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Planet X XLA SL SRAM Rival 1
As the title suggests I'm after opinions on the XLA Rival!
Its for my son, he races the Scottish CX series, ideally I would rather get him the carbon frame but its £1300 so a bit more than I want to spend, especially as he will need a new XC bike very soon too so my budget for a CX is around £1000.
I've been a tad disappointed in what I can get for that too so any suggestions of something else would be good - basic spec I'm after - discs (not mechanical) and 1x set up ideally.
He has Planet X carbon road bike that we've been really impressed by but I've heard some horror stories on their CX bikes...so either fill me with confidence or put me off for life 
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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I had a Dirty Disco for a while - lovely bike, no issues in terms of build quality and I'm a heavy rider. Only sold it because I couldn't get used to SRAM shifting and the monumentally crap front mechs, which won't be an issue on a 1x build.
DD was the relaxed version of the XL range