MTB with Air Forks in £600 range?.

[keithmac]

Hello all, my lad is looking for a new hardtail MTB with ideally air front forks.

He has £600 to spend but maybe more for the right bike.

Was mulling over second hand again but to be honest they don't seem much cheaper than brand new at the moment!.

There's a few nice looking Trek bikes (are Trek a decent brand still?).

Size will be small or medium, we need to go and see it in the flesh to make sure it's the right fit.

Any recommendations?.

Cheers all.

 

[keithmac]

The Boardman MHT 8.6 Mountain Bike looks a good bit of kit, Suntour Air forks on the 2021 model.

 

[figbat]

Have you looked at the Decathlon range?

 

[Spiderweb]

Unfortunately you will struggle to get anything with decent Air fork for £600.
Trek still make great bikes but nothing with an air fork for less than a grand I’m afraid.

This Rockrider from Decathlon is the only one I can find close to your budget with decent Rockshox air fork but availability will be tricky, they only have size small;
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/27-5-mountain-bike-st-900/_/R-p-301098?mc=8500763&c=GREY

 

[vickster]

This might have an air fork? About £550 with discounts
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/16185443/polygon-xtrada-6-27-5-mountain-bike-16185443

 

[Cycleops]

Have you looked at the Decathlon range?

Prices have moved up in recent months but this would seem to be a good buy @£650. Rockshox air fork, 11 speed Microshift x1 drive train, so no Shimano but you can't have everything.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/27-5-mountain-bike-st-900/_/R-p-301098

Small is in stock.

 

[keithmac]

Just ordered this, was looking at Chain Reaction last week and they've sold out!.

Ordered the last Medium in stock at Wiggle so hopefully it arrives in good condition!.

He's chosen it and paid for it out of his own wages so I'm sure he'll look after it.

https://vitusbikes.com/products/vitus-nucleus-27-vr-mountain-bike-grey

 

[keithmac]

Well...

Ordered the bike from Wiggle last week, seemed to have had an unusual lack of updates about it so just been on live chat (bearing in mind it's due for delivery within the week).

They haven't bloomin got one!, didn't feel the need to tell us so I presume they were just waiting on delivery date to bounce and for us to ring them up?.

Really poor service and my lad is going to be gutted tonight when I tell him.

Managed to get his money back luckily (good old Paypal).

They've offered a bit of discount on a 2022 modle but don't know if I can trust them to supply that either..

 

[Cycleops]

They've offered a bit of discount on a 2022 modle but don't know if I can trust them to supply that either..

Going to be a similar story on popular bikes wherever you go unfortunately.

 

[vickster]

The GO one is still available with free £100 gift card
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/16185443/polygon-xtrada-6-275-mountain-bike-16185443

 

[keithmac]

The GO one is still available with free £100 gift card
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/16185443/polygon-xtrada-6-275-mountain-bike-16185443

Cheers, he's got his heart set on the Vitus so I'll see what he wants to do when he gets in.

It's the fact they didn't let us know that's the poor part, could have been another week down the line before we found out.

 

[vickster]

Cheers, he's got his heart set on the Vitus so I'll see what he wants to do when he gets in.

It's the fact they didn't let us know that's the poor part, could have been another week down the line before we found out.

Wiggle don't have the rep that they used to for Customer Service unfortunately

 

[Tom...]

The GO one is still available with free £100 gift card
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/16185443/polygon-xtrada-6-275-mountain-bike-16185443

Are these their new alternatives to the previous Calibre branded bikes?

 

[fossyant]

Are these their new alternatives to the previous Calibre branded bikes?

Sort of - I think Calibre had some manufacturing issues.

 

[Tom...]

Sort of - I think Calibre had some manufacturing issues.

I still really like the look of the Calibre Stitch, to use for the commute. None pop up local to me though, unfortunately.