Help choosing a bike!

[samjlevy]

Hey!

So I recently got back in to riding, been to Llandegla in wales a few times and hired a Nukeproof, really enjoyed it and would like to buy a bike now.

My budget is around £6k, I think I’ve narrowed it down to a few bikes.

Nukeproof Megawatt 297 Elite
Vitus E-Sommet VRX
Orbea Wild FS H10
YT Industries Decoy MX Core 3

This will be my first e-bike so I’m really in the dark, also open to suggestions. I’m 5’7” and 70kg if that makes a difference and really looking for the best bang for buck, riding will mostly be around Llandegla, Cannock and Dyfi so something that can handle everything and is relatively user friendly.

 

[steve_sordy]

The best advice I can give is the buy the one that comes from the closest LBS. Those are all great bikes, but trust me (and many others) on this; you do not want to be going back and forth to your dealer when it's a 3-hour round trip, or worse. you may well be a bike maintenance guru, but e-bikes have a whole raft of problems that you will not have seen before.

Twice I have had problems that had defeated me, dropped off the bike and the problem had been solved before I got to the car park. On each occasion I had been looking around the shop area or I would have been in the car and off. Not too bad when it's only a 60-min round trip. On one of those occasions that guy had not actually fixed it, so that would have been two trips just to deliver the bike and a third to collect it.

 

[Hobo Mikey]

It’s a tough choice when getting a new bike. Budget, spec, looks etc. like Steve said buying local is better in case anything goes wrong or just for maintenance on your bike and spares. You have a good budget so the choice is yours. Any of those bikes on your list I would take home………but then I would sell and buy a Whyte.

 

[Chris ledger]

Great advice to buy local build up a good relationship with your lbs can be vital plenty of bikes for 6k look at a giant too either trance or reign focus and also a specialized now might be in range

 

[samjlevy]

Thanks for the advice guys. So my local store only sell Nukeproof and Orbea out of that list. They can also offer me a Whyte E-160 RS MX for slightly over my budget so I guess it narrows it down to the Megawatt Elite, Orbea or the Whyte. The dealer is around an hour round trip and a friend of mine is very good friends with the owner, so realistically I should be buying from them. Any help out of those 3 would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Cupracraig]

i picked up a cube stereo hybrid 140 and have had to go back for a battery on warranty, so i echo the first post in buying from somewhere close by

 

[Chris ledger]

If the whyte is just over budget go and haggle bikes are currently being discounted ive seen it in my lbs go for the thtoat and make them an offer you might be surprised they can only say know nowt to lose.

 

[Type1]

I was at Llandegla in the snow last weekend!

My advice would be to demo as many on that list as you can and make your choice from there.

I have a YT Decoy mx Core 4.

 

[samjlevy]

I was at Llandegla in the snow last weekend!

My advice would be to demo as many on that list as you can and make your choice from there.

I have a YT Decoy mx Core 4.

I was also there last Sunday, crazy weather, but still great fun! I think I’m going with the Whyte, the deal I’m getting is too good to pass up and the lbs isn’t far.

 

[Hobo Mikey]

Good choice you will not regret it. See you at Llandegla sometime.

 

[samjlevy]

One last thing, they do it in a 27, 29 and Mullet.

Undecided on what to get, 5'7" so I'm thinking the mullet would be best for my height?

The Decoy MX Core 3 is in stock as well, but I'm leaning towards the Whyte for the Bosch instead of Shimano.

I see the Decoy is around 3.5kg lighter, would this be noticeable or not worth worrying about?

 

[samjlevy]

Ordered the Whyte, was £150 over my budget, still a great deal.

Arrives on Friday, thanks for the help, appreciated

 

[Chris ledger]

Enjoy the bike im sure the weight difference wont matter when you are on the move

 

[samjlevy]

Changed the order to the E-160 RSX, way over budget, but budgets are there to be broken right?

 

[irie]

Changed the order to the E-160 RSX, way over budget, but budgets are there to be broken right?

Nice bike (and has a Bosch motor).

 

[samjlevy]

Here it is, thanks for the help everyone!

 

[Twindaddy]

I love “which bike to buy” posts where OP actually buys the bike and posts it! Nice ride!

 

[Tonybro]

Hope to see you and the Whyte whizzing about Rivington and Winter Hill.

Enjoy!

 

[steve_sordy]

I do love a black bike!

You just need to replace the decals on the suspension for Fox stealth ones. They are two-tone black that can only be read when the light is angled just so.