Submitted by
Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from GA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2006
Strengths: Great frame, shifters and front suspension (SR Suntour). Tires very good for downhill riding
Weaknesses: RIMS, very weak. Cranks? Creaks real bad when hammering up hills. Unknown origin even at bike shop. Rear Shock setup is terrible. Bottom Bracket built into rear triangle making for highly inefficient pedaling. This was corrected on Later Warp models
Bottom Line:
For the price, this has been a great bike and I could not have asked for more from a first full suspension bike. It is clearly a downhill bike and I will upgrade because I want do more cross country riding. However, I have truly abused this bike and it is still runing strong. Not good for cross country riding but handles very well on downhill runs. I weigh 225lbs. and this bike supports me very well. The only thing I had to do was tighten the rear shock so it would not budge unless I made a rough downhill landing, probably ruined the spring but absolutely worth it. Cheap conponents and rear shock should be expected at this price range. This is not a conpetition bike but will take any abuse a recreational rider can put it through. Frame-Outstanding. Overall, this is been worth every dollar paid.
Submitted by
John Sleeswijk
a Cross Country Rider
from Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2005
Strengths: Frame
Weaknesses: The cheap parts
Bottom Line:
This bike is good, not too expensive and easy to tune up. I use this bike for 5 years now and I have never encountered a problem. I removed the heavy suspension, seatpost, bar, stem and wheels into better parts.
Submitted by
Setsuo Kaneda
a Weekend Warrior
from Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2002
Strengths: Awesome frame
Weaknesses: The heavy front fork
Bottom Line:
This bike is not expensive, because of the cheap parts that you have when you buy this bike (new) in the shop. It's more a beginners bike, but you can always easily tune this bike up. I use this bike for 2 years now, with many pleasure and I never had any problems. The frame is still as good as new. Buy it. This is truly a great, awesome bike.
Strengths: fast down hill good control. Lite for price and does will on all terrain. Shifts easily and does not shift on its own down hill on most rough terrain.
Weaknesses: bike tends to lift up hill. Very hard to stand uphill no matter how you postion your body I am going to try longer stem this year.
Submitted by
Will Koenig
a Downhiller
from melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2001
Strengths: IT HAD A COMFY SEAT AND GOOD BRAKES FOR A WHILE. THE FRAME LOOKS ALL RIGHT AT FIRST. GOOD FOR YOUNG KIDS AND PEOPLE WHO DONT RIDE HARD VERY OFTEN.
Weaknesses: COMFY SEAT BROKE AND SO DID THE BRAKES, CHEAP PARTS, I OWNED 1 FOR 6 MONTHS AND CRACKED 4 FRAMES. ALSO I SNAPPED THE REAR END OFF A TREK 8900SL THERE REALLY WEAK ALMOST AS BAD AS THE WARP. IT ALSO HAS STRANGE GEOMETRY.
Bottom Line:
The bike really pleased me for a while when i first got into mtb, but once the problems set in i was really angry. But Giant were really good with the warranty, and in the end they gave me an atx 800 team frame, it was great cause i was only 11 now that im 15 i own a GT lobo which aint to shabby.
Similar Products Used: REPCO BIKES(PROBABLY STRONGER) HOLSTAR MONTANNA
Bike Setup: PUT NEW FORKS AND A-HEAD ON IT. 75MM TRAVEL, NEW TIRES
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Submitted by
Rob M
a Downhiller
from east coast usa
Date Reviewed: December 18, 2000
Strengths: its a great fram for the money. very strong,catches peoples atention. great geometry for duel slalom. can be mad into a very nice bike
Weaknesses: cheep components I replaced evey thing on it but the frame. the fork is worthless I destroyd it in a week
Bottom Line:
If your a beginer looking for a cheep bike that has a nice frame that can take a good amount of abuse than this is a good choice. it looks realy cool and the frame can handle drops up to 7 feet. but count on spending alot to give it a compleat over haul once you thrash all the parts. I raced duel slalom for a year with it and took it of almost any drop I could find and it lasted for a year and a half untill I snaped the frame. its a great beginer free rider its able to be dirt jumped and it works well with a f=5 inch fork on it. it can be made into one sick bike though I had alot of fun with it and I liked it alot.I only gave it 2 chillies because the only thing that you wont break on this bike is the frame but once you get it set up with nice components it can hand alot this is coming from someone who has riden for a long time and can break any thing. if you can find one buy it.
Bike Setup: tru vative hussifelts, noleen chubby fork (5inch travle)shimano xt derailer, titec stem, azonic riser bars.tioga tires and sunn rims I set it up for duel slalom and free ride. I brok every origanal part on it
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Submitted by
idan lackrif
a Weekend Warrior
from israel\kiriat bialik\
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2000
Strengths: I loved the brakes and the unusual frame that is not have a lot of waight...
Weaknesses: the shocker is not the best.... and when i buy the bike they came withgrip shift and a lowsy gir (so i change them)
Bottom Line:
this bike are not the "expensive" bike and the "best" but i like them......
Submitted by
Brandon Buck
a Cross Country Rider
from Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2000
Strengths: good solid frame, good value, light Aluminum build, desighn.
Weaknesses: bad components,bad fork,bad headset, bad rims
Bottom Line:
this bike is good for the price that I got it at but you have to be prepared to invest several hundred CDN. and admit that you are basicly striping the frame for the frame. Hasn't let me down yet, rides well in the North Shore and is an excellent decending bike as well as a good climbing/ xc bike for a 180lb. 15 year old who is trying to destroy everything in the trail including the bike.
Bike Setup: Judy SLC on WTB laser beams with new headset, bars, shifters, tires,pedels, cassettes, deraileur
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Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from upstate NY
Date Reviewed: November 30, 1999
Strengths: _quality for price. msrp's for 440; got one end of season for 350 -fit me better that most higher end bikes
Weaknesses: _cheesy component package. would like to have seen at least a complete bottom end Shimano package on it rather than generics
Bottom Line:
-i scoured the town with $350 in pocket and this was the best bike for the cash. my riding partner just dropped $3200 and the Giant keeps up just fine. :)
Similar Products Used: Mongoose Sycamore '90 Diamiondback
Bike Setup: stock. when i break something i'll replace it with something better
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Submitted by
jonesy
a Cross-Country Rider
from perth
Date Reviewed: October 10, 1999
Strengths: this bike is a strength i dont care what anybody else says this bike is bloody cheap can be upgraded into an allround kikass bike and bloody joy
Weaknesses: the weaknesss with this bike is the shocks but these nmay not bother you but can be upgraded easily
Bottom Line:
this is a bloody good bike if thinking of it just buy go for it it rocks
Bike Setup: the set-up of this bike is great it has been built tough and striong
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Submitted by
MR_DH
a Weekend Warrior
from victoria, australia
Date Reviewed: August 8, 1999
Strengths: come again
Weaknesses: rides like a drunk elephant cheap components weak rims weak frame
Bottom Line:
if you are under the age of 60, dont buy the bike. anyone younger than 60 will break it. it took 3 months for me to snap my frame in half. at a time i could have done with a bike in one peice. I hate this bike, aside from snapping, it flexed all over the place. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEYbuy a real bike, not a tin can.thumbs up to giant for helping me out with a kick ass atx900 frame though.
Strengths: Great Price, Great Angles for downhill, Lower bar for those unpredictible wrecks that would normaly render one genderless. Light, Afordible, Stylish.
Weaknesses: Not exactly designed for XC, not quite made to do uphills as well as it does down.
Bottom Line:
Great Bike 4 $ Good for Begnners, upgradible to a very usible bike. Wonderful Downhill preformance. It gets a 5 for as many times it has saved my genitila. :)
it look like has dual suspension, very special, and price isn't expansive. Person can easy to go on the seat. But person can't take the water bottle easiler, it set lower than general bike. and we can't put somethine in down tube. like light battery in there. becoz it is too thick. Just my opinion.
