I’m helping a friend look for a mountainbike, his company are with Cyclescheme (http://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/), so that excludes Halfords/Boardman, Rose, Canyon etc. as far as I can see. Main shops are Evans and Cycle Surgery, plus loads of independents.
He’s looking for a general trail/XC bike, ideally full sus, but price rises for 2012 seem to have pushed all of the big manufacturers entry level full suspension bikes out of the £1000 bracket, so it might have to be a hardtail.
Best deal I’ve found on a full sus seems to be this: http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b0s1p3618
and the On-One 456 Evo seems like a good value hardtail for the price.
Are there any 2012 full suspension bikes for under a grand that I’ve missed? Or good deals around in sales/last years models?