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So daughter fancies an XC hard tail for some training rides and having a bash at some club races.
She's currently got an NS Clash 140mm HT and Vitus Escarpe 275 Full Suss at the moment for trail & bike park duties.
I'm on a budget as not sure how much use it'll get.......
I asked for some advice from one of the other club coaches and he recommended a £2k carbon Scott...... I'm reluctant to spend that for a 13yo who'll have a growth spurt at some point and then have to sell it on for £4.50 & a packet of Haribo.....
I was looking more for something like this TREK MARLIN 8 - which I can add a couple of upgrades too.
It's got Eagle SX which doesn't get favourable views but thinking a 13yo isn't going to bend the cassette which seems common.... I do have a pretty complete XT drivetrain & SLX brakes in the garage doing nothing I could put on it to make it a bit lighter & more reliable - so that's a 'free' upgrade as I can flox the SRAM stuff and the brakes lol
Anything else I could look at on the more budget end (less than £1k) ?
Here you go:
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/vitus-rapide-29-vr-mountain-bike
Several here have one and my son - 14 and 5ft 8" on a medium - races & rides one, its impressive for the money.
@krtyton57 I had seen that but she's only 5ft 3in and smallest frame is a medium......
Evans have some great deals on Whyte bikes at the moment. They have the compact ones as well which may suit.
How about an X-Cal? https://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/Trek-X-Caliber-9-Black.html
There's some Giant, Liv and Scott bikes in budget on the pedalon site also.
Thanks, will have a look at some of those linked.
Any other suggestions gratefully appreciated 👍
Daughter tried an adult medium 29'er at coaching today and it fitted pretty well which surprised me!!
@kryton57 so now looking at the Rapide again - but poss the lower spec one as I have some XT stuff to throw at it 👍
Small or medium Scott Scale alloy off eBay, look for a 950,shouldn't cost more than £6-700 and they're bloody brilliant. My 11yr old is on a small, he's 5ft in the nose.
He's raced it plenty, won a few as well, rides it like he stole it when he's messing about, cracking bike.