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[smithy92]

Halfords are doing 20% off all carreras this weekend. That would make their Carrera Fury £429. With SRAM X5 groupset and a variant of the air sprung Radion fork.

Just a thought.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Check out this machine. I think it is hard to find a better bike for the money.

 

[Cubist]

Halfords are doing 20% off all carreras this weekend. That would make their Carrera Fury £429. With SRAM X5 groupset and a variant of the air sprung Radion fork.

Just a thought.

I would recommend the Fury, but only if the OP fits a 20" ..... they're nearly all sold out now. After all we've said about the Suntour fork, that Epicon Air reviews quite well.

I've sat on a Fury and loved the way it felt, long slack head angle, and short seat stays...it'll manual like a good'un.

Edited to add

And now they've launched the 2011 range, the bike has a Raidon Fork, .... and plenty of sizes . Sorry, yeah, great bike. Great Spec, amazing deal.

 

[paxterg]

So the Suntour fork aint too bad then?

 

[Cubist]

So the Suntour fork aint too bad then?

They differ across the range. Early XCM XCT and other short travel coil sprung forks were poorly/un- damped and heavy. Some only has a preload adjust which made them a bit bouncy. They are prolific on £500 bikes, and reviewers are being kinder to them as long as they are the damped versions. They ended up with a bit of a reputation.

The Epicon fork is airsprung. It reviews very well on the 2009/10 Fury, but I have no idea about the Raidon on the current version. No reason why it should be a bad choice.

 

[paxterg]

Has anyone any experience of the 2012 Trek 4300 disc. It feels lighter than other Treks I have tried out (mainly the 4500 disc) The groupset isn't great, Acera. These would be replaced eventually, just like the tyres and maybe the forks if I thought it was worth it.