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GT 2001 Ruckus 1.0 Hardtail Bike
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User Reviews
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Loi
a Cross Country Rider
from Los Angeles, CA Date Reviewed: December 12, 2002 Strengths: Strong, durable, looks great, GOOD DEAL since no one dares to buy GT anymore. Good for me. Bad for GT. Weaknesses: Cheap ass pedals, deore front derailers, deore shifters. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $700.00 Purchased At: EBay Rocks! Bike Setup: 2001 GT Ruckus, Marz DJ1, Hayes 8"/6", DEORE/LX/XTR, Salsa Bashring, Syncros DH Bar, Syncros SeatPost, SDG Satellite Saddle, Sun SingleTrack Rims, Sun ZUZU Pedals, Panaracer Fire XC Pro 
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a d
from norway Date Reviewed: October 17, 2002 Strengths: hard stiff frame (somtimes to stiff) incredeble tires/brakes Weaknesses: havent found any yet Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: sandefjord Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $450.00 Purchased At: mx sport lagune parken Similar Products Used: sintesi konstriktor kona cinder cone Bike Setup: ruckus 2.0 RS PSHYLO SL 5" WHITE AVID DISC FRONT XT VEE'S REAR tioga cube 60 yeti dh bar odi lock on lx/xt/xtr mix syncros 26*14 mrp chainguide tires maxxis high roller 2.5 front tioga xc 1.95rear 
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RYAN LOGAN
a Downhiller
from big old Frankford ontario Date Reviewed: October 13, 2002 Strengths: -pretty good angles, beffy too -good specs -not that heavy but who realy cares - good all around bike Weaknesses: -ugly when you first get it - my rock shox psylo exploded and leaked oil all over -tires are to skinny, i upgraded to 2.6 kenda kinetics - the rims are kind of weak, bent mine alot and i am only 115 pounds Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: favorite riding: anything! except super duper trials & cross country Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $800.00 Purchased At: steve's licence Similar Products Used: any other decent hard tail frame Bike Setup: 2001 gt ruckus 2.0, 2001 rs psylo xc, truvativ hussefelt cranks, avid mechanical discs,tioga cube stem and syncros bars,2.6 kenda kinetics, odi lock jaw grip, and some other stuff
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Eli
from Corvallis, OR Date Reviewed: August 3, 2002 Strengths: Beefy frame, fun geometry, fork is great for urban assault and FR, XTR rear der, Hayes hydros, and badass look. Weaknesses: The stock pedals are a joke, just looking at the rims gives me the sudden urge to shave my legs, put on spandex, and jack my seat way up my ass. Presta valves (need I say more) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: no shaved legs allowed Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $900.00 Purchased At: Ebay Similar Products Used: Old GT XC bike of some sort with a Judy XLC and platform pedals. Last straw was when a chainstay bent Bike Setup: Stock except for: BlackSpire bash gaurd, Redline sealed bearing platform pedals, ODI lock-on grips. Sadly still too poor from the original purchase to get new rims, probably will be Sun double wides or mavic 321s eventually
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vernon
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore Date Reviewed: July 24, 2002 Strengths: Burly frame, nice geometry, very nice when built up! Weaknesses: Still trying to determine! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Bike Setup: GT Ruckus XT Discs Azonic Hotseat Maxxis 2.5 Swampthing front Nokian Gazza 2.1 rear tyre SRAM Rockets Truvativ Firex cranks
Submitted by
RUCKUS!
a Downhiller
from Santa Cruz Date Reviewed: June 2, 2002 Strengths: The frame-it is so strong. Also, the brakes are good. EVERYONE SAYS THE WHEELS SUCK-I HAVE XT DISK HUBS ON WTB LASERDISCS-THERE GOOD Also, unbrakable stem. Weaknesses: LX cranks, bars are too narrow, front deralier Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Whistler, Northstar Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1100.00 Purchased At: Bike shop Bike Setup: The way it comes hayes brakes, z3 GOOD WHEELS
Submitted by
mbhrdc0re
a Weekend Warrior
from lombard, Illinois Date Reviewed: March 27, 2002 Strengths: Well, the bar and stem is not too bad. Weaknesses: Where do I start... Ok, The rear wheel tacoed in a ride. The front snapped in half. The LX BB snapped. The seatpost broke. The front derr. broke. The Freehub blew up. OH YEA, THE CHAINSTAY AND THE SEATSTAY SNAPPED IN 5 MONTHS. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1000.00
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Joe
a Weekend Warrior
from The Boonies, AK, USA Date Reviewed: February 2, 2002 Strengths: beefy frame, good geometry, nice fork, hayes hydraulics, can handle lots of abuse, very smooth, works on everything from drops to XC Cool stickers Weaknesses: LX cranks (c'mon GT, if you're gonna do splined, do it right!!), GT pedals, seatpost, front deraileur (why even bother?) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: most any Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: bikesale.com Similar Products Used: Nothing comparable to this. I had an old Rocky Mountain though...it was a tough chro-mo bike, but not even in the Ruckus's category.
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Jeromy Hauser
a Downhiller
from Dallas OR America Date Reviewed: December 5, 2001 Strengths: Totaly durable.I droped it 12 feet down and it was ok! Weaknesses: Chain poped off a couple of times. But I got a chain guide and now it works like a dream. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The ones with sky briges Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1699.00 Purchased At: Santiam bike co. Similar Products Used: Trek 6500 but it wasn't stiff enouf I felt to much flex in the tail. Bike Setup: I cusomized it.
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G_Rock
a Downhiller
from Novar, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: November 7, 2001 Strengths: I bought just the frame, and it is super sick! The C.O.G. is perfect for manualing, and jumping. Weaknesses: the seat tube is to big Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: all urban Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: the best little bike shop Similar Products Used: Marin 7.0, Norco 250 Bike Setup: FSA Orbit headset, Ovation Stem and Bars, Magura Julie Disk Brakes, Ovation Hubs, LX Shifter, Sun Mammoth Rims, Maxxis MOFO tires, Rock Shox Psylo XC, Race Face North Shore ISIS, Race Face Prodigy ISIS BB, Blackspire DS-1 Chainguide, Axiom platform pedals, Deore cassette, LX rear derailer
Submitted by
Kid
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver Date Reviewed: October 28, 2001 Strengths: Super strong frame, good starting parts, jumpable, damn that's a slack head angle Weaknesses: again good starting parts Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $2500.00 Purchased At: Cove Similar Products Used: Specialized P3B Disc, Cove Stiffee, Rocky Mountain Reaper, etc. Bike Setup: Ruckus 1.0 frame, Stratos S7 fork, DT Onyx DH hubs, Sun Doublewide 24r/26f, Gazzolodi 2.6, Profile cranks, Scandium DH bar, BMW stem and end caps, all 8 speed XTR dirve train, XT Disc 8 inch rotors
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Bones Wareham
a Weekend Warrior
from Dallas , TX United States Date Reviewed: October 5, 2001 Strengths: Well the frame is imposible to beat. This thing is just bomb proof. Also its geometry- although I am almost 6'4" so one size larger would help during cross country rides with friends, but that is not what this bike is made for. It provides you that BMX feel, and handles great. Weaknesses: Well GT did to this bike what they do best. Make a great frame design and through junk onto it.(Hopefully Trek does not do this with gt's designs). Lets see the seat sucks 5 rides and it was striped. The LX splined cranks suck. If you do not bear down on them with a breaker bar before each ride you won't go far. Also the front derailer come on doere= Junk. OH YEAH the pedals hey GT nobody bought this to ride around the neighborhood. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: horseshoe/bolderpark Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $1400.00 Purchased At: Bikes USA Bike Setup: Went with race face cranks. Changed the seat and ended up(thanks to a machinest friend)freeze plugging it to a perment angle degree. Ended up buying Shimono downhills for the platforms. Also I added a circular saw blade looking chain ring protector, and painted the supports orange to match the stickers. People love it.
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Daniel Mckinnon
a Racer
from Boulder, CO USA Date Reviewed: September 18, 2001 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Campus Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: Bikesale.com
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Yuri
a Weekend Warrior
from Miami Date Reviewed: September 10, 2001 Strengths: Great all-around package. Forks are great now that I changed the oil and internal damping adjustment. Strong brakes, burly frame and stem. Weaknesses: LX cranks? At least they're splined. The stock rims are extremely weak, I bent them immediately, along with the seat. The pedals are inexcusable junk for this price range. How can you sell $5 pedals along with an XTR derailleur?? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Markham Park Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1400.00 Purchased At: New from a LBS Similar Products Used: My other bikes are a Trek 7000, and several BMX bikes. (I am a BMXer) Bike Setup: 10 wt fork oil, stronger seat, Primo sealed pedals, IRC Kujo tires. Coming soon: bars with less sweep, Sun rims.
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Duncan
a Weekend Warrior
from Edinburgh, Scotland Date Reviewed: September 5, 2001 Strengths: Strong frame, great handling, triple chainrings, eats drops for breakfast, nice! Weaknesses: Crappy wheels I've got a 2.0 dented the rim on my first ride. Psylos- 2000 version have a design flaw. Non-splined cranks Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $850.00 Purchased At: online BS Bike Setup: Jnr T's, hope enduro 4 disk
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