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MTB Carrera Fury v lapierre Tecnic 400

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  • #2
    650Ginge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 900 ✭✭✭650Ginge


    seanie500 wrote: »
    Ok so my nephew is looking at getting the lapierre Tecnic.

    However i had a look on bikeradar reviews and noticed a 5* review for the Carrera fury.

    Here is the Fury review and halfords selling currently for EUR560

    http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/mountain/product/fury-10-35495


    this is the lapierre spec can get it for EUR600

    http://www.thebikelist.co.uk/lapierre/tecnic-400-2010/specs

    Any thoughts? fury hands down? dont know too much about MTB's to be honest!


    Thanks

    Dont get a Halfords bike if you are going to actually mountain bike, you will break your feckin neck. Got the wife one and the rear triangle just snapped off, had she been doing what she does now on it she would have been seriously hurt. I took my revenge on it see here.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/11317846@N02/2879673271


  • #3
    seanie500
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭seanie500


    650Ginge wrote: »
    Dont get a Halfords bike if you are going to actually mountain bike, you will break your feckin neck. Got the wife one and the rear triangle just snapped off, had she been doing what she does now on it she would have been seriously hurt. I took my revenge on it see here.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/11317846@N02/2879673271


    Ok fair enough Bike set up can be dodge in halfords best getting set up somewhere else. However why would bike radar give it a 5* if's its so crap as you say?:confused:


  • #4
    paulgs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭paulgs


    seanie500 wrote: »
    Ok so my nephew is looking at getting the lapierre Tecnic.

    However i had a look on bikeradar reviews and noticed a 5* review for the Carrera fury.

    Here is the Fury review and halfords selling currently for EUR560

    http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/mountain/product/fury-10-35495


    this is the lapierre spec can get it for EUR600

    http://www.thebikelist.co.uk/lapierre/tecnic-400-2010/specs

    Any thoughts? fury hands down? dont know too much about MTB's to be honest!


    Thanks

    Hi,

    For the money I dont think you will get better value I just bought one of these today looked at Cubes, Felt, Gts etc etc and could not find anything that came with the same spec.

    And just to back this I worked in bike shops for years so have seen all sorts and have built up many custom spec bikes and I still think the quality here is good.

    Only thing i would be dubious of is the build quality you are going to get from Halfords so check every nut and bolt is tightened before you take it out on a trail.

    If it was a more popular brand you woudl be spending a €grand or more.

    Dont mind the label snobs they all come out of the same factory in Taiwan or China.

    I am happy with my purchase for €560 you really wont do better.

    Cheers

    Paul


  • #5
    papac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 739 ✭✭✭papac


    650Ginge wrote: »
    Dont get a Halfords bike if you are going to actually mountain bike, you will break your feckin neck. Got the wife one and the rear triangle just snapped off, had she been doing what she does now on it she would have been seriously hurt. I took my revenge on it see here.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/11317846@N02/2879673271

    Sorry to hear of your traumatic experience 650Ginge

    Could you post a link to some stats for neck breakages due to Halford's poor bike quality please??.:)

    Frame failures,though rare nowadays, can happen to any brand of bike, cheap or expensive. Somebody on this forum had a Cervelo fail recently and I saw a Colnago sheared in two halves at the head tube a few months back.With the amount of bikes Halfords sell any serious frame durability issues would become public knowledge very quickly I reckon.

    I have a Carrera bike and I have abused the sh1t out of it and it just keeps taking the abuse.

    I am not a Halfords apologist and am personally uncomfortable with the faceless multinational aspect of the whole thing but their Carrera range offers excellent value imo.

    Their parts and accessories are generally hugely overpriced. (So they can advertise free fitting imo)


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