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It's all getting a bit expensive really!
Jon - I looked at that option - but realised on some bikes it's considerably more expensive to buy and upgrade, so I think it's a question of deciding on priorities now and having the option of upgrading, rather than the intention of doing so - if I buy intending to upgrade I'm just going to be dissatisfied with the bike till I've done it.
I'm edging towards the GT Avalanche 1.0 - decent disc brakes, the fork's good though not lockout, relatively light (ok, not so good downhill, but at least I can lift the bl**dy thing onto the car rack), seems to be a good-quality frame... I can then replace the fork later if I need to but it'll do the business in the meantime. There were a couple more bikes I saw in the mbr comparison which I want to check out first, but so far that's the winner. The Rockhopper's ok, but I'd need to replace the stem and the seatpost immediately - the 15" frame isn't long enough for my back and arms, the 17" hasn't enough standover for my stumpy legs - and it doesn't have discbrakes. So the total cost of the new bike is going to be £650 before I can ride it, plus discbrakes at £100 each, totalling £850 - whereas the GT frame fits much better so I could ride it as is for £500... and if I replaced the fork for a lockout one, I could do so for less than £350...
I still haven't seen a Giant XTC 4 in the shop though, so I'm not closing off my options...
On another note - I don't think I've ever seen anyone as excited as the bloke in Evans yesterday... They certainly find enthusiastic staff - I thought he was going to wet himself talking about bikes and their bits!
This way you get a great bike cheap and fully servicesd with all worn parts replaced.
(But that's probably 'cos they were cack)
I can vouch for Kona Muni Mula (2000) too, fantastico machine it is!
Out of interest - why? I can think of lots of reasons as to why you might splat in your pants... from going v fast to a too-bumpy ride to too many bananas for breakfast...
I've been keeping a half-hearted eye out for second-hand bikes but there doesn't really seem to be much happening - either way over budget or 17" frame... but I will keep looking.
Hopefully trying a couple of bikes next week so we'll see what happens... in the meantime I'm drooling over stuff I can't afford!
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14931-1636801,00.html
Looks good to me !
Bit precocious, weren't you?!
Lots of lovely bikes at v low prices. I bought my GT through this lot and it's been fab. They bikes are mostly 2004/2003 stock, but mtb technology (esp for hardtails) has moved on so little in the last couple of years that the heavy discounts only really mean you haven't got this years paint job.