commencal bikes?

novarapid

hi anyone know anything about commencal bikes/ have one what do they think of them. I'm looking to buy a hardtail for a bit of offroading and ballyhoura. what do people think of this?http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/custom-mountain-bikes/commencal-mountain-bikes/commencal-normal-disc-2009.html
thanks

Traumadoc

I recently bought a meta 5.5.2- I would not know if it is a great bike but it gets great write ups, another boardsie has one.
I used merlin too - good service.

kona

very solid bikes.:)

davgtrek

I know a good few serious mtb'ers with them. great bike. you'll have no worries with them. i heard that its best picking ones they have in stock as they can be fierce slow for others or custom builds.

novarapid

thanks for the info lads, before i go ahead and lash out the credit card is there anything better available, i'll prefer a better fork and i've heard the suntours are a bit iffy, one can be good and another crap. I can spend about €500- 550,

davgtrek

have a look at this bike.
better gear and fork than commencal.

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b0s2p1264

or

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b0s2p1265

another

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b0s2p2287

i peob would favour the giants over commencal. giant have a great frame and good positioning.

allow about £50-60 for shipping for these lads.

i bought mine there about 2 years ago and had no hassle with them.

( i have no links with them at all but they seem to have good prices and you can find a few 2007 range bikes which will be great and well reduced )

bonnieprince

A buddy of mine has one of these and is very impressed with it, just done ballyhoura brown trail (still early days) and it handled well but the tires that come with it are more wet winter tires. lovely looking bike and great spec. spend that money.

novarapid

thanks for the info lads i've email merlin with a few questions so i'll see what they say
Davgtrek: good site and nice bikes you linked to but they all come in over budget, should have bought when the sterling was weak.

bonnieprince: how does your friend find the size of the commencal? i read somewhere online that they come up a bit small? the medium size is only 17" which is what i'm after i reckon 5.9 in height

novarapid

there is a delivery charge of £60 sterling, which kinda negates the fact that its such a bargain, any other recommendations out there please.

Drapper

they have just announced their 2010 range :-)

http://www.singletrackworld.com/2009/06/commencal-2010/

bonnieprince

novarapid my buddy is about 5'11" and the frame is 19" i think but i will check for you.

silvo

Real Cycles up north stock Commencals and do great customer serivce.

http://www.realcycles.com/

This one here would just be only just over budget - give them a call and you might be able to haggle the price down: http://www.realcycles.com/products.php?plid=m1b0s2p1563