Mountain bikers, whats your ride.....?

[hybridturbo]

Kona chute, with mrp, raceface cranks and hope m4's

then the pashley 26mhz classic trials bike

[craig green]

I have a handbuilt rigid XC bike. Built with Columbus Foco tubing, its light as fook, rigid steel forks & XT/XTR drivetrain & brakes with Hope Ti glide wheels. MAtt Black with black transfers & Red hubs.

[Jim]

I've currently got a Specialized Hardrock. I bought it a few years ago and it's pretty basic, but it's a very nice riding bike.

However, MC and I are looking at treating ourselves to one of these each:


It's the Carrera Fury 09. I've never really looked at a bike before and thought "that's a really good looking bike" but the Fury really is. I tested one in Halfords at the weekend and liked it a lot. Who knows, might have one next week

Jim.

[Nick]

The Fury's are pretty good.

Mate of mine got a frame and built it up slowly.... Theres probably some bits on it that you'd eventually want to change - but that's like any off the shelf build.

[Jim]

Which bits would you suggest changing Nick? Not that I'd plan to, just curious.

[craig green]

I'd say the saddle might not be to your liking, things like branded (non-shimano) transmission parts are usually taiwanese & not as good as they look. Tyres might be OE spec branded ones too, but aftermarket ones are lighter & better quality as with the wheels too. Not saying its a bad bike, just how it is with bikes built to a budget.

[Jim]

In that case, would you say it would be more cost effective for me to build up the specialized frame that I have?

[Steve]

Nice selection of bikes on here, alot more bikers than I would have thought. Make mine look like a right sh!tter!!

[GDN16v]

In that case, would you say it would be more cost effective for me to build up the specialized frame that I have?

At least you get the parts you want instead of buying a bike which needs another £100 - £150 spent on it to get it the way you want it!

[Nick]

In that case, would you say it would be more cost effective for me to build up the specialized frame that I have?

Building it youself allways comes to much more than buying a bike from the shop.

I'm not sure on the exact spec of the fury, but there will be bits you will probably get the urge to change - Tyres, pedals, bars/Stem... Drivetrain components.

I suggest looking at Chainreactioncycles.com . They have loadsa sales on at the moment and you'l be able to price up building your own frame. The only really tricky part is getting the right BB and Chainset combo, but even thats a doddle if you drop them an email. Also you'l need a BB tool, Maybe a crank tool, Lockring tool for the cassette (unless you buy a pair of wheels with the cassette built on).