£1k to spend on modern bike, any suggestions?
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Use the spare £100 from the 10% discount to upgrade the brakes to Hope Mono M4s.
Use the spare £100 from the 10% discount to upgrade the brakes to Hope Mono M4s.
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And if you can manage to push over the budget by 250 then could get
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... goryId=100
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are these Rock Lobster frames any good? components seem good for the money,
I was thinking of upping the budget going for a Pace RC305 frame and using one of these as a donor, but found this Pace review -
http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/XC_Hardtail ... 2462.shtml
I was thinking of upping the budget going for a Pace RC305 frame and using one of these as a donor, but found this Pace review -
http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/XC_Hardtail ... 2462.shtml
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as some of you know i'm an orange fan!!!
you could go for a p7 s or a prestige s with a few upgrades, they're sort of retro style being steel, most shops would get rid of the tora forks in favour of something a little better for a bit of extra cash! and i think both have the performance pack upgrade options of £150 extra and you get a thompson post and stem and a easton carbon bar and a gobi saddle, that lot rrp's for about £320 and you can order it with the bike for £150, seems like a no brainer to me.
so p7 s +performance pack is £949 and then add a bit for a better fork maybe
or prestige s + a fork upgrade and a bit of xt here and there would put you about a grand
or the new evo8 if you want aluminium, £949, nice looking bike.
so many options!!!
you could go for a p7 s or a prestige s with a few upgrades, they're sort of retro style being steel, most shops would get rid of the tora forks in favour of something a little better for a bit of extra cash! and i think both have the performance pack upgrade options of £150 extra and you get a thompson post and stem and a easton carbon bar and a gobi saddle, that lot rrp's for about £320 and you can order it with the bike for £150, seems like a no brainer to me.
so p7 s +performance pack is £949 and then add a bit for a better fork maybe
or prestige s + a fork upgrade and a bit of xt here and there would put you about a grand
or the new evo8 if you want aluminium, £949, nice looking bike.
so many options!!!
this cannondale is a bargin at the moment, exactly what i have on order !
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hey paul, i do know what you mean, they are a bit more expensive than some others but i like to think they are a bit different than the average bike (he says stamping his feet shouting ORANGE! ORANGE! ORANGE!)
kase1983":1q3i1x84 said:
watching this, prefer the blue version, it will go for close to the RRP tho, like most new bikes put on ebay,
was watching a stumpy which has a lot of last minute bids yesterday,
although this one ends at 10am, so might be less interest at the last minute,
i was interested in a cannondale initially, but component wise they are poor value,
tallpall i like your rock lobster a lot, the black and yellow/gold go well,
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