Yet another "which bike" thread! :D

slashwhatever

Yes, it's another thread begging for help narrowing down that final decision to actually spend the money and move on from spending way too long drooling and procrastinating over websites and bike shops.

Like many, work have offered us the Cycle Scheme option so I'm taking the opportunity to get myself a new bike. It will of course be used for getting to work but will also be getting dirty from time to time. Nothing too serious, just some local trails.

I've narrowed it down to ..... 5, but I'm finding it hard to remove any from the running without some additional input.

Ghost Kato 7 650b 2015: http://www.ubyk.co.uk/ghost-kato-7-650b-2015/24243
Lapierre Pro Race 227 / 229 2015: http://www.ubyk.co.uk/lapierre-pro-race ... 2015/23214
Trek Elite 8.7 2014: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... e-ec042079
GT Avalanche Expert 2015: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/ ... e-ec070826
Scott Scale 760 2015: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/sco ... e-ec075437

Anyone with experience on these particular bikes or with some insight into individual components that rise one bike over the rest? Thanks for any help!

cubedean

For me the Trek has them all on spec alone. The fact it runs a Reba fork over the not great XC30/32. It also seems to have a much better group set and brakes.

Maybe another one to consider?
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rafal-740-mo ... 14897.html or the ltd edition version with a their own dropper http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rafal-740-lt ... 14898.html

slashwhatever

Yea, I spotted the Reba fork and thought that might tip the balance. The Trek has been tricky to find reviews of though.

I'll also take a look at the Decathlon bike - we're actually off there this afternoon to look for a first bike for the little one.

slashwhatever

Update; went down to Decathlon. Didn't have that model in the shop but managed to chat to staff, get sized up .....and bought the little one her first bike

Anyway, the fork on that B'TWIN is over 400 quid on it's own!?!

cubedean

slashwhatever wrote:

Update; went down to Decathlon. Didn't have that model in the shop but managed to chat to staff, get sized up .....and bought the little one her first bike

Anyway, the fork on that B'TWIN is over 400 quid on it's own!?!

Btwins are renowned for being fantastic value for money and the spec is really good.

The Rookie

A riding colleague has the slightly older version, the Rockrider 9.1, excellent ride, for UK trail centres though it very much benefitted from a shorter stem.