Hi All,

We all know everyone loves a “tell me what to buy” thread 🙂

I’m looking to replacing my 2016 Stumpy with something a little bigger. I do have some criteria that it needs to fill though so I’ll list below and lets see what you can come up with.

Budget: up to £800
Suited to 150mm travel (650B)
Larger than a large Stumpy (6’2″ 33 inseam, longish torso).
142×12 rear dropouts.
Ideally would like to avoid pressfit BB
Ideal if it will take a coil shock (curious to try one out eventually).

So far I have the Bird Aeries and a second hand Empire MX6-Evo

Anything else worth considering at this price range?

I’m open to the idea of a good hardtail, but would need to be backed up with first hand experience of coming from full sus > hardtail 🙂

Frames

Ohh, I’d forgotten about airdrop. Anybody got one? Wondering what they are like.

Well, because I’m an impatient bugger I’ve gone and ordered an XL Bird Aries in the Orange colour 🙂

Here’s what you could have had….
Cove Hustler

Forgot about Cove too! They have always intrigued me to be honest, but even the large looks like it sizes up a bit small.

I’ve never seen a bad word said about Bird, so hopefully I’ll like the bike.

monkeyboyjc im seriously interested in a hustler do you have one yourself ? thanks tam