Mate has £1500 budget, anyone seen anything that looks like a bargain. 650b and 130mm or more would be best I think. Thanks for any suggestions.

See the Start Cycles PSA. 40% off all bikes.

Dunno if it was just Friday, but included Zesty and Spicy around that price IIRC.

Boardman Pro Full Sus 650B 2014 for £1600 and with 10% off bringing it down to £1440.

Still some Anthems at Pauls for £1500

Radon bikes have a range that come in under that, and they look very well specced.

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/mountain-bike/brand-radon/l-24

Boardman and probably something Canyon/On-One/Web based would be decent options; otherwise maybe a Trance or for a bit more a Merida.

Kona Process 2013 @ CRC?
Spicy @ Start Cycles?
Whyte M109 @ Cyclesurgery?
Saracen Kili 121 @ Slanes, Sprockets and others?

Cheers folks. Some good ones in there!

Canyon Nerve 7.9 29er, £1449

Doesn’t one of the Bird Aeris’ come in at about £1500?

Giant trance 27.5 3.

There are loads about…

Some of the Spech Stumpjumper full sussers come down to this price in the sales.

Saracen Ariels always get discounted, ignore the 2-3k RRP, i got my 140mm one for £1500 a few years ago.

Giant Trance.

Canyon (obviously).

Rose bikes (another German direct sales group).

Commencal (maybe?, depends what their base spec model is now).

Kona Satori 40% off £1600 @ Rutland Cycling, 29er, 140mm front, dropper etc.

I got my Giant Trance SX down from 2699 To 1499 recently from Pedalon. Has gone up slightly since but great spec for money.

http://www.silverfish-uk.com/Brand/8765/Category/16501/Trail-27-5-Bikes

Loads of interesting options up there.

If you can wait a couple of months, as matther01 mentions, there’s the Bird Aeris

The Bird Aeris 3 comes in 1x or 2x flavour for £1579 delivered.

There are demo bikes available if you look at their website, which is one of the reasons I was never quite comfortable buying from Germany.

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/category/bikes/mountain-bikes/full-suspension/product/review-merida-one-forty-5-b-14-48206/

merida one forty 5b