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Submitted by
Chris Dunn
a Downhiller
from south shields
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | hopton castle peebles | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$4500.00 | | Purchased At: | paul iddon/ woody | | Strengths: | adjustability, strength, ride quality, quick for a big bike | | Weaknesses: | the rider is the only weakness | | Similar Products Used: | gt dhi, lobo, lts dh, cannondale super v4000dh, kona, intense | | Bike Setup: | boxxers hope 6pots lm cranks ac pro chain device xt shifter and mech | | Bottom Line: | i have used and abused this bike and it all ways comes back for more | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Downhiller
from Derby
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Handles well, adjustable travel and angles, geometry feels spot on. | | Weaknesses: | Cracked my frame in the same place they all go - just above the BB (Got it welded back up good as new though). Only 1 year warranty. Rockshox shock blows easily. Price | | Similar Products Used: | ATX 1, Specialized Big Hit, Patriot, Muddy Fox | | Bike Setup: | Boxxers, MRP (Modified), Hope Enduro 4's, Bulbs on D321, XT drivetrain, Azonic Bars & Stem, Stratos shock | | Bottom Line: | Good frame, handles well, pedals quite well. Cracked the frame but got it welded (made of 7020 Alu, so can be welded to be as good as new). Standard Rockshox shock blows easily, replaced it with stratos which is crap. Feels nicely balanced with Boxxers on the front.
1 year warranty seems pretty bad on such an expensive frame (cracked mine after 3 years)
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Submitted by
Tony
a Racer
from Northwich
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Was as below in my review... | | Weaknesses: | It broke in the same damn place they all do, the bottom bracket. One week after the warranty expired. | | Similar Products Used: | GT I drive, Super 8, K2 Animal DH, Giant DH Team | | Bike Setup: | As below (it was) | | Bottom Line: | A beautiful bike and i wish i still had it - as a wall ornament.
Inherent defects that are widely known are not acceptable in modern bicycle designs, and certainly not when they are dangerous. Tested on the public? I reckon so.
Its gets the chilli's for nostalgia value. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doc
a Downhiller
from Edinburgh
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Corry hill, Innerleithen | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | The Fridge (cheers Vince) | | Strengths: | Plush, plush, looks sweet, adjustable, great after sales service | | Weaknesses: | Fiat stickers on team issue frame | | Similar Products Used: | ATX1, Santa Cruz super eight, Kona stab, Orange 222 and Patriot, Marin DH | | Bike Setup: | Rotwild RDH04 team issue, RS pro deluxe, Boxxers, STX stuff (!), 24" rear, Hope enduros | | Bottom Line: | Awesome. Fully adjustable, enormous root eating capacity, takes drops so well, everyone who has ridden it wants it. The little back wheel makes it accelerate like a hardtail but it loses none of its rider appeal. For flat out riding this bike cannot be better. Cheers to the Fridge for the great service and Corstorphine Hill rules!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian Someone
a Downhiller
from Windhoek, Namibia
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Anna ST. DH | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$2000.00 | | Purchased At: | Mail Order | | Strengths: | Looks Cool, tons of adjustability. Rear shock | | Weaknesses: | My bottom tube caved in from the stress the rear shock put on the tube. After paying so much money for a frame I would have at least expected the thing to hold up to the stress of free riding and one, yes ONE, downhill race. The race was an easy one at that, no serious drops or leaps. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Stab Primo, Giant DH Team, Santa Cruz Super 8, Intense M1, KHS Dominatrax | | Bike Setup: | DeeMAX, XTR, Monster, Hayes, Azonic, MRP, All top of the line | | Bottom Line: | This bike is awesome if you ride cross country, but if you're any kind of a downhill rider and do drops any higher than about a foot, then this bike is not for you.
Buy it if you want a bike that's going to sit on you're trailer and look pretty, not if you're gonna actually ride it.
Go with a Santa Cruz, it costs less and performs much better | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
monkey
a Weekend Warrior
from slovakia
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | kaprun - germany | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | rotwild adp | | Strengths: | wery stiff
looks cool | | Weaknesses: | well - the price
and the rock shox pro deluxe damper - but the frame has no weaknesses | | Similar Products Used: | kona sex too, stinky frame, rotec DH | | Bike Setup: | rfr 01 freeride frame, pro deluxe - not any more, bomber z1,
shimano XTR with XT froint disc and magura quick silver rear, race face, roox, fizik, | | Bottom Line: | well, the rotwild freeride is one of the best bikes you can buy. the 13.5 cm travel on the back are for my riding enough, but I can also put a long travel damper to get 15 cm.
the Idea of changing the progresion on a frame is not new, but on the rotwild you can change also the geometry.
I broke the old damper within one month. I bought a new Benest oil, coil, air damper with a marzocchi spring and it works better + You can maintain it easy - the seals cost about 3 dollars and instead of nitrogen u can use air. That means - you can service it at home.
the frame is not cheap, but it works great!!! also, the ADP rotwild company has a great customer service.,
the kona stinky works almost the same - even with one pivot, the system works super active!!!
I can recomend the frame to everyone, who wants to have a perfect freeride bike - the only problem could be to get it in the US, cause Im not sure if ther is a dealer for this frames.
ohh, and one more thing ppl, you can only buy a frame kit - means every bike will be an original...
PS, check out the web > www.rotwild.de
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Submitted by
Alex Gunn
a Downhiller
from Northants, England
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Hopton | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2400.00 | | Purchased At: | Paul iddon | | Strengths: | Super strong, plush, adjustment, looks, tracking, ride, EVERYTHING! | | Weaknesses: | Price, have to work to hard to afford it! | | Similar Products Used: | Santa cruz bullit, gt i-drive, scott f-x DH, Orange patriot, Intense uzzi dh. si's beast of a darkangel | | Bike Setup: | rst 8-inch upside downs, hope dh4's, hope hubs on D521's, xt, mrp, tioga, azonic bars, yeti etc. | | Bottom Line: | Best full sus dh i have owned, even though the price. Takes everything, slippy roots, wet rocks, boulders, drops, jumps, world cup courses (if your that good). Briliant frame, so much adjustment, could last you a life time, as long as nothing silly happens, (e.g 50 ft drops). If you have the money, get out there and get one now! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
patrick adamson
a Downhiller
from stockport,cheshire,england
Date Reviewed: March 23, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | scousers trail,rheola,cwmcarn | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | paul iddon (uk importer) | | Strengths: | Stutter bumps through corners,off camber sections covered in roots,huge compressions,this bike will take you where you want to be as fast as you dare go | | Weaknesses: | Rider ability!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | DH-I,LOBO,STAB PRIMO,MR O,X222,KARPIEL DH | | Bike Setup: | 7" boxxers,hope discs,race face,bulb/521 ceramic,mrp,nokian 2.6s | | Bottom Line: | Many bikes have a lot of travel but this is the first bike to encourage riders to overstep the mark every time out and get away with it and with the warranty Rotwild have in place this is a serious weapon to take into the hills with you.Suck it and see,you'll love it!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cal
a Downhiller
from lancashire
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | lots of travel, adjustable head angles, solid swingarm, only 1 set of bearings to be replaced, lifetime warranty if it snaps they fix it or replace it | | Weaknesses: | only thing gone wrong was the main triangle cracked on the gusset just above swingarm mount, this was welded up by rotwild to be stronger, and they even repainted the frame | | Similar Products Used: | gt i drive dh, gt lobo, super 8, yeti lawill, straight 8 ,atx one , nicos v proccess bike(not for sale unfortunatly) and many others | | Bike Setup: | boxxers, hope dh4 pots, bulb hubs, x-lite fatsos, race face, blackspire , shimano, azonic, | | Bottom Line: | if you can afford buy now,buy,buy,buy and dont sell | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Downhiller
from Northwich, England
Date Reviewed: June 24, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Nannerch DH, Fox Ultimate Dual, Stroud | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Thats It. Strength. It is gusseted everywhere. It does not flex at all. Low C of G means you can jump and throw it anywhere. Sprints well from the line and out of corners. Adjustability. 18 combinations of travel, BB height and head angle. | | Weaknesses: |
The wait I had to endure to get one. | | Similar Products Used: |
K2 Animal DH, Super 8, Coyote DH, Kona Stab, Marin DH | | Bike Setup: |
RDH 03 frame with RS Super Deluxe shock. Boxxers (with drop top crown to get head angle back) Hope Big Un Hubs,Hope Disks, Mavic 521, Azonic, Tioga hardware,XT, Rotwild own Chain Device (MRP style) | | Bottom Line: | This bike rules. It inspires confidence. This makes you fast. Thats what its all about. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Spawn
a Downhiller
from Austria
Date Reviewed: May 26, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
This frame rules in every way - it's tight, responds well to rider imput, and is just SO controllable. The geometry is excellent and it looks godly
This frame is bombproof with huge
gussets. Everyone who's riden it says the same as me - | | Similar Products Used: |
GT Lobo, HotChili Warp 210, Sunn Radical plus, Nicolai Lambda | | Bike Setup: |
Answer Manitou XVert Carbon, Mavic 321D, NC17, XT, MRP, Hayes DH, Nokian Tires. | | Bottom Line: | Strong frame, soft suspension set up, upto 180mm travel, adjustable everything | | Overall Rating: |
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