Best long travel HT

toastedone

Budget of £1250, what do you recommend. Must be a pre built bike.

FishFish

Second hand Orange P7 Pro - post 2008.

rockmonkeysc

Depends what you want to do with it.
If you want to do downhill then a Curtis DH HT. For all mountain riding I would go for a Cotic BFe. If you just want a burly trail bike then there are loads to choose from. A used On One 456ti would be hard to beat.

passout

This is great value if it fits: http://www.bikescene.co.uk/Orange-Crush-6403-77-0.html

I'd look at On One 456 in its various forms.

The Cove Stiffee seems like a well liked bike (though obviously a stiff ride).

Commencal Ramones looks interesting too.

brucie45

toastedone wrote:

Budget of £1250, what do you recommend. Must be a pre built bike.

I ride a Commencal Ramones and absolutley love it. Check my sig. Can be had for under £1200 too!

pesky_jones

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Depends what you want to do with it.
If you want to do downhill then a Curtis DH HT. For all mountain riding I would go for a Cotic BFe. If you just want a burly trail bike then there are loads to choose from. A used On One 456ti would be hard to beat.

Saw a Curtis super x last weekend, lovely looking bike. Tubes look super skinny!

rockmonkeysc

I have seen a couple of Curtis's prototypes. They really look like something special. Not cheap though.
For £1000 you can go to their factory and they will teach you to fabricate your own frame which is then brazed by Brian Curtis.

Liam1611

A couple of tweaks here and there should get this up to your needs/taste and will still fall within your budget and the seller isn't too far away.

Dialled Alpine

With good old Reynolds Tubing.

Regards

Liam