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I'm looking at getting a new downhill bike and dont know what to get?!!

Was thinking of getting Kona, Yeti or cannadil ?

What do you think

Budget? Cannondale don't really do DH bikes anymore

I imagine you mean cannondale?

Kona haven't built great bikes recently. And yeti are very good but also very expensive.

All depends on budget. You could go second hand if you can afford to pay straight up but don't want to spend too much. 1.5-2k would get you a nice bike.

For new bikes: Mondrakers and Lapierres seem great bikes for the money.

HI m8,I can't fault my demo 7

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but im also looking for a new DH bike as I sold my Kona Stinky 08 on sunday. Im looking to spend about 1500 on a used bike. boxxer shocks up front. nothing to old, 2010 etc. Got my eye on a norco team but it is a matter of price.

Check out my mate's Scott in the ForSale section. It's immaculate and some great upgrades. Seems your budget too.

Sorry, Was on 'phone earlier when posting...

Here's the link to it..
http://www.essexhertsmtb.co.uk/selling-buying/scott-high-octane-beautiful-bike-with-top-upgrades-t2356.html

You really need to give an idea of your budget, a new fully spec'd DH bike can cost upto £4-5K or even more.

But shopping around and maybe starting with a second hand frame and buying new some of the important bits you can build one for approx £1000-£1500, spent about £1500 on mine, maybe bit more for Commencal v1/Marzocchi 888's and mostly Saint gear with a few Superstar bits

Andy

Ebay and Pinkbike have a multitude of frames/forks.

Have around 3K/£3.5 to spend

Aha..a fair whack, well with that sort of dosh I'd be looking beyond Kona, Yeti and Cannondale.

Check out some issues of Dirt and have a look at the latest frames and what the pros are riding. Its a bit hard to find a store with a big stock of high end DH to have a try one but I notice that some of the local stores have done some trial days featured certain manufacturers.

Andy

Cheers guys!! just down want to get a bike that i will regret!! do you know of any shops with large range of DH bikes don't mind treveling to have a look!!1 cheers
Aidan

Cheers guys!! just down want to get a bike that i will regret!! do you know of any shops with large range of DH bikes don't mind treveling to have a look!!1 cheers
Aidan

Your going to get more for your £ 2nd hand.
Pink bike . Com is a place to look. But try to
Get out on the trails and just ask a few people to
Try out a bike. You don't want to spend all your cash
To find out you just bought a dh bike which is to
Slack or to heavy etc. your welcome to try mine
But mine is more freeride.

Check out the best 100 products and bikes for 2012 according to Dirt;

http://dirt.mpora.com/dirt-100/page/4

I have a mate with the Intense SS2, it's lovely, might be able to build one up on your budget.

Where do you ride mostly to meet up and what do you ride?