$650 Vs $11,000 Mountain Bikes!

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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[bikeradar]

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

[kkezhgz]

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.

[Bascott]

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

[Rekmeyata]

I'm 70 years old, what I'm about to say will blow your mind. I used to live in S California, and back in the late 60's and 70's we used to ride trails like what you were on, and worse, in the mountains on ROAD BIKES! We took bikes that had cantilever brakes, and put on the wider rims with 700x35c tires, and some others used the old 27x1 3/8 inch tires.

[davehause]

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

[marksandoval]

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.

[bosross]

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

[IIISentorIII]

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

[coonepaul]

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

[matthewbrocke]

I just bought a Kona Process 134 for $1999 plus tax (cdn). It has Shimano Deore parts, Rockshox Recon up front and a Rockshox Deluxe in back and a dropper post. I can't wait to ride it. I'm still keeping my hardtail.

[masaharumorimoto]

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.

[ctsingletrack]

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.

[jasonwooden]

The hardtail with 27.5s appeared to have way too much air pressure in the tyres. The whole point of 27.5s on a hard tail is to drop the pressure some and use the tyre for your suspension.

[tjh]

I like the 5k bike. I bought a Norco Fluid fs3 ($2Kcad)bike 2 years ago, every part is upgradeable, only bought better fork so far. I have no complaints on how it rides.

[neuzethmusic]

Very happy with my 1000 Euro Cube 29 Hardtail. Even some casual single trail/downhill is possible.

[MW-udzp]

not dropping the saddle is a cardinal sin

[Descenter]

Started riding MTB about 4 years ago on a Trek Roscoe 8 (about 1.500$ in my country), yesterday I upgraded to a Trek Slash 9.8 GX ATX Gen 5 (about 8.000$ in my country)

[Thafree]

you should use specilized for your next 650 its a 29 and a really good bang for your buck

[rambler]

I'm 54 years old, have plenty of money socked away and have bought exactly 3 brand new bikes in my life, one in Jr High, 1 in College and 1 last week. Don't regret any, or the used ones. $5k for a Pivot Switchblade XT/XTR and honestly it's incredible.

[bennychenMTB]

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