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Submitted by
Todd
a Downhiller
from Eugene Oregon
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Goodman creek | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Bought frame through internet | | Strengths: | The frame is very beefy. It can withstand a whole lot of abuse. From what I hear stock parts where really really cheap but i bought it as a frame so i wouldnt know. The frame itself is actually pretty light. | | Weaknesses: | The rear triange geometry is a bit lengthy. Cant manual to good with it. Other than that no complaints. | | Similar Products Used: | Hmm havnet really ridden alot of bikes with this kind of suspension geometry. But it kinda reminds me of my bro's XCR 4000 | | Bike Setup: | XT hubs laced to alexrims. XT drivetrain. DNM air oil rear shock. Marzoochi DJ2 front fork. BIllet stem, Kona DB bars. Magura HS33 hydraulic brakes, Shram 9.0 rear cassette, honeycomb aluminum seatpost, raceface taperlock BB, Tioga DH tires. | | Bottom Line: | Awesome frame. Very well built. No one even knows its a mongoose unless i tell them. Takes 8 foot drops like nothing. If i have a chance i want to buy another one of these frames just to have as a backup until that day "probably not very soon" the frame breaks.
Would recomend to anyone. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
justin cummings
a Weekend Warrior
from tyngsboro,ma, usa
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$360.00 | | Purchased At: | cosco | | Strengths: | the frame is strong, shocks, handle bars | | Weaknesses: | axles, derailliers( they suk ass), tires, u cant change gears goin up hill(not even a lil 20* slope), brakes, the frame is strong but a lil too heavy, seat | | Similar Products Used: | hardtail | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | it is pritty good for the money,i suggest that u should upgrade the tires, rims, brakes, derailliers,axels, and seat, they all suk, i broke my axel while goin over a tree stump, my deraillier went out of alignment, my brakes, i have to fix my brakes every time i go out, the tires get very lil grip when off road, but the suspension is nice, weight sux, 24 speed is a great range of gears, price is ok, overall, i would not get it again, but if u already have it , upgrade | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Max Vogel
a Cross Country Rider
from Northampton
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | costco | | Strengths: | Frame will take a beating! | | Weaknesses: | Derailers
Wheels | | Similar Products Used: | GT Full suspention RTS | | Bike Setup: | Shimano Deore Crank and derailers. KORE Chain Tensioner.
Front wheel: Parallax hub, matix "cheapo" Rim. Nokian Blue Bozobeana Rear wheel: XTR hub & 8 cassette, Sun Rino Lite Rim. Kujo DH Tire | | Bottom Line: | This bike is pimp... It does every thing my broken GT RTS used to do and better.. @%#* GT Bikes they didn't | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dick head
a Weekend Warrior
from newcastle australia
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | stead cycles - beresfield | | Strengths: | i am not sure how mongoose have done it, but they must be the first bike company on earth to have hardened sh*t to the extent where it can be used to make a bike frame. ingeneous....... | | Weaknesses: | absolutely everything, on a D*CK HEAD (LIKE MYSELF) would buy this. it weighs a tonne, all the components are cheap and weak, and the list goes on | | Similar Products Used: | paper mache bikes, | | Bike Setup: | standard accept all the cheap crap that has broken and caused me to spend more money on parts | | Bottom Line: | dont buy cheap bikes. you will only have to waste money on decent parts. oh and if i can save just one person from shopping at stead cycles i will be a happy man, the guy is a complete wanker and is sleasier then a used car sales man. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john tomac
a Downhiller
from idaho
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | fast and down hill | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$399.00 | | Purchased At: | dunno | | Strengths: | hmmmm well the frame is ok kinda could use alittle more travel buti fixed that e/ mail me if u wanna know how to get 4.5inches of rear travel.i just got a now bike:):):) | | Weaknesses: | all stock parts. | | Similar Products Used: | specalized p3 my fav dual slolam bike
specialized fsr enduro dh | | Bike Setup: | frame: d50i mongoose. fork:white bros dh3. rear shok:risse.
bar. race face crank/chain rings:raceface.dh
| | Bottom Line: | the frame is the only thing worth getting out of it
but it is a good frame after my CHANGES witch ill tell u if u mail me. the stock components are $#!^
if you live in north idaho e mail me and mabey we can meet some time and go riding ill show u some kick @$$ trails but dont be a winer and u better hope u like dh or u wont like the trails my fav has some good dopoffs and jumps
c-ya moosepoop85@yahoo.com
ps. the chilis are for the frame only and only after my CHANGES | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd Torres
a Racer
from Springfield, Or, U.S.A
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Goodman creek | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$275.00 | | Purchased At: | costco | | Strengths: | Strong welds. well built Nice geometry. | | Weaknesses: | stock shock and all componets are quite weak i broke the wheels after about 2 months. Stock shock wasnt a shock it was a spring made to look like a coil over. | | Similar Products Used: | Not alot of soft tails that ive ridden.
ive ridden a GT XCR 4000 but mines lighter. | | Bike Setup: | LX 5arm crankset. Taperlock ti bottom bracket. Magura hydraulic Hs22 brakes. Xt hubs front and read double butted spokes with alloy red anodized nipples. Mavic rims, 2000 XT front and rear derailleurs. DNM backdraft air oil giving me 4 plush inches of travel. 1999 rockshocks judy XC 100mm travel. LX cartrige sealed headset. Kona DB risers. yeti hardcore lock on grips, home made .049 chromoly stem, leather sgs seat with cromo rails. Panaracer kevlar Mach ss front and Mach sk rear. | | Bottom Line: | If your looken for a great frame at a great price but are willing to upgrade a few things then this is the bike for you.
Stock it was fun to ride around small trails the weight slowed you way down. But when i stripped it and found out the aluminum frame with the fork and bb and crank and rear shock only weighed 17 pounds, i knew it had potential.
Now its a XC racing machine. The brakes are the newest addition to start my XC season off to a hardcore start and stop. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Twiek
a Weekend Warrior
from Northern VA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Whitetail Resort | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Costco | | Strengths: | Strong Frame, Trigger Shifters, Good Price, Decent brakes | | Weaknesses: | Shock (F&R) action is sticky, Rear derailleur is tricky (sometimes dosen't shift or shifts twice), Weight! | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale Hardtail | | Bike Setup: | Stock (Well, I do have a pump) | | Bottom Line: | I've had this bike for a year, and I mostly ride it around the powerlines (half climing, half DH). I've taken it to Whitetail ski resort and it does great on the lifts. I can tell where the equipment holds me back, and most of the time my wits are the limiting factor and not the bike. The fork could be replaced: it's not very rigid, and the shock is not built for DH. It's not as nice as some of the 6" XT and DH bikes on the trails, but I can sure outrun most other sub-$1000 bikes. One note: After a year of mixed riding (including some serious DH and drops), I've slightly bent the rear wheel. It's barely enough to skim the right pad, but it was disapointing.
I'm thinking of a SC Bullit or Kona Stinky (I'm not quite prepared to put three grand into a bike yet), 'cause I'm getting better, and I'm gonna need something to do at college :)
I give it a 5 for value because I would have easily paid twice what I did for it. Overall it gets a 3 because of the weak fork and heavy weight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott Sipes
a Downhiller
from Ben Lomond
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Black Sage, Gazos Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | JC Penny | | Strengths: | Good fork, nice bike for a cheap price! | | Weaknesses: | Constant maintianing, cheap parts. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized crankset (replacement), Shimano chain (replacement), Hardrocker tires (replacement), RST rear shock (I think...), Ballistic front fork. | | Bottom Line: | People slam this bike alot , truth is, it isn't that bad! Yes, it is not the Ibis SIlk Ti, but it is a bike.....and it rides! That is what matters, right? It does have some cheap parts that break on the second ride (I put my bike through alot) but it overall is a good deal, and the price......CHEAP! This is the kind of bike for those people who dont want to spend big $$$ on a bike or those who cant afford it (I cant get that Ibis this second).
It is a good bike, and since I use it to DH, it is the best "cheap bike" that I would use to downhill on!
My opion: Buy the bike if you want a good bike for a cheap price for DH or XC purposes, and to mess around on. Don't buy the bike if you feel unsure or you want to go high-tech Alumi frames with the "big companies". Don't slam this bike or slam the idea of getting one of these because your friends say it is bad or they have the Gary Fishers or Cannondales! If you want more information about this bike.....email me!
Remember....A true MTBer doesn't have to ride a high-price, "big comapny", bike to be real. If you have something that rides...it counts! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA USA
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Noble Canyon, Anderson, Mission Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$270.00 | | Purchased At: | Costco | | Strengths: | Price | | Weaknesses: | Spongy front shocks, weight | | Bike Setup: | Stock + toe clips, computer, gel seat pad (gotta watch your ass), pump and 2 h20 bottles | | Bottom Line: | I've seem this bike flamed alot but it's been great for me. I ride 2-3 times a week and hit all the advanced & intermediate trails. The bike has had no problems, although, I tune and maintain it. The weight at 35 lbs. is high compared to top end bikes at 25-27 but the price justifies. This bike eats up the downhills that my rigid bike used to rattle my fillings. I couldn't afford $1000+ and better I lose 7 to 10 lbs. (I'm 5'10" at 185 lbs.)riding than buy it off the bike weight. I like the grip shifters better than the thumb shifters on my previous ride. The front shock is a little spongey and not adjustable. Bottom line is the bike hasn't fallen apart, the performance has been good, and the price was great. One day I'll get a high end $$$$ bike, but, until I get the dough, this is a great ride for the $. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Ritchie
a
from San Diego, CA
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | PQ Canyon, Iron Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$269.00 | | Purchased At: | D60R purchased at Sports Authority | | Strengths: | This is for the D60R, but there was no place to put the review. Avoid this bike unless you only ride in your driveway! | | Weaknesses: | Everything! Weak rims (busted both), uncomfortable seat, and the absolute worst drive train ever put on a bike. | | Similar Products Used: | Just got a Diamondback X-Link (about $800) and it's like moving from a 63 Valiant to a Porche 911. | | Bike Setup: | Stock except for what I broke and had to replace. New chain, new Shimano front deraileur, Nashbar ergo saddle, new wheels, Michelin ATB tires | | Bottom Line: | You're going to want to read this before you buy ANY low end bike from a sporting goods store or big box retailer. These companies do a good job of making bikes that LOOK like mountain bikes but aren't! Beware! This pretty orange full suspension Mongoose has a brushed aluminum frame, Shimano shifters and deraileurs, adjustable rock shock on the front...a mountain bike, right? WRONG!
When I bought it I went for a casual trail ride and realized the deraileur wasn't adjusted correctly. After a trip to the bike shop for adjustment I thought I was ready to go. Boy was I wrong. The next ride...and NOT a difficult one, I jumped the chain three times, couldn't get into certain gears, and bent the front wheel so bad it had to be replaced. $60 later I was ready to go again. Oh yeah...the seat was so hard and pointy I thought it needed batteries, so I sunk $50 into a nice ergo seat. (running tally...$259 for the bike, and $110 in upgrades)
Over the next couple of moderate rides I experienced the "joy" of riding in soft dirt using hard pack tires (uggghhh), worked all the drive systems out of adjustment, and broke the chain. $150 later I had a new front deraileur, nice Michelin ATB tires, and a new chain (running tally $519, you with me here?). OK..NOW I was ready for a tough one, right? BZZZZZZZZT!!!
The next ride was at Iron Mountain, a masochistic 10 miles of 1,500 foot vertical, switchbacks, boulder fields, and erosion barriers. The rundown...jumped the chain twice. Bent three front gear teeth hitting a rock. BROKE the chain in half, and bent the real wheel into a pretzel. Oh yeah...a nice face versus rock caused by this piece of crap wasn't much fun either!! It went into the shop again. $60 for a new rear wheel and another overhaul of the drive train. Grand total....drumroll...$579 grand total now! Let's see what's left....probably $125 for a new front crank set (next week maybe?). Oh yeah..probably the REAL deraileur soon... criminies. If I didn't just stop this would be the most expensive piece of crap never to work right. I'm cutting my losses. I just got a Diamondback X-Link for about $800. The shop wouldn't even give me $100 on the Mongoose as a trade because he didn't want the liability. Stay away from these low end bikes unless you're just riding around in the street in front of your house. Believe me, you get what you pay for....and you keep on paying. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Cross Country Rider
from Atlanta, GA.
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Alpharetta Trails | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Great bike for the $$. | | Weaknesses: | Susp. a little heavy. Should be replaced. Cassete needs to be adjusted a lot. | | Similar Products Used: | D-60R | | Bike Setup: | Factory. I have a Giant Boulder and a Giant Warp DS2. | | Bottom Line: | A hell of a bike for the $$. My friend got it from the Sports Authority for only $250.00. It was his 1'st susp. bike. I rode it on the trail. I wouldn't want it when I'm in a NORBA race, but it's ok. for recreation. Sweet deal. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeremy B
a Downhiller
from Woodside, CA USA
Date Reviewed: July 20, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | If its dirt...it works for me | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Does manage to get the job done.... and for the price it works.. | | Weaknesses: | THE RIMS SUCK SO MUCH. Rear tire wears out fast. Shifters are the bottom of the mark but they do work. Chain derails its self when the back comes down hard. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing in this price range | | Bike Setup: | Stock Mongoose MGX D50 | | Bottom Line: | Well...Yes this is not nearly the best bike on the market. I have owned this bike ofr over a year and well yes it has held up. I dont know how but it has. Well when you frist get the bike you must take it into the bike shop because the shifting will be really §hitty. At my LBS they put a good chain on it and tuned it and it works a lot better. In the year I have owned it I have put this bike through HELL. I have beaten it to my limits (near death) and it has always survived. I have done everything from 4-5' drop off onto cement to jumping dirt piles at the construction site at my school, to going down canyon walls into mud pits. I has survived all this and more. Nothing has broken on it yet (bent maybe but not broken). The rims are a must for replacement. I have bent these so bad that if the back one was bent one more cm then it would hit the frame. I also bent the front crank set of 3 gears. It still works however. I have grown a lot on this bike from learning to do wheelies, to vertical endo's, etc. Now that I have gotten better I am going tomarrow to pick up my Schwinn 4 Banger. I would highly suggust this bike to anyone who is looking for a place to start and a bike that will grow with them till they get good at riding and know what they are doing. Believe me when I tell you I have pushed this bike and the components to their very limits. I am only 16 and you know what they say that teenagers think they are invinciable and cannot die. I have pushed this bike so far that I feel if I go any futher I just might end up in a coffin. Well I would highly suggust this bike for a frist mountain bike that will help you get better and that can take the punishment. I got to give it a 5 for value because I mean camon' its under $300, and a 4 under overall; it would be a 5 but the rims did bend (§hit I would been suprised if they had'nt) and the front crank set bent a little. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Hermansen
a Weekend Warrior
from Chantilly, VA, USA
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Wakefield | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | price | | Weaknesses: | the bike itself | | Similar Products Used: | '96 GT Backwoods, and, to let you know, I will be buying a 2000 Backwoods within the next month... | | Bike Setup: | Full suspension bike, except for the fact that all of the components are very cheap, in otherwords, these aren't individual products that you would search for. | | Bottom Line: | I'd like to say that this bike has no purpose to existing, as in it's worse than a Huffy, but I can't. It's an excellent neighborhood bike. If you want a nice, easy, comfortable ride from your house to your neighbor's (paved, of course), then this bike is awesome. If, however, you want to actually USE the bike for what it's class is used for, then you'll be in for some trouble quick. All of the pieces on it either broke or went out of wack VERY quickly for me. My suggestion? Return it and don't buy a bike from Costco, or you will spend at LEAST twice the cost of the bike fixing it up and making it rideable. The roadbike part of it is the only thing that keeps it from getting only 1 "chili" in each category, and the price is low enough for you to not feel too bad about the mistake you made in buying the bike. Oh, and plus, the bike travels half as fast as any other bike i have ridden, though you can have some fun going slower....... ha ha, just kidding... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark G.
a Downhiller
from MI.
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Bring it on!! | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Overall product Quality-Not bad for $$$ | | Weaknesses: | A tad on the weight side but U can fix that.Tires-Derailers a little shady.A excellent FS too build on!! | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale - Specialized | | Bike Setup: | 2 much 2 list($300 in upgrades) | | Bottom Line: | I'm 27 years old and had raced MONGOOSE most of my life.I've been hitting it hard. Hey, if U want, go ahead and spend thousands of dollars, all your paying 4 is the name. U just have 2 be one of those people that is'nt materialistic, I guess!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony Livingston
a Weekend Warrior
from Omaha, Ne.
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | none | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Price(300.00)With all the $1000+ bikes on the market this isn't a bad buy.Shimano derailers,rapid fire shifters,V-brakes | | Weaknesses: | Tires are really bad (slicks)rims and hubs are not the best quality but for $300 you cant complain too much. Rear swingarm, front shock should be better, it is of no use and will not give a good feel for what the road is giving you. | | Similar Products Used: | Shcwinn Mesa GS | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | If you are a first timmer like me than this bike will do. I have seen a number of bikes priced higher with better parts(thats why they are priced higher)than what I have and I have no problem doing what they do on trails. This bike has been worked real hard with no damage to it other than a bent rear wheel which is normal for riding hard.
If you want a FS MTB without the expense, than this bike is you.
Good bike, Great Price | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom
a Weekend Warrior
from Mission Viejo, CA
Date Reviewed: May 18, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Inexpensive bike to start with | | Weaknesses: | heavy | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | As sold, added clips | | Bottom Line: | A great bike for the money if you want to get something to ride on the weekends or if you want to take the kids off-road. I didn't expect a high-end bike for under $300 at Costco. Even if the bike is too heavy for competition it is still loads of fun riding with friends and taking my boys out for a ride. After a year there have been not failed components. I’ve ridden my bike across plenty of hard runs that would have shaken any bad components apart. Make sure you tune up the bike. Costco doesn’t exactly know how to assemble these quite right and make sure your rims are true before purchasing the bike. Most of the bikes at Costco had too much wobble in the rims. You need to put some clips or go clipless for any kind of serious riding. Upgrade the front chain ring for better climbing or better yet get in shape. I started taking a spinning class 3 days a week and I now take hills in 2 or 3 gear rather than wishing I had a new chain ring. Bottom line: I would definitely buy this bike again for recreational riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mulatto
a Cross Country Rider
from California
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Skyline Oakland hills | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | The frame is solid. Good design and construction. Low cost for a full suspension frame. | | Weaknesses: | Virtually all components; cheap derailleurs that do not function well, front shocks is not adjustable and a bit soft, bottom bracket is not sealed, brakes are V type but sloppy, wheels are heavy and hubs are cheap. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek and Specialized | | Bike Setup: | Ergonomic mens saddle, Shimano XT front and rear derailleurs, XT/un72 bottom bracket, LX crankset. | | Bottom Line: | A good bike at a great price. The components mentioned above really need to be replaced. If your willing to spend an extra $150-200 dollars it is worth it. After the components have been upgraded my only concern is it weight of 30+ pounds. I am an engineer and from what I have seen so far the frame is well designed and constucked. The bike is heavy but the life that I suspect the frame will provide is worth it. Also a lot of weight can be saved by upgradeing the wheels, tires and front fork. Even after all the upgrades the price tag is still well below anything on the market, making the Mongoose MGX D-50 i a good value. If you like to tinker and upgrade and you are familiar with upgrading this is a cheap and well built frame that can make a very good bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug Minor
a Weekend Warrior
from Nine Mile Falls,WA
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Minnehaha / Spokane | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Cheap, cheap, CHEAP entry in to an alum. mainframe FS bike! (got mine for $259 @ Costco). BB on mine in the swingarm - lessens suspension bob (new ones are not set up this way). | | Weaknesses: | HEAVY! Sucker is 35 lbs. Climbs are a bear w/stock gearing
RST 281 fork is evil; lack of rebound and short travel caused many white-knuckled experiences.
Heavy mild steel swing arm and a DNM rear shock w/no rebound dampening that bottoms fiercely on hard drops. Shifters are fragile and too long. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek VRX 300 | | Bike Setup: | 99 Rock Shox Judy XLC (dual crown) fork
Kore Lite 3 stem
Bontrager Crowbar DH riser bar
Grip Shift X-Ray shifters | | Bottom Line: | A lot of people have panned this bike in the press, heaping abuse on it that it doesn't deserve. I'm an ex-motocrosser and have thrashed the tar out of this mount for over a year and nothing major has broken yet. The front end is evil-handling in stock form, but the mods listed above straightened that out, and I STILL only have about $500 into the whole package! Maybe within another year's time I'll fit it with a decent rear shock, then my only complaint will be the boat-anchor swingarm.
This is a GREAT bargain-basement way to get into a mountain biking . . . it's been a great test-bed for me in knowing what I want and don't want when I get my next "real" bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jason owen
a Weekend Warrior
from detroit, mi.usa
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | island lake,kensington,highland a-d trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | solid frame decent rear shock,i weigh 250 lbs and it doesnt bottom unless u try to d it.stock seat and tires suck,but what do you expect for 250 bucks come on. | | Weaknesses: | front shock,seat,tires. | | Similar Products Used: | cannondale,fisher hard tail. | | Bike Setup: | new seat,new tires&tubes.shimano xc components,rock shox judy/.more to come. | | Bottom Line: | look for a weekend rider who isnt a rambo wannabe and purposly trys to beat the crap out of this bike .its a damn good bike for 250 bucks ,even if u sink a couple hundred in upgrades,your still way below the overpriced bikes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike G
a Weekend Warrior
from Wall, NJ
Date Reviewed: March 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Non-Sandy Allair Trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | It was cheap. | | Weaknesses: | You get what you pay for. | | Similar Products Used: | A Huffy | | Bike Setup: | Returned. | | Bottom Line: | I wrote a Reveiwe on this bike before (should be below) I have then since change my mind for many reason... The bottom bracked basicly fell apart, along with the other parts of the bike. I called Mongoose, and the guy on the phone said this bike is made for on-road, and SOME off road. Basicly he said the bikes a POS wanabe FS. I returned it and got a trek 6500 instead, its 8 pounds lighter!!
Dont buy this bike if you wana ride off-road, or over small bumps in the streat. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Weekend Warrior
from Grand Prairie, Texas
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | all | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | strong frame | | Weaknesses: | front forks,tires, tubes, cables, frame shock | | Bike Setup: | hop-up | | Bottom Line: | It's a ok bike not even worth the price wanted for it maby only worth $100-125 if even that. Not a bad bike to start with except be ready to replace tires, tubes, and cables quick. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
RICK
a Cross Country Rider
from KELSO
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | COLUMBIA HIGHTS | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | NONE I BUILT THE THING! | | Weaknesses: | STOCK RST FRONT SUSPENSION, FIREBALL REAR SUSPENSION,GRIPS,CABLES,TIRES,RIMS,REAR SPROCKETS,
REAR DERALIUERE.ACED EM' ALL!HAD TOO,I WAS BOUNCING
BOTTOMING OUT AND STUF JUST BROKE. | | Similar Products Used: | JETT XC FRONT HYRO OIL DAMPENED.KINDA LIKE THE D60 BUT DAMPIN
| | Bike Setup: | ASYMETRY RIMS(MUSTANGS),ROCK SHOX XC FORKS,DELUX NITRO FILLED ROCKSHOCK (REAR),EPOCH CASSETTES,CONNECTION TIRES,CATS EYE(HALL.) HEADLIGHT,GIANT TEFLON COATED CABLES YETI GRIPS,BEARCLAW PEDALS,CANNONDALE SEAT,MONGOOSE D50R FRAME,[STOCK CRANK,AND HANDLE BARS(NOT FOR LONG)],SHIMANO EPOCHE REAR DERALIUERE, AND NEW PADS. | | Bottom Line: | IT WAS KIND OF A JUNKER WHEN I GOT IT.BUT THEN AGAIN I RODE MOTO-CROSS FOR 13YRS.SUSPENSION IS KIND OF NEW FOR BIKES, AND SO IS DISC TECHNOLOGY SO BEAR WITH THEM. ID'E RIDE FOR MONGOOSE IF THEY SPONSORED ME THOUGH. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
riderx
a Weekend Warrior
from FLorida
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Timber lake | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Cost, Very strong and tuff bike, can take a beating. | | Weaknesses: | As with any bike under 1000 dollers, there are always better componits.. | | Similar Products Used: | Mongoose bmx calf.. Mongoose d40r | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose D60r (almost just like d50, but tad better) | | Bottom Line: | This bike rocks! The only reason its not 700-1000 dollers is because it is sold by companys who hav BUYING POWER, and not some bike shop that does not buy 10's of thounsands of bikes from one company. Mongoose has been making bikes for a very long time, I grew up on them, and they have alwasy rocked. I would recomand this bike to anyone who does not have or want to spend a arm and a leg, but get the SAME quality of a bike. I can go anywhere, make any drop, and climb any hill, as the people who are rideing 1000 doller bikes, except I do it faster.
Great bike at a unbeliveable price, if the local bile shop had this one, it would be around 1000.. Thats where thier dual sup. starts.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete Jones
a Cross Country Rider
from Brisbane Australia
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Still Anything | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Yeah right !!! | | Weaknesses: | Web still aint big enough | | Similar Products Used: | Same as last post plus a cheapy with a RST disk front end. | | Bike Setup: | Have added a real shockie to the back end. | | Bottom Line: | I have spent even more money trying to salvage this bike and made major mods to the frame and rear end. Conclusion! The bike is still a piece of crap. Anyone who thinks this bike handles well has never ridden a real duely on a rough downhill fast!!! Please ...If you are thinking of buying a MTB steer clear of this one, it is a flash looking street bike only. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike G
a Weekend Warrior
from Wall, NJ, US
Date Reviewed: January 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Allaire Trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Looks like a thousand dollar bike, Price ($259 from CostCO), Upgradable, good brakes, and some other little things | | Weaknesses: | That bad Reputation is has, The derailers, Non-Adjustable front shocks, hevy, It's not from a REAL bike store | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Stock, added Waterbottle and computer | | Bottom Line: | This is an awsome bike... I havent found any major problems. The bike is great for what I need it for, weekend Trail riding, Jumpin' around in the streat, and riding to the local fishing pond ~ I wish all the $2000 bike riders would stop thinking this bike is a POS, JUST because of its price... Sure, it doesent have an great compnents.. but the solid frame makes up for that (you can always make upgrades)
I give this bike 5 flaming hotdogs for the value and 4 flaming hotdogs for the Overall rating. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aharon
a Weekend Warrior
from Tel-Aviv, Israel
Date Reviewed: January 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: |
Golan Hieghts | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Solid frame, rear shock, durability, breaks, shifters, handlebars, looks good, price! | | Weaknesses: |
Derailleurs, front shock, rims, wieght, saddle. | | Similar Products Used: |
My first MTN bike | | Bike Setup: |
Stock | | Bottom Line: | Great choice for the price, I got it for $270 bucks at Costco (CA).
I have this bike for about couple of years, and it takes everything I throw at it. Read shock (almost) never buttoms, delivers good sence of the ground. Front shock suck! rider has hard time steering due to the fork's blured messages. It easy to lose traction of front wheel.
Derailleurs suck! rear got out of alignment, sometimes you need to skip speeds in order to shift. Fromt Derailleur - forget about shifting when going uphill.
Handlebars - OK, all controls fall right into your hands. Shifters and breaks reamin good as new. As I said, so far the bike took everything I throw at them. It survived a 110km (approx. 68mi) trip in the Golan hieghts (had a flat tire in the last 10km), this baby kept rooling as other (fancy) bikes broke down.Great bike for the price, I take off one flaming chile because of the poor front shock. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jack
a Downhiller
from Aviano AB, Italy
Date Reviewed: November 16, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Piancavillo Italian Trail | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Cheap Price. Very upgradable. Looks nice. Better than a hardtail. | | Weaknesses: |
Long reach for the break levers. Front derailler very weak. Bar ends suck. | | Bottom Line: | Well worth the cash. I have invested a few hundred into this bike and now its a lot better. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
maddog
a Weekend Warrior
from Bremerton,Wa
Date Reviewed: November 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
green mt park | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Bike handles well on all types terrain, the front forks hold the line well. gear range is ideal for rocks to roads. Blue electric color is awesome | | Weaknesses: |
rear shock is weak, not a lot of choice in size of frames, 5'11' is almost to big for this frame. only thing bad is its a tad heavy for a aluminium full suspension. | | Similar Products Used: |
IBOC
fuji aluminium | | Bike Setup: |
all were rigid old schoolers | | Bottom Line: | I love this bike for less than 300 buck its a steal. I have been everywhere a 2000 dollar specialized has been and had just as much fun. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Snark
a Cross-Country Rider
from Brisbane
Date Reviewed: October 30, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Anything that will stay still | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
People who don,t know better think it looks good! | | Weaknesses: |
The web isn,t big enough | | Similar Products Used: |
Steel frame Avanti, high end GT hard tail | | Bike Setup: |
Upgraded all major components to STX RC or similar. | | Bottom Line: | What a waste of money!!! That was a real hard lesson to learn. When I can afford to buy another bike I will be much more patient! Mongoose and the R-sole couldn,t give a rats....... They have my money and couldn,t care less about the piece of crap they sold me!!! | | Overall Rating: |
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