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I have a full suspension bike - A Gary Fisher Roscoe. 26" wheels, 3*9 gearing. I do use it occasionally, but not a great deal
I also have a rigid 29er that sees far more use. Again, 3*9 gearing.
I am coming to the point where I think I fancy some more bounce. I could add suspension to the rigid 29er, or I could replace the old FS with a new (or new to me) bike. The former is preferable in terms of outlay, but the latter might be more fun and get me out riding a bit more.
Ideally, I'd like to standardise on parts and so on, so I don't have to have three different types of this, that and the other.
So, if possible I'd like a 29er full suspension. 27.5 might be acceptable - that way I can carry only a 27.5" tube in the bag (oh yes I still run tubes all round, tried tubeless and wasn't overly impressed) which will (hopefully) fit smaller or bigger wheels as a get-me-home fix
I don't want 10 speed. I've a garage full of bikes and they're all either 9 speed or 11 speed, so 11 speed is probably the way to go - 1*11 or 2*11, the latter might be better for bigger wheels
A dropper post would be useful, but not essential
Brake wise I'd probably swap over the Hope X2s from the roscoe so I have standardised brakes
and the crunch point, I do NOT want to spend a fortune. under £1200 would be fantastic as I can sort that on cycle to work scheme
Suggestions / feedback / offers of lightly used pristine bikes for not very much money most welcomed. I'd been tempted by Transition smuggler that @Alex is selling but as he's a couple of inches taller than me I think the Large might be too big for me
ah yes, I'm 5'9" with a 32" inside leg and weigh around 70kg, so something in the right size would be ideal
thanks!
New bike, give up on parts standardisation, except for 29er wheels/tyres. Once you get into the detail there's loads of parts you can't swap over between bikes.
Try and get one that's easy to tubeless, or already tubelessed (most rims these days are relatively tubeless friendly). It's a bit better, and if it's easy to do it's definitely worth it. You'll still need that 27.5 tube just in case though.
by "standard" I really mean tubes/chains/brakes - so I only need to carry one set of spares