Modern hardtails for £1000

[Jones]

A mate of mine that I built a cheapo bike up for at the beginning of last year has now lost 3 stone :shock:

He's doing his first Triathlon on July 4th at Afan Argoed and aiming to beat me :roll:

He's asked me to look out for a modern hardtail for around £800 with disc brakes and 1/2 decent forks as a reward to himself for his fat loss efforts

I've been having a look around and I'm wondering if he shouldn't just bite the bullet and buy a new £1000 bike :?

I had a ride on quite a few this morning and you get a LOT!! of bike for £1000

The Boardman Pro is just silly for the money :shock: I also really liked the Lapierre Pro which I can also get for £1000, lesser parts but it rides very nicely

I'm going to have a go on a P7 tomorrow any other recomendations for a maximum of £1000 :?: or should he hold out to get a bargain second hand bike :?:

 

[mtbfix]

Budget dependant the Giant Anthem X3 is a real winner. Great reviews in the mags and the Anthem bikes are very fast to ride. Clearly you'll get a better spec if you stick to a hard tail but I wager that, for the extra hundred quid, no hard tail will beat this for pace in the real world.

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-GB/bik ... 433/32475/

 

[Surfr]

Merlin Malt worth a look and you can twiddle the spec to suit your pocket.

 

[Crell]

He's doing his first Triathlon on July 4th at Afan Argoed and aiming to beat me :roll:

I have a Boardman Pro. It's excellent. You can get a lot for a grand second hand though.

 

[mr_ship]

Got a cheeky Scott Scale for sale soon....be about 650 quid.

 

[Thorpie]

Genesis Altitude always seem to get really good reviews. I found the P7 very well built but a bit on the heavy side. What about a Merlin Cycles Rock Lobster, I know bike snobs dont like them because they are not Sadoff made but a 853'd complete bike for around a grand? Cant go wrong.

Trevor.