Up to £1000 with Edinburgh Cycles - Work Scheme Purchase

Andy54057

Just changed employment and I've got the option of up to £1000 from my pay before tax for a bike with Edinburgh Cycles, problem is I know very little about mountain bikes and would appreciate some of the more knowledgeable cyclists out there offering some advice as once I get to group-sets or gearing I'm lost (and thats before forks).

Bike will be ridden on roads, tracks and trails nothing too ninja…

It's for up to £1000 as stated, link to the Edinburgh Cycles below, also is their benefit for putting a couple of hundred in with the £1000 or simply settle for a good solid decent bike from those below….?

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/browse/ ... eHighToLow

I appreciate this question has been asked a thousands times before, Thanks for any help

The Rookie

Be aware of the options at the end of your one year lease, strictly you don't have £1000 to spend on buying a bike but to lease it for a year.

Antm81

Not necessarily a cycle scheme, I have the option to do a similar thing under certain situation, just an advance of pay to spend on what I like.

Andy54057

I've got to sort out the finer details, just wondered what to go for or look at on the list of available bikes as I've little knowledge on Mountain Bikes having nearly always been a road biker

Antm81

In terms of the bikes they are all pretty similar, although none are particularly very good value for money compared to bikes that can be bought elsewhere.

For forks, most seem to be either xc30 gold or xc32, the XC30 gold (previously recon gold I believe) should be better than the xc32 (better damping although the xc32 may have a stiffer chassis).

Drivetrain, for shimano you've got at the bottom acera, alivio (those 2 May be the other way round), deore, slx, xt and xtr at the top.

Forks are the most important single component so I'd be looking at the best for my money there.

Hope this helps

oodboo

I got my bike on the b2w scheme from edinburgh cycles a couple of years ago. I went for the focus black forest 29er 2.0. It's a great bike, I'm plenty happy with it so based on that I'd be looking at the Focus black forest 29er 4.0: http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... 29r-4-0-15
Leaves you a bit change for a new lid or something else you might want/need.