Video: Calibre Introduces the Budget Friendly Line29 Hardtail by RideCalibre

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PtDiddy (Oct 9, 2019 at 8:34)

I wish all the new budget bikes would come with the NX 11 speed or even a shimano 10 speed instead of the new SX. This bike looks well specced for the price. And it looks really nice.

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hardtailparty (Oct 9, 2019 at 8:05)

I always love to see what calibre comes up with. Now people can experiment with fun hardtails without breaking the bank.

chrisoutspoken (Oct 10, 2019 at 0:15)

Baffles me why at this price range ppl arnt buying second hand of ebay pinkbike and gumtree?Recently I saw a stanton hard tail with a fox 36 fork, hope wheels and 11 speed xt in pristine condition for 1300! Surely an extra 200 bucks an a little patience/research is the thing to be doing?

haroman666 (Oct 10, 2019 at 0:54)

Shhhhhh don't tell anyone! All the good second handers will be gone otherwise!

Jamestyrrell (Oct 10, 2019 at 3:03)

Yeah but you could say the same thing with cars. If you got a secondhand bike with a fox 36, you break that fork and need a new one, youll need a grand to do that. whereas a new bike, rockshox recon aren't too bad, but if that breaks you can get a new one under warranty. you always get them people ''why would you get that brand new focus ST when you can get a nissan GTR for the same price'' it doesn't always work that easy

tobiusmaximum (Oct 10, 2019 at 10:50)

@Jamestyrrell: who is breaking fox 36s?

riish FL (Oct 11, 2019 at 4:48)

@tobiusmaximum: me, and everyone else with the Fox creaky crown.

brncr6 (Oct 11, 2019 at 15:10)

@Jamestyrrell: buy another fox 36 off of pb buy sell for 400$.
Got one in almost perfect condition for 400$

20twenty-p (Oct 10, 2019 at 16:33)

Saw this, thought it looked interesting, went to the Go Outdoors website. Had a click about and spotted a good deal on some 5.10's. I can't buy the 5.10's though.There are other 5.10's on the site that are out of stock, which is quite bad, but the ones I want seem to be in stock somewhere, but they don't appear to want money. I can't choose to pick them up either - they have at least 3 stores not too far from me. My guess is that there are some really bright, forward thinking people designing and speccing bikes, doing a great job of telling the world about them, being held back by company culture, management, something!

Dropthedebt (Oct 10, 2019 at 19:18)

I always keep a check on GoOutdoors for 5:10's. At least once a year they get a batch of Impact Pro that they sell for £50 with discount card.

Delirium-7 (Oct 11, 2019 at 1:50)

I work for a Go Outdoors. Though we do sell a load of stock, everything that's in the various stores is listed on the web. This means that if there's a pair of shoes in one particular store that went on sale years ago and wasn't restocked, it'll still be listed. We don't transfer stock between stores in individual cases anymore as it isn't cost effective. It's a bit of a pain tbh, we get loads of disappointed customers that have seen a great deal on the web that simply doesn't exist apart from in one particular store.

mca896 (Oct 9, 2019 at 9:33)

Very interesting choice with Vigilante in the rear and Trail Boss up front. Wonder how that does.

Konda FL (Oct 9, 2019 at 11:30)

Looks like somebody messed up the bike build for the photo shoot. Bike looks pretty damn solid otherwise!

DaMilkyBarKid (Oct 10, 2019 at 15:18)

Saw this at the NEC Bike Show and it does look nice, even had the tyres the wrong way round too! Things I did spot though was the rims are narrow and poor quality (bad join on both, nipple holes not all the same and had burs) and the chainring was marked up as a 90mm BCD, makes getting replacements hard. Other than that a nice looking bike.

ompete (Oct 9, 2019 at 8:13)

Was looking to buy a seconds hardtail, now I might buy a new one!

ballardski (Oct 9, 2019 at 12:58)

On my shopping list. Geo looks spot on, and looking for something to replace my trusty old bizango for winter duties.

dmackyaheard FL (Oct 9, 2019 at 12:41)

33lbs woof. You can get a On One Scandal with better parts for the same money and it weighs 29.5lbs and comes with a rockshox 35 instead of a recon.

DangerDavez (Oct 9, 2019 at 13:02)

That comes with SRAM SX though. That's a no go for a lot of people.

ballardski (Oct 9, 2019 at 13:06)

Did lokk at that bike myself. Would not get the sx build only the gx, and that build is now 1100. As for rockshox 35 gold, still sounds like that fork has the revelations sticky Ness. To be honest, I think I would rather have a nx 11 spd trans over an sx 12 spd. Has a dropper for the money as well.

gkeele (Oct 11, 2019 at 1:09)

@DangerDavez: Meh, for the sake of half an hour's work swapping it out it does sound like the better choice. Replace the whole thing with 10sp SLX and sell the SX, it wouldn't cost you much either.

phops (Oct 11, 2019 at 13:06)

Or, you can also stop pretending that the reason you suck at riding is those 3 extra lbs.

opignonlibre (Oct 9, 2019 at 14:25)

Can you call tires "aftermarket" when they come as OEM on the bike ?

MuddyFoxCourierComp (Oct 9, 2019 at 15:47)

Nah, I'd rather get the B'Twin AM 100 HT from Decathlon or a reduced/on sale Cube Reaction TM Race

tobiusmaximum (Oct 10, 2019 at 11:03)

Call me old fashioned but I’d rather another 100quid and have this

www.commencal-store.co.uk/Mobile/meta-ht-am-origin-c2x29150719

phops (Oct 11, 2019 at 13:10)

Caliber seems better balanced. Longer chainstays, shorter wheelbase.

klondike08 (Oct 9, 2019 at 9:16)

Anyone pick these up in the US? A brief dig on their website wasn't too clear.

Svinyard (Oct 9, 2019 at 17:57)

Used to via GoOutdoors but then Go changed their website and hasn't been able to ship internationally for over a year.

shenrie2 (Oct 9, 2019 at 10:33)

Customer service says they will be able to ship international in a few weeks, but are unable at the moment

Svinyard (Oct 9, 2019 at 17:59)

Customer service at GoOutdoors UK or from Calibre themselves? Go has had this screwed up for a while unfortunately. I got an Astronut from them and it was a killer deal, bike is extremely nice for the money! The Bossnuts are a super value and solid bike.

shenrie2 (Oct 9, 2019 at 18:09)

@Svinyard: GoOutdoors customer service

browner (Oct 9, 2019 at 19:43)

Buy this, sell frame + fork for $50 - 100, buy cotic frame and second hand yari/ lyrik/ 36.

themountain (Oct 10, 2019 at 7:04)

NOICE !!

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ompete (Oct 9, 2019 at 8:14)

Secondhand!!

MarcusBrody FL (Oct 9, 2019 at 12:38)

I actually don't think that secondhand mountain bikes are always the best choice for people just getting into the sport. You might get a really nice bike for this price, but you're just as likely to get something that's been pretty beaten on and if you're new, you might not be able to tell the difference. You could easily end up dumping another few hundred dollars into things (or dealing with subpar performance) almost immediately.

On the other hand, a nicely specced budget hardtail like this will let people see if they like the sport, get to know bikes a bit, and then if they decide they want to get more deeply into it, they can sell a bike like this and get a more capable one (used or otherwise). The loss they take probably wouldn't be much more than the parts you might need to replace on a used bike. I bought a used bike as my first bike. It was great in some ways, but as a mechanic once said "it had seen some battle." it made it hard to sell as the cost to tune it up is basically the same as the price would be. I now kind of wish I had just started with a similarly priced hard tail. Plus, if I kept that, it would have more differentiation from my current bike.

jut8 (Oct 9, 2019 at 8:49)

Looks like a Specialized Carve.....even looks like they took the geo and spec sheet layout from Specialized

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owl-X FL (Oct 9, 2019 at 13:03)

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