better on that then spesh

from a quick look...everything! - def fork, drivetrain & brakes

?????????????? :?

cooldad

If all you want is someone to recommend an overpriced, underspecced, frankly rather nasty bike, ok - the Rockhopper is excellent.

cooldad

But considering this posted a while ago, would appear EOT

georgemarshall wrote:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/rockhopper-comp-29er-2014-mountain-bike-ec052283?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=froogle&utm_content=mkwid__pcrid_19178765816_kword__match__plid_#features


iv ordered this bike good or bad

steviecapt

i fail to see why the spesh rockhopper is a nasty bike, if speshes bikes were that bad specialized would be out of business, not one of the biggest manufacturers around, the only bad thing is value for money, too be honest you cant really beat decathlon and boardman bikes for value for money, but as you have already bought the spesh bike its probably not what you want to hear, the rockhopper has a good frame well worthy of upgrading at a later date, i would enjoy your bike then gradually start upgrading various parts as they wear out or when you find you need better parts as you gain more experience

cooldad

It's a hell of a lot of money to spend on an adequate frame with a lot of cheap bits hanging off it.
Point is for a lot less you can get a better bike that doesn't need instantly upgrading.
Spesh make some excellent bikes, but their bottom end ones are not.
The name sells.

supersonic

£850 for the Rockhopper Comp? Robbery.

The Rookie

steviecapt wrote:

i fail to see why the spesh rockhopper is a nasty bike, if speshes bikes were that bad specialized would be out of business,

No because there will always be idiots prepared to spend too much on a fancy paint scheme and a name.

The only bit on the bike that is Spesh is the frame, all the rest you can directly compare to other bikes to which they are also fitted, if you do that you'll see the 'hopper is about £300-400 overpriced, all the time Spesh can make an extra profit of that much from gullible fools, then they will.

steviecapt

so now all people who buy the bottom end spesh bikes are gullable fools, what a load of shit, not every one who buys bikes has the inclination to do internet searches on the value for money of mountain bikes , or indeed gives a shit, all most people are interested in is buying a bike from a well known manufacturer, that they like , i totally agree most of the big manufacturers bikes are not exactly good value for money, but according to your views they are all fools, what about people who buy bmw cars there not exactly good value for money either, in fact most mechanics will tell you there overpriced and these days not exactly reliable, in the same vain people who buy top end spesh full sus bikes must be gullable fools aswell as there not exactly good value either, the trouble with these bike forums is that if people dont fall in with the general view of the self proclaimed expert bikers there all fools, in fact these days how many things we buy are value for money not much

supersonic

This is not a low end Spesh mind - it is one of Speshes mid range models. But it does have the spec of a much lower end model, there is no escaping it is dire value for money. Other Speshes may not be, but this model is.

Part of that is due to the fact it is a new 2014 model - things are getting worse value. Nevertheless I could never recommend it, and you can get far, far better for the money. The frame has been downgraded from the M4 stuff too - in fact the builders Merida, make boardman frames too, and they are just as good, if not better!