I got an email the other day about the Hello Dave and really for the price it looks like amazing value:
* Pike Select fork
* 175mm Reverb dropper
* GX drivetrain
* 4130 frame
* reasonable finishing kit (i.e. wide bars, short stem)
* decent-looking brakes, with sensible 203 front / 180 rear rotor setup
…for 1500 notes. And you can actually buy one right now!
There’s really nothing obvious you’d want to switch immediately to my eye (modulo tyres, which I couldn’t see quoted in the build spec, hopefully they’d be enough to get going on at least).
The full build weight for a large is quoted at 16.2 kg which is not light, but OTOH it’s a big steel 29er.
It’s not exactly what you’d call an all-rounder though 😀