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I want to ride a bike uphill and enjoy the downhill.
I don't like labels but, if I did, I guess I'mm looking for a 'trail' bike.
I wasn't planning on buying another bike this year but I had one nicked (on*one c456)
I did dabble with buying a new bike last year and enjoyed a couple of 29ers on demo days inc Whyte T129 and SC Tall Boy (although strangely not the TallBoy LT)
So...
I have £2000 to spend. Options include:
1) c456evo - if I hadn't had my old one nicked I'd still be riding it and enjoying it - this is improved with all new kit - what's not to like?
2) on*one Parkwood - looks like a cracking bike for the money (and £1000 in my back pocket)
3) Titus Fireline - I've always wanted a Ti bike - is it really worth £800 more than the Parkwood?
4) Whyte T129s - really likes the 2013 one I demoed - obviously not a HT - would it sit alongside my other bike (Blur 4X) or make it obsolete?
So.... after all that... what else should I be looking at? (£2000 [b]max[/b])
I'd go for £1000 in the back pocket to go towards a few weekends away.
I have a fireline, i genuinely think its brilliant but the value of that parkwood is hard to beat.
I have a fireline, i genuinely think its brilliant but the value of that parkwood is hard to beat.
One plan would be to buy the Parkwood and swap to a Fireline frame in the future.
I have a whyte T129. It's a great bike.
Canyon Strive, or the Spectral.
I've been blown away with how well my fireline rides, it handles everything in its stride and is extremely comfortable. But like i say £1k for that parkwood is brilliant. Geometry is very similar too isn't it?
Blimey - that Spectral 29 7.9 is a lot of bike for the money.
This is better
http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/radon-slide-130-29-8.0-se-128909?currency=3&delivery_country=190
I've a strive frame I'm selling size small.
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I've a strive frame I'm selling size small.
Thanks but I'm not small.
Also, for the first time in ages I'm looking at buying a complete bike rather than building my own.
This is better
http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/radon-slide-130-29-8.0-se-128909?currency=3&delivery_country=190
Looks great on paper.
Anyone ridden one?
Has a weird looking brace at the back.
Has a weird looking brace at the back.
I [i]quite[/i] like that brace thingy in a sort of sharkfin way.