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Voodoo Bizango
Let's be frank, it's a heavy low-end machine. Some good Deore bits, mixed with totally rank Suntour parts; their forks are a joke! It will get tired looking quickly and depreicte heavily too.
If you know anything about bikes (or have a friend who can spot obvious problems) for £500 you'd be far better off buying a used 650b Cotic Soul or similar. The ride will be 100+% better and it will still be worth almost what you paid after a couple of years usage.
Magazine reviews need to be taken with a pinch of salt - advertising revenues always mean that there is a conflict of interest at play.
The.Gren-
Nah those forks will be fine.
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Well yeah, obviously low end. At 12.9kg it's probably less than my Pompino though, not that heavy for an MTB?
Not just magazine reviews but reviews from owners are very good - including of the fork. Have you had trouble with it or just don't rate suntour? The other suntour part is the cranks - and even the cheapest cranks work fine don't they.
Howard
lemonade
Looking at a first MTB after enjoying a couple of rental sessions, arriving on the Voodoo Bizango I think...
Available for £500 and reviews seem to think it was a huge bargain at £600. I'd have preferred a 650b but this seems better value than anything else out there. So far the biggest downsides I can think of are the fugly colour and that it will be put together by a Halfords. Are there any other reasons not to do this?*
*Bike-related reasons that is. I can't really afford this at the moment but never mind.