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Santa Cruz Driver 8 Downhill Full Suspension
Product DescriptionThe Santa Cruz Driver 8 isn't meant to be a full-time, dedicated DH rig. Don't be mistaken; you wouldn't enter it in a road race, but it's lighter, livelier, and more snappy than the longer-travel V-10. 8 inches is still a whole lot of travel, so feel free to hurl your carcass off of much bigger drops than you're used to, but that isn't all it does. Santa Cruz designed the Driver 8 to accommodate a full 7 inches of seatpost adjustment, so you aren't stuck pushing if a little bit of climbing is n
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JBL123
a Weekend Warrior
from BC, Canada Date Reviewed: November 18, 2011 Strengths: Strong, stiff, rails corners, stable and predictable in air, tons of seat post adjustment, downhill race capable, yet supper poppable and can easily be pedalled as an all mountain. Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Schleyer Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $2150.00 Purchased At: Life Cycles Similar Products Used: Norco Shore Bike Setup: Totem solo air fork,rock shox vivid 5.1 shock, avid elixir r, Howitzer cranks, Crankbrothers 50/50 pedals, Sunringle ADD wheel set, X7 shifter, deraileur 
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Nanner11
a Racer
from Chico, Ca, USA Date Reviewed: August 2, 2011 Strengths: Amazing ride, easy to handle, even with the weight i can cruz up a long climb just as well as many other xc bikes (a little bit of youth also helps) Weaknesses: A little heavy but for what its made to do it doesn't matter Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Upper Park, Chico & Foresthill Divide, Auburn Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1900.00 Purchased At: Bicycle Emporium
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beratlis
a Cross Country Rider
from pleasanton, ca usa Date Reviewed: November 8, 2010 Strengths: Stout frame, killer looks. Weaknesses: Could only be the RIDER of this bike. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Pleasanton Ridge Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $6000.00 Purchased At: Beratlis Bikes Similar Products Used: Vp Free, Kona Stinky, 2011 Boxxer Team Bike Setup: 2011 40, RC4, Medium black (SICK!), Maxxis DHF - High Roller, Saint cranks, 2011 Elixir R's, AMP adjustable post for XC rides - Yes, XC rides. Bearing on the rear shock spring seat - amazing for small bumps!
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teichinger
a Weekend Warrior
from Loveland, Colorado, USA Date Reviewed: August 22, 2010 Strengths: Able to fly down and over any obstacle. Solid (at 41 lbs) yet set up well enough to out-climb many riders on bikes 10 lbs lighter and with 50-100mm less travel (need to be in shape, but it is worth it.) Weaknesses: Santa Cruz - no weekness, Foxx 30 RC has an annoying fork spring rattle as you hit misc bumps. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Coyote Ridge to Devil's Backbone Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $6700.00 Purchased At: Competiive Cycliste Similar Products Used: 07 Specialized Enduro Pro (31 lbs 150mm travel), 06 Specialized Enduro Expert, (34 lbs 150mm travel) Bike Setup: XO rear derailuer, Sram 990 Mango Cassette, Hammerschmidt DH crank, XO shifters, Fox RC40 Fork, Fox DHX RC4, KMC gold chain, Sun Ringle single track wheels, Kenda Small Block 8 2.35 tires
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rongarr
a Downhiller
from San Ramon ca Date Reviewed: March 10, 2010 Strengths: Everything ! It's a Santa Cruz need I say anything more? Weaknesses: I can't go as fast as the bike. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Anything at N* Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: Santa Cruz nomad Bike Setup: Vivid rear with obtainium ti spring, boxxer wc, saint cranks, mavic wheels, code brakes 38.2 lbs
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jotaro13
a Downhiller
from Brighton UK Date Reviewed: November 15, 2009 Strengths: Plush, tough, great travel but pedals well, pops off lips, doesn't feel too much like a heavy bike. If you are not sure you need a full on race downhiller, but want something that will thrash and wont break, this is it. Weaknesses: Despite the possibility to raise the seatpost to a good pedaling position you only want to be pedalling it to the dop of your downhill run, not back up! I built mine up with Totems but am going to put Boxxers on it to equal out the travel to 8 inches front and rear. If you use Totems be sure to run lots and lots of rear sag or you'll be front heavy. I didn't run quite enough perhaps and maybe my forks were a bit on the soft side but the result was that the front wheel occasionally Jack-knifed in tight corners, resulting eventually in a broken wrist! But I put it down to inexperience with set up. Outside of sharp cornering where handling was off it felt like an amazing bike. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Cwm Carn Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $6600.00 Purchased At: Evans Cyles Gatwick Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: Totem coil forks (soon to be Boxxers) vivid shock saint brakes saint deraileur saint cranks Hope pro2 hubs Mavic 721 rims hope reducer headset thomson 50mm stem Titec el norte scoper prolite seatpost
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hoekstra_joest
a Downhiller
from Geneva, Switzerland Date Reviewed: August 3, 2009 Strengths: Super quality frame build. Bike does everything; it pedals, it jumps, it handels technical trails very well. Weaknesses: I poped off one of the grease nipples during the first service. It didn't stop me from riding and SC, my importer and the dealer were very quick in suppling a new nipple and getting the problems solved. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Jura, Saleve, Finale Ligure Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $6000.00 Purchased At: Hotpoint, Genevea, S Similar Products Used: Cannondale Perp Bike Setup: Rockshox Boxxer Team fork Mavic EX823 rims Hope Pro II hubs Hope M4 200mm disks Goodridge brake and gear cable Shimano Saint rear derailleur Shimano Saint crank Spank 777 bar Oury lock on grips Maxxis tires Rockshox Vivid shok Truvative stem e-19 chain guide Sram rear cassette Specialized freeride seat Thomson seatpost
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