Next year’s bikes are rolling into shops in the next few weeks, so expect to see deals on last year’s bikes / frames. I picked up a fully XTR’ed Santa Cruz 29er this time last year for this sort of money as a heavily discounted “last year’s model” bike. Unsurprisingly, it’s a lovely bike 🙂
Couple of friends have had issues with YT’s support from Germany – not any complaints about their service, but more about the fact that everything was more difficult when you need to send it back to Germany. Both of them ended up with their bikes off the road for an extended period because of the Fox shock issue – much longer than they would have with an LBS, who would have probably slapped a spare shock on the bike to get them riding. Just worth bearing in mind…