Getting a last years model?

elyob said:

My bro is on the hunt for a bike at around £300-400 .. he wants a mountain
bike to go mud plugging. He lives south of Guildford and works in
Paddington. Anyone recommend a LBS that does last year models? He's thinking
GT or Specialized, not sure why, but that's what he says.

I've had a couple of good last years model deals from Bonthrone Bikes,
and I suppose Fulham is more or less between Paddington and Guildford.
They do do GT, I'm not sure about Specialized. After a quick look at
their web site it looks like they have '05 GT Ruckus bikes with a
considerable discount - that may well be suitable for mud plugging.

JimP

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elyob said:

My bro is on the hunt for a bike at around £300-400 .. he wants a
mountain bike to go mud plugging. He lives south of Guildford and works
in Paddington. Anyone recommend a LBS that does last year models? He's
thinking GT or Specialized, not sure why, but that's what he says.

I've had a couple of good last years model deals from Bonthrone Bikes, and
I suppose Fulham is more or less between Paddington and Guildford. They do
do GT, I'm not sure about Specialized. After a quick look at their web
site it looks like they have '05 GT Ruckus bikes with a considerable
discount - that may well be suitable for mud plugging.

JimP

Thanks Jim, I'll forward that on to him. I see Evans are also off loading
2005 models.

elyob said:

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Quoted message said:

After a quick look at their web
site it looks like they have '05 GT Ruckus bikes with a considerable
discount - that may well be suitable for mud plugging.

Thanks Jim, I'll forward that on to him. I see Evans are also off loading
2005 models.

Just looked at the Evans website. Please don't let him spend 400 squid
on the Evans '04 GT Ruckus 3.0 when the '05 2.0 is the same price
elsewhere...

Also, with even cheaper GTs, you sometimes have to watch out that their
marketing department haven't had a say in the rear hub, making it a
freewheel not a cassette.

JimP

--
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to
grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after
all. - DNA