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Avanti 2000 Montari Hardtail Bike
Product Description
User Reviews
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Susan8888
a Weekend Warrior
from Auckland Date Reviewed: April 1, 2011 Strengths: A very robust bike. Strong frame. Good brakes and gears. Smooth headset and crank bearings. Weaknesses: Front wheel bearing caps kept on coming off, so swapped the front wheel with a spare. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $1400.00 Purchased At: Pins Cycles Similar Products Used: Montari 2007 model; Mongoose dual suspension; Giant. Bike Setup: 2003 model. All original apart from the front wheel.
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bharathan
from New Zealand Date Reviewed: October 14, 2006 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year
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sam
a Weekend Warrior
from perth, australia Date Reviewed: October 21, 2004 Strengths: great frame - 2004 model. good gearing. great setup for upgrading to a jumping/street hardtail Weaknesses: rims, crank Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: mundaring/john forrest Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: fleet cycles Similar Products Used: merida matts sport, avanti ridge rider Bike Setup: truvativ hussefelt dh cranks, gigapipe dh bb, sun mammoth rims 
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Chris Paterson
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane, Austalia Date Reviewed: May 16, 2004 Strengths: The RST 381 shocks are great and hard to bottom out, and the frame is very strong and feels secure, while flying down hills Weaknesses: The rear RST disc brakes, I'm looking at getting some replacements before I hit any more trees. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Bunya State Forest Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: Second Hand Similar Products Used: Giant Rincon, Haro V3, Mongoose Pro Dulie Bike Setup: RST 381TL Shocks, RST Discs, Wellgo Clipless pedals, Mavic Rims 220(front) 231(rear), Gripshifts, Shimano Cranks/Derailers
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Ben
a Racer
from Victoria Date Reviewed: May 11, 2004 Strengths: Solid components and a frame that will take a beating. Looks good Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Lysterfield Lake Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $700.00 Purchased At: Top Gear Bicycles Similar Products Used: Giant XTC series bikes, Cannondale 800 series mtb, Specialized rockhopper
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Vandy
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Australia Date Reviewed: September 27, 2003 Strengths: Strong Bike solid bike. Looks sharp in Charcoal. great gears for the price. Weaknesses: Pedals are cheap assss. I bent one in a meeting with a tree [the tree won] .. had to replace mine with some DMR V8's. Also there is a funny sqeaky sound at the stem? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Andrew Hill Loop Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $450.00 Purchased At: Whilles Wheel Williamstown Similar Products Used: Giant Iguana. Bike Setup: Deore Front and LX rear. Judy TT.
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Mangos Bert
a Racer
from Brisbane Date Reviewed: June 3, 2003 Strengths: Deore LX gearing, strong body Weaknesses: small creaking noise from handle bar stem on 2 bikes, the seat is not the best i have sat on Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1000.00
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Aaron Hickey
a Weekend Warrior
from Geelong Date Reviewed: May 23, 2003 Strengths: Where to start... The frame: It's big, chunky and very sexy looking. Components: Deore/LX, great stuff on a lower priced bike. Price: Great price.lol. Everything else: There's too many to mention. Weaknesses: Forks: Judy TTs' seem a little solid in their travel, doesnt suck up many of the smaller bumps; although the fork may not be broken in properly yet. I like a stiffer setup anyways, so it's not really a weakness for me. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Anywhere with dirt!!! Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $900.00 Purchased At: Marshall Cycles Similar Products Used: GT Pantara (Mate's 96 Model I think), Huffy stuff, other K-Mart Crap Bike Setup: Standard 2003 model... Judy TT Forks, Deore all round. 
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tom
a Weekend Warrior
from palmerston north, new zealand Date Reviewed: January 11, 2003 Strengths: Frame, Shocks and the rear mech. Quite light. Looks nice. Weaknesses: The wheels have buckled, the seat has ripped and bent in an uncomfortable way, the truativ 5d crankss are useless. I've already had to replace the non-drive side crank because it became totally unrideable and now the replacement has started to go. (I've done some trials, drops up to 4.5 feat and xc riding) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Makara Peak, Wellington Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $550.00 Similar Products Used: DiamondBack sumthing and an appolo lsx1.3 Bike Setup: Spds, new seat, alex Dm24 laced to an lx hub on the front and soon new cranks.
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Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane, Australia Date Reviewed: October 30, 2002 Strengths: Good strong frame. Judy TT shocks good. Handles very well (much better then a freinds specialized hardrock) Weaknesses: non-adjustable front deraileur, broken truvative crank (1st day), crappy seat, hand grips, tyres, rims, pedals Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: 250 Similar Products Used: Specialized Hardrock Bike Setup: LX front and rear deraileur, specilized cranks, neoprene handgrips, specilized tyres, veulta seat
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andrew
a Downhiller
from australia Date Reviewed: June 17, 2002 Strengths: nice strong frame, good wiegh Weaknesses: mine is a little big, i picked it up 2nd hand so i didn't have any choice on size. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: forth hill Duration Product Used: 2 Years Bike Setup: judys tts, deore v brakes, michelin/specialized tyres, pazzaz dh stem and bars
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David Butcher
a Weekend Warrior
from Pt Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia Date Reviewed: April 30, 2002 Strengths: Great looks, reliable gears, great brakes, nothing has broken or gone wrong over 2000km Weaknesses: not the lightest bike on the block Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Kuitpo Forest singletracks Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $500.00 Purchased At: JT Cycles Similar Products Used: Previous bike was Raleigh 2000 - good low budget intro bike still going well Bike Setup: Has Tektro Novella mechanical disks - work great with heaps of power and control - only problem being a very slightly warped rear disk which rings at 30kmh. Changed standard tyres for MythosXC slicks at purchase - these have been good in dry conditions used so far.
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Dave Hamilton
a Weekend Warrior
from Rotorua, New Zealand Date Reviewed: January 12, 2002 Strengths: 45cm frame is strong and can take the knocks, good base for up grades. RST 381's can take the hammer of a 110kg rider, good riding postion for 180 - 200 tall person. drive train medium quality but again strong. front disc is good in the wet. cheap enough replacement parts/pads. Weaknesses: have broke spokes on rear wheel, rear disc brake pretty crap no braking effort, have cooked front pads on national downhill track, front shocks could be better -not bottom out. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: marzochi downhill, redwoods Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $700.00 Purchased At: Key Equipment, Rotorua Similar Products Used: Gt all terrian, Gary Fisher & specialised full susp. Bike Setup: Get some knobblys, but a suspension seat post, upgrade shocks, frequent maintainence on RST disc-X caliper and pads
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Duncan Smith
a Weekend Warrior
from South Canterbury Date Reviewed: October 1, 2001 Strengths: Good frame and ergonomics for a bigger rider.(at the largest frame size) I'm 6'2 and 120kg ish and have given mine a good hammering without problems. Really comfortable reach to the bars and plenty of seatpost still inside the frame. Weaknesses: No problems. Components are middle of the range in keeping with the price. Probably 300 NZdollars cheaper than comparable US manufactured bikes. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $580.00 Purchased At: Howes, Timaru Bike Setup: Get the forks serviced at regular intervals. 
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Peter Thomo
a Cross Country Rider
from Brisbane Date Reviewed: August 22, 2001 Strengths: Frame, Value for money Weaknesses: Nearly everything Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Castle Hill, Ipswich Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: NRG Cycles Similar Products Used: many bikes Bike Setup: stock except for tyres
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