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Fuji Tahoe 29 SL 29er Hardtail
Product Description
User Reviews
Submitted by
me123ization
a Racer
from Manila, Philippines Date Reviewed: February 8, 2011 Strengths: This bike being my first 29er, has given me some decent finishes in races. I particularly like its lightweight frame and Sram X9 components. Not a big fan of the stock seatpost, cockpit, and WTB Trail29 wheelset. The RS Reba performs well too. Weaknesses: The Wheelset is its ultimate weakness. It didn't even last me 3 months. the stock cockpit and seatpost are a bit heavy. the tires wear out pretty fast(they're racing tires anyway) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: La Mesa, Eco Park Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1068.00 Purchased At: GranTrail Cycles Similar Products Used: (First 29er)But I've ridden the following XC bikes. KHS alite2000, GT Avalanche 2.0, Merida Matts HFS1000. Bike Setup: RockShox Reba SL29, Sram X9 FD, RD, Shifters, Truvativ Firex with Truvativ GXP ceramic bb. Truvativ STYLO Seatpost, Mongoose XC stem, Fuji low riser handle bars, Salsa Gordo Disc AM wheelset, Avid Juicy seven, Specialized fastrak lk 29.
Submitted by
Horton543
a Cross Country Rider
from Fairfield, CA Date Reviewed: September 20, 2010 Strengths: Price, considering the high level of components on the bike. Weight for the price, sub 30. Weaknesses: Ugliness factor: looks like a big brown rolling turd but it performs very well. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Rockville Hills Park Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $850.00 Purchased At: Precision Cycle, Vac Similar Products Used: First 29er Bike Setup: Stock, Reba SL Dual Air, Avid 7 Juicy, SRAM X9, Truativ 3.3 Firex Crank, WTB Laser Disc and Conti Mtn King 2.2 
Submitted by
edubfromktown
a Weekend Warrior
from Potomac, MD USA Date Reviewed: September 7, 2010 Strengths: Great for intermediate/advanced rider, no complaints on climbing, braking, maneuvering, etc. Shifting is really smooth. Shock lockout definitely comes in handy. Frame is tough- a few really good bashes to the bottom bracket shell and seat tube haven't compromised the frame integrity. Two major endo's too (one crash landing and the other front wheel slamma jamma stick in the spokes). Weaknesses: Stock components on the heavy side. Also, felt like my center of gravity was a bit high in the beginning. At 6'2" a large frame is good for me but took a little getting used to (I had ridden medium frames almost exclusively until the Fuji's and medium's always felt short!). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Schaeffer Farm Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: eBay Similar Products Used: Fuji Tahoe Pro 29er, Air 9er, Peace 9er, ... Bike Setup: Stock rock at present. Going to upgrade crank (Shimano LX FC-M582) and cassette (Shimano XTR M970 12-34T) soon.
Submitted by
jbebeau
a Cross Country Rider
from Southern Virginia Date Reviewed: July 20, 2010 Strengths: Good bike setup for the rider moving up from noob.... The components (Reba fork, x.9 drive-train, hydro brakes, aluminum frame) make this a good bike, especially the fork & drive-train. Weaknesses: Elixir R brakes and Conti Mountain King tires. Brakes are Elixir R's and these brakes have a recall on them (some particular bike setups have a horrible "shudder" in the rear - so much so that everyone hears you for miles around). Not a joy, but bike does stop, just has a vibration so bad that the noise is awful! LBS worked to fix, but hasn't been able to really address without replacing things (pads, rotor). Search and you can find the threads on the problem to make your own judgment call. Tires are just OK - rear wore out after just 350 miles, and the grip is not the best on the front. Rider preference here, so use them until worn and then upgrade to your riding conditions. The MKs are not best for hardpack or pavement, so research for a F/R tire combo that matches your trail! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Angler's Ridge Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1450.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Several 26" HTs - Diamondback Response Sport 26" HT, K2 ZED 26" HT; this is my first 29er Bike Setup: Mostly stock, except for short cage dérailleur, crank brothers candy pedals, wide ergonomic grips, Higher rise bar (I'm 6'4" and even on large frame needed more cockpit height)
Submitted by
kustyawan
a Weekend Warrior
from Jakarta, Indonesia Date Reviewed: June 29, 2010 Strengths: strong but not stiff, I bought as frame set only Weaknesses: so far, none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Jalur Pipa Gas, Rindu Alam Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: JBC Jurang Mangu (lo Similar Products Used: Giant XTC Team Bike Setup: actually this is 29ers frame but I buld became 26" bike, mix Shimano and SRAM groupset (SLX-XT, SRAM sprocket only), DT Swiss X 430, Novatec 4 bearing (hub-freehub), Truvativ cockpit, Rockshox Recon Solo air race. 
Submitted by
jeremy griffiths
a Cross Country Rider
from Ft Kent Date Reviewed: June 12, 2010 Strengths: Components. SRAM stuff works better than I expected. Shock is great. Wheels are nice and tires are better than expected-initailly wanted to switch them, but they're good. Fuji brand cock pit is fine. Weaknesses: Frame-low bottom bracket causes you to knock your cranks on way too many things. Can't put two water bottle holders on-wont fit. Wont even fit a large (tall) water bottle. Aesthetically, the frame is ugly, but I didn't buy it for the frame. I bought for the components. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Quoggy Joe Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1400.00 Similar Products Used: no 29ers. Bike Setup: stock
Submitted by
halsted
a Cross Country Rider
from QC Philippines Date Reviewed: June 26, 2009 Strengths: Value of the bike. SRAM X9 Drivetrain, Avid Juicy 7 Disc Brakes, RS Reba SL. Weaknesses: The weight of the bike is a weakness. House brand cockpit-stem, bar and seatpost are heavy. Wheelset-house brand hubs I've been told are made by Formula, spokes and nips are generic, rims are WTB LaserDiscs. Gurus claims that the wheelset is the weakest part of the Tahoe SL. Some weight can be saved by improving the wheelset components but then that would make the price of the bike go up. The RS Reba SL is set at 3 inches of travel and it had a tad of fore and aft flex, the 29 inch wheels probable creates more leverage than a 26. The RS manual came with 2 plastic spacers but does not explain what they are for. Maybe if they had a DVD like Fox they can probably provide more information about the fork. I felt the Conti Mountain King tires couldn't makeup its mind on where it would excel, I found it slow on hardpack and lacking on trail stuff. I'll be using it until it wears down. The frame doesn't have much eye candy appeal. I don't like how the downtube was suddenly tapered at the bottom bracket like an after thought. It looks like a guillotine amputation. I would have rathered that they started the taper maybe a third down of the downtube. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Maarat Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: Xtreme Similar Products Used: None, this is my first 29er. Bike Setup: Upgraded the cockpit-the bar is now an On One Mary Bar that came from my SS. Stem is now a Ritchey WCS as well as the seatpost. Replaced the WTB Rocket V OEM saddle with an after market WTB Rocket V saddle. The Grips are Salsa Chili Peppers, these are the longest grips locally available. Replaced the Xpedo pedals with Shimano platform SPD pedals because my son also uses the bike and doesn't use SPD shoes. All the upgrade parts were available from my parts bin. I installed a Cateye Wireless Strada Cyclocomp. I'm 5 feet 8 inches, the bike is a 17 inch and the stem is a 90mm (stock stem is a 100mm). Present setup weighs 28.40lbs.
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