So after 4 days in wales on my scandal I’m thinking my next bike might be full suss. I mainly ride xc and as fast as I can, but I don’t race. I’m 5’11” and 31″ leg which means I often seem to struggle for standover height (I ride a 16″ scandal which is very low but possibly a fraction too short for me).
I went to the local giant store having read lots of good things about the anthem but I’m not sure the 18″ (that I need for length in top tube) has enough standover for me.
Also went to Evans and liked the size of the lapierre x-control frame but it doesn’t seem to get such good writeups as the giant. I didn’t have the opportunity to ride either.
I want something relatively as cheap as poss but with a good light frame that I can upgrade (I have spares and can fit xt 9 speed drivetrain if something is low spec’d for example)
I’ve sort of listed spez camber & epic, trek top fuel, scott spark, cannondale rz120 but haven’t found my local stockists of them yet to go take a look. Budget is as close to 1k a poss but up to 2k if 0% finance and the right machine.
What else should I be looking at? Don’t mind taking last years model to save money but ideally 0% finance would help me to spend more..
cheers,
Andrew.
