If you had £2,000 to spend on a trail bike...

[Chris71]

...what would you go for?

I don't unfortunately, but I love my now-ancient Orange Sub Five and I'm curious as to what the modern day equivalent would be. Keen to get back out on the trails and maybe once funds allow I'll upgrade to something more up to date.

[dirtbiker]

I was looking at this earlier today to replace my Trek Fuel EX6 (not that there's really anything wrong with that!) and I reckon the Canyon Strive is probably the best option if you can stretch the budget by 10% - https://www.canyon.com/en/mountainbikes/bike.html?...

[Chris71]

dirtbiker said:

I was looking at this earlier today to replace my Trek Fuel EX6 (not that there's really anything wrong with that!) and I reckon the Canyon Strive is probably the best option if you can stretch the budget by 10% - https://www.canyon.com/en/mountainbikes/bike.html?...

That frame is mildly pornographic! Looks like a lot of bike for the money.

Would be interesting to ride an up to date bike to see how much things have moved on. I've got a relatively recent fork on my Sub 5, but it's otherwise standard and the only thing that feels like a weakpoint is the brakes, which weren't that impressive a decade ago...