Eggswhysaid

morning all

Been looking at replacing my 2004 Kona explosif, for a full sus bike, and pretty much decided on a Stumpjumper FSR comp.

But, now I see that Rutland cycles and others have dropped the price of the Enduro by £400, making them about the same price (£1565/£1600). Seems like a bargain, or does it?

So, question is, for general off road, forest trails, sharp climbs and single track muddy downhills (i.e. nothing tooo mental) what would you suggest I spend my hard earned £££ on?

Anyone got either bike?

ta

ChrisB

Never ridden an Enduro but the Stumpy FSR I hired in the Alps last year was a fantastic climber (IMHO).

nixxon

This should give you some unbiased opinions:
Specialized Product Reviews

Eggswhysaid

Thanks for replys, took a trip down to rutland cycles yesterday and went for the stumpy, cant wait to try it out after work this eve.

Iain Young

Hope you enjoy it. I've got an Enduro, and it's a superb bit of kit. Specialized certainly make some very nice bikes

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

I have the enduro pro carbon , and agree , its great , whats the difference between a stumpy and enduro ?

Eggswhysaid

Finally got an answer to this question from the bike shop, although they seemed a bit vague - in short, frame geometry and fork travel (Enduro has 1" more).

They say the Stumpys for trails / xcountry and climbs better than Enduro, Enduros better for heavy / xtreme stuff and descends better than a stumpy. They said not much between them in the real world, but they had my size in in Stumpy, so I went for that

Been totally p1ssing it down all day here and off out on the first ride tonight, just hope the thing likes mud! Looks rather nice in my hallway, shame to get it dirty really!

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Stop being a jessie It's a XC bike and it's meant to get muddy..

Got mine last Friday evening and it was filthy by Saturday lunchtime

Enjoy

Eggswhysaid

lol, I know, I know.....rest assured it wont look like this when I return tonight



ps - christ, hadnt noticed that bell until now, thats coming straight off