What to buy ??? upgrading my now dead hardtail

drewbear

Hi All

i am after some advise please, have been riding for a few years now, but now I need to upgrade my bike I have a Saracen Sahara (apologies for spelling) which has now died. I have a few bikes in mind and would like an opinon please.

Stumpy FSr elite
Epic
Trek fuel ex9
Kona king

I have decided to go for full suss, as I need a bit of cusining for my back any ideas

Cheers....

paulosoxo

The epic and the stumpy are vastly different bikes, with the epic riding more like a hardtail untill the suspension kicks in. Both the Epic and the King are more XC race bikes, whereas the Stumpy and the Fuel are more of a trail/all day riding bike.

Have you looked at the Commencal Meta 5? they seem to get glowing reviews from everyone who owns one.

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drewbear

Cheers

Not sure what to go for at the moment have a test ride on a epic and stumpy at the weekend, I do mostly flatish trial runs at the moment and go to the lakes about every 6 weeks to do a couple of rides, did the northface on Friday, and it knacked me out on the saracen so it needs to go.

passout

Go for either 4" or 5" travel if you are coming from a hardtail - avoid 6".

Father Faff

I did the North Face on my hardtail Orange P7 and had a major prang on a rocky section and very bloody knees whereas on my new Commencal Meta 5.5.1 it was a doddle and really it was a matter of how fast you could go without missing a bend. I would recommend the Commencal if you are doing rougher more technical routes (reds, blacks, Lakes, DAles, Scotland, etc) however if you want racing speed go for something else.