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lightweight, all-day, racy full suspension? (pics)

64 posts & 39 voices | Started 1 year ago by sefton | Latest reply from Nezbo

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sefton - Member

I'm currently riding the below:

its great and at 23lb it's fast & gets up the hills no problem. but after a few hours in the saddle things get tiring and I'm getting battered on the descents.

I've started to think about full suspension bikes.

I'm more into XC, all-day riding & fitness.
I'm thinking maybe 100-120mm fork.
Under 30lb (nearer to 25lb)
under £3000

here are some of the bikes I could think of:

Cannondale RZ120

Lapierre X-Control

Scott Spark

Specialized Epic

Giant Anthem x4
I'm leaning to the Cannondale at the mo. (has anyone got any experience with these)?

Have I missed any possibles out?

Also I have decent gear on my Rock Lobster (0x, sid's, hope m4's, mt65's & nobbys, KCNC etc) and could consider swapping components onto a full suspension frame.

Posted 1 year ago #
julianwilson - Member

those bits on your rock lobster on an orange st4 or SC superlight frame would be ace (complete builds on those 2 don't seem anything like as good value as the big brand bikes you posted up there.)

Also, are merlin still doing that deal on complete build turner flux? that was well good value!

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

looks very nice (anyone know the weight of this frame)?

Posted 1 year ago #
mieszko - Member

There is also the Trek Top Fuel. I had the older model, 100mm suspension, very efficient and light. There are at least two guys on here who have a newer Top Fuel (njee20 and mrmo).

This one would be withing Your price range:

Or this one is one sale HERE in 17.5", £1800, full XT, RS Sid fork and has Bontrager Race X Lite wheels which weight close to 1500g. It should fly

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

I suppose swapping my stuff to a full susser frame would make sense, otherwise I'll end up with two xc/racy bikes.

Posted 1 year ago #
squiff - Member

I have just bought the anthem x1. reviews are greats and it's a really fast bike, DONT BUY CANNONDALE THERE THEIR SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!, it will fall to bits in no time. Have a look at what mountainbiking mag for reviews.

Posted 1 year ago #
campfreddie - Member

2010 Giant Anthem from pauls cycles - sorted. next question

Posted 1 year ago #
faint - Member

What about the specialized camber or a Morewood Zula (?) oh and the commencal super 4

Posted 1 year ago #
mcboo - Member

Canyon Nerve MR 9.0 SL

http://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=2071

£2400
24lb
Full XTR

Posted 1 year ago #
B.A.Nana - Member

Cube bikes are worth looking at aswell, not sure which model you'd want, but you get alot of high end kit for less money than most other big brands and their bikes generally get good reviews.
Possibly something like this at 25lbs AMS HPC Team but you'd need to look thru the range yourself.

Posted 1 year ago #
molgrips - Member

Kona Heihei for me. 21.5lbs but it is a somewhat bling build. I love it to bits. Most sorted XC race bike I've been on.

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

amazing value

Posted 1 year ago #
ChunkyMTB - Member

Cannondale Rize is a great bike. The guys at Dirt magazine love it.

Posted 1 year ago #
TurnerGuy - Member

Flux frame is 6lbs

Posted 1 year ago #
racefaceec90 - Member

love my anthem x2.can easily do all day rides on it.i think mine is around 25lbs (as standard small frame)

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

is that with the shock?

Posted 1 year ago #
neil853 - Member

That Canyon is unbelieveable value

Posted 1 year ago #
neil853 - Member

this is even better http://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=2070

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

looks like they sell "frame only" too

http://www.canyon.com/_uk/outlet/list.html?type=frame_mtb&sort=m-up&size=M

I THINK SWAPPING EXISTING GEAR TO A NEW FRAME IS THE WAY

Posted 1 year ago #
neil853 - Member

Honestly, the complete bike package is the best value. No way you could build them up for that price.

Posted 1 year ago #
phinbob - Member

@neil853 - that is stoning value hard to beleive really. That's what you might get on £4k bikes in terms of kit (if you were lucky).

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

yep amazing but I'll use my existing gear & swap it all over

Posted 1 year ago #
singletrackmind - Member

Sell your old HT frame , strip , clean and sell all the bling and buy the Canyon .
Sell the wheelset 'As new' and look for a set 100gm lighter .
That way the cost to change will be in the hundreds , not thousands . With a good quality 1600gm wheelset that bike should be very quick indeed , and more importantly comfortable after 50 miles .
Hei Hei owner here too , 24lb FS , but shorter on travel.

Posted 1 year ago #
5thElefant - Member

The Scott Spark is very long, especially if you have long legs (slanted back seat tube, at least compared to my old Strike). Climbs like a monkey though.

Posted 1 year ago #
simply_oli_y - Member

I love my spark. Got a newer replacement so I'll have a size large spark frame for sale if its of interest. Though the canyon bikes are silly cheap.

Posted 1 year ago #
geordiemick00 - Member

Cube AMS are a good 120mm full sus, belting VFM, I've got a Stereo Race which isn't as light as the AMS but still is an all day machine and the 140mm suspension is very good. It's in the for sale section as I'm now a 29er convert!

2011 18" Stereo Race FOR SALE

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

Even if I strip & sell all my stuff I think I'll still be way short of a Canyon.

I think simply swapping to a new frame is the way.

what else is worth changing at the same time (new cables etc)?

Posted 1 year ago #
molgrips - Member

Ooooooooooooh!

Posted 1 year ago #
Rorschach - Member

http://shop.theedgecycleworks.com/1115/Trek-Bikes-Top-Fuel-9-Black-White.html

Posted 1 year ago #
monkeyp - Member

"DONT BUY CANNONDALE THERE THEIR SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Amazing - used two versions of the word and still got the wrong one

The reviews I have read say otherwise, but then, I do like Cannondale bikes and the RZ120 1 is on my shopping list to replace my Rush.

Posted 1 year ago #
molgrips - Member

Every time I open this thread my Kona pic looks more and more fantastic... sigh...

Posted 1 year ago #
Hairychested - Member

DONT BUY CANNONDALE THERE THEIR SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!, it will fall to bits in no time.

Never trust a man who cannot spell properly.

Posted 1 year ago #
sefton - Member

This is the first I've heard about Cannondales being crap

Posted 1 year ago #
andytherocketeer - Member

Was looking at Canyon a while back. Some of the full-bike specs are pretty neat compared to frame only. Fox forks and full groupset for pocket money more than the frame only, so *may* be worth buying full bike and upgrading a few bits (depending on what you want), and you get the choice of a single colour or black too.

Posted 1 year ago #
vrapan - Member

Anthem X all the way for me or maybe ASR-5 ?

Posted 1 year ago #

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