Which full suss for trail centre riding

ducatikid

Hi, i've been tearing my hair out trying to decide which bike to get. I live near Hamsterley Forrest so will spend most of my time there. I had a Scott Genius MC40 last year which i sold, and to be honest never had a problem with it. I'm 6'1" and 15 stone with 34" inseam, not bothered about massive jumps, and doesn't need to be the latest model if there are discounts around.

I have around £2k and so far have been looking at the following:-

2013 Scott Genius 930, available for £1900 from £2900
Whyte T-129s, only problem was one bike shop said the large was too small, another bike shop said it was ok!
Giant Trance 650b, which i have a test ride booked for this weekend
2009 Santa Cruz Blur LT which a friend is selling for £1600, and doesn't have a speck of dirt on it!
Canyon Nerve AL 7.9

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Lee

broona

Put the Rose Granite Chief on your shortlist too, thread here - viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12968211

markhewitt1978

The boss of Team Cycles seems to be tearing around there gobbling up the KOM's on a steel framed cyclocross bike - so perhaps one of those?

rockmonkeysc

broona wrote:

Put the Rose Granite Chief on your shortlist too, thread here - viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12968211

These are very good and a bargain.
Genius is a bit of a tank for trail centres and the Trance has a terrible fork and weird size headset.