My brother wants to get back into riding as a lot of his mates are hitting the peaks, lakes and welsh trail centres (lives in Manchester). I’m completely out of touch with this price bracket but he’s not the most experienced rider although he can ride pretty well, needs to large or xl frame, hydraulic discs, I’m thinking a 5 inch trail bike around the 28-30lb trail bike would be ideal. I suspect a 2011 or even 2010 bike from Paul’s Cycles or somesuch might be favourite for the best value, he’d like to keep it to a grand but would push it to 1500 for a really nice one. Possibly consider a used bike as long as it was in excellent nick. I also see a fair few Cubes and Felts around these days, worth a look? Talk to me STW forum!
