£1000 to spend on mountain bike

1pudding1 · 7 Mar 2014 at 16:50

Hey all, just got my £1000 ride2work voucher through work, which must be spent at Evans. Sooooo, I'm wanting a mountain bike basically, what should I get?

My last mountain bike was for my 16th birthday (over 15 years ago!) so I'm pretty out of the loop on what's currently hot. I did buy a cyclocross bike (Voodoo Limba) a few years ago through the cycle2work scheme when it had to Halfords, and have some MTB SPD trainers already and gloves/helmet/shorts etc. so dont need those. I would like a baby seat/carrier though, so need some cash left over to buy one of those.

Any recommendations or advice on what I should be looking for/avoiding would be great!

1pudding1 · 7 Mar 2014 at 17:25

Quick browse through the sale stuff, came up with these 2:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/elite-86-2014-mountain-bike-ec042077#features

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/charge/cooker-hi-2013-mountain-bike-ec042786

More tempted by the Trek on first glance. Any comments on either?

1pudding1 · 7 Mar 2014 at 18:39

Cycling here mainly:-

http://www.1sw.org.uk/experience/trail-hubs/north-cornwall/

http://www.ibikeride.com/england/1828-lanhydrock-cycle-hub

So it will be a few miles on road to get there, then off road trails through the woods. I have a cyclocross bike I can use on roads if i want to do some road cycling.

1pudding1 · 8 Mar 2014 at 23:04

Unfortunately it's an Evans specific voucher so it has to be from there. What about the Trek I linked to, any good?

1pudding1 · 9 Mar 2014 at 22:33

Thanks very much for the suggestion, like the look of that. I was just looking at this one too - http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bmc/teamelite-te03-deore-2013-mountain-bike-ec043677#features How does that compare, components wise etc, considering it's last years model but reduced from £1500? Which would you go for?

1pudding1 · 10 Mar 2014 at 22:11

Any comments on the BMC TE03 from last year I linked to above as a potential bargain? Anyting better I could get? Really want to make sure I'm getting something decent for my money and not missing something better. Cheers.

1pudding1 · 10 Mar 2014 at 22:48

Oh ok, is 100mm not a lot of travel then? How much should I be looking for? Any recommendations from Evans site instead of what I've found?

1pudding1 · 11 Mar 2014 at 22:46

Yeah, there doesnt seem to be much in them component wise. I think I've found what I'm gonna go for, this Scott Scale 960 - http://www.evanscycles.com/products/scott/scale-960-2014-mountain-bike-ec056379#features as its won a few awards on MBR so must be pretty good, shouldnt be able to go wrong! (I hope)

1pudding1 · 11 Mar 2014 at 23:16

Oooh really, got a code or anything for that you could send me? Does it have to be redeemed online?

1pudding1 · 17 Mar 2014 at 09:55

Ordered the Scott Scale 960 yesterday. Had a look in store at that and the Spesh Rockhoper pro, and wasnt too keen on the SRAM shifters, so went for the Scott. Pick it up this week hopefully, cant wait! Going to be a little different to my 16yo Ridgeback! Used the promo code too to get an extra £75 off