gt fury elite or mandraker summon

mogulkila

had my kona operator nicked ,so got option of my mates 2013 mandraker summon@1000squid or a 2016 gt fury elite@2100 ish to buy ,i,m swaying more to the GT...help please :?

kickaxe

We need you to tell us what all of the components on the bike are (links are great or you can just post the components here), otherwise it's hard to have an opinion which one is better.

It's called Mondraker Summum by the way

rockmonkeysc

I wouldn't touch a used Summum. Not the strongest of frames.
The GT is a great frame but the elite build is hopeless. Terrible fork, wheels which will last about five minutes. Rubbish shock and under powered brakes. Definitely not worth the money.
At that price you're better off looking at YT, Rose and Canyon downhill bikes.

mogulkila

Kickaxe wrote:

We need you to tell us what all of the components on the bike are (links are great or you can just post the components here), otherwise it's hard to have an opinion which one is better.

It's called Mondraker Summum by the way

thanks for that :roll: :roll: :roll:

supersonic

The GT, as Rockmonkey says, has been built down to a price. I wouldn't say it is bad value in a world where you can pay 2k alone for a good DH frame, but as a package the fork and shock are seriously lacking and will hinder what the frame is capable of.

rockmonkeysc

For just a little bit more this is loads better than the GT
https://www.rosebikes.com/bike/the-unch ... aid:738591

Or this
https://www.yt-industries.com/en/produc ... 54/tues-al

That Rockshox Domain fork is extremely heavy and not very nice. The BoXXer RC is just in a different league plus it's relatively cheap to fit the R2C2 dampers and turn it in to a really nice fork.

mogulkila

RockmonkeySC wrote:

For just a little bit more this is loads better than the GT
https://www.rosebikes.com/bike/the-unch ... aid:738591

Or this
https://www.yt-industries.com/en/produc ... 54/tues-al

That Rockshox Domain fork is extremely heavy and not very nice. The BoXXer RC is just in a different league plus it's relatively cheap to fit the R2C2 dampers and turn it in to a really nice fork.

thanks dude ...im 60% rose 40%yt

rockmonkeysc

The Rose is very good. Not so well known in the UK although they do have a UK representative and the bikes get great reviews.