Looking for a plus bike for mostly bike packing duties, the sonder and ramin come in well for the money, anything else out there i should be looking at ?
Dartmoor Primal 27.5+
Ragley BigWig
Bird Zero (can fit 2.8)
Cotic Solaris (29er can fit 2.8 27.5+)
Stanton Sherpa
err Jones+
@ ton ! .. way to many pennnies !
Marin Pine Mountain
A 29er with Alpkit Rumpus wheels (currently 149 quid in the sale)
These Alpkit Rumpus any good?
The Rumpus wheels are obviously built to a price point but they've held up for the 500Km or so I've done on them so far. I don't frequent trail centres or bike parks so have no idea if they'll stand up to landing big jumps or whatever but for traditional XC type riding they are fine. They handled Potato Alley and Lockerbrook without problem. As a way to try out B+ they are probably the cheapest option around at the moment - at the sale price plus tyres you are looking at £250 or so.
My brother ended up witha Charge Cooker midi - four spec/price levels and good discount at moment.
Im selling this at a good price
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-cannondale-beast-of-the-east-1-275-plus-bike-large
Genesis Longitude - designed for bike-packy type stuff...