What hardtail mountain bike should I buy

I've decided to buy a hardtail Mountain Bike, budget £550 or less, might use it to commute on and the occasional club run and a blast round "The Lookout" any suggestions where my money should go, quite like the Trek Marlin 6 cos it's orange, or the Scott Aspect. Ta.

Bought one of these at a discount and would recommend it thoroughly. pm me and I will add something with regard to pricing.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/mountain-bikes/voodoo-bizango-29er-mountain-bike-2016

Pinnacle Ramin 1 2017 @ £540? It's fully rigid but at this sort of pricepoint suspension forks aren't all that great - barely functioning boat anchors at best. It essentially puts the money saved on the fork into the drivetrain and brakes

I also got one of these and it's great. Forks work really well.

This also looks good for the money

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=165499&productId=1378367&storeId=10001

Calibre Gauntlet might be worth looking at too.

But yea. Bizango.

You can buy something pretty nice for £550 second-hand. Try Pinkbike classifieds.

On-One Parkwood

That was similar to my budget when i started looking... The Bizango i think is the best for the money around that price, Vitus Nucleus looks like a nice alternative and Boardman's tend to come well spec'd. I went for a Pinnacle Iroko in the end and paid about £600. That was with a mate's discount but would of been similar to cysclescheme if i'd used vouchers. If you can use vouchers then it opens up the market for Marley/Sentier/Iroko etc. All my MTB mates warned me cheaper bikes are a false economy and i'm glad i listened, with a 1K bike you'll be done with a dropper and tubeless. Hardtails are great, i chuffing love mine.

Go second hand man.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cube-LTD-SL-MTB-Hard-tail-Team-Line-29er-21/122999006187?hash=item1ca34fe3eb:g:agYAAOSwP69amsh8

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scott-Scale-35-Carbon-Hardtail-XC-Mountain-Bike/372240000564?hash=item56ab3ba634:g:3XcAAOSw3ZBanT~N

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMC-Team-Elite-03-Hardtail-Mountain-Bike-Hydraulic-Brakes-Rock-Shox-Deore-XS/292470634173?hash=item44189bb6bd:g:sbwAAOSwrBVam5iC

etc...

Second hand Cotic soul.