£800-£1000 (XC Mountain Bike?)

[endlesstimes]

Hi all,

Im after a new mountain bike for Cross Country biking i want to spend between 800 to 1000 really 800 but 1000 is my maximum what would you guys recommend? ive been looking at some "specialised" bikes and "Lapierre"? bikes..

Cheers,

[Ryyy]

Specialized = Untouchable.

[endlesstimes]

what model?

[saxovtrstevie]

i like this 1 mate

Trek Fuel EX 5.5 2009

[endlesstimes]

Originally Posted by saxovtrstevie

i like this 1 mate

Trek Fuel EX 5.5 2009

Yeah i think they are pretty decent..

[moxy89]

Rock hooper from specialized are very good... try Orange. Felt. Kona

[twoga]

i Giant Trance would be nice depending on were u get it from and you could pick one up for a about 900 i think, are u looking for a brand new or second hand one because if you look on pinkbike.com or sountherndh.com i bet you could pick a mint xc bike for cheap or hav u considered building one i could work out alot cheaper i build my own bikes and works out alot cheaper

[saxo_tom1234]

Originally Posted by twoga

i Giant Trance would be nice depending on were u get it from and you could pick one up for a about 900 i think, are u looking for a brand new or second hand one because if you look on pinkbike.com or sountherndh.com i bet you could pick a mint xc bike for cheap or hav u considered building one i could work out alot cheaper i build my own bikes and works out alot cheaper

my local bike shop has one for about that price,

giant are deffo near the top of the field with xc bikes, dont rule out scott bikes either.

i race mountain bikes ands was in the GB team for a while so i no my Shizzle with bikes

[twoga]

yeh i am realy into my bikes aswell i ride dirt jumps/ park/ trials and downhill/ slopestyle did u ride dh in the gb team or xc

[SamW]

The Scott scale 60 is very decent, geo on them is pefrect and are made up of really reliable parts £850.00 ish aswell. Id imagine your after a rigid frame aswell or a rear sus?

[minxymears]

you looked at beOne bikes, they knock out some nice bikes around that price

[jono_saxo]

kona ftw

[Gordi]

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165499

^^these have had some good reviews!

[endlesstimes]

Originally Posted by twoga

i Giant Trance would be nice depending on were u get it from and you could pick one up for a about 900 i think, are u looking for a brand new or second hand one because if you look on pinkbike.com or sountherndh.com i bet you could pick a mint xc bike for cheap or hav u considered building one i could work out alot cheaper i build my own bikes and works out alot cheaper

Nope doesnt have to be new! that pinkbike.com website looks awesome you can pick up bikes for like 400 or 500 and they are awesome bikes!! Do you reckon building bikes is a cheaper way then? this is my bike spec currently:

- i currently have a saracen X-cell jump bike (well its a cross between a cross country bike and a jump bike lol. because i had a raleigh stonefly cheap rigid bike years ago and i changed the forks to Rock shox jett cs and i changed the frame to a x-cell blue frame and i changed the handle bars to tioga DH ones and a Tioga DH cube stem and its got Tioga Factory DH front tyre and Maxxis High Roller XC tyre on the back. So im now considering changing parts on this bike to be more suited to XC over time rather than buying a whole new bike... alternatively i could buy a second hand bike on pinkbike.com the problem is i ride 3 times a week on road and 2 times a week (all weekend) off road xc and i also occationally (once a month or once every two months) want to go to trail centres and DH tracks such as (CWM DOWN - wales)

Please give me your advice it would be much appreciated..

Thanks

[twoga]

well you could get a descent bike of pinkbikes for 500-600 mybe then upgrade it later when needs be, and i would say its cheaper to build a bike on some parts, i built my bike up for 500 and i oculd sell it for about 850-900 buts thats becuase i got all my parts in the sale, look at chainreactioncycles.co.uk there have sales all the time i get all my parts from there, well i was going to say a sx trials but i see u ride road aswell so mybe a commercial meta 5.5 there are realy good bikes, just look around on pinkbikes u will pick up a good bargain

[djadzvtr]

Originally Posted by jono_saxo

kona ftw

+1
i had a kona muli mula i think it was called that was around that price.....wicked bike tho!!

my mate had a santa cruz super 7 ....that was ruthless for a bike cant remember the spec...try and find one secondhand???

[twoga]

yeh u cant go wrong with santa cruz awesome bikes, aswell as commercial, giant, specialized bikes

[endlesstimes]

Originally Posted by twoga

well you could get a descent bike of pinkbikes for 500-600 mybe then upgrade it later when needs be, and i would say its cheaper to build a bike on some parts, i built my bike up for 500 and i oculd sell it for about 850-900 buts thats becuase i got all my parts in the sale, look at chainreactioncycles.co.uk there have sales all the time i get all my parts from there, well i was going to say a sx trials but i see u ride road aswell so mybe a commercial meta 5.5 there are realy good bikes, just look around on pinkbikes u will pick up a good bargain

Commencal 5.5? looks really nice.. i see its front and rear suspension is that not going to take the pedal power out when cycling though on roads etc? or is it very stiff? how much can you pick those up for usually second hand? is there many around second hand?

[Danr]

What are Marin like?

I take it they are epically shit?

[LDeere683]

are you looking for a hard tail or full suspension? i wouldent touch a kona because they are well over priced and ride like a bag of shit, marin are a good brand to look at, also look at ironhorse mk3 if your looking for a full sus, if your wanting a full suspension but want to ride on the road sometimes make sure the rear shock has lock out if possible, how tall are you? that saracen must be terrible for riding xc on!