Can anybody recommend me a good lightweight xc mtb?
Looking to spend around £1500.
No more than 100mm travel/26″ wheels/slackish geometry/below 24lb.

Any out there?
Thanks in advance.

On One Whippet

I have a HT that is dead on 25lb ( not for sale) that has cost less than £800 to build. Alu frame , 100mm forks. Getting a HT at 24lbs for £1500 should be quite easy i think.

I’d probably go with the whippet also, although with a 1500 budget I’d be tempted to buy the frame and then look around for a deal on wheels forks and components. I reckon you could build something sub 22lbs for that money

The Grand Canyon AL is also worth a look. 23lbs for 1300 (without the pedals). If you can spend a couple of hundred quid more than your budget then the Carbon version a pound lighter.

Scott scale 30 2012. £1299 on pauls cycles. Bargain!

if you’re over 6 foot, this could work:
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m1b0s2p4338/CANNONDALE-FLASH-CARBON-4-2012

Cheers fellas. Scott scale was on short list.
Liking look of the Trek elites for the money too.