Why shouldn't I get a Boardman Pro FS?

Won't the Boardman bikes be discounted in the next few months? Last year they had some great deals.

Sorry Padowan I wasn't having a pop.

It's just that I just dismantled one a Mongoose HT and built up a Chris Boredom HT – They ride differently. While I agree that the head angle and TT length is the major difference, the new lightness and, dare I mention it, "flex" of the Boredom gives a more all-day pleasant/docile ride than the out-and-out banzai crash-bang-wallop brutality of the Mongoose.

Agreed there is a tonne of extra problems to solve once the front and rear triangles get articulated.

No worries Buzz, sometimes things get "lost in translation" on t'interweb!

Iodious, if the Boardman bikes get discounted in the next few months then I think it'll be even harder to chose something different and could even increase my chance of committing before taking a spin, however, I don't think they'll be discounting them like other manufacturers are with the introduction of new models as I think the Boardman range isn't planned to be reviewed/changed until 2011.

The BikeRadar review does seem to praise the Pro/FS very highly – some talk about a bit of flex at the read which does concern me a little as I like a nice stiff rear, but otherwise there's nothing in the review to offer any significant concern. I also like the fact that they're able to use a genuine Horst setup due to the patent limitations not applying if the market is solely outside the US – if everyone (not literally) else is making linkages to be "as-close-to-a-horst-without-straying-into-patent-territory" then it must say something about that particular suspension design…

Why shouldn't you get a Boardman FS?

No reason at all. Good solid bike for the cash.

However, if you are lucky enough to be able to push the boat out why don't you? Not bling which is just ostentatious shite but what about a nice custom build, off the peg frame and your choice of bits need not be silly money but nice handbuilt wheels, custom tuned shock etc etc. Nothing like a bike built by you and just for you.

IMHO.