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mondo rondo
a Cross Country Rider
from Victoria, B.C. , CanadaDate Reviewed: October 11, 2005
Strengths: Light, Good geometry, Low standover height, A great all mountain, agressive xc frame.Weaknesses: Today the frame broke where the front triangle meets the bottom bracket shell, now the frame is garbage DANG! The pivot came loose and I paid 50$ to fix it a year ago.Bottom Line: My frame broke while I was doing a 2 foot stair drop to flat concrete (it was supposed to be a wheelie drop), It looks like it may have had about a 1 inch crack at the top of the down tube where it connects to the bb shell for a while before the rest of the down tube snapped off. When it broke I heard it crack and felt it give but I kept riding for a minute because the broken frame just rested on itself for a while. If I was doing a bigger drop at the top of Mt Manuel Quimper, I would be badly injured, crawling down the mountain for hours, dragging my broken bike and probably, eventually picked off by cougars, bears and then turkey vultures. It could have been worse, I guess I only paid 150 for the frame alone so I didn't lose too much, but I loved this bike while it lasted. I ride agressive xc and light freeride, I don't avoid jumps, stunts and drops but I don't go huge either. Bottom line is it's a great bike for light stuff but keep an eye out for cracks and go a little easy on it, I find it hard to believe that some other posters are using this frame for real downhill riding.
Favorite Trail: Hartland, Broom hill, Harbour view, Tzuhalem, Nield (R.I.P.), Millstream (R.I.P.)
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At: friend
Similar Products Used: My other softtail is a trek vrx 400, it is a stronger frame than this one, I hope.
Bike Setup: Manitou x vert t fork, Avid V brakes, Rhyno lites wrapped in rokkos, Lx drivetrain, Dh bar+stem
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Jarrad
a Cross Country Rider
from ladysmithDate Reviewed: December 27, 2002
Strengths: Frame has held up from 4 foot drops, and 12 foot gapsWeaknesses: Heavier than most XC bikesBottom Line: This bike is good, esepecially if u get it cheap, (upgrade forks)
Favorite Trail: abyss
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At: arrowsmith mountain cycle
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ace Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from KoreaDate Reviewed: January 23, 2002
Strengths: fast and so soft~~
disc brakes are surely the best type of brake
cheapWeaknesses: heavy and like the most poeple say~~The Jett is the worst thing on this bike bottoms out every two minutes(me? 150pounds)Bottom Line: good bike for a begginer but rockshox jett is absoultely awful
pay some more bucks to get better forx
Favorite Trail: watershed
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$800.00
Purchased At: rockycycle
Similar Products Used: iron horse
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Adam
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from Ontario, CanadaDate Reviewed: November 6, 2001
Strengths: everything but belowWeaknesses: tektro discs-could be better, but still good
needs more than a jettBottom Line: a great bike, no complaints but the discs, wish i got it earlier before the grimecas ran out, which were what was originally spec'd, along with a fox vanilla shock, replaced with an Xfusion... havent broken anything on it yet, and im definately not the lightest rider and easiest on a bike. who should buy it? one who doesnt have alot of money but needs a great bike. who shouldnt buy it? extreme freeriders
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$1100.00
Purchased At: bike shop
Similar Products Used: 2000 screamer, mackenzie
Bike Setup: everything stock-deore, jett, tektro discs, axiom post stem handlebar...
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Cal
a Weekend Warrior
from BC, CanadaDate Reviewed: May 29, 2001
Strengths: It goes up... goes down... and eats up everything between. a very light resonsive frame.soaks up down hill pounds and has little bobbing. standover hieght kicks ass. disc brakesWeaknesses: Like common... Jetts... this bike deserves better... there alright for xc riding but they die on the freeriding and fast downhill hits. Tektro discs not really name brand but they work and look sweetBottom Line: 100% canadian performance at a great price. its light fast and agile. it could use a little bit of upgrade such as marzocchi bombers, fox vanilla or float, but ya get what ya pay for. dam straight aye?
Favorite Trail: hard core BC trails
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1149.00
Purchased At: Norco Factory, Vancouver
Similar Products Used: Gt idrive
Bike Setup: Jetts, Xfusion shock, tektro mech disc, Avid levers, victor flat pedals, Axiom stem bar post, shimano cranks deore front changer shifters, and kenda tires
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