£1k Full Sus

mcdonagh01

I have up to £1k (cycle2work), to spend on a new bike. My ideal option was the Boardman FS Team but the current model seems to be out of stock pending a new version. I've sent various emails/tweets to both Halfords and Boardman direct but they have been less use than the proverbial chocolate teapot. So can anyone give me any other options for bikes i should consider instead?

poah

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oxocube1

The new Boardman Range is out in 3 weeks time if you can wait. Maybe worth it to get a new shiny one!

mcdonagh01

oxocube1 wrote:

The new Boardman Range is out in 3 weeks time if you can wait. Maybe worth it to get a new shiny one!

That's what i've been trying to find out from Boardman and Halfords but neither would eve tell me there was a new range coming out. Do you know any details of the new range?

oxocube1

I don't unfortunately. The only reason I know when they're coming out is my manager has good connections with people at head office and found out through them. I'll try and find out some info this week though! It would not surprise me if they drop the spec a little on each model due to increasingly higher costs for components, shipments etc. Most brands do it year after year, including Voodoo very recently.

stellamandude

This any good ?

http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giant-anthem-x3.html

prawny

Is there a decathlong by you? My rockrider is a decent bike for a grand.

mcdonagh01

Stella/Prawny thanks but i've got to get it from Halfords

prawny

I'd call the halfords c2w helpline if that's still running then, the shop can order you pretty much anything in, but it's all at list price. The helpline used to have all sorts of offers when we used Halfords at work, might do better. Looks like from the website the only half decent Full suss bike they've got at the mo is the banshee x

bamba

dont think you can better this for the money, slighty biassed opinion,

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m1b0s1p494 ... CE-X3-2013