Vitus Rapide 275 - anyone ridden one?

PeteinSQ
PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
edited May 2014 in MTB buying advice
Hello I'm considering buying a Vitus Rapide 275 - the one thing holding me back is that I can't find any reviews of it.

The cheaper Vitus Sentier 275 VR just won hardtail of the year in sub £1000 bracket in MBR but bizarrely has been discontinued by Vitus and if it hadn't I would have bought one of them.

This will be my first mountain bike but I've been a keen road cyclist for ten years and no the false economy in buying a cheap bike (if you can afford a more expensive one) when you're likely to want to upgrade at a later date. Hence deciding on this one potentially.

If anyone has some real life experience of this bike I would love to hear your opinions. Thanks.
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