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Avent Vandal Downhill Full Suspension
Product DescriptionDiscipline: Downhill. 9" super plush travel. Manitou SPV 6-way coil shock. Confidence inspiring single pivot design. Reliable rear-end with optimal pivot placement. Oversized sealed bearings. 66 degree head angle. 150mm width 12mm thru axle hub. Available in Black, White, or Red. Comes in sizes: M 18", L 20"
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Richard Thorpe
a Downhiller
from Uk Date Reviewed: January 7, 2007 Strengths: Light weight, Frame layout Weaknesses: cable routing and no shock protection only minor niggles Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Caersws Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $999.00 Purchased At: balfa.co.uk Similar Products Used: orange 223, appalache real. Bike Setup: 03 superT's, saints, pro2 on ex721CD, thomson, funn, maxxis
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derrick n
a Downhiller
from Poway Date Reviewed: June 16, 2006 Strengths: plush suspension, great setup with the rear triangle. Weaknesses: wide rear setup 150mm Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1400.00 Purchased At: pricepoint.com Similar Products Used: big hit, demo 8, v10 
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Jurgen VanHoussen
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary,CA Date Reviewed: December 1, 2005 Strengths: stiff, and plush on rockgardens, easy to handle, corners fast and pedals very well, agree with others in this reviews in all the positives Weaknesses: non so far, agree on the need for a floating rear disc, but I got one from brake therapy and hapily ever after Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Northshore any Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1100.00 Purchased At: Germany local shop on a business travel Similar Products Used: Demo9, M-1, Kona StabPrimo and Banshee scream. Bike Setup: Manitou Travis 200,DeeMax,Atlas Xtype cranckset,e-thirteen,Kenda Nevegal 2.7F/2.5R-stan's tubless converted, thompson DH stem & post,Azonic B52 bar,Hayes ElCamino DB, CK headset.
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Roger Mcleod
a Downhiller
from Vancouver,BC,Canada Date Reviewed: October 24, 2005 Strengths: Strong, stable, plush, light for a DH 9" travel frame, great steering at high speed, awesome overall handling, great bearings, pedal platform a plus Weaknesses: maybe the cable routing, should have a one way all housing for rear deraileur and a floating rear brake as an option Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: widow wantch Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1300.00 Purchased At: adrenaline bikes Similar Products Used: Demo-9, Kona stabprimo, S Cruz V-10, Intense M1 & M3 Bike Setup: all Shimano Saint, Bombshell wheels, Bombshell Kamikaze fork That I have since '02 and still the best fork ever! Magura Gustav disc brakes, Kenda tires
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Jamie
from UK Date Reviewed: June 20, 2005 Strengths: Lightweight at 9.5lbs, extremely plush, Swinger 6 Way, well priced and looks pretty good. Weaknesses: None really - tyre clearance on this proto was tight but the production version has longer stays to combat this. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: Avent Cycles - Prototype Similar Products Used: Balfa BB7's, Orange 222's Bike Setup: Boxxer WC 7", Hayes Mags, Bombshell Switchit hubs on Fat Daddy rims
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danny murray
a Downhiller
from uk Date Reviewed: June 19, 2005 Strengths: it has very good front forks to take all the shakes and huge drops of downhill tracks Weaknesses: when wet the diskwud jam and sqeek and i would sometimes have to get off and sort it out in da middle of a race Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: blair whitch / chedder Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only Price Paid: $1.00 Purchased At: wades Similar Products Used: demo 8/stinky delux Bike Setup: marazokki bomber 200m front forks e-thirteen chain weel and disk hydraulic brakes from tektro reer 60m reer shok
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