Have a google for the spec of your bike, what I can find is your current bike is 9 speed triple chainring sram gearing, 3x9 (ie a 9 gear cassette on the back wheel and 3 chainrings on the crank arm (where your pedals add attached)

If you where to buy this 10 speed chainset you would need to upgrade all components to 10 speed
the rear derailleur, casette, chain and shifters
and possibly the front derailleur arm as well as the chainset (chain rings and crankset) to 10 speed, and also ensure your rear wheels hub will fit a 10 speed cassette.

For the high cost of doing that , you are probably best to stick to 9 speed, and use a chain wear indicator to check wear on the chain if it is heavily worn, the casette will likely be worn too, and also the chainrings.
Doing this strategy you could upgrade parts over time and not have the big outlay a 10 speed would cause

Great price, I paid £90 for one a few months ago. As usual with Shimano it's a rock solid product. Seriously though, when are they going to make chainsets in which the logo doesn't rub off after a couple of hundred miles??

Get yourself one of these, a lot easier than messing about with a hacksaw.

http://www.diy.com/hand-tools/bq-tube-tube-cutter/191157_BQ.prd

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/how-to-cut-down-a-fork-steerer-tube-43526/

Get yourself one of these, a lot easier than messing about with a hacksaw.

http://www.diy.com/hand-tools/bq-tube-tube-cutter/191157_BQ.prd

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/how-to-cut-down-a-fork-steerer-tube-43526/

Rosebikes have some right bargains on 29er, but could give off a dragster appearance to the bike , the 27.5 is an idea, maybe worth looking at second hand on eBay (if people give a good review/ account then usually honest,p) if their is no commentary avoid

Cheers for the reply. The bike was only £450 nearly 5 years ago so unfortunately I'm hoping to get something for about £150 fitted. I changed the brakes from the Avids to some Shimano hydraulics which has made the world of difference, but I've also recently ordered a Pinnacle Arkose 2 for commuting, so the hard rock will just be for weekend fun now.

Makes sense that the steerer is another limiting factor. Had a browse and there's several people who've fitted a 27.5 fork to a 26 bike/wheels, but I think that would really upset the steering, particularly as I'm looking to go from 80mm to 100mm as well.

I'll keep browsing, otherwise was leaning towards the Recon Silver you've mentioned. Just wonder if there's any chance of them dropping in price when the 2017 models come out, looks like the 2016 are on backorder everywhere.

Sorry to post something slightly off topic but on the subject of bargains, has anyone spotted any Rock Shox forks or similar in a clearance?

It's for a 2011 Specialized Hard Rock Disc Sport, so needs to be a 1 1/8 steerer, with 100mm of travel. I'm preferably after something air-sprung (e.g. Solo Air). I'm 6' 2" and 13 stone.

It appears the 2017 range coming in May has dropped any product lines for 26", with the single exception of the 30 Gold, so was either hoping for a discontinued bargain, or if someone knows how the RRP usually stacks up against the prices the retailers actually advertise at?

Many thanks

Good to see a nice friendly and helpful hukd thread for a change. Well done all.

As we're here, to save forking out on a new crank with fixed chain rings every year/18 months (and the current one was fitted by a cack handed bike mech - seems doing my own gives better results so it's at least half that)..

What's a decent suggested crankset for a hybrid?

(Evans pinnacle cobalt if it matters - don't buy full/have work done at the Sheffield shop though! Had it turn up with miss-matched pedals and a buggered thread on the left brake so no barrel adjustment, went in for a service and was given back un-ridable, the dude had the courtesy to look embarrased at least, later turned out they hadn't been arsed to tighten the crank arms up enough, lots of creaking and it eventually worked its way loose, luckily was on a quiet side street when the arm finally fell off :smile: )

Got mine yesterday, ordered 1pm Tuesday on both crc and merlin,
Merlin pedals arrived 9am Wednesday, crc claimed to have shipped tues 6pm weren't collected until Wednesday pm, arrived Saturday

What is it with shops sending oem, both my xt cassette and this crank where in brown cardboard, got some m8000 brakes on ribble cycles, turned up in a clear plastic bag.
At least Merlin sent shimano packaged pedals

How do I find what size to buy for my bike?

I have a Halfords Carrera Fury 2011 mountain bike with 26'' wheels and hydraulic brakes.

You ''' can '' run this chainring on a nine speed setup with no issues whatsoever

These make great weapons

Its CRC: Chain Reaction Cycles
Shimano cranks are always good.

Looks a good price to me, good spot :smiley:

looked at the raceface on rose bikes, the Ride and Evolve are absolute bargains too, but decided to stick to XT
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/race-face--660394/aid:660398?gclid=CJua8Ifb1ssCFe8W0woddIoLiA. £34.98
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/race-face-evolve-crankset/aid:591375 £44.55
These are at least double on uk sites. £6-7 postage

Rockshox monarch RL is £111 too, £165 on uk sites