MTB - Which Full Suspension bike for under £2000?

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Probably been done to death here but with new bikes arriving all the time the market is moving quickly and I thought you may want to assist.

I have been riding trails for about 9 months on a new hardtail I bought for £700. Now ready to move up a gear to a full suspension bike as riding more single track and trail centre tracks.

Dont really wont to go past £1500 but depends. I ride with a group of people and tend to like to buy something a bit different.

A few of the guys have Giant, Lapierre , Orange , Trek, Scott etc probably because they are all good but I dont really wont to get the same so am looking for something different. If those makes are the best under £2k then I will go for one but want to look at others first.

Ideally, I want to buy new so its mine out of the box etc but understand the used market and the value it brings.

So far I have been looking at a 2014 Ghost Cagua or a 2015 Canyon Spectral AL or Nerve. I think the Canyon looks great and price wise it seems good because its direct I am ok with that and happy to order online.

Would also consider the following if anyone has any thoughts on these

Boardman Team or FS Pro just for value for money
Commencal? Any good?
Cube Stereo 160 HPA looks nice
ghost, marin, merida ,mondraker, norco, orbea, rose also offer something different but are they not mass sellers for good reason?

Which would you shortlist and which would you discount at this stage.

Thanks in advance phers

Edited by S5V8 on Saturday 2nd May 21:53

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nammynake said:

I'm selling my Canyon Nerve AL+ (150mm travel). Ridden less than 10 times but need to clear some bikes from my garage. Can PM you details if interested.

Edited by nammynake on Sunday 3rd May 07:49

Yes could be interested. please pm me details, size and price please?

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Gren said:

What are you going to be riding? You've got everything from XC bikes to 160mm in your list.

Under 2k I'd definitely be looking at Canyons. But then again I'm a bit biased.

A bit of everything really. Single track, cross country, trail centre reds and blacks and a few miles too.

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First of all thanks to everyone for their input, its good to see the opinions and reasoning behind who buys what.

I have decided on the new YT Industries Capra but my size isn't available until September http://www.yt-industries.com/en/products/bikes/end...

In light of this, I have taken advantage of the Halfords current 15% off offer on Boardman as well as getting an extra 20% off so I have bought a Team Full suspension for the bargain price of £662 to ride this summer until I get the Capra in the Autumn.

Result

Edited by S5V8 on Wednesday 6th May 14:37