http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bmc/speedfox-sf02-xt-slx-2012-mountain-bike-ec031114
I'm after a trail/do everything bike for around 1.5-2.2k and after a few weeks of research I've come across the BMC speedfox sfo2 advertised by Evans for 1.6k. It seems like really good value and the weight and specs are spot on! Having very little insight into BMC as a company however I am a little nervous about pulling the trigger. Is there anything about this bikeI should be worried about? Is it a decent bike?
Other bikes on my list include:
Whyte T129s 2014 (eagerly anticipating this!)
Lapierre x-flow 412 (can't find a review of this, looks amazing though)
Scott Genius 940
Canyon nerve al 8.0
The mag gave it a good write-up some months ago, kinda 4.5 / 5 level. Prices have been dropping for a while, pretty good bargain now - I'd snap one up despite being skint if they had 'L' in 2011's SF01 colours...
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That'll be tomorrows niggling thoughts taken care of! 🙂
Bought a bmc shiver from evans did about 50 miles on it (one of my kids bikes) was making a hidious racket, Evans were useless fobbed me off with wears and tear bullshit when chain, Bb and front hub bearing and cones were uttering shagged, bike is good but beware cheap shite hidden on it.
Which mag review is that? The only one I've seen is of the 2011 version 🙁
Yea cheap shit is what I was worried about with an unknown brand like BMC, but The Swiss do everything well don't they?
unknown brand like BMC
Sorry?
Which mag review
In STW, but would've been an earlier version (I presume broadly the same bike...). When I enquired with Evans store they were ok to bring one in to try if they didn't have the right size, handy enough if there's a shop close by.
Yea I'm gonna go take a lookin at Evans Sheffield as they're one of only 2 stores in the country that stock the large frame, good job theyre only 30 mins away from me!
I couldn't buy any product so badly named.
Though I hear their "Quickbaboon" is excellent.
[quote=ratherbeintobago ]unknown brand like BMC
Sorry?
The one that I heard when asked about their mountain bikes was they make nice road bikes....
One local is on another model, he now has the carbon frame as the 4 previous alloy ones all snapped in different places.
they make nice road bikes
Like this one?:
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While their mountain bikes aren't well known, they [b]have[/b] appeared in the press a fair bit over the last couple of years (I'm sure WMB had a Trailfox long termer?), BMC still isn't exactly an obscure brand.