I need a newer lighter bike..

dirkpitt74

Weighed my Saracen tonight - 15.3kg's!
Am in need of a lighter better equipped bike - Suntour sprung forks shake & rattle on rough stuff and are a bit bouncy on accents.
Oh and some decent rubber would be nice too - is there a good allrounder for dry/gravel/wet/mud?

Budget will be upto £600.
So far thinking:
Rockrider 8.1
Calibre Point 50
Carrera Fury
Voodoo Hoodoo

Any others that I should consider.

Like the idea of remote lock-out for the forks - can these be retrofitted?

I read the Rockrider review on the main site for the 2010 version - was it really only 12kg's?
Is there a more upto date review of it?

Thanks

Chris

imsimon

£600 is a healthy old chunk to have in the 2nd hand market. Take a look at what you could get in the for sale section.

njee20

Why do you need a lighter bike? Sounds like you need better forks and tyres, but they're not inherently lighter.

dirkpitt74

njee20 wrote:

Why do you need a lighter bike? Sounds like you need better forks and tyres, but they're not inherently lighter.

I did think about that - but then by the time I've changed forks, ditched the V brakes for disc (and changed wheels to suit) and upgraded the Shimano Altus stuff to something half decent I could have bought a new bike for the same (or less) money.

The Rookie

DirkPitt74 wrote:

Weighed my Saracen tonight - 15.3kg's!
I read the Rockrider review on the main site for the 2010 version - was it really only 12kg's?
Is there a more upto date review of it?

The bike didn't change for a long time, though has just been updated, not seen any reviews.

Be sure you know the condition it was weighed in, pedals can easily add 300-450g for example and it may have been on control tyres, although given the spec circa 12-12.5Kg would be about right.

dirkpitt74

A bit more of a google shows as 12.8kgs on the B'twin site:

http://www.btwin.com/en/mtb-mountain-bi ... 1-mtb.html

How good are the forks?

supersonic

Forks are as good as they get for this cash.

dirkpitt74

Thanks for the reply.
Rockrider looks like a popular bike - most places seem to be out of the mediums.