[Closed] £1k Hardtails

I've got a Trek 8500 from 2004, if I was buying again I'd go for something a bit slacker and forgiving.

By forgiving you mean steel?

Orange P7, mine came to a bit more than 1k but I'm pretty sure there's a sub 1k one. It's comfy, long travel, just does the job in a quiet no-fuss way.

If i was buying the mo it would be a [url= http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/custom-mountain-bikes/rock-lobster-mountain-bikes/rock-lobster-tig-team-853-09.html ]rock lobster 853.[/url] Bargains even before you get the 10% off...bit more XC/whippet orientated tho.

Spud, yes. More flexible, slacker angles all round, less XC orientated, less twitchy downhill.

It's for kid hauling/ training rides/ back-up in case my bouncer breaks etc. Looking at Cube at the moment. The Reaction looks great but over budget.

Spud, depends how good a rider you are IMO. My two main problems with the Trek (especially as a beginner) were that it was uncomfortable on long rides, and that I kept think that it was going to tip me over the handlebars, however that's nothing that can't be overcome with a bit of fitness and skill. 😉

For a grand, if you go for last year's model, you could get quite a good race bike, if you fancy having a go? You could even get one of those cheap as chips carbon frames, build it up cheap, then replace and upgrade as bits wear out.

I seconf the P7......I love mine

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P7 is a great bike.

What travel is that Houns?

140mm

Too long for what I'm after.

P.S. Haven't had much time to get on lately, what happened to the other channel?

Can wind them down to 130mm

Not a lot spud, same old, some folks just come back from teh alps

The format's changed.. meltdown again?

Ai, it borked a couple of months back, for a moment we all nearly had to get a life..Almost

I see, I'll re-register then.

good man