My 4 year old hardtail, that has had extensive use has got to the point where i don’t think its worth repairing. And after riding my Mrs new bike i need a new one. So if you had a grand budget what would you buy today? Im after a full suspension all mountain bike 2nd hand or new. If new something that would have a good frame and rear shock with the potential to upgrade components. Any help would be much appreciated.

one of these (new from halfords £999.99) 🙂

Anything on your current bike you can keep?

That confirms one i looked at and was thinking of 😀

That Boardman is less than a grand??????????????

That Boardman is very hard to ignore.

Yeah i probably can keep some bits of the bike but after riding the mrs new bike i now know how shite my bike is and how it runs. Im still thinking of fixing it up as a second bike as a back up. So ive always got something to ride. I think everything is ok on the bike other than the wheels. Plus i did a quick bodge attaching the cables to the bike on this second hand frame so i had a bike for a weekend away lol.

yep. http://www.boardmanbikes.com/mtb/fs_team.html spec here.

How about a canyon Nerve 5.0, I think they are just over budget but if you sold the bits you don’t want off your current bike. They look lovely too.

https://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=2072

Now i want that one! Grrrrr lmao. My budget has to increase now lol

full sus for under a grand?

Spesh used to do something that, while it worked very well, weighed a ton; there used to be a mongoose (?) something or other that hit the price vs weight point very well

anyway.

wrong forum

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They have now