I need a XC and a Down Hill

[DonnyDarko]

I refer to my welcome thread HERE. But I thought I'd ask this in the main forums too to make sure you guys see it.

I have about £1.5 - £2k for a Cross Country bike (Hard Tail). And about £3.5k - £4k for a Down Hill bike (200mm front travel is my preference for the big drop-offs I'd like to do).

Had a couple recommended to me, but I'd like your views too to be honest as clearly I don't want to make the wrong choice here and get stuck with two bikes I don't enjoy.

 

[mr Mag00]

its all a matter of opinion and ride choice, you have to ride them and make the choice yourself. however I ride a Trek fuel EX full sus for xc and love it!

 

[DonnyDarko]

Had a couple of recommendations on another forum but would like to get your view as well.

For the XC - steel Whyte 19 Trail (found a allow and steel - I'm guessing alloy would be better/lighter?)
For the DH - 2011 Morewood Makulu - This looks stunning on their website(s). Wouldn't mind one of these at all. Seems to have good reviews everywhere too.

Any other options you guys would shout about?


Note: since had a reply from the guy who recommended the steel who did say it felt more rigid to him.

 

[DonnyDarko]

Any other suggestions?

 

[Red Light]

Have a look at the Santa Cruz range
. Designs like the Heckler that have stood the test of time and newer ones like the Nomad & V10. Your partner might rather like a Juliana too

 

[DonnyDarko]

Cheers buddy they don't look ney bad!

I'll get Xmas out of the way and see what's current about then (might go for a 2011 model which might be a bit cheaper then?).

Healing a broken ankle at the moment so no point rushing into it just yet.

 

[GilesM]

I have one of these as a hard tail, not exactly the same spec, but same frame and forks, but with more Hope stuff on, lovely lightweight hardtail.

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/elite_pro/

For the downhill bike, if you are going 200mm up front, I assume you are not planning anything other than uplift days then the Orange 224 or Patriot would be perfect choices, the 224 is he only one you could really use a 200mm fork with

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/224-evo_world-cup/

If you want to ride up the hills aswell, I would consider the Orange Alpine 160. My full sus bike is an Orange five, not quite the level of travel you are after, but if all Orange full suss bkes are built to the same standards, you'll have nothing to worry about.

Have fun