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Already have more aggressive steel hardtail, looking for something more efficient for quicker XC rides
100-120 fork travel
29er
Ideally up to about £500
Prob Alu, due to cost, weight value
Considering waiting for Pipedream Sirius.
Would a Chameleon work with 120 forks.
What else should I consider.
Size large, possibly medium if long enough.
When you say £500 is that frame only based on the bikes you mention?
A budget xc bike with a decent frame worth considering is the voodoo bizango Carbon I’ve always thought. Good base for upgrading.
If you want more efficient I always think you probably want lighter as a part of that so would avoid steel I think. Look at carbon or alloy.
Trek Superfly alloy frame near enough on the £500 budget here:
Sonder Dial perhaps - the white frameset looks nice for £499:
https://alpkit.com/products/sonder-dial-frame
Or as a complete different option you could go Chinese carbon from a reputable factory like Carbonda. Not sure what this is costing now but would imagine close to £500 ish.
http://www.carbonda.com/mountain/mtb/97.html
I have considered the new Bizango Carbon Pro, it looks like a great value option, out of stock but I assume it will come back in stock at some point, also looked at the Vitus Rapide CRX, but concerned its a bit short.
Dial looks interesting too
I was looking at the rapide, thought I'd size up as I'd still get a 125 dropper in and then get a length comparable to more recent bikes I'd owned.
Whippet (carbon)
Viajereo (Ti) both on planet X just wait for the offer to appear.
Scott Scale is on my shortlist too.
Whippet - all the bike you’ll ever need
I've got a rigid whippet which is great fun to ride on the south downs. I've got 29 x 2.6/2.4 on it now but it's most fun with 27.5 x 3/2.8
Can't be too long before the frame will be on offer again