£1k mountain bike advice

[wjwren]

After having an electric hybrid Raleigh bike, im going to sell it as fun as it is it doesnt provide me with fitness etc. Im after a bike to use at Cannock Chase at the weekend and bike the kids to school in the week and other road use.

[dai1983]

Hard tail wise I’d get a specialized chisel x1 from 2019 for £1000.

Full suspension the ladies Bossnut is £899 and the same as the £1100 men’s apart from the nicer colour and narrower bars

[Steamer]

Cube - hard tail - always well spec'ed quality bikes. Thats where I started (second hand one to start actually! Sold it for what I paid two years later)

Although the Voodoo still seems to be the budget hardtail to beat! See lots around trail centers and have a bit of cult following too.

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

Pink bike classifieds. You'll pick an immaculate 2 year old 2 to 3k bike for a grand. Plenty of folks returning to mtb and finding it gets harder when you're older.

[Macron]

Does your employer have cycle to work? Might let you spend more or save either way.

Cannondale Trail 2 is £1100, the point where you get a totally unnecessary dropper seat post.

Also see Giant Fathom 2 which has Suntour forks not Rockshocks (although some list them as Giant branded), same price.

If you have access to C2W in most cases that price sneaks in even under the old £1k rules as you should get a discount from list.

Edited by Macron on Saturday 11th January 22:38

[anonymous-user]

Get the one with the best fork you can, brand, colour etc is irrelevant, if you shop around you can pick up 2017/18 bikes with the rockshok Reba for under £1000... I’d get this if it were me
https://www.merlincycles.com/wilier-503x-race-xt-a...

[anonymous-user]

https://www.mbr.co.uk/news/voodoo-bizango-carbon-3...

Voodoo carbon hardtail @£1000
Hard to beat at a lot more that 1k..

[rockandrollmark]

Worth hawking the classifieds. There are some stunning deals out there if you’re patient. I just picked up a brand new, still boxed MY20 Cannondale Habit 6 for £800 (list price £1,800) ‘cos the guy who bought it decided that rather than ride it he wanted to go travelling to Oz. His loss was my (£1,000) gain. If you can’t wait though, I’d say the ladies Bosnut and some wider bars is a great deal.

[lufbramatt]

Vitus Mythique from Chain Reaction / Wiggle looks good for a grand too. Obviously a reaction to the go Outdoors offerings, which isn't a bad thing.

[wjwren]

opinion on this, I have a friend who works here and can get a healthy discount.
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15908254/calibre-sent...

[Steamer]

wjwren said:

opinion on this, I have a friend who works here and can get a healthy discount.
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15908254/calibre-sent...

Looks great - but Coil spring shock and way more suspension travel than you'd need for Cannock (unless you plan on nailing the Stile Cop downhill course!)

Results in 16.7Kg.. thats heavy.

A well spec'ed hardtail would be about 13Kg

Might not sound a big difference, but you'd get fed up carrying 3Kg uphills all afternoon, especially if you are chasing after kids!

Edited by Steamer on Monday 13th January 12:11

[lufbramatt]

I was under the impression that Cannock was quite flat and pedally? I wouldn't be choosing the Sentry- its a 150mm travel coil sprung enduro bike that will be great on the downhill technical stuff but will be hard work on the climbs and awful on road.

Looks like a great bike but probably not the right tool for the job in the original post. I'd be looking at more trail/xc oriented bikes.

ETA- the "Triple B" looks like a better choice if you can get mates rates on that

Edited by lufbramatt on Monday 13th January 12:13

[dai1983]

wjwren said:

opinion on this, I have a friend who works here and can get a healthy discount.
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15908254/calibre-sent...

How much is healthy? Using my MoD discount code and ordering through the usual Cashback sites I can get c.20% off.

Depending on what you intend on using it for I’d say a Bossnut from the same place may be more suitable and cheaper. Maybe your mate could get you a deal on he ladies bossnut which is the same geometry as the men’s and doesn’t have the word “woman” on it anywhere? Brand x dropper post and you’re sorted

[opieoilman]

I have a Bossnut and my friend's sister has the ladies version. Brilliant for the money. The Sentry looks like the big brother and is way more than I'd ever need, but an absolute bargain at the moment.

[wjwren]

Any thoughts on this, can get a 20% student discount off my nephew, though not sure if it is still valid, but thoughts on the bike first.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/xc-900-carbon-hardtail...

[Court_S]

I bought a Vitus Sentier VR just before Christmas as a second bike for winter / family rides. For £1,100 it’s a cracking bike with a good set of forks that are far better than some of the junk fitted at this price. Came with good brakes and decent tyres too. It’s also good to ride; Cannock is my local spot.

[dai1983]

wjwren said:

Any thoughts on this, can get a 20% student discount off my nephew, though not sure if it is still valid, but thoughts on the bike first.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/xc-900-carbon-hardtail...

Nice and light going by the specs. A lot of the reviews online are not in English but they get criticised for their old school geometry. It’s a light XC race bike so may suit you if you do XC type riding

[wjwren]

OK ive narrowed it down to these 2 now, as I can get a decent discount and they are both on display at the store my friend works in so will knock another chunk off.


Im in two minds on buying an E MTB, I already own a hybrid E bike, while its fun, if the battery goes its like riding in treacle. Any of you guys own an EMTB, what are they like to ride if the battery goes any other comments. My hybrid bike has a delimiter on as I found it annoying to have the 15mph cut off, again it felt like riding in treacle when it cut the motor off.

The none E bike weighs about half as much at 10.5kg vs 22.2kg.

Thought's please.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/e-st-900-electric-moun...
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/xc-900-carbon-hardtail...

[cheesewotsit]

I'm half looking at that XC900. I have a very trail orientated hardtail and don't really do the riding it's built for. And it's heavy. I'm even considering a CX bike as one-bike-does all, with a set of road and gravel wheels.

However, the XC900 looks ace and great value.

[wjwren]

I ordered the carbon hardtail today. Should be here Saturday!