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Which Bike: Spez Alu Hardtail vs GT Zaskar Carbon


Ti-ny

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Hi i have a choice between a Spez alu Hardtail. Reba fork 9spd slx groupo or the Gt Zaskar carbon frame with Reba and 10spd sram and Dt swiss wheels. Bort are xl 29ers. The spez is 2009 for about 10k and the GT is 2013 for 15k. Im a 125kg but wilk cut down to about110kg. Whuch bike will be best

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Howzit (not so) Tiny

 

I'd be inclined towards the GT.

 

(And don't forget, if you buy the Specialised, you will have to fork out plenty of moola for Spez branded clothing because, as we all know, you cannot ride a Spez bike without nice red Spez kit... ;) )

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When buying a second hand bike:

Let a LBS check how much life is left on the chain, cassette and front chain rings = to avoid any nasty surprises $$$. When last was the fork serviced as well..

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And I agree with Johan

 

That Merida is very, very nice..... XT alles, Fox forkage....

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GT sounds the better buy.

 

At 125kgs it doesn't matter what the cogs are like now cause you will be changing them often.

 

Check the wheel set - cause at that weight you need to be careful. You can't afford to play around with weight weenie wheels and have them collapse on you.

 

Now I'm not saying you're fat but... Okes your size (and mine) were on the outside limit of what bicycle designers were thinking about when they started designing these things.

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1. GT

2. Giant

3. Merida

4. Spez

Hi i have a choice between a Spez alu Hardtail. Reba fork 9spd slx groupo or the Gt Zaskar carbon frame with Reba and 10spd sram and Dt swiss wheels. Bort are xl 29ers. The spez is 2009 for about 10k and the GT is 2013 for 15k. Im a 125kg but wilk cut down to about110kg. Whuch bike will be best

 

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