‘huckable’ means different things to different people.

Are you going to be 80ft ‘drop to accident’ type stuff or just rolling off modest kerbs?

I built my XO/X9 Cotic Soul for a similar price to yours – very possible.

I managed to build a Cotic BFe for pretty much exactly that figure! I have a rockshox revelation rlt fork, SLX/XT groupset and elixir 5/cr carbon brakes. didn’t pay RRP for anything. would have cost over double if I had bought everything at RRP. but it might be a bit tight for a full sus. ON ONE were doing a carbon 456 frame and some £400 wheels for £400 FOR THE LOT. if you can get a deal like that, it will be easy

+1 for how huckable does it need to be?

Big drops or do you just want something that’s going to last on normal trails with a few jumps and trips tot he BMX track?

If you’re considdering hardtails I’d say On-One 456 evo for £900, and put the change towards replacing bits as and when they break. Or if it’s still intact after a year, get the fork internals upgraded by LOCO.

I’ve just build a Chumba HX1 for arroudn that price:

Frame – £300
Headset – hope – £70
XT 2×10 groupset – £480 (inc ice tech brakes and rotors, all bought seperately)
Nukeproof stem and post – £80
Ragley wiser carbon – £50
Charge spoon – £20
=£1000

A few odds and ends, bling and grips etc adds another £100

Forks and wheels I already had, but swap the groupset for SLX and the frame to on-one and you could easily get some new sektors from merlin and have change left over for some secondhand wheels.

Merlin are about the most reliable site around, as far as delivery service/customer experience goes. I use the two German sites regularly, never had a problem with either, they take 3-5 days to deliver (I’m In Ireland, you might do better), out of stock stuff comes into stock when they say it will.

Superstar – well, you get varying opinions on then, but their stuff on the whole is value for the money. For £50 more, you can get Hope Hoops, if budget permits.

FYI – the SLX brakes form Rose come with the levers the wrong way round (Right rear, left front) but it’s an easy swap.

MTB prices are through the roof, I could never justify getting a new bike ever again.

4 years ago a built up a Cannondale Prophet, full XTR, DT Swiss XCR forks, JRA handbuilt wheels, Tompson jewellery and it came in at £1968; everything was spankers new.

Sorry this doesn’t help, the whole thing just beggars belief.

Yes, very easy to do….456-Evo from On-One with 150mm Revs in the £500 package they’re offering….wheels from Superstar at around £200-300….spend the rest on good solid Deore running gear….you’d probably have change too!

@ahgoat – Click “English” at the bottom of the page, it should translate

Failing that – use Google Chrome, it will offer to translate automatically.

ahgoat – here’s my list
just remembered I got crc’s Christmas vouchers – £500 worth for £400
in no particular order:
BFe frame £300
revelation rlt fork £300
on one max adaptable maxle wheelset £150
avid elixir 5 front brake £80
avid elixir cr carbon rear brake £90
SLX chainset & BB £90
SLX shifters £50
XT front mech £27
XT rear mech £50
xt chain £30
shwalbe albert snake skin front tyre £15
continental race king rear tyre £15
On-One 3D Forged Stem £12.50
ritchey pro saddle £20
ritchey pro streem seat post £23
welgo V8 copy pedals £13
shop costs for stuff I couldn’t do £52
fsa orbit II headset £20
funn bars £15
kona grips £6

Buy a secondhand remedy, reign or enduro?

I got an Slx groupset for £175, I think it was from action sports De

NS Surge is a great frame – you won’t regret getting one!

Mine added up comes to £1265 + 2 £1.80 tubes 😆
when I first got it I really liked it but now I’ve given it a couple of rides, I’m really starting to love it. It just rides so smoothly and I can thrash it as much as I like – and it thanks me for it 🙂
I have a medium frame and a 400mm seat post but I don’t need one that long. I’d be pushing it with a 300mm but a 350mm one would do fine

I have heard that you can still get pikes imported from the US. My mate got some for around £300 a few weeks ago.

I built up a Surge recently, but did have most of the parts on a donor bike already. However, I did save some bucks by not putting gears on it, which actually is something to consider. I was amazed how well a singlespeed suge climbs – better than my slot dropout inbred that I had before, and you’d be saving £ on shifters, mech, chain device etc.

I’ve been using it as an all round trail bike – handles jumps and drops extremely well.

At your size you definitely want the small. I am 6 foot and the large fits me perfectly.

I went for a 410 seatpost but had to cut 2-3 inches off that to slam it to the bottom, which was ok because it still goes high enough. If you raise the saddle you can pedal it round nicely, slam it and you can flick and chuck it around. I use it for commuting and weekend rides over at the Surrey hills. Rides everything that I do on my 6inch travel pitch, and is almost as fast downhill.

Bike weighs 27lbs as it is.

Oh yeah, I meant the medium. It’ll be fine!

Only had mine 3 weeks now, seems to be holding up well. Supposed to be bombproof, and I guess that’s right!

A 350mm post should be fine.