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Friend of mine wants to get back into riding. He has an old Cannondale F something that is Looooooong and stiff. And the h/shock is pretty fubar.
He just wants something to ride in the local woods (Shropshire way) and maybe a few rides further afield. Budget if £500 and I was thinking something like a low end Spesh or Giant.
Needs an 18/23in ish top tube.
Any recommendations?
I was looking for something to fit that a few years ago and got a Giant XtC.
brilliant Value for money, and a 500 quid giant should get you around the area of toras and MPH root brakes (basic, but efficient hydraulic disks) and an LX/deore groupset i reckon...
Cheers Olly, that's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of. Amazing value really compared to what you used to be able to get.
second hand?
Nah he wants a new one. His reasoning being the Cannondale is about ten years old, so he thinks he deserves something box fresh.
Hi mate my girlie has just brought a new commencal for a staggering £400. She saved herself 300 pounds off RRP. I too brought my commencal combi s for 680 when it should've been nearly £1100. Both came from
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=category&categoryId=6
I was impressed! I think nowadays you can get a whole lotta bike for 500 squid.
[url= http://www.evanscycles.com/products/genesis/core-10-2009-mountain-bike-ec017149?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=froogle ]Genesis Core 10[/url]
[url= http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b7s2p1552 ]Kona Caldera for £500[/url]
[url= http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b4s2p1265 ]XTC 3.5 for £440[/url]
This looks great for the money
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SARACEN-PYLON-8-STREET-CRUISER-CITY-COMMUTING-BIKE-2 0"_W0QQitemZ250393490579QQcmdZViewItem
alfine hub, disc brakes. 200 quid left for a decent suspension fork and some off-road tyres. very low maintenance.
[url
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SARACEN-PYLON-8-STREET-CRUISER-CITY-COMMUTING-BIKE-2 0"_W0QQitemZ250393490579QQcmdZViewItem]Saracen Pylon 8[/url]
I like my Giant XTC...
Some interesting stuff there.
The Core 10 looks a well sorted hardtail as well. Not sure about that fork.
I'll have a browse round the Merlin site as well.
I was overall impressed with the liveliness of the Kona Caldera I hired at Laggan.
Have a look at Merlin cycles, they had some Merlin Malt frames with full Deore groupset and a reasonable fork on for about £450...
Or, get to Halfords and have a look at the bottom end Boardman hardtail...