What bike?
MattW123
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Hi All,
I would like your advice! I am currently looking at 3 bikes as possible new rides.
They are:
2017 Scott Spark 710 Plus
2017 Whyte T130 CRS
2016 Santa Cruz 5010 cc XT with BOS 140mm AM fork (Ex-Demo)
All bikes are in Large size. I am 5ft 11inches and weigh around 98kgs. I plan to demo them all (although the Whyte demo bike is in non carbon RS form).
I am getting back into MTB after quite few years, but my main riding will be trails such as Swinley Forest, following trails in the countryside etc, although i would like a bike that can cope at bike parks in Wales occasionally. I would also like to use the bike for a longer ride 1 to 2 times a year such as coast to coast. I will never ride really extreme stuff (i'll never be that good!).
Thoughts welcome!
I would like your advice! I am currently looking at 3 bikes as possible new rides.
They are:
2017 Scott Spark 710 Plus
2017 Whyte T130 CRS
2016 Santa Cruz 5010 cc XT with BOS 140mm AM fork (Ex-Demo)
All bikes are in Large size. I am 5ft 11inches and weigh around 98kgs. I plan to demo them all (although the Whyte demo bike is in non carbon RS form).
I am getting back into MTB after quite few years, but my main riding will be trails such as Swinley Forest, following trails in the countryside etc, although i would like a bike that can cope at bike parks in Wales occasionally. I would also like to use the bike for a longer ride 1 to 2 times a year such as coast to coast. I will never ride really extreme stuff (i'll never be that good!).
Thoughts welcome!
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Throwing these into the mix too...
Scott spark 910
Santa Cruz tall boy c 29er
Yeti sb4.5c 29er0 -
Can you post links to the bikes, please?“Life has been unfaithful
And it all promised so so much”
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JBA wrote:Can you post links to the bikes, please?
2017 Scott Spark 710 Plus http://www.mountain-trax.com/2851/produ ... -bike.aspx
2017 Whyte T130 CRS http://www.mountain-trax.com/50/product ... -bike.aspx
2016 Santa Cruz 5010 cc XT with BOS 140mm AM fork (Ex-Demo) http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/B ... C-XT,16929 (but t with a BOS fork)
Scott spark 910 https://www.dalescycles.com/scott-spark ... oChoHw_wcB
Santa Cruz tall boy c 29er https://www.evanscycles.com/santa-cruz- ... vg_1146842
Yeti sb4.5c 29er http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Yeti-SB4-5-Carb ... oCSsbw_wcB
Santa Crux Hightower c r 29er http://www.mountain-trax.com/129/produc ... a-red.aspx0 -
MattW123 wrote:JBA wrote:Can you post links to the bikes, please?
2017 Scott Spark 710 Plus http://www.mountain-trax.com/2851/produ ... -bike.aspx
2017 Whyte T130 CRS http://www.mountain-trax.com/50/product ... -bike.aspx
2016 Santa Cruz 5010 cc XT with BOS 140mm AM fork (Ex-Demo) http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/B ... C-XT,16929 (but t with a BOS fork)
Scott spark 910 https://www.dalescycles.com/scott-spark ... oChoHw_wcB
Santa Cruz tall boy c 29er https://www.evanscycles.com/santa-cruz- ... vg_1146842
Yeti sb4.5c 29er http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Yeti-SB4-5-Carb ... oCSsbw_wcB
Santa Crux Hightower c r 29er http://www.mountain-trax.com/129/produc ... a-red.aspx
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Another option could be the Scott Genius 710 Plus carbon 2016.I wonder if the 2017 Spark 710 Plus is worth the extra £1100 for my purposes? Heavily reduced here: http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/scott- ... oCCvPw_wcB0 -
Those are all pretty expensive bikes and I doubt many people have ridden enough of them to make a comparison.
Sounds like a lot of money and bike for how you are planning on using it.I don't do smileys.
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Out of that lot I would go for the Whyte. However, as cooldad says, that's a lot of bike for your intended usage. You could spend half of what most of those bikes cost and get a perfectly good bike for XC and the odd trail centre trip.“Life has been unfaithful
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JBA wrote:Out of that lot I would go for the Whyte. However, as cooldad says, that's a lot of bike for your intended usage. You could spend half of what most of those bikes cost and get a perfectly good bike for XC and the odd trail centre trip.
Thanks for the reply.
I know I don't need a bike this expensive (and I appreciate i may end up fitting the bill for the guy with "all the gear and no idea"), but I have the money to spend on one. The only reason I wouldn't is if there was literally no difference between these bikes and a cheaper bike. Is that the case? Is a 5010 cc going to climb no more easily than a less-than-£2000 bike which can also descend as well as the 5010? (and even if it can, will it look as schnazzy?!). I plan to get better and fitter and to ride regularly, so I may as well have a bike which I can grow into. Also, I will probably be hitting a trail centre 2 to 4 times a month and then somewhere more tricky like Bike Park Wales 4 times a year.
What makes you say the Whyte?
I'd be interested to hear any experience of an of the bikes I listed.0 -
I own a Whyte T130 yari and it's been an absolute blast to own. I ride mainly in the Peaks and it'll happily soak up anything there.0
