Mountain Biking - Claud Butler?

Does anyone know anything about Claud Bulter bikes? I was looking around for a new purchase and saw a Claud Butler Response Lite which seems like a nice bike at a very reasonable price but i've never heard of the brand before.

Any opinions?

I remember the brand name came up a few months back, so I'd suggest you try using the search function for threads on the topic.

I don't think anyone brought up anything negative about the brand, and they seemed to me like decent bikes. I think they sell bikes in the $300-600 (US, I guess that's like 200-500 pounds?) price range, so they're primarily enty-level, but the specs were comparable to other brands. They seemed to be mostly marketed in the Isles, so they aren't a big company.

Claud Butler are pretty good, the reason no-one on here has heard of them much is because this is aan american forum, and claud butler is a british brand, I was going to buy a Claud Butler Cape Wrath a few months ago, £400, and a lot of good quality components for your money, Shimano Deore, mavic Rims, Cane creek Brakes RS judy Fork...

The reason i didn't buy it was because i wasnt sure about the frame, it didnt look the strongest of frames, and i wasnt sure if it would stand up to what i would do to it. You should probably ask your lbs, as they would know the limitations of it

Cluad Butler is an UK based company and make some very good entry level bike's with a very competitive spec. I wish I got one instead of my GT when I saw one, (although my GT is now heavily upgraded).
I like the fact that CD does not use many inhouse parts most of the stem, bars and seatpost are named brands like Kore, the wheel sets are always Mavic on reliable Shimano hubs, the groupset is usually Deore emchs and pods with Truvativ cranksets. The frame's although obviously now made in place's like Taiwan, thats no bad thing they have cnc'd type dropouts, gussetts where you need them, a notable feature is the hourgalss style headtube that looks unbreakable, and is found on top end bike's my GT is only ring reinforced. All CD bike's in the £300 to £600 price range are amongst the best spec'd bike's I've seen well worth it.

Evo

O.K just seen some spec list for the CD Response lite, the frame is very nice and would be ideal to upgrade if you wanted to, Deore mechs and Brake/shift levers, Truvativ ISIS crankset, its a special wheelset with a funny? spoke pattern using flat spoke's they look nice? the fork is a RS judy TT or RST depending on model, the frok is an obvious weak point. But the rest of spec for the £400 price is very good, again Kore bar and stem.
There is a model with a disc front brake and V rear. for around £450ish I think this has the better RST forkbut its only slightly better.
If you buy this bike pyscorower then with and upgraded fork (if you wanted to!) you would have a very nice bike for the price.

Evo

Thanks for all the replies, appreciate it. I think i'm gonna give it a try. I'll buy it and maybe swich around a thing or two and let you know how it goes. Thanks again.