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Joe Schmoe
a Downhiller
from Chicago, Il, USDate Reviewed: April 2, 2005
Strengths: bike still in 1 pieceWeaknesses: pretty much everything but the tires. I had to put 400 dollars into makin this thing ride worthy. I only put that much in because the parts are compatible with my cannondale. Weighs a ton and the chain is always stuckBottom Line: This bike is terrible. It weighs 50 pounds and steers like a drag racer. The shocks are as effective as a pogo stick. Come on, just buy a real bike from a real bike shop.
Favorite Trail: Independence Grove
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At: target
Similar Products Used: A wiener dog, My neighbors cat
Bike Setup: racing seat, rox shox judy tt, shimano deraileurs, a real downhill seat, a new chain, and disk brakes.
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Eric Davis
a Downhiller
from Boise, ID, USADate Reviewed: September 16, 2002
Strengths: Looks... people think it's an expensive bike.Weaknesses: heavy and derailers suck...unless you like 3 speed bikes. the front and rear shocks have about 1/2 an inch of travel - if that.Bottom Line: This bike got me back and forth to school (about 4 mi. each way) for 3 years, but when I took it to the hills it performed like a 500 lb. sack of crap. it was heavy and the gears didn't shift properly which stole my momentum for the up-hill climb. the components are shimano - suprisingly they didn't act like it.
Good bike for beginners and pretentious wannabes
Favorite Trail: castle rock loop
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At: Target
Bike Setup: dual suspension, y-frame.
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The Ripper
a
from Henniker,NHDate Reviewed: December 2, 2001
Strengths: The Water Bottle that came with it.Weaknesses: Weaker than bubble wrap, frame is ugly and weak, none of the components worked correctly, have to manhandle it just to get it to steer. Can't get a good feel for the crank, blew out the rear shock on the first ride, it' a leadsled. To summarize it all, everything. When the water bottle holder broke when putting the water bottle in, it was a bad omen.Bottom Line: This bike is a disgrace to all kinds of bikes. I would rather bring a Carbon Fiber Road Bike to my local trail, and it would probably beat the living daylights out of this poor excuse for a mtn bike, heck, I would rather bring a big wheel on a trail sooner than a Pacific. Pacific is evil, evil I tell you! I would rather ride a recumbant than to ride another Pacific.
Favorite Trail: Kingman's Farm
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At: The evil place to get a bike, ToysRus
Similar Products Used: plastic big wheel(Stiffer than this bike) Basically nothing like it, as for real bikes-Giant Warp DS1, Rocky Mountain Element Race(Test rode) Giant Rainier.
Bike Setup: What setup it only lasted one day.
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person person
a Downhiller
from caDate Reviewed: September 23, 2001
Strengths: wheel tire gears chainWeaknesses: frame suspBottom Line: i have a arrow for a monthand the frame cracked
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$130.00
Purchased At: toy r us
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Yeti Loftus
a Weekend Warrior
from OklahomaDate Reviewed: September 18, 2001
Strengths: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA hoh hehe!! Are you joking!
Pleasing to the eyes of impresionable garbage men!!Weaknesses: Doesn't fit garbage cans!Bottom Line: This bike should be burned! If one evens considers this riding the crap the should be duck taped to the bike and thrown into a river. This is a pitiful excuse for any cyclist. If U are buying it for a relative, don't or u will never see them again as they will certainly kill themselves on the first ride. Good bike for an enemy. Send one to Osama Bin Laden!
Favorite Trail: the trail straing to the garbage can with this bike
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$95.00
Purchased At: Wal-Mart
Similar Products Used: Matel 3 wheel trike, Klein Mantra Race, all duel suspension yeti's
Bike Setup: frame only after 1 ride
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Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from USADate Reviewed: September 2, 2001
Strengths: Inexpensive beginner bike, a good bike if you want to see if you are going to like the sport. However, this is not a $4000 downhill rig as some of you morons on here might think. The frame is good frame to collect quality parts on for a real bike as you develop a love for the sport as it uses standard mounting (like a real derailer hanger and threaded bottom bracket) for good components unlike similarly priced bikes.Weaknesses: Components as a whole-but look at the price tag. A good zokie fork costs twice as much than the whole friggin bike.Bottom Line: Excellent bike for phat tire sidewalk pounding. Would probably last forever if kept outta the dirt. Decent beginner FS XC bike for the money but don't expect it to last forever (Look morons this is America. Ya get what you pay for) Don't expect to do drops off of your house and it survive.....that's not what its made for. If thats your thing go buy a Freeride rig. I don't think you will swing one of those for under $300 being as a zokie shiver front fork starts at about $1295
I give this bike 5 flaming dead horses across the board just because of all the people comparing VW's to Rolls Royces on here................... Get a grip!!!!!!!!
Favorite Trail: anything in the dirt
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$225.00
Purchased At: Sears (where america shops)
Similar Products Used: Trek Fuel-XTR all the way (which by the way was bought as a frameset and used components collected on the Pacific as I could afford them)
Bike Setup: Stock Frame, zokie XFly 100, Chris King Headset, XT Cranks and rings, Race Face Bottom Bracket, XTR shifters, brakes, derailers, and cassette, Sun Rhyno lites 32 hole with DT 15/14 butted spokes and XTR Hubs, Bontrager stem and bar, Yeti grips.
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Tyler
a Cross Country Rider
from Stevens Point, WiDate Reviewed: August 31, 2001
Strengths: NONE. GET A REAL BIKEWeaknesses: EVERYTHING. GET A REAL BIKEBottom Line: this thing is a huge p.o.s. you can't call yerself a mountain biker if you ride this. you smoke some serious crap if you think yer cool on this. you should be shot because you bought this. you're a worthless waste of space. go home cuz yer breathin my air.
Favorite Trail: anything with dirt
Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: some crappy store SUPPORT YER LOCAL BIKE DEALER
Similar Products Used: Reynold's Wrap
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Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Salem,OR,USADate Reviewed: August 16, 2001
Strengths: it has two wheels with tires, capable of being moved, aluminum frame can be recycled.Weaknesses: deceives purchaser with promises of performance and happiness, basically satan of the bike world.Bottom Line: after commiting the sin of purchase i've been in the lowest reaches of hell of mtn. biking. any who read this please learn from my torture. this "bike" (satan) will only lead you away from the true path of happiness, which all americans know is spending mass amounts of cash at the altar of choice, otherwise known as your hobby. GO BIG OR STAY HOME, the battle cry of the wise. Oh yeah, don't waste your cash on this thing, go to a bike shop and spend some cash and enjoy something real.
Favorite Trail: silver falls
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$199.00
Purchased At: sears,where america shops
Similar Products Used: wish i could say anything here.
Bike Setup: foolishly bought a mega range rear cassette thinking the climbing ability would improve (satan whispers so sweetly..)
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Colby
a Cross Country Rider
from Boston, MADate Reviewed: August 9, 2001
Strengths: Looks!Weaknesses: Everything!Bottom Line: My Aunt bought this bike on sale because she was afraid to consult with me about buying a new bike. I own a few Specialized FSR's and an Uzzi Sl, so she know that I don't even look at no name brands. I rather recommend a low end name brand bike than the highest end no name brand. Talking about a tongue twister. Anyway, months later she told me about the new bike and she was having problems with it. I went over to check it out and sure enough I was appalled. Not the fact that it was a Pacific, but rather the way the mechanic put the thing together. I am talking about backward wheels (treads), vertical barends, backward/ wrong side gripshifts, brake levers too high, low pressure tires, too long cable housings, and poor shifting. I wanted to go back to the store and kick the mechanic's a**. They ripped her off big time, giving her a discount on cheap bike tools and a Camelbak wanna be hydration system made things worst. The tools they sold her broke and stripped when I used them for a complete over- haul. And the water system leaked like crazy. I wasted a whole day rebuilding the bike. The next day I took it out for a spin and d*mn, it was the worst POS I had ever ridden. The rear shock didn't do anything. The front shock rebounded so quickly after rolling off the curb, I thought it broke on me. After a couple of times around the block, the derailleurs started doing funny things. I just gave up at the end. She will have to live with that POS, not I.
This bike can have some potentials if tuned on the regular basis (after every ride). Recommended if it was put together the right way and you only use it for street riding. Not recommended if you are looking for a long lasting decent performance, quality full suspension.
Favorite Trail: Everywhere
Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At: local toy store
Similar Products Used: Nothing this cheap.
Bike Setup: Stock, meaning a lot of alloy/ steel crap.
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rahdi
a Cross Country Rider
from n, al, usaDate Reviewed: August 8, 2001
Strengths: cheap?Weaknesses: looks gay, pathetic wheels and rims
pathetic everythingBottom Line: this is a gay bike for losers
dont buy it
unless u wanna waste ur own money and time fixin it after it breaks
Favorite Trail: none
Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only
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Patrick Renzi
a Weekend Warrior
from Framingham,MA,USADate Reviewed: July 22, 2001
Strengths: Great frame! Even after all the torture and pain It still holds together pretty nicely!Weaknesses: GEARS SUCK!ALL THESE DAMN GEARS DO IS SKIP!
The gear switcher-ma'roo doesn't even properly read the gear!Bottom Line: I would only recommend this bike to someone who;
1. doesn't want to have a fun time
2. someone who likes crappy bikes
3. someone like my best friend jason would recently wrote a review for the hardrock who has absolutey no common sense whatsoever!
Favorite Trail: The Stair Stepper (named by my friend)
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$160.00
Purchased At: Toys R' us
Similar Products Used: Why would I use another bike like this one?
Thats a stupid question! Ha ha ha ha ha
Bike Setup: It has stuff melded to the frame
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Brandon
a Weekend Warrior
from IllinoisDate Reviewed: July 3, 2001
Strengths: Shocks are awesome they can handle about anything I throw at them.Weaknesses: The gears never want to shift from 5 to 6 and when I skip gears it jumps the sprocket.Bottom Line: This is a great bike for the price. It shifts smoothly most of the time.
Favorite Trail: all
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At: Toys"R"Us
Similar Products Used: None.
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Phil
a Downhiller
from Bethel Park, Pittsburgh, United StatesDate Reviewed: June 4, 2001
Strengths: It is a really good bike for tough trails with lots of bumps. It also has good brakes.
Weaknesses: This bike's shocks can eventually start to wear out.Bottom Line: This bike is a great deal for the money and if you life by a rough trail the shocks come in really handy.
Favorite Trail: Trolleyside Trail
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$225.00
Purchased At: Toys'R'us
Similar Products Used: None
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Dan Withroder
a Downhiller
from Salt Lake City,UT, usaDate Reviewed: March 24, 2001
Strengths: everythingWeaknesses: everythingBottom Line: everything is good about this bike, and bad also this is a bike for begginers and is also a very fun looking and speffy also. I really like my bike. It gets me places without using my cardboard box magic capet(getting towed by a car). Ovarral i enjoy it the part about the box is somewhat true
Favorite Trail: suck it
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At: Toys r' us
Similar Products Used: everything
Bike Setup: everything
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Daniel
a Weekend Warrior
from Ventura, California, USADate Reviewed: December 31, 2000
Strengths: Well...the price, looks,fun to ride and that's about it.Weaknesses: FORKS BOTTOM OUT, too many stickers, and a mean sound out of the crank or rear hub or both.Bottom Line: Well, if I turn out to love mountain biking I will move up or drastically tweak this bike...if I hate it I will have found out without sinking too much in to it.
It really is fun to have the thing to ride on the weekends...I mean I'm not a crazy off-roader (in the Land Rover that's another thing) so it will work fine for me.
REAR SHOCK TWEAK: I Opened up the cylinder and added a small amount of synthetic 10/40 which reduced the air volume and boosted the response and gave a better seal of the piston. I also added a large nylon bushing at each end of the coil spring to smooth things out. This was a 100% improvement over the stock setup.
Favorite Trail: Beach to Ojai
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$120.00
Purchased At: Toys-R-Us
Similar Products Used: Never
Bike Setup: Stock with some minor tweaking of rear shock.
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