stushine Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 not sure what to get really, needs to be 20" and needs to be a good spec!i was liking the echo on tarty for £799, but not keen on mechanical disk brakes any one got any ideas of a good well spec bike for £750 area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeriding Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 get an echo/adamant/zoo/gu...... second hand here, get validated then look around in the classifieds section. youll find specs similar to the 1250£ bikes on tarty for around £500 second hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 would prefer to buy new if i can.. not to keen on buying 2nd hand bikes to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hmm £50 more squid and you could go onto cleanbikes and get a monty ti dual disc for 800.Second hand you could get a top of the range sorta bike.If you want brand new. You either got the monty PR which may be a little off you budget or get Tarty to do the lite with a hyrdualic disk brake.Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hmm £50 more squid and you could go onto cleanbikes and get a monty ti dual disc for 800.Second hand you could get a top of the range sorta bike.If you want brand new. You either got the monty PR which may be a little off you budget or get Tarty to do the lite with a hyrdualic disk brake.Mattwhats the wheelbase on them monty ti? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Hundley Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 The wheelbase on the monty is 1005 i think or 1000. it is a short bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 1005 rides like a dream Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 hmm very short. ive been used to longer bikesi had a koxx that was long, my last mod was a onza T Pro 2005 i had that.. not sure what length that was, but that rode quite nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_ftw Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 whats wrong with mechanical disk brakes?i would say get a t-pro frame and build it up with all the best parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Hundley Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Most of the stuff that monty make is snappy happy some people may say no but you do hear about them braking your better off getting a deng frame adamant zoo echo etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 whats wrong with mechanical disk brakes?i would say get a t-pro frame and build it up with all the best partsprobably nothing wrong with them, i just dont like them. just my preference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_ftw Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 probably nothing wrong with them, i just dont like them. just my preferencek i still think you should give the avid bb7 a try id swap one for my hope tryall hydrolic any daytheir becoming more popular with street riders because they have come a suprisingly long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant H Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 their becoming more popular with street riders because they have come a suprisingly long way.no... their popular because there extremely grabby and hold like a monkey to a banana... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 (edited) ok so if the brake really is this good...is that echo pretty much a mint bike then?are the hubs sealed etc?another question...what are tensile trials parts like? Edited July 6, 2007 by stushine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandry1991 Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 look on supercycle.co.uk or com got good bikes on there and www.airevalleycycles.com got ok bikes on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantallsop Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Yer building a bike from scratch is best because you no exactly whats going in and how you did it, plus when you buy a new bike you might not want some of the parts or you could get some parts that are cheaper and do the same job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 whats the T pro ultimate build like on supercycles?i know the T Pro frame is a bit dated now, but is it a good spec etc for £750? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeriding Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 would prefer to buy new if i can.. not to keen on buying 2nd hand bikes to be honestwell you wont get anything near the quality brand new.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trial-biker-ryan Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 probably nothing wrong with them, i just dont like them. just my preferenceSame here mate...i love abit of fluid ...and nah.. dont bother with the t-pro ultimate.. its shite.. not a good bike for your money...Go for the echo lite .. just ask tarty to add a hydrolic disk.. or add or take off/on what ever you like.. its an example build.. you can customise it how ever you like.. its not a problem for tarty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 do any of the tarty team have MSN ? could do with speaking to them but dosent look like they work saturdays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Buy second hand, for £700 you can get a bike with a mental spec, king hubs etc. There is an Echo for sale for £700 somewhere which is absolutly mint by the look of it. The spec on a £700 bike will never be great, but second hand you can get a virtually new bike for £700 that cost £1500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stushine Posted July 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Buy second hand, for £700 you can get a bike with a mental spec, king hubs etc. There is an Echo for sale for £700 somewhere which is absolutly mint by the look of it. The spec on a £700 bike will never be great, but second hand you can get a virtually new bike for £700 that cost £1500.think im gonna go for the echo lite from tarty, seems ok for what i want, just not keen on the brake, but i will try it out see what its like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 think im gonna go for the echo lite from tarty, seems ok for what i want, just not keen on the brake, but i will try it out see what its likeAll the bikeson tarty aren't a certain spec, you can get them to put a mono trial on the front if you want, the prices aren't set in stone either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Owen. Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 go for the echo mate, and get a bikehut hydro disk, i think they are £60 or £70, and MINTT! mine is immense, even in the wet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 you can get a full ko bike or zoo python at trials uk for around £800, tbf the ko bike is the nicest mod i have ever riden! for those who know me no i am anti mod but i can seem to ride these but yea speak to dan who is trialsuk on here and im pretty sure he will hook you up with some sort of a deal Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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