what bike

kinggaz79

i am looking to spend £1000 max on a full suspension bike. The two bikes ive seen are cannondale rz120 3 2012 at pauls cycles for £900 or the boardman fs 650b from halfords £1000. Can anyone give me advice on what would be best. Many thanks

Cqc

The cannondale doesn't look great, but the board man is v good, get that

kinggaz79

look great, as in spec or visually. ive now seen a giant anthem x3 for £900???

Cookeh

Could you post links/specs of the bikes? I'm far too lazy and Im sure Im not the only one.

rockmonkeysc

Go for either the Canondale or a 26" Boardman. No idea what they have done with the 650b Boardman but the geometry feels wrong, it feels a bit twitchy, doesn't hold a line well and just doesn't ride that well. It should have been better.

Angus Young

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m1b4s1p494 ... CE-X3-2013

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

kinggaz79

giant anthem x3 pedalon.co.uk £899
cannnondale rz120 3 paulscyles.co.uk £899
Cube AMS 130 Pro 2013 winstanleysbikes.co.uk £899

Kowalski675

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Go for either the Canondale or a 26" Boardman. No idea what they have done with the 650b Boardman but the geometry feels wrong, it feels a bit twitchy, doesn't hold a line well and just doesn't ride that well. It should have been better.

That's rather at odds with what the reviews are saying:

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/categ ... -14-47855/

Angus Young

Kowalski675 wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Go for either the Canondale or a 26" Boardman. No idea what they have done with the 650b Boardman but the geometry feels wrong, it feels a bit twitchy, doesn't hold a line well and just doesn't ride that well. It should have been better.

That's rather at odds with what the reviews are saying:

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/categ ... -14-47855/

That's what I was thinking when I read that comment.

kinggaz79

I am leaning towards the boardman 650b,but for another £200 i could get this ( Vitus Bike Gravir I Suspension Bike 2013 ) chainreaction. This has better spec I think, more than £200 worth?

Kowalski675

Angus Young wrote:

Kowalski675 wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Go for either the Canondale or a 26" Boardman. No idea what they have done with the 650b Boardman but the geometry feels wrong, it feels a bit twitchy, doesn't hold a line well and just doesn't ride that well. It should have been better.

That's rather at odds with what the reviews are saying:

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/categ ... -14-47855/

That's what I was thinking when I read that comment.

They gave the win convincingly to the Boardman in the What MTB group test of direct buy bikes recently, with a 4.5 star rating (second place went to Canyon).