[Closed] £600 xc bikes

wife recently got herself a Specialized Rockhopper and seems very happy with it. Two friends of ours recently came with us to the Alps and gave their £600 Rockhoppers a good beasting without issue.

On One are doing some good deals at the moment, IIRC.

Check out their site.

I'm selling a brand new 2010 Rockhopper SL Comp for £650!

im not looking to buy yet which is why its not on the classifieds forum but cheers anyway

Carrera Fury, ridiculously good value, especially last year's. A wee bit burly for a pure XC bike mind.

Have a look at the boardman mountain bikes, they're superb value for money but come from halfrauds so are (often, but not always) built by YTS numpties (is there such a thing as a YTS now?).

Some kind of Giant XTC from pauls cycles love mine

TREK..... Go get one you will NOT be unhappy.

giant xtc is good, or check out merlin malts. They're good, and always get good reviews.

SH Cannondale F500 (or similar)

Those things should come with a warning sticker "Caution this bike is F****** Fast"

I'd forgotten:

+How fast tires that arent 2.35 wide are.
+How much weight can b saved by not having disks and the chunky hubs that go with them.
+What a stiff frame accelerates like