Advice on his and hers bridal path MTB £4K total budget

[Tiggsy]

GF and I spent last year out most weekends on our cheap bikes doing bridal paths in the chiltern's. 3/4 hr rides, nothing too extreme. The odd day round Swinley in Bracknell.

This year we want to upgrade the bikes at roughly 2k each. Looking for some suggestions. Want the following:

I'm 6ft6 so want a 29"
Prob 650b for her?

1x11 fir both.....fed up with chains dropping off cogs.

Hard tail? We do nothing extreme.

Light would be nice....if the hill is tough, I have to push them both!!!!

Cool looking!

[Tiggsy]

haha!


Went miles over budget - but LOVE shiny toys!

[Tiggsy]

couple of Santa Cruz - full sus.

going to have to up our single track stuff and get off the bridle paths

[Tiggsy]

Woody said:

Tiggsy said:

couple of Santa Cruz - full sus.

going to have to up our single track stuff and get off the bridle paths

Which ones did you go for?
Mate took a high tower out the other day - cracking bike.

Hightower 29"
Juliana Furtado (female version of the 5010)

[Tiggsy]

CoinSl0t said:

Haha, took the budget and smashed it out of the park

Paying twice as much as you need gives you twice as much fun right?

I love SC bikes, enjoy!

She loved the mint green Furtado.....and then I had to make sure mine had the same spec = budget death

[Tiggsy]

Jimboka said:

jshell said:

Why don't you just get two 650b's and be able to buy corresponding tyre sizes? 6'6" doesn't mean a need for a 29'er.

650b looks like a toy bike though when ridden by 6'6''.

Thats what I found - the 29" hightower is the first bike I've ridden that felt perfect. With the dropper post set to max it was TOO big!

And (it's important to her) they are matching in the sense of spec and you can see they are from the same company (this nonsense matters to girls )

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Beyond Rational said:

The second hand market needs people like this.

Not me, I just throw mine in land fill when I'm done with it and want the next best thing