Full Sus upgrade - £1900 Max

carms28

Hi all,

Looking to upgrade from my hardtail this summer to a full sus, with a max spend of £1800/1900. I usually ride trails and have narrowed my list down to 3 bikes;

Norco Fluid 7.1 650b
Giant Trance 2 650b
Lapierre X-Control 327

I have riden the giant and really liked it, but not the other two. Has anyone riden or does anyone own any of these bikes and give any comment on them? Which one would you guys recommend?

Thanks

rockmonkeysc

I also rode the Trance and thought it was a great bike let down by a terrible fork.
How about one of these?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobi ... lsrc=aw.ds

poah

spec of those bikes seems a bike poo TBH try and stay clear of any bike with fox evolution shock/fork on it.

have you considered canyon, Rose, cube or radon bikes?

rockmonkeysc

Rose Granite Chief is very good.

carms28

Thanks for the comments. Yeah,.I have been told the evolution folks are a let down by someone else...stay clear of my list then lol, other than the Lapierre which comes with RS I think. I have just had a look at that Rose Granite Chief and nukeproof and they look really nice. I will be honest,.I have never Considered a Canyon, Rose,.cube, nukeproof or radon as I don't know anyone who has got or riden any. I don't what to rush into buying a bike so will investigate these ones. It's alot of money to.part with so best to get views from people who have either rode or got these bikes like.

97th choice

I'd wait a few months, plenty of discounts in September

poah

Carms28 wrote:

Thanks for the comments. Yeah,.I have been told the evolution folks are a let down by someone else...stay clear of my list then lol, other than the Lapierre which comes with RS I think. I have just had a look at that Rose Granite Chief and nukeproof and they look really nice. I will be honest,.I have never Considered a Canyon, Rose,.cube, nukeproof or radon as I don't know anyone who has got or riden any. I don't what to rush into buying a bike so will investigate these ones. It's alot of money to.part with so best to get views from people who have either rode or got these bikes like.

couple of people on here have the rose granite chief, there is a cube and a fairfew nukeproofs. the caynon and rose bikes are pretty hard to beat on spec.

viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12968211&p=18860495

kirby700

POAH wrote:

spec of those bikes seems a bike poo TBH try and stay clear of any bike with fox evolution shock/fork on it.

have you considered canyon, Rose, cube or radon bikes?

Jesus, I've just about convinced my missus that the Giant trance is the one ! Whats up with them?

carms28

POAH wrote:

Carms28 wrote:

Thanks for the comments. Yeah,.I have been told the evolution folks are a let down by someone else...stay clear of my list then lol, other than the Lapierre which comes with RS I think. I have just had a look at that Rose Granite Chief and nukeproof and they look really nice. I will be honest,.I have never Considered a Canyon, Rose,.cube, nukeproof or radon as I don't know anyone who has got or riden any. I don't what to rush into buying a bike so will investigate these ones. It's alot of money to.part with so best to get views from people who have either rode or got these bikes like.

couple of people on here have the rose granite chief, there is a cube and a fairfew nukeproofs. the caynon and rose bikes are pretty hard to beat on spec.

viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12968211&p=18860495

Yeah after reading reviews and looking at the spec they both offer,the spectral AL 7.0 and the granite chief 1/2 are defiantly my two front runners now, both look great as well. I found the link helpful as we'll. thanks

rockmonkeysc

kirby700 wrote:

POAH wrote:

spec of those bikes seems a bike poo TBH try and stay clear of any bike with fox evolution shock/fork on it.

have you considered canyon, Rose, cube or radon bikes?

Jesus, I've just about convinced my missus that the Giant trance is the one ! Whats up with them?

The fork is terrible and to make it worse the steerer is an odd size so you can't even sell the fork to help fund an upgrade.

carms28

The trance is off my list now, even though it rode nicely and the frame is really nice. Has anybody got any comments on the Vitus Escarpe 275VRS ?

kirby700

Canyon Nerve AL
Rear Shock Fox Float CTD Performance BV & Fork Fox 32 Float 27,5 CTD Performance

VERSUS

Giant trance 2
FOX CTD Evolution & FOX 32 float CTD Evolution.

Basically are all FOX products pretty cack then?

rockmonkeysc

Not all. With most bikes if you don't like the fork you can take it off, sell it and buy something else. The problem with the Trance is that the fork won't fit any other bike because Giant use a 1.25"-1.5" steerer instead of the standard 1.125"-1.5"
Take a look at the Rose Granite Chief, the advantage over Canyon is a UK distributor who has demo bikes.

poah

the performance line are at least tunable but they are very linear in their spring rate and tend to go through there travel quickly. fine for a XC fork. Fox are very overpriced

rockmonkeysc

Only overpriced as aftermarket forks.

carms28

Looking at the Canyon spectral Al 7.0 which is classed as a all round mountain bike on their website it comes with the fox talas evolution folks, are these talas evolution folks any better than the ones which come on the trance? I know.the nerve Al 8.0 comes with the float performance folk but the bike is classed as a super tourer alpine cross bike, will.this bike be any good for me if I will be predominantly riding trails? The spectral looks like a lovely bike but as you've all.said the evolution folks on this might be a let down on this bike.as well?

poah

no, only difference is the talas lets you change travel

rockmonkeysc

What the feck is a super tourer alpine cross bike?

poah

RockmonkeySC wrote:

What the feck is a super tourer alpine cross bike?

step down from Enduro

rockmonkeysc

If it's not #enduro it's nothing.