Yes, i'm doing it again and buying another Bike - a MTB this time as my old one is well past its best (fell off it to many times)
Im currently considering a 2004 Kona Cindercone @ £699
Anyone got any experiance of Kona bikes?
If so wot u think?
Or anyone sugest an alternitive?
- £700 is my limit for a MTB cos its just for playing on
Cheers
WW
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Specialized Rockhopper got a 9/10 in last months MBR. It was £900 so you'd probably have to go for the next model down.
If you can afford a hardtail with discs then go for it, they are much better than V's if you are going off-road.
Cheers
It will be a hard tail - i dont like full bouncers - im more of a x-country and multiday trail rider - not into down hill
Looked at the rockhoper but is £100 over budjet without disks and £300 iver with disc
Im being verrrrry strict on budget since i jut spent lots on a new TRI/Race bike a cople of months back
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Sorry Jj I really can't think of any pretend words at this time of the morning.
Is that a plus or a minus ? ;-)
I used to like them, but haven't ridden MTB for yonks - so no twiddling on my granny for me !
sorry Jj just talking bikes. I reckon you'd get a lot of people coming on here seeing HRM, taper, threshold, splits, etc and reckon they'd stumbled on some silly pretend words.
and they are nice.. maybe a bit heavy in the wheel package that comes with them, but those can be upgraded later if needs be...
but good sturdy last a long time bikes...
full sus. is pretrty pointless for XC unless you're paying for the dogs danglies.
Awesome bike!
Kona are also good bikes as i used to ride for them in my MTB racing days, though value for money you cannot beat the XTC.
you are probably right about not going full-suss in this price range but there are some sh!t-hot full bouncers around at the moment (over 1.5k admit), making it all the more tempting to splash out on the interest free deals around at the mo.
*currently dreaming of the new Spesh Enduro or Stumpy*
yer a fairly big fella... you'll need some harder springs etc, unless air forks...(?)
why don't you go the whole hog and get a tutu and a diamante tiara
I've spoken to a few bike shops about this one, and they all say it's the best value mtb on the market.
e.g. Kona Cindercone @ £450
or, Kona Pahoehoe @ £600 (RRP £1,100)
or, Giant XTC SE2 @ £700 (RRP £1,000)
Admittedly, they're last years bike, but I picked up a £1600 bike for £800 last year from these guys and its the mutt's nuts! (Service was v. good also - next day delivery, and no quibbles over replacing a part which was faulty).
you have a V strange idea about us Mtb'ers
(and from the effeminite roadie crew too...)
Just ask yerself who shaves their legs!!!
I adopted a Rockhopper at Whipsnade Zoo a few years ago. They've got really silly hair.
candy - ha-ha, I take it you are a lycra-clad nancy who won't ride anywhere unless its tarmac'd. PS - best part of the 2003 TourDFrance was when Dave Watson pulled a 40ft gap jump over the heads of Pelaton on his Kona Clump.
Deciding which bike to buy is always sssssssssooooooooo hard
although it might be advisable to remove one's nipple rings first
we can keep our piercings in all year round..!!!
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If XT is the deciding factor, have you asked how much a shop woud charge you to upgrade the 0.5 for you? The XT rear mech comes in at around £36 (and you ought to be able to get some trade in value on the LX you are not using), so even with labour it's unlikely to cost you more than £30-40.
The BIG disadvantage of the Kona is that your discs are mechanical, not hydraulic. The cost to upgrade this componentry would be significantly higher than the cost of the mech upgrade on the GT, and I would argue that the upgrade to Hydraulic discs is a much more advantageous one.
it must be the lack of jumps, dirt and real terrain