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$650 Vs $11,000 Mountain Bikes!

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What’s it like to ride an $11,000 mountain bike?! Every expensive part and exciting piece of new technology you could wish for is specced on the Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper T-Type. It’s a dream bike for many, but how much better is it than a regular MTB?

In this video, we’ll show you the difference between an $11,000 bike and a carbon Cannondale that costs $5,500, a great-value $1,699 full-suspension Marin 29er and a bargain $650 Calibre hardtail.

Which bike is your favourite? Let us know in the comments 👇

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:34 Calibre Rake 27
03:48 Marin Rift Zone 29 1
07:05 Cannondale Habit LT1
10:50 Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper T-Type
14:26 Conclusion
16:17 Outro

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20 Comments

@bikeradar Creator 2 years ago (edited) Pinned

Thanks for your comments on the pricing, we're listening and will take them on board 🤘
Pricing in GBP is as follows:
Calibre Rake 27 (UK Only): £550 with £5 Go Outdoors membership or £650 without
Marin Rift Zone 29" 1 (UK & US): £1645
Cannondale Habit LT1 (UK & US): £4750
Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper T-Type (UK & US): £10,000

@YongPark-g3h 2 years ago

If I had $11,000 to spend on MTB. I would buy $2000 bike and whole bunch of plane tickets to epic locations for riding trips.

@bosross6992 2 years ago

Here in the Philippines a $650 mountainbike is already considered a high end bike

@Bascott03 2 years ago

$1600 straight to $5000 is a big jump. A lot of quality bikes that likely fit the most riders lost along the way.

@davehause8571 2 years ago

Wish you had done the reverse, cheap full squish bike and top of line hardtail.

@garyonnen7634 1 year ago

Its not the cost of the bike, its the smile on your face, at the end of the day. He’ll I ride an 1988 GT Avalanche. It still makes me grin.

@OptimusPerformante 2 years ago

$11.000 is just insane. I think this bike is only used if you have RedBull or Fox as your sponsor and they buy it for you.

@coonepaul 2 years ago

In whos world is that a double black diamond trail? And if this is MBUK why are you talking in dollars???

@andrejhaluska4061 2 years ago

Everything over 4K is wasting money.

@marksandoval5361 2 years ago

There is a point of diminishing returns when it comes to the bike price spectrum. It is probably around ~$3500 US full retail at a bike shop.. Most of us would do fine with an aluminum full-sus, Deore 1x12 drivetrain, and Marzocchi fork. That would be my bare minimum. To me that's where you get diminishing returns. Spending more doesn't provide much improvement on performance. If a beginner asked me what should I buy, that's what I would recommend.

@MW-ud8zp 2 years ago

not dropping the saddle is a cardinal sin

@ctsingletrack 2 years ago

I think I would spend just slighty more to get the Riftzone 2, with a dropper, and better spec all around. It will still cost less than half the price of the Habit, and the frame geo and kinematics are very good on that bike.

@francoinvisser4058 2 years ago

I think we can all agree that the Cannondale is the dream bike here.

@masaharumorimoto4761 2 years ago

Give me the budget hardtail all day every day! Budget bikes benefit from all the research into frame geometry and overall advancements while not having to pay for that research and development. I can also chain it up for 5 min while I get snacks at the store and not worry about someone with a grinder stealing it.

@IIISentorIII 2 years ago

That "$11,000" S-Works Stumpjumper Costs $7'500 right now here in Switzerland 😉

Last Year I did Buy the Carbon Stumpjumper Comp for $3'000! on Sale and put on some Carbon Elite Wheels pro 36 for another $600.

It's now 28.2 lbs (12,8Kg)after making some other small changes during the year, the frame is 100% identical to the S-Works and a Dream Bike!

Cheers from Switzerland

@deniskane7870 2 years ago

You double black trail looks like a low blue in our language.

@parkerhope4557 2 years ago (edited)

Great video man and lots of attention to detail. One issue I had is it would have been nice to see a time comparison for all four bikes. Other than that awesome video.

@bennychenMTB 2 years ago

Can’t be a black run let alone double black! But good opportunity to test these back out on your local trial. I will be keen to try them out in my black runs. Good work

@Doglover-gb3rx 2 years ago

If that first trail was a double black diamond then I ride triple black diamonds for a warmup

@davidcoomber4050 2 years ago

The guys who started the whole MTB craze would have thought the cheap bike was a luxury item, you don’t need to spend big bucks to enjoy a ride it’s just big boys toys to part with 11k