[Closed] 29ers on Bike2Work - recommendations?

I had been looking at on-one 29er but they don't seem to have the groupsets in stock to try to build up a bike. they do have alfines in stock tho...

also tempted by the cotic roadrat, has anyone bought a geared version through cotic? they only have a singlespeed as a full bike on the site.

any other things I should be looking at?

I have to say my unit is a tank, although it looks nice and has brand cred in certain circles.

does the 2009 unit have adjustable dropouts or is it SS only?

other than the Unit, any other ideas?

Haro Mary XC and a set of hydraulic brakes for under a grand?

good shout - I quite like the look of that

[url= http://www.singularcycles.com ]Singular?[/url]

Sam - Member

Singular?

Sam, do you do full bikes? Will be considering a 29er when the current bike 2 work bike is paid up...

Not me directly but we can certainly sort something out through one of the shops.

Gary Fisher Cobia or Xcal

the swift does look very nice, to do bike2work would I need to do it through my LBS? I'm guessing it might be quite tight to do it all under £1k, with the frame and forks at £400.

I was camped next to the Singular team at 24/12 and their bikes looked beautiful. Chatting to the owner regarding whether a 29er is right for me and he seemed really well informed and enthusiastic. Did I mention their bikes were smashing too?

a week after building up my Swift i've found it extremely comfy and i've not been at all banged up by the rigid fork, which i found with P2s etc, i'm impressed, bit nice for commute though unless you have somewhere safe to put it while your working?

I can see the office bike rack from my desk, so it should be fairly safe. there are a couple of nice bikes in there at the moment so it should be ok.

Sam - If you're still around, have you, or any of the shops that you stock, done any Bike2Work bikes? Have you managed to put any together for under a grand?

Mango - yes, head for the hills have done a few cyclescheme bikes and can come in around a grand for a geared rigid bike with modest components, or 'quite decent' parts as an SS. I've stopped doing build kits and complete bikes directly myself.