right…i been riding my hardtail since september…but the summer has arrived and i dont have something big and bouncy….
i want a bike that will tackle trail centres in the uk for all day riding….but i also want one that i can take to the alps and take down dh runs…
bikes i have been looking at are
marin quake
giant reign x
patriot 66
cove g-spot
trek session 77.

but i want to no if theirs anything else around thats cheap cos im on a student budget.

All good choices, your budget sounds quite high?

You missed the more obvious all day bikes like a spesh Enduro, dale prophet etc, and some of you choices are verging on full DH rather than pedalling up stuff at trailcentres..

I built this for £420 all in for all day and Alps stuff.

Devinci Guzzler

Quake sounds like a bit much for UK all-day riding.

Lapierre Spicy?

Edit: I'd say all the bike on your list would be great for the Alps, but overkill for the UK trail centres, do you really need to spend 'that much' on a bike you'll use 2 weeks(?) a year

New specialized pitch looks good too, only 140mm travel, so unless you mean to do full on DH in the alps,it should be all you need? (or you could fit longer forks). For UK trail centres 140 is fine, or if not the new Enduro??

Student budgets are a bit different from when I was a student.

Just put a wtd ad up n the classifieds and limit your to £750 or so
Old superlight would get my vote.
J.

u think an older reign with bigger forks would do well?

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-medium-commencal-meta-666-perfect-trail-plus-mega-bike

Not mine btw

im quite fit and i had a g-spot last summer which i found fine for riding all day in the uk…it was also super capable and confidence inspiring in the alps

Lapierre Zesty

216 or 2nd hand..?

🙂

lapierres hold their value abit well? im looking 2nd hand but the only lapierres i found were like 1600. im trying to keep it around 700-800

the bike would be used for decent amount of uk dh aswell

I'd suggest that the 2005-2006 enduro needs to be on your list too

How about a 2nd hand Coiler?