[Closed] Opinions On Buying A New Bike - Enduro Too Much Or Just Right?

tlgo · 2020-09-29T16:35:02Z

Hi, I recently bought a second hand Orange Alpine 160 and have been riding that all Summer. Only got into MTBing properly this year but love it and have progressed quite a lot. (in my eyes) Anyway, my Orange frame cracked quite badly on Friday on a descent in the Lakes. I was intending to buy a brand new bike early next year anyway, the Orange was a stop gap until then, but now that need is here as I have no intention of repairing the crack (it's past repair). Now, I have been looking at either a Specialized Enduro or Santa Cruz Megatower. Those two bikes I have almost settled on as contenders after watching and reading all the reviews I can. Behind these I also like the look of the Hightower and the Nukeproof Mega. There are so many options out there across Enduro, XC and Trail that I find it a minefield. I am after a 29er. I would love to hear everyones opinions on this. As far as what I ride and will be riding as I know this matters.... I currently have been riding trail centres (whinlatter/Gisburn/Grizedale off piste) and different lakes routes. (Garburn, Nan Bield etc). Looking to now move to some bigger descents and fully intend to have uplift days and experience parks such as Revolution. Big days in the Lakes, trail centres and jumps, and basically anything I can hit that goes down. In an ideal world I would love a bike to be capable of all of the above and anything else I may end up doing. But not be stupid if I am just wanting a quick fell blast on a Friday afternoon if that makes sense. What would you do? And any opinions on my thinking here as to which I am settling on? I intend to go and test out bikes and ride them before buying anything of course. As a side note, climbing I found quite tough on my Alpine 160 when riding in a group. Always felt I was peddling twice as hard but being left behind. They are generally all on 29ers. My Alpine was on 26inch wheels. So, that's a big thing for me. I want a bike that can do it all, but will also allow me to at least keep up in some ways going up. The Enduro bikes have me worried in this department, but should I be? Any thoughts, opinions or comments are welcome and appreciated. :)

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stevextc

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I doesn’t matter, I’ve one mountain bike, if I wanted to go and pick up the car, I’d pick out my bike…Here’s the thing, after 40 miles off road, you’d be tired. Would you be 10%? 20%? more tired if you had used a bike with 20mm more suspension and maybe a couple of kgs heavier…who cares?

Erm yep ... had they said "pick it up this evening" I'd have cycled the extra 5 miles to Swinley

So yesterday I picked the car up...cycled over and then drove the 10 miles or to Swinley and put in a couple of laps. After 10 miles on the kids new steel HT I dropped the stem but still had the HA... till I drop the travel on the forks.

Then some lycra clad guy 1/2 my age wearing a shop sponsor jersey on a carbon 29er smoked me on a climb... he seemed to be leading a group and much as I wouldn't have minded he then said "well done" when I got to the top.

Posted : 02/10/2020 1:00 pm

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