Steel framed hard tail for <£1000

[Black Sheep]

I can see the attraction but... I can't see how to get a decent spec FS and disc braked one for less than a grand

admittedly i've not looked at spec or price lists for a while, mine was a custom build

just had a look at the spec list, might be worth having a word with your local bike shop about getting the frame and having them build the bike from parts you source, some of which via them.

my build is inbred frame, deore disks, hope xc hubs mavic rims, marzocchi mx comps, it would have a deore groupset if i had gears

the bike shop valued it for insurance at being about £1000 to build it from new parts.