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Submitted by
Rick
a Weekend Warrior
from Canberra, ACT, Australia
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Strengths: | Relatively light for a dualie. The bomber forks are excellent.
You are instantly twice as sexy when you sit on this bike. | | Weaknesses: | Rear wheel spokes - found the cheap stock spokes that come with the bike are too weak on the rear wheel. First spoke break get it respoked with better ones.
Rear brakes were problematic on some bikes. Apparently KHS funded a free brake upgrade deal for those having trouble with stock brakes.
Girlfriend gets jealous of all the attention you attract. | | Similar Products Used: | Riding a bit on friends' bikes. | | Bike Setup: | Stock except for upgraded brakes (for free) to quad piston grimeca hydraulic disk brakes (much better than the ones that originally came with the bike). | | Bottom Line: | This is a great bike - you won't regret getting one, especially if you get the quad piston grimeca brakes.
I use the bike for everything - long road rides, commuting to work every day, riding single track in the forest, and lots of uphill riding (don't get put off by people telling you dualies are no good for uphill riding - I do lots and it doesn't detract at all).
Beware of how sexy you will become... I have heard of marriages breaking up after getting one of these bikes. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lil' JayJay
a Weekend Warrior
from B-more
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Long alley outside my section 8 house | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | KHS | | Strengths: | I stole this bike last year from my local bike shop. It accelerates like nobodies business. I can get away from the cops like whoa. | | Weaknesses: | Misses a shift sometimes when I'm trying to evade the po-po. Bright yellow paint doesn't help when i'm trying to sneek into the half-way house past curfew. No passenger seat for my lil' chicadeez. Hops like a biatch when you slam on the back brake due to it's bustedass stock shock son. | | Similar Products Used: | I've stolen so many bikes i can't keep track. If you need something just e-mail me. | | Bike Setup: | Ghettofied to the maximum. Aluminum foil on the spokes (bling bling). Chrome handguards when i'm sliding down those tiny dark alleys. | | Bottom Line: | I like this bike. I'll steal another one if iget the chance. Bottom line is that this bike is a major baby-mama magnet son. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim Lathom
a Weekend Warrior
from Golden, CO
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | swap | | Strengths: | Price
Looks | | Weaknesses: | Rear shock
Front Shock
Weight
Brakes | | Similar Products Used: | Proflex 857 | | Bike Setup: | Stock except clipless pedals | | Bottom Line: | This bike is all show and no go. It looked great: FSR style rear suspension, Marzocci (sp) Z1 fork, disc brakes, ect, but it rode like a Huffy. The rear shock would hardly move when pumped up and then sagged a like a 70 year old stripper when run low. Had the same problem with the Z1 fork. Could never find a pressure that worked. The Grimeca disks were weak and dragged. I promptly sold it on Ebay and went back to my tried and true Proflex. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Cross Country Rider
from Cincinnati, OH USA
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Cave Run Lake Area | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1250.00 | | Purchased At: | Goin Mobile Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Excellent full suspension set up. Great price. Other than minor inconveniences related to brake set up mentioned below I have had no problems. Climbs great and I only notice the added weight of full sus when I have to hike it (thankfully this is uncommon) | | Weaknesses: | I changed from the Grimeca hydraulic discs to Avid mechanical discs mainly because I found the Avid's much easier to adjust in field (I routinely remove my front wheel to place bike in SUV to take to trails). | | Similar Products Used: | I also have a KHS steel hard tail with XT components that I like quite a bit. I tested Cannondale, GT full sus bikes on road | | Bike Setup: | I upgraded to XT front and rear derailers (but noticed no problems with the ones that came with the bike). I switched out the disc brakes for mechanical discs as described for less hassle. | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for the money for cross country rider looking to upgrade to full suspension and disc brakes (both of which I have found I miss when I switch back to my XT hard tail). If you can get your bike shop to swap out the hydraulics for mechanical discs you may find it an easier transition from V's in terms of maintenaince. The full suspension is great and the weight mainly is noticed is putting the bike in the car or on the rack. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay
a Weekend Warrior
from Maryland
Date Reviewed: September 15, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | local shop | | Strengths: | the frame has held up to everything so far. the forks are super nice. good componentry on the bike. handels downhills very good. for a full suspension bike it goes up hill pretty good too. | | Weaknesses: | the rear shock. if there's one thing wrong with the bike it's the rear shock. in one day i blew out the shock and bent the rear rim. the peadles are way to skinny too.
also the people who are behind this product are not the most talented in returning phone messages. my rear shock has been blown out for a few weeks and i just recently got a hold of the guy at KHS. | | Bike Setup: | my bike came with marzocchi z5 forks wich i love. i also run xt rapid fire shifters and wider platform peadles. | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line on this bike is it is real light and everything works very well, except the rear shock. if u do buy this bike put a better rear shock on it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shane Johnson
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane,QLD,Australia
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Mount Cootha | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1500.00 | | Purchased At: | AstroBIKE | | Strengths: | Very comfortable ride with great suspension setup for the weekend warrior. Rides and handles like a dream. Easy to get used to. All componants are easy maintence. | | Weaknesses: | None at this stage. | | Similar Products Used: | I used a Merida Dominator, but it just does not compare. | | Bike Setup: | 4" of front and rear travel, disk brakes and very light. | | Bottom Line: | If you have to make a choice, make the right one and buy one. You will not regret it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Geordie
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Barrier Lake ( Jewel ) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1250.00 | | Purchased At: | Single Track Cycle | | Strengths: | Value!! You get a FS/XC bike ( 4" front and back ) hydraulic disk brakes and a decent component package for under $1500.00 bucks. Anything else in this class was at least $300.00 buck more. I use this bike for everything from communting to freeriding. If you can only afford one bike, this is a good choice. It has taken all the abuse I have handed it no problems at all. | | Weaknesses: | I have found the grimeca system 1 hydraulic disk brakes a little labour intensive. I've had to bleed my front brakes a couple of times. This is usually after a day of serious down hill fun. | | Similar Products Used: | GT 2.0 i-drived, Specialized FSR Enduro, Jamis Dakar Comp | | Bike Setup: | Check out www.khsbicyces.com for detail on bike set up. | | Bottom Line: | If you are a weekend warrior and love blasting down some single track, free riding or cross country, and you want a full suspension bike but you are on a budget, this bike offers a lot of bang for your buck. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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