>£2K Enduro! frame and forks.

Mondraker Dune in medium?

http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1839000/

Being sold by one of my riding buddies. Did not have much use at all

I’d second a bird aeris. Got DTEX501 wheels, pike rct3, monarch debonair, turbine cranks, XT11 drive train and brakes, carbon bars, reverb etc, for £2700.

I would buy a Giant Reign (and I have..). It’s a monster of a bike. Reign 2 complete bike is currently £1760 from UK Giant stores. Sell all the kit you don’t need, buy a CCDBCS for it, keep the Pikes it comes with, spend the leftover money on a trip to the Alps.

Can anyone point me in the direction of the £1760 Giant Reigns? Been having a Google but no luck, they all seem to be over 2K. Cheers.

If you do a shopping search on Google.de or .fr for a giant reign there should be bike reduced to 1999 euro, which is under 1500 pounds.

Fab, thanks tomaso.

Santa cruz have ex demo nomads knocking about…..

The Reigns are all reduced in Giant stores but, weirdly, Giant seem to want to keep it quiet and haven’t reduced their prices on the website. If you search on the website it’ll tell you which stores have them in stock and the bikes will be reduced in store.

Cheers arodgers. I looked on the Euro sites. The ones that posted to the UK wanted 240 euros for the pleasure. I’ll check out the UK stores as you have suggested.

Back to the drawing board. No availability on the new canyons until January!

I’ve just got a GT sanction and I’d say it would fit your requirements. It’s absolutely solid yet if you pick one up you’d be shocked at how light it is. It feels lighter than smaller travel bikes I’ve owned.

That said depending on your height I would look at the Capra. If I wasn’t so tall I probably would have got one.

You not tempted to wait and see more details of the new Turner wrecker?

You not tempted to wait and see more details of the new Turner wrecker?

Nah. I had a 5 spot previously. It was the nicest looking bike I have ever had but I just didn’t love it. Just a bit too sensible.

Sanctions seem hard to come by in Large and the 2016’s are a horrid flat fluoro yellow (I usually like louder colours but it looks really wrong) There are also no prices for them as yet much less availability. With the new X2 shock on it I’m expecting it to be expensive.
I can’t live with the Capra builds. It’s all SRAM and the E13 wheels are a no-no despite the amazing value. I’d only end up stripping it which seems ridiculous.

Fair enough, my old RFX is still the best bike I have ever owned.

My new Reign is on its way via UPS from Germany for 1,999 euro. No extra charge for posting to UK. Its from rabe-bike.de

Medium here destockcycle.fr

If you are looking for something a bit different
http://reviews.mtbr.com/foes-f275-650b-round-up
http://www.balfa.co.uk/foesracingf275

Orange Alpine 160? I ended up buying an ex demo, but was going to go frame only. Asking around I managed to get a frame and the upgraded float x and a custom colour for £1800. I imagine you could get a frame for £1600, maybe less, if you were happy going with the monarch and a standard colour…

GT Sanction was the other contender (already mentioned). Tweeks have a medium for £1274, but that may be too small.

Suppose you could also consider an Orange Five, which are less than the alpine.

If it helps at all, I also have a 150mm aggro hardtail, and bought the alpine to be able to do all day / big rides as well as uplifts. So far its managed all that just fine.

radon’s?

Think I’ve found it. Wait out.

oooh oooh oooh what!?

You can get a Dune RR at more less £2800:
http://www.alltricks.com/rechercheg.php?keyword=mondraker+dune

10% off with voucher code BKSEP until monday.

I think the decision has been made. I’m just sorting payment.
Update when it’s purchased so nobody beats me to the punch!

Dune R from Spain? Under £2k bibci10.com

Got a nice 1 yr old covert frame going, can throw in 150mm pikes or 160mm fox floats?

What you bought then?????

I hope it’s that Mojo HDR from the classifieds as it keeps tempting me soooo much

Nah. It’s brand new, full bike. The budget has been smashed into oblivion. Not actually bought it yet though.

And it is a …

Bike. A bouncy one.

Ordered! One of these on the way;

Although the budget has been clearly blown, it was bought very reasonably from the eurozone (these weren’t stocked in the UK).

Wrecker can I ask where you ordered it from please? I have a friend who is hunting around for one.

If he wants a small, he’s in luck. Otherwise I can’t help I’m afraid.
I scoured the internet and found one german shop with a large for euro4999, but they will only take paypal (which costs a few quid).

Oh, and (cheeky) if anyone is interested in the XX1 drivetrain and/or the XM1501 wheelset, give me a shout.

Very nice!
Giant Trance Advance ’15?

Giant Reign advanced 0 Team 2015

Cheers Wrecker he needs a medium though. I have been scouring the net too but cannot find a medium Advanced 0 Team anywhere. It looks great, please keep us posted on how you find it to ride. I must admit the Reign is one of the few bikes that would tempt me off my carbon Enduro 29er. I’d need an XL so would have to go hunting abroad as for some reason Giant UK don’t bring in XL’s!

Giant UK didn’t bring in this bike either (in any size). I think that Giant france do have some mediums left, but not many shops advertise it discounted. I got a decent deal on this one.

I do see some of the 2016s advertised for sale in the UK so they have changed their minds on it.

I assume you’ve looked at the geometry? They are flippin huge!
This medium is bigger than a large nomad!

Yes for some reason Giant UK didn’t bring the Advanced 0 Team in but did bring in the Reign Advanced 1 in that horrible green colour with 2×10 SLX!

You got a very good deal on yours. It would’ve been £5K+ if it had been officially imported into the UK.

I do love my XL Enduro (465mm reach) but due to my height/orangutan like build it still feels a bit short and I would love something a bit longer. The reach on the large Reign is 458mm which would be too small, the XL is 480mm which I think would be about perfect.

Yes for some reason Giant UK didn’t bring the Advanced 0 Team in but did bring in the Reign Advanced 1 in that horrible green colour with 2×10 SLX!

Hey, some of us have grown to not mind that colour!

FWIW, Giant did bring in ‘some’ Reign Advanced Team bikes last year, as I was considering getting one, but I had to take it as a full build and it wasn’t the most cost viable route (even at trade!).

They were only available to very limited Giant dealers though.

It was hob nob who turned my attention to these, so thanks there buddy, and your bike looks great I think (it should with the kit you have on it!)
I paid less than the price mentioned above, can’t have been far from UK trade price I reckon.

I know it is dripping in spendy stuff, but XX1 is lost on me. If I can get a good price for it, I’ll go XT 11spd and a RF next chainset, and prob swap the XM1501s for EX1501s. I’ll try the brakes, but again might go M8000 XT. I would also have preferred pike RCT3 solo airs but hey ho.

The new Reign 1.5 Ltd looks like a very well specced and great value bike (w/interesting colours!) but not sure if it’s coming to the UK.

The reach on the large Reign is 458mm which would be too small

by 7mm?!?!?!

Med One here from a shop in DE

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Giant-Reign-27-5-LTD-Mountainbike-MTB-schwarz-blau-black-blue-/151809448991?var=&hash=item23588c5c1f

Oooh. Dealer has come back with an irresistible offer for the reign…..