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Club Roost
Roost Stinger frame
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Submitted by
swifty fool
a Downhiller
from coventry, england
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Strengths: | nice and strong, handling is sharp, twitchy on the trails which is good for dirt jumps and drops, not too unstable for the big speedy stuff provided you have a long fork | | Weaknesses: | stickers, paint, finish on both was poor and couldn't get replacement stickers.... had it powdercoated pink...now looks sorted. | | Similar Products Used: | ms ilse, dmr side kick, planet x jack flash, coyote, and other bikes that have been lying around my shop | | Bike Setup: | manitou stance blunt 150s, hayes, stx rc gears (i like the old 8spd stuff, saint cranks, e13 chain device, syncros and specialised finishing kit | | Bottom Line: | rides well and big enough for a taller rider, i'm 6'1" and find it difficult to find enough room up front, and this one felt just right, similar feeling to a ms ilse. took most things i threw at it, did well for a budget frame.
don't buy if you are too specific in your riding, good for hard hitting allrounders. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gbast bast
a Weekend Warrior
from b/ham england
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | dream on | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | nicked it | | Strengths: | had no strenth it like riding on a plastercene bike | | Weaknesses: | were do i start it is all weak its made for a certain type of person,a very weak one. | | Similar Products Used: | planet x wicked | | Bike Setup: | the bikes not set up its set down | | Bottom Line: | or is that the top line. if you ride a club roost your a girly blousy typeyou cant do anything on a club roost. its not even worth nicking. and the girly green color,puke.i through it in the canal i wont be nicking another one of those. planet x rule. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave basty
a Weekend Warrior
from uk
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$280.00 | | Purchased At: | wilton market | | Strengths: | the dropouts are nice and big but the rest of the frame is about as appealing as sleeping in my own urine bottom bracket is to low and keeps catchin on stuff a couple of bad landings bends the down tube | | Weaknesses: | i had a mint green one and i would'nt wish that on my worst enema only good if you are shopping at asda and using stabilisers cos if you fall off your bike is nakerd | | Similar Products Used: | any week small frame going for a tenner | | Bike Setup: | good brakes cos the rest of it is dangerous and brakes are the only thing between you and the grim reaper | | Bottom Line: | i would not recomend this to my gran and she is worm food i now have a specialized stump jumper wich is red and bomb proof six feet drop and landed on my down tube on a metal fence IS IT BUST IS IT HECK the kid that says green looks tough is a girl and obviously wears his sisters clothes like i used to until i got a specialized | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gaz bast
a Weekend Warrior
from birmingham/england
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | street | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | daves cycles | | Strengths: | there are no strengths on this frame the paint scratches as soon as you look at it the down tube bent on my frame from landing on a log. the blue color does look nice stickers are not nice | | Weaknesses: | bottom bracket to low weelbase to short kept on catching me feet on the front tyre and im only a size 9 down tube looks nice and fat like a cannondale but its week one bad landing and the frames no good now had to buy a new one. the mint green frames look realy gay stay away from them unless you like wearing you sisters clothes | | Similar Products Used: | any small frame bike is similar i have a planet x now ive had a couple ov bad landings on it and its still working fine and the paint take a lot of nocks | | Bike Setup: | magura brakes profiles mavic rims irc planet x bars kona prodject 2 forks | | Bottom Line: | if you like sitting around doing nothing talking to people about how good you are then get one infact get a green one but if you like to get there and show people how good you are then get a planet x | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Robinson
a Weekend Warrior
from Scarboro Yorkshire
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Dalby forest | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | From mate | | Strengths: | Frame looks bomb proof with reinforcing gussets wherever needed and beefy aluminium tubing. Looks the part with mint green paint and stikers. Looks better than stinger evo.
| | Weaknesses: | Paint chips easily. | | Similar Products Used: | Saracen x ile, Mission, DDG Shooter, Raleigh urban swamp+fish bed | | Bike Setup: | Deep v section rims, 8 speed big chain ring, sram v-brakes Planet x bits+ ritchey bits, truvativ cranks. Home built | | Bottom Line: | good frame | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil Martin
a Downhiller
from Newcastle, UK
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Hamsterley Forest DH | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle World | | Strengths: | Mint Green Colour, looks bombproof, geometry, responsive, strength | | Weaknesses: | Mint Green Colour (u either love it or hate it......) graphics, maybe the fact it is aluminium - depends on what floats ya boat....... | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic DS1 and other similar frames | | Bike Setup: | Stinger frame, Marzocchi Z1 forks, XT hubs and D521 rims, Gusset Chainring, 3 piece cranks, sora mech, Planet X bars, short stem........ | | Bottom Line: | Nice strong chuckable frame. Good for jumping and duel/dual. Very responsive, and confidence inspiring. Looks good and strong, Not stupidly heavy. Pretty Damn Good!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Weekend Warrior
from North Vancouver
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | john henry | | Strengths: | Solid. great tire clearance, should fit up to a 2.8 on a 26" rim. has provisions for disc brake hose on the cable guides. nice routing of cable if you use a sram deraillure.
piant looks stealthy, though it's not super tough. turns really quickly, has a nice carvey feel to it. very nimble
the seatpost that comes with it seems pretty good, two bolt micro-adjust clamp and very sturdy | | Weaknesses: | the paint isn't very good, I'd rather a really thick plasticy powder coat. Frame weighs like 6lbs which is a bit heavy, but it's got a bunch of gussets and some big plates and extrusions so the weight is justified. and i don't really feel the weight.
seat post is a weird size 31.6mm i think, but it comes with it's own seat post so it's not too big of a deal..good luck finding a new one though!
the seat tube is a little weird, it's seems too far forward when your seat is down, but is about right when you're saddle is up for climbing.
integrated headset could be a pain if you've got a chris king you want to transfer over, or if you've got the bottom race stuck on your fork from a cheapie headset...how are you suppoed to get those things off?
| | Bike Setup: | z1Qr20, XT disc rear, hope XC4 front, sram 9.0SL w/7.0 der
kenda kinetics 2.6DH f/r | | Bottom Line: | Mine is a Stinger "EVO". Most of these seem reviews seem to be of the earlier frame, or the trials version.
I got this frame to replace my full suspention which gave me so many headaches, and while at times I wish I had the cush in the rear when blasting over chatter, for the most part, the maneuverability and nibblness on technical terrain is worth it.
the geometry doesn't seem so twitchy as some have said, maybe with my frame they have changed their angles. that said, the angles feel spot on, very agressive, this frame likes you to be forward in the cockpit for best results it seems. It would make a fantastic DS or jumping bike, as it's very neutral in the air.
mine came without stickers, and i'm glad, the stickers on this bike are UGLY! do yourself a favour and remove them.
all in all a great frame, and $350 CDN is a hella good price for it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex Hartshorne
a Downhiller
from UK
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Broomley | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Place, Gateshead | | Strengths: | This frame is strong as hell!!
There r alot of braces and gussets that enhance the rigidity of the frame.
Colour stands out (i have a very bright mint green version wot looks sweet).
The ride is tight and almost BMX'y, the head tube angle is tight meaning the steering is extremly quick and direct (i wouldent recomend using any sus forks that have less than 3.5' of travel).
Good value for money.
| | Weaknesses: | Weighs a ton, but its worth it if you r a hard rider.
Vivid colours prehaps a little too vivid. | | Similar Products Used: | DDG shooter, Planet X, on-one gimp, DMR Trailstar, Baracuda Mr Big. | | Bike Setup: | Club Roost Stinger frame, Manatou X-Vert R, XT components, DMR pedals, 24/7 Bars + Stem, XT/SUN Mammoth, Seventies etc.... | | Bottom Line: | I origionaly got this frame because i was begining to ride trails and jumps that where proving far to much for my old GT, so i looked for a frame that would NOT break. After looking at the frame of the stinger i decided that it was litraly 'bomproof', there is a huge CNC gusset on the chainstays and very large gussets on the head tube and between the seat tube and the seat stays, but is all this a bit 'overkill'? A little yes but the frame is VERY strong, but at the cost of weight.
The ride is very tight but there is room for taller riders, the head tube angle is very tight meaning the steering is extremly quick and direct which may not be to everyones taste, but i prefer it to sme bikes that have very slack steering angles and steer like a canoe!
All in all this frame rocks! but it shines when rode hard and expecialy for riding DUEL.
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Submitted by
stuart trundle
a Weekend Warrior
from canbridge, england
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | woburn,, any bmx track | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | tri sports bike shop | | Strengths: | Colors that get you noticed, burly construction, BIG tyre clearance, sweet handling | | Weaknesses: | if i find one i`ll get in touch | | Similar Products Used: | work in a bike shop so here goes.. rocket stageone. curtis supercross, dmr trailstar, spooky metalhead, 24-7 darkangel, orange ms-isle, cortina hardtail, azonic ds1, lots of full bangers but cant get on with bouncy rear ends!! | | Bike Setup: | marzochi Z1`s 3 pice cranks mr dirt chain device hope discs big-un hubs.. you know tough stuff.... | | Bottom Line: | firstly the bloke who slates the mint green colour.. kiss my ass boy!! if you dont like it dont buy it..some do some dont thats personal its the frame that matters.. hmmmmm and what a sweet frame burly.stiff and no probs so far out of all the bikes i`ve tried i like the stinger best i`m 6`2 and it still feels roomy even with an in-line seatpost and a 50MM stem at the end of the day its up to you lot if you like it then get it.. i cant fault the litle sukka!!
oh yeah ignore the price paid.. trade discount and all ya know.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
graham fowler
a Downhiller
from derby england
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | notts woods | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | samways derby | | Strengths: | strong, electric blue colour is class! | | Weaknesses: | to much like a bmx, prone to theives mines been stolen twice i got it back the first time but its gone now! ..... i got my wheels, disc back and me forks!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | my bm x i had when i was 11 | | Bike Setup: | bomer zi cr, goldtech weels hope pro front disc, azonic controll tech -was mint | | Bottom Line: | mint bike if the head angle wasnt as steep! its to much like a bmx even with 5 inch travel forks! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Williams
a Weekend Warrior
from England
Date Reviewed: February 15, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Friston Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Sydney Street Bikes | | Strengths: | Strength (Bomb proof)
Massive Gussets
| | Weaknesses: | Rear mach hanger is very week, mine snapped off in the first week i had it and had to replace it with a custom made titanium one that i made in the shed. | | Similar Products Used: | DS-1, Kona's, | | Bike Setup: | Stinger frame, Jr T, Hope open 2 disc (frount), Magura (rear)XTR components etc etc | | Bottom Line: | This is a bloody good frame for street, duel, downhill and basicaly anything extream. it wont let you down and for the price it wont be beaten. if you canm replace the rear mech hanger then youll be laughing coz you will then be left with a indestructable frame that looks the dogs bollocks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
james page
a Weekend Warrior
from southampton, hampshire, uk
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | bar end | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$370.00 | | Purchased At: | mail order | | Strengths: | strong as a very strong strong thing | | Weaknesses: | weighs like a tank, looks like a tank, rides like a tank | | Similar Products Used: | x-tort, sounds like a tin bucket | | Bike Setup: | funn henchman, mavics, funn hubs, nokian tubes & tyres, magura's, fsa's, | | Bottom Line: | holds up but weighs down. if you can break it i'd like to know how. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Henry Jones
a Weekend Warrior
from Oxford
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | wobern woods | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | lesiure lakes | | Strengths: | Good alrounder, massive gussets. | | Weaknesses: | Colour the matt black ages realy quickly and looks crap after 3 months. OH yer it bends by the bottem bracket cup so i nakers your bottem bracket as well as having your cranks a 90 dergrees. | | Similar Products Used: | plant x jack flash. dmr trailstar | | Bike Setup: | J.r T's xt hallo rims basic dirt jump stuff | | Bottom Line: | Peice of crap as it dosent cleanly snap it has to bend so you dont realise untill the cranks dont go round | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tipper
a Weekend Warrior
from England
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Woburn Jump Spot | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Aztec Cycles (gone bust), Wades Cycles | | Strengths: | Takes 6 months to break
Nice strong head tube | | Weaknesses: | IT SNAPS
COLOURS
STICKERS | | Similar Products Used: | Zaskar
DS-1
Identiti | | Bike Setup: | Judy Race Forks, Hope DH4's Front and Rear, Middleburn RS-7 Cranks, Mavic D321 rims on Hope Hubs | | Bottom Line: | I have had 3 frames since Xmas and they have all snapped at the rear drop out next to the disk mount. The frame is good for jumping as it has great control, but only use it if you don't have discs. And don't buy that minging green colour, its the sort of colour an essex slapper would use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sambo
a Weekend Warrior
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Thortonhall jumpspot & Ae Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | The kick-ass mint green (or ming green)colour, "Made in Taiwan" sticker, just about everything is top quality, apart from... | | Weaknesses: | The really gay stickers with that stupid wasp thing on, the paint seems to fall off every time I get on it. That's about it, apart from the seat-tube being a queer size. | | Similar Products Used: | Coyote D.S., Kona Chute, Rockhopper, X.C. Coyote HT3 built up as a D.S. bike, Kona Nunu, Azonic DS1 | | Bike Setup: | D.S. thing (obviously), with Judy X.L.'s whenever the damping's working, 521 wheels, single ring w/ DMR chain device & DCD, masseev tioga tyres | | Bottom Line: | I would reccomend this frame to anyone who's into jumping, bit of DH and DS. It is definitely my favourite frame out of all the frames i have tested, and the colour is the best colour I have ever seen a bike painted in - EVERYBODY notices it, and it goes real nice with orange Z1 Bomber's, which I borrowed off a friend while my Judy's were getting fixed for the hundredth time! Get rid of the Stinger stickers though, coz they're not very nice! It's quite long, so stick a short stem on, I am around 6'1" and still find it too long with me 70mm stem on. A real Bargain at £280, and I managed to find it for £230! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
owen howard
a Racer
from birmingham,england
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | cocksmoor bmx track / behind battery retail park-selly oak | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | geometry,handling,price,very quiet for big tubed bike | | Weaknesses: | pointles gusset/welded bars on juction of seat tube & seat stay collect all the crap, disc hose guide on top tube catches leg in shorts,very attractive to thieves | | Similar Products Used: | chute,spooky,msile,azonic the list is long | | Bike Setup: | x-vert e's,azonic up front,lx drive,avid brakes stuff that does the job | | Bottom Line: | top bike! when you sit on this bike you think your on a downhiller. calling this bike stable is an underestimate it just feels so safe, and encourages you to go for it.
16" is the only size available but it feels like an 18" i'm 6.1" and its spot on smaller people just get a shorter stem how simple? the 73 degree head angle has lot to do with why this bike just handles so well. if your comeing from bmx it handles like the old holmes or dirtbike compared to the trend of newer bikes with 74.5 degree head angles which does make a bike quicker but very twitchy in the air and leads to scary moments (this is only my opinion) this bike is a proper all rounder distance xc,jumpin,street,downhill (U.K). I would by this bike again however i would look at the orange msile which handles very similar,but is twice the price so......
anyone with any questions mail me.owenhoward@emmahoward.fsnet.co.uk
maclaines in wolverhampton do the best deals and offer the best service to back you up....Buy this bike if you want to do a bit of everthing but you can adapt it to a specific use well easy Mine is bright metallic blue and is set up for all round use (triple ring up front)which to be honest hasnt really caused any problems during jumping so....
and i want another in polished just for dual coz i want to race so bad but it cost so much money.compared to bmx,any way what i was going to to write was i had this bike since november 99 it gets covered in mud i hose it down when i can be bothered and it still looks new.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex von Esebeck
a Weekend Warrior
from Liphook (near Guildford)UK
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Older Hill and Queen Elizabeth Country Park Quarry | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Being real low,it lets you wing it round the bends.it is very easy to manouvre,and quickly improved my confidence especially on the more technical parts. Plus its great at the steep stuff! not many around either, which adds a bit of individuality! My frame, which is 14" is a nice dark blue. | | Weaknesses: | Graphics look a bit dodgy, they are over the top and graphically looks very cartoony.
the chain wears away at the paint along the chainstay, this is easily preventable by using a Lizard Skin (wether this product is available in the US, i don't know). riding steep uphill isn't as easy as ride a cross country bike, but on most hills i can stillride up them quite easily. | | Similar Products Used: | A friends DMR trailstar, road very diffently!he had tripple clamp forks which made the front come off the ground far too easily. the frame will also be easily damaged in an event of a crash when the upper legs hit the frame. | | Bike Setup: | Marzocchi Z1 Drop Offs, XTR wheels and brakes
Azonic handlebar and stem. i also use flat peddles,i have three chain rings on the front of the bike etc.. | | Bottom Line: | i knew little about the bike, untill MBUK (uk bike magazine)mentioned it. i then noticed it at my local bike and haven't had any doubts about it since!
i would however only recommend it for those who are not going to be riding long distances, it has a very short seat tube length(14"). suspension would ideally have more than 100mm of travel. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Weekend Warrior
from Oxford, England
Date Reviewed: November 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Street | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
nice colour and funky graphics, strong as you like, nice steep head angle, like my bmx! not too heavy, hydrualic cable guides, disc mounts | | Weaknesses: |
none, very long top tube so you need to be quite tall but it suits me fine. | | Similar Products Used: |
kona chute, Cortina DS, Planet X, | | Bike Setup: |
Zokes Pro (nice and cheap), Maguras, LX, V.short stem, Azonic bars | | Bottom Line: | I love this bike, its faster than a full susser and quieter, the LX cranks creak but I'll get a 3-piece soon like my BMX. Perfect for jumping and smooth tight DHs. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Helsby, England
Date Reviewed: November 3, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Nantmawr Quarry | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Size, its tiny. Gussets. Tyre Clearance. Price. Strength | | Weaknesses: |
Colour if you have the green one. Weight | | Similar Products Used: |
Azonic DS1. Kona Chute | | Bike Setup: |
Z1s STX RC group set. Azonic Double Wall bars | | Bottom Line: | I have had this bike for a few months and it is really good. It rides well on duel courses and jumps good. It needs a short stem and wide bars though otherwise it feels wrong at speed, kind of unstable. Its a bit small 14 for DH but i can still kick ass on it. Get one if you can't afford a Kona. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon Murray
a Weekend Warrior
from Kent
Date Reviewed: October 30, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
Loadsa gussets
HUGE tyre clearance
Quite good weight for what it is (unbreakable)
Awsome colours | | Weaknesses: |
None so far (My mate's got it) | | Bottom Line: | Amazing frame FULL STOP. If you're into street, trials, slalom or jumpin' just BUY IT NOW!
Wish I had one :-(
5 Flamin' Chillies.....Wish I could give it more..I was thinking of 10 flamin' ones! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tom
a Weekend Warrior
from tenby
Date Reviewed: October 21, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
dovkdpogi | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
lots of gussets | | Weaknesses: |
derraileur hanger (but its supposed to be weak) | | Similar Products Used: |
azonic DS1
Rockhopper | | Bike Setup: |
Nice stuff etc. | | Bottom Line: | havent actually got one yet. But it looks nice. Start leaving reviews, I need to know what its like! | | Overall Rating: |
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