chris_w_65 Posted January 6, 2011 Share I was thinking of getting this but the shipment is delayed http://www.silverbacklab.com/2011/mercury_1.jpg I am not in a big rush so could wait but this is another option for about the same price http://www.merida-bikes.com/en_za/bike/2011/21/MTB+Full+Suspension/NINETY-SIX+3000-D What are your comments on these two bikes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainSuck Posted January 6, 2011 Share Merida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted January 6, 2011 Share Merida is sexy... but a helluva lot of them on the trails! You don't see that many Silverback Mercuries, and that might be a defining factor if I were looking at them, and the spec sheet were very similar... on an impulse buy though, I'd go for the Merida. 120, that is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Merida is sexy... but a helluva lot of them on the trails! You don't see that many Silverback Mercuries, and that might be a defining factor if I were looking at them, and the spec sheet were very similar... on an impulse buy though, I'd go for the Merida. 120, that is... You would rather have the 120-1500 than the 96-3000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted January 6, 2011 Share The XT wheels on the Silverback are tubeless. What about those DT Swiss on the Merida, are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLX1 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Merida 96 with no hesitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatGirl Posted January 6, 2011 Share merida! ...i just bought the matts tfs 800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted January 6, 2011 Share You would rather have the 120-1500 than the 96-3000? I think the 120 would suit my riding style better, seeing as I like to bomb it down the hills a bit, and prefer a more relaxed set-up to a full race one. However, I'd probably go for a GT Force / Sensor, Giant Trance over the Merida... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 6, 2011 Share I'm not sure what the price is on either of those, but a Ghost RT 7400 Lector (Carbon) is similar is spec (except for the fact that it's carbon) and goes for about 24k. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs328.ash1/28583_129350493756661_108855479139496_242970_901234_n.jpg There's an alu model too (the RT 7400 Actinium) which should be around 19k. Just throwing an option C... a spanner in the works so to speak, hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted January 6, 2011 Share I'm not sure what the price is on either of those, but a Ghost RT 7400 Lector (Carbon) is similar is spec (except for the fact that it's carbon) and goes for about 24k. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs328.ash1/28583_129350493756661_108855479139496_242970_901234_n.jpg There's an alu model too (the RT 7400 Actinium) which should be around 19k. Just throwing an option C... a spanner in the works so to speak, hahaha! Where are they available from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 6, 2011 Share Where are they available from? I've seen them in Linden Cycles. But yeah, the new models are out now. Go check out www.rideghost.com Ballistic Bike Trading is the local distributer of these German beauties Edited January 6, 2011 by patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMXER Posted January 6, 2011 Share No debate in terms of a race machine, after riding 4 F/Sus bikes over recent years and many km on my 96 carbon - MERIDA WINS Edited January 6, 2011 by BMXER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted January 6, 2011 Share I'm not sure what the price is on either of those, but a Ghost RT 7400 Lector (Carbon) is similar is spec (except for the fact that it's carbon) and goes for about 24k. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs328.ash1/28583_129350493756661_108855479139496_242970_901234_n.jpg There's an alu model too (the RT 7400 Actinium) which should be around 19k. Just throwing an option C... a spanner in the works so to speak, hahaha! Very nice. I will try go see at Linden tomorrow. Looks like you may have cost me an extra R4K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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