Submitted by
thetoledo
a Weekend Warrior
from Long Beach, CA USA Date Reviewed: January 28, 2009
Favorite Trail:
San Juan Trail
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$1500.00
Purchased At:
OC Shop
Strengths:
Bought as frame set only... Meta 666 VIP. Super stiff rear end, linkage is trick w/ R23, geometry is perfect on XL w/o head tube eccentric adjustment.
Weaknesses:
no ISCG tabs for hammerschmidt. If the hammer is as good as they say, it would be perfect for this bike.
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
36 RC2, saint single w/MRP G2 guide, XT shadow w/XTR trigger, Saint calipers w/Saint m/c's and Dangerboy levers, XT 203 rr/180 fr rotors, Ringle' singletracks w/ Hadley 135 x 12 rr through ax, Nevegal 2.5's, Sunline OS bar/DH stem, Joplin post.
Bottom Line:
Always rode DH bikes everywhere for everything. They worked half the time, sick sometimes miserable the rest. Decided to lighten up a bit but didn't want to go all lycra. This bike is faster on most anything I rode my DH rig on (GT DHI). The travel is 6" from an RP23 but dont be fooled. The linkage isolates any stess on the shock body and feels like 8" of plush linear travel. its hard to get used too. I set the rr sag about 30% and slowed the rebound 5 clicks from fullout (i'm 6' 4" 220)then went real stiff and lively w/fast rebound up front. The result is it sits into the travel a bit and slackens the head angle about another 1.5 * I think its riding at about 67 degrees. Just bombs dh. SO SO climber but the pro pedal helps alot.
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