You have no more than £3000 at your disposal with which to buy one bike. It can be any sort, but it has to be off-the-rack.
What do you get?
My choice:
Finally, include a picture if possible.
Can it be from Italy ?
Can it be from Italy ?
I figure if we're going to go down, we might as well go down in style. So, yeah.
Good game! Good game!
I'm going to cheat and play my Brucie bonus and go for the Reilly Gradient at £3200
I would panic buy a RAAW Madonna V2.
Then I would panic buy all the bits I would need to build it up, but that's probably another thread.
£3k? Easy.
Annoyingly I cant find a picture of a bike made of pasta and loo rolls, so my plan is scuppered.
£500 over, but i’d get the newer version of what I already have
RM Instinct
Quite happy with my ti Stooge but would upgrade to full carbon everything else that could be.
Probably have some change for some pasta and TP.
In what seems to be the spirit of the thread already, I'd cheat a little and use my staff discount to buy one of these -
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Because the Trek Supercaliber comes in over budget, even heavily discounted for the entry level model, the Canyon Lux CF. https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/mountain-bikes/cross-country-bikes/lux/lux-cf-sl-6.0/2433.html?dwvar_2433_pv_rahmenfarbe=RD%2FWH&dwvar_2433_pv_rahmengroesse=M
Get a nice dropper and a frutti di mare pizza with the change.
Gotta be a Boardman XC
A couple of quid over budget...
Actually I might get the blingiest Brompton I could for that budget.
Not much use when WFH and self-isolating, but would be handy if I make it out the other side.
Fairlight Secan.
Sits drumming fingers looking at the calendar.
Under budget by £550 which I would use for a holiday away. A repeat (ish) purchase but more bike than I've ever needed.
Upgraded spec
New Lightweight Frame Handbuilt in Britain
Five year frame warranty
Fast rolling 29 Inch Wheels
Generous tyre clearance
12x148mm Boost rear hub spacing for lateral stiffness and precise handling
Suspension geometry for 120mm front/110mm rear
Internal dropper post routing
Fox 34 Factory Kashima 120mm Boost Fork
Fox DPS Factory Kashima 165 x 36mm Rear Shock
SRAM X01 1x11 Speed Drivetrain
SRAM Guide Ultimate Brakes
Hope Pro 4 Hubs on Mavic Tubeless Ready Wheelset
Race Face SIXC 35 20mm Riser Carbon 800mm Handlebar
RockShox Reverb Stealth 170mm
SRAM Descendant cranks
Ibis Ripmo AF i think or maybe a nice hardtail , Solaris max or a sonder ti .
Any Virus ... Sorry, Vitus, that fits the budget!
Was quite liking that Lone Parabellum earlier this afternoon:
I even think fitting a valve cap to rear wheel won't break the budget either.
Stanton Sherpa, for £20 over budget you can have one of the fancy colours.
**** it, I'm gonna spend my imaginary three large on an eMTB.
Vitus probably do one for that kind of money, eh?
£3k you say? Hmm I’ll take a new Islabike Beinn for my daughter and with the change buy myself one of these for my Alpine:
This - 46% off RRP at Winstanleys:
Been thinking about replacing my Process 111 for a while, this seemed liked such a good deal so I bought one!
Bird AEther with Pikes, XT 12s, Hope or DT hubs on DT rims.
(no idea what it costs but I'd quite like one).