I have been asked for advice for recommendations for a £1000 full sus’ bike with 4 or 5″ travel.

Are there any good offers on the go?

This seems good: Specialized FSR

A large would be needed though.

Innes

Not sure if i am allowed to say but we have a few bikes (Brodie bikes) on offer for around that sort of money. Email me at info@progressive-bikes.co.uk for information if you are interested.

theres the giant anthem x3 at £1100 and the trance x5 at £1000 4″ & 5″ inch respectively

Have a look on pauls cycles, they seem to have some good deals

Have a look at the cannondale prophet 2 £1075

If its the £1300 one, for £1000 then apart from the questionable colour scheme, then yes its good. The only issue might be the 100mm travel. Though the suspension design is very effective and the fork very good (a lot of hardtails last year didn’t have forks that good for £1000 RRP), the rider may want more travel, even if they just think they do, when they may not be getting any more than they would out of a 100mm one.

What do you think of this? Rocky Mountain ETSX

Have a look at pauls cycles …. got myself a mongoose canaan elite , full xt … recons .. fox rp2 and full easton finishing kit for less than £1000 … Got over £500 off …. 4 inchs of travel .. excellent spec for the money

Tony

For £1100! Whats going on. Yes, its good. If they after a 4 or 5″ travel full as opposed to a 5″ one (which may imply a more hefty bike) then it should be spot on.

The new Boardman full susser looks good value at under a grand

I’ve just got an ’08 Stumpy FSR comp for £1050 from scotby cycles. Which was nice.

I went for the 09 FSR XC Comp

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/fsrxc-comp-2009-mountain-bike-ec016447

If you’re willing to go a little higher, a specialized pitch pro could be had for about £1200 on sale.

Giant Trance 2 for £900 at BicycleChain (Just got one myself)

Giant Trance X3 for £930 at Wiggle with £50 of extra goods free.

The Giants are always heavily discounted at the end of the year. I’ve bought 2 Trances over the last 3 years… both been superb!