Steel / Titanium XC 29er for upto 2K

hutch-judge

Hi

Pretty new to Mountain biking mainly ride Road,looking at taking my winter training off road, i live in East Yorkshire so its pretty flat, will mainly be riding farmers tracks, canal / river bank paths that sort of stuff. looking for a Steel / Titanium or maybe Alloy frame, i'm asuming the type of riding ill be doing i want an XC bike.
Got upto 2K to spend (prefer around 1500 if i'm honest) probabbly want it to be my one and only purchase so looking for a bike for life, if thats possible these days.

Any advise apreciated, Cheers

rockmonkeysc

Why not aluminium or carbon? They can be just as compliant as steel or ti but lighter.

The Rookie

Steel or TI for an XC frame makes no sense at all, aluminium (lighter than steel and better than a cheap steel) or carbon (lightest) makes much more sense.

The Trek Superfly range is pretty decent.

kickaxe

I agree with the previous posts, Aluminium and Carbon are what you will want.

I suggest looking at some bikes from Cube as they are very good especially in this price segment.

hutch-judge

Hi, thanks for the feedback

I run 2 carbon road bikes but to be honest after a couple of issues with previous frmaes didnt really fancy it on a MTB. to be fair happy with Alloy i suppose, i just like the look of steel and titanium and thought they maybe fitted the bike for life idea a bit better.

brianbee

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19741326#p19741326]hutch-judge[/url] wrote:

Hi, thanks for the feedback

I run 2 carbon road bikes but to be honest after a couple of issues with previous frmaes didnt really fancy it on a MTB. to be fair happy with Alloy i suppose, i just like the look of steel and titanium and thought they maybe fitted the bike for life idea a bit better.

If you fancy a steel one, get one. the heart wants what the heart wants

rockmonkeysc

Carbon mtb frames are generally stronger than aluminium.

supersonic

And stronger than titanium. Infact I'd say per frame, titanium has more problems than any other material, and is not as easy to repair as carbon.

As for alloy, check this out:

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/CBOOPW29GX1/on-one-parkwood-29-sram-gx1-mountain-bike

rockmonkeysc

Ti frames are easy enough to TiG weld.
My mate has broken a few ti frames. One of them even arrived with a crack in it from new.

WhyteSky

If it wasn't for the fact that I've got a super expensive year coming up in 2016 I'd be buying this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kona-honzo-mtb-29er-hardtail-/321916761291?hash=item4af3bbf4cb:g:0-kAAOSw7hRWQQd2

Seriously under your budget but is it not worth a pint to see how you get on with MTB over the winter. You don't stand to lose a massive amount then if you decide you don't like it and want to shift it on.

eric_draven

For what it's worth I ride a Cotic Solaris,hadn't rode a steel mountain bike for about 15 years,and had forgotten how nice they feel,really impressed with mine,ok it's not the lightest material,but for the little bit more that it weighs didn't really bother me,did consider Ti but as mentioned above has it's problems