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Tom Cowie
a Weekend Warrior
from Bath, EnglandDate Reviewed: June 11, 2001
Strengths: The frame is very strong and has quick handling, especially with a shortish stem fitted.
Mud clearance is good.Weaknesses: The 'Chilli Yellow' colour can look ginger if riding around sunset hours!
The Head-tube was not properly squared off.Bottom Line: I bought this frame at the 2000 bike show in Birmingham. It's actually a 99 model which is why I got it so cheap (only £150 instead of £319 rrp). It handles beautifully with 80mm travel forks (I've got all-travel on my judys and I think it's best at 80mm) and is more than capable of handling moderate air-time. It's not the lightest of frames, but then you know it's not going to break in a hurry either!
Favorite Trail: Brown's Folly, Bath
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At: Bike 2000
Similar Products Used: Univega, GT, Kastle (remember them??)
Bike Setup: Judy XCs, XT drivetrain, D521 wheels, Planet X risers.
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Matthew Harding
a Weekend Warrior
from Leeds UKDate Reviewed: May 17, 2001
Strengths: Beautiful frame, lightning quick and seriously strong (a great combination. Orange brand parts (good quality for in-house). Wheels (hand-built at this price!!!)Weaknesses: Drive-train (especially the front mech, nasty), I suppose they had to keep the price down somehow!!! Manitou Magnums are ok, but at least the frame justifies getting something better.Bottom Line: £500.00 for all that bike. Look at the competition, Trek 4500 (I don't think so), Kona Blast (Sync forks, nuff said) etc, etc. A quality bike with massive potential to upgrade, you can zip up hills and then 'free-ride' (I hate that expression!!!) down them again. Buy one!!! This was my first proper mountain bike and it has the potential to be the only one I'll ever need.
Favorite Trail: Shipley Glen
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$700.00
Purchased At: Stif, Leeds
Bike Setup: XT front mech, Selle saddle, Cruds front and rear (I live in Yorkshire don't forget !!!). New forks when the budget allows (probably Blacks when they come out). Discs when I win the Lottery!!!
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Dougal
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from englandDate Reviewed: March 24, 2000
Strengths: StrengthWeaknesses: geometry is wrong for anything less than 100mm of travel, bars are too short, components are cheap, paint won't clean properly.Bottom Line: The bike rides really weel, but it needs to have at least 3.5 to 4in of travel and some decent parts - unlike the crap that orange give you, and whatever happens, don't buy the rigid version or you'll feel like a roadie
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
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Matthew Birkinshaw
a Weekend Warrior
from YorkshireDate Reviewed: March 5, 2000
Strengths: This bike is the dogs bollocks, i had first as a cross country bike with some manitou xc forks and it fitted in anywhere, i now have z1 bams on with beefy tioga downhill tyres and it fits in on the jump scene.Weaknesses: Not much, fork upgrade and drivetrain upgrade make this bike bloody brilliant.Bottom Line: THIS BIKE IS BRILLIANT.
Favorite Trail: Dolby forrest
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Bike Setup: Gringo frame with bomber z1 bams and some big rim jump wheels.
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darrel jacobson
a Downhiller
from saskatoon, saskDate Reviewed: February 29, 2000
Strengths: good color
and graphicsWeaknesses: the frame, shocks, components, the bike!!trekBottom Line: The bottom line is that I got riped off and this was the worst bike I have ever bought and trust me I bought alot of bikes so thats why im only giveing this peice only one pile of flaming crap!!!
Favorite Trail: n/a
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: trek, shwinn, canondale, GT,
Bike Setup: added sid rockshocks new pedals, bar ends, rimes
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Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from LeedsDate Reviewed: October 6, 1999
Strengths:
Bomb proof frame
Stability
Quick reations
Encourages stupid stunts to be tried
Comes fitted with risers as standardWeaknesses:
Fairly cheap components(but cheap to replace when busted)Bottom Line: This bike is the most fun i have had on two wheels for years. It inspires lunacy and i can ride pretty much anything with this beauty.
Favorite Trail:
Meanwood valley
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
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None
Bike Setup:
Set up as standard but with a PACE rc36 long travel fork
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