Submitted by
jay dupre
a Weekend Warrior
from incline, nv Date Reviewed: October 2, 2003
Favorite Trail:
Karpiel DH
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$350.00
Purchased At:
bike shop
Strengths:
none
Weaknesses:
Welds, design, replacement policy
Similar Products Used:
Giant ac1, kona, trek fuel
Bike Setup:
Fox front shock. All shimano Xt Components including brakes. Mavic 521 rims. Mr. dirt. And 535 pedals.
Bottom Line:
This bike is a piece of s**t. I have a 128 BB on it and the chain line is still off. I broke the rear swing arm 2 times already. The shock mount opens the frame like a can of tuna and it’s almost impossible to get parts. These bikes should be ridden by no one. They are dangerous.
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Submitted by
P D
a Downhiller
from Vancouver Date Reviewed: April 12, 2002
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$630.00
Purchased At:
gsr
Strengths:
durability pedal stroke 9.5" without plate (custom rissie 2.25"throw)
Submitted by
scarface
a
from peoria Date Reviewed: February 5, 2002
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$800.00
Purchased At:
local shop
Strengths:
none what so ever
Weaknesses:
weld integrity, frame strength, design, customer support, research and development
Similar Products Used:
KONA
Bike Setup:
broken
Bottom Line:
on my first ride with this frame after only two hours I broke off the headtube on a five foot drop. This resulted in 14 stitches to my face, a concusion, a broken tooth, and numerous other minor injuries.(wear a helmet) the next day I called Mike at GSR. Mike proceeded to tell me that he sells three thousand frames a year in Europe and that this was the first breakage he had even heard of. And so after several phone calls and several months a new frame showed up. Two months later, on an even smaller drop, the swingarm broke at the shock mount. The next day i went to my local shop, tore the bike down once again, and sent it away. When we sent it back this time we called Mike at GSR and once again he gave the same tired worn out explanation about how he was a pro racer and sold lots of frames and that it wasn't his fault. Three months passed with no reply no frame and no answer from repeated phone calls to GSR. At the end of this December I recieved a call from the shop that Mike wanted to send me one of his new swingarms for no less than one hundred and fifty dollars. MIstakenly I called Mike and ended up in a yelling match over the phone. The next day I had the shop call him and explain that not all companies work this way as he had tried to tell me earlier. His explanation was that the shock that was sent with the bike didn't give sufficient travel. He also said that I wasn't a pro rider and therefore didn't know how to land which caused both failures. In reply I told Mike to send my broken swingarm back. After a long pause he asked why. I said I wasn't going to pay his fee. Last month a new swingarm showed up at the shop. The only reason to ride buy or even think about a GSR is if you have some sort of wish for a painful slow death, that is (according to GSR) your fault
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Submitted by
morgan peckenham
a Racer
from truckee Date Reviewed: January 27, 2002
Favorite Trail:
godzilla
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$1200.00
Purchased At:
friend
Strengths:
good for all round abuse. jumping ,dual slalom , xc
Weaknesses:
non
Similar Products Used:
all freeride bikes.and makes
Bike Setup:
130 marzos,rock shock rear hayes discs,sun rhino lites
Bottom Line:
I RIDE THIS BIKE EVERYDAY. I DIRT JUMP IT,RIDE DH ON IT. IVE SET THE FASTEST RUNS ON IT IN DUAL SLALOM EVENTS,IN THE PRO CLASS.AND I RACE XC ON IT . AND MY SON WHO IS 7 RIDES IT. ITS A TUFF BIKE.
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