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Cannondale Rush 3 XC Full Suspension
Product Description
User Reviews
Submitted by
rigahrenchuk
a Weekend Warrior
from Riga, Latvia Date Reviewed: April 20, 2009 Strengths: Feels lighter than it is and very fast ride. Comfortable for long rides. In two years of riding only a flat tire! Weaknesses: The tires are fast but they tend to wash out in any kind of soft ground. The handle bars are a bit wide so riding on single track with a lot of trees means you got to be a bit careful! A few other riders I know actually cut them down which is probably a good thing to do. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Mezaparks Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $3000.00 Purchased At: Dukes Bike Setup: Stock 
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leftyrush3
a Cross Country Rider
from Lanesville, IN, USA Date Reviewed: April 3, 2009 Strengths: Once the front lefty was dialed in the bike has been awesome. The Rush begs to climb and carves single track with no hesitations. Easy on the body. Weaknesses: Juicy 7's brakes stunk. Brake flutter would never quit. Changed the shifters/brakes to XT. Sweet.....After 1800 miles the rear triangle cross brace cracked. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Brown County IN Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $2200.00 Purchased At: Clarksville Schwinn Similar Products Used: Specialized Stump Jumper, Trek Fuel 90, Gary Fisher Hi-Fi Bike Setup: Carbon frame, XT shifters/brakes/cranks. Small block eights w/stans. Easton Monkeylite bars.
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Keith Hungerford
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane, QLD, Australia Date Reviewed: May 10, 2008 Strengths: Suspension is very easy to adjust to suit the trail. The bike is very well put together and all components work well together. The Lefty fork is impressive as is the RP23. The bike is light and stiff. Weaknesses: Putting the bike on a bike carrier on a car requires a cross bar but this is a small weakness. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Chocolate Buddha, Diasy Hill Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $3100.00 Purchased At: Planet Cycles Bike Setup: Stock as a rock except I've put my WTB Pure V saddle on it. The Fizik Wing Flex saddle it came with is like riding on a thin metal bar. Ouch !
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Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Stroudsburg Date Reviewed: February 1, 2008 Strengths: I LOVE my RUSH 3!!! The lefty fork is great. The full suspention makes you feel like your riding on pay\vement the whole time. It is very easy to lock out and unlock your shocks when you need to. The weight of the rush 3 allows you to controll your riding through tuff trails. This bike comes with great components you really dont need to upgrade much at all. The avid juicy brakes respond the way you want need them to in any condition Weaknesses: The only problem i have is I hit my pedals on rocks and logs alot due to the low clearance. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Koumbado hill Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $2200.00 Purchased At: Genesis bike shop Similar Products Used: GT XTR full supention Bike Setup: Cut off 3/4 inch on both side of my bar ends, changed to a Thomson seat post(love it)upgrade my grips
Submitted by
Elliot
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia Date Reviewed: November 26, 2007 Strengths: This is one sweet ride. Don't be worried by the weight of the bike (it's not heavy, but for the price you can get lighter bikes), the balance of this bike is phenomenal. It's almost like the bike can sense where you want to go. This seems to be a trait of other Canondales I have ridden, certainly the predecessor to this bike, the Jekyll acted the same way. The lefty, once worn in, is magic. Aside from the odd looks and comments you get, this is certainly one of the best forks I have ever ridden, the ease of dialling it in is the icing on the cake. Weaknesses: Ok, so no bike is perfect. Here's what erked me with this one: A low bottom bracket means hitting the end of the cranks and pedals on the trail, a lot! Also riding up and over logs I manage to scrap the big chain ring most of the time. The bike wasn't really running perfectly when I bought it, the lefty felt like it had sand in it, the rear shock (Fox RP23) came undone and went flat (on my first lap of a 24 hour race!!) and the rear brake still "clicks" under heavy braking. After getting these things sorted I was much happier, but really it should have been prefect from the shop right? This is not a cheap bike after all. (not really Canondal's fault here) The tyres, sigh the tyres… I upgraded to the Mavic SLR wheelset and got the Maxxis CrossMark tyres with it. You either love these tyres or you hate them. I hate them. For me they had almost no grip and washing out the front was a regular occurrence. Spinning the rear was almost as regular, even at lowish pressure. They cake up really easily in wet or damp conditions and don't shed any mud what so ever. I guess these tyres would be good on some dry, smooth, hard packed, single trail, but not much good on anything else. Maybe it's me? I have switched to Maxis Igniters front and rear, I'm running about 27 - 30 psi and couldn't be happier! So much grip and no pinch flats = bliss!! Lastly, the paint. Don't sneeze on this bike, the paint will come off or scratch!! I got the team replica scheme, it looks awesome and I can pretend that I am some hotshot team sponsored rider (which I am certainly not) but the ease at which the paint comes off this bike is astonishing. Not sure how it is for the other paint schemes. Hmm, that's about all for this section. It is a good bike though… honestly!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Sparrow Hill Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $5500.00 Purchased At: City Bike Depot Similar Products Used: Jekyll, RaceLine Extreme Bike Setup: Changed wheels to Mavic CrossMax SLR, pedals changed to Time ATAC (the original mud lovers! Best pedals ever! EggBeaters are copycats!) Tyres changed to Maxis Ignitors
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Vern
a Cross Country Rider
from Park City, UT, USA Date Reviewed: November 22, 2007 Strengths: Excellent handling, comfortable, rigidity, value Weaknesses: Lefty has few wheel options and isn't as plush as Fox forks I've ridden Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Wasatch Crest Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1850.00 Purchased At: White Pine touring Similar Products Used: Specialized Stumpjumper Bike Setup: Stock except for 1" off each bar end and WTB Laser V saddle.
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Aman
a Weekend Warrior
from Glosta Date Reviewed: September 11, 2007 Strengths: THis is an update to the post below. I forgot to mention this one problem. Weaknesses: The Fizzik seat that comes with this bike is the most God awful saddle I have ever tried to ride. My short dirtjumper/urban saddles are many times more comfortable for any type of riding. For the money that Cannondale spent on the saddle there are much better options out there. this Saddle is the worst thing I've ever sat on. I can only think some one went out of their way to intentionally make this the most uncomfortable and useless saddle ever desinged. Like I said I have 30 dollar urban saddles and a 22 dollar bmx saddle that are plush comfy rides in comparison. It is not only a lack of padding - the shape of the saddle is wrong. No matter how I adjust it it is plain painful to ride. I know companies need to cut corners for a profit but like I said there are plenty of saddles in that price range that would put the fizzik to shame. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: goodals' bike shop
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Aman
a Weekend Warrior
from Glousta Date Reviewed: September 5, 2007 Strengths: Feels lighter then it is. The geometery leaves me stretched out over the bike in a more horizontal position then vertical. This is a comfortable and powerful position for long hauls but the cost is agility. Although it squeaks alot it actually is rugged! The Lefty is great, does not pull left. The lock out on the lefty kicks ass. The fox's propedal and the SPP of the Rush work well together. The Components are good - Avid juicy 7(would like 185 better bu then I a little bigger then your average rider), sram x-7 triggers - A+, sram rear derailer x-9 long cage - A+, mavic crossland rims A+, tires A+, Hubs - we have issues here, my set seems to have way to much rolling resistance. Weaknesses: Squeaky and noisy system. I'm not small at 6 foot 210 lbs but I'm not huge either. The bike has taken everything I've done to it in stride although it it groans and moans quite a bit. The sounds the bike made at first made me sceptical of how rugged it was. In time my confidence in the bike has grown. Rollog resistance of the hubs is to high. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $2599.00 Purchased At: Goodale's bike shop Similar Products Used: 06 Nomad, 04 Enduro, 07 enduro, 07 Chameleon, 01 Jekyl, old cannondale hardtail, gaint hardtail, GT avalanche Bike Setup: Thompson elite seat post 410mm - I have long legs, Specialized milano saddle.
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Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Jersey City, NJ Date Reviewed: August 9, 2007 Strengths: Pedaling efficency: coming off a hardtail I think the Rush is better. The frame design along with the rear shock (Fox Float RP23) make it a climbing beast and an accelerating monster Cornering: I was able to choose so many different lines going up and down a switchback. Even those tight twisty trails are easily tamed. Lefty: stiff, smooth, plush. Whats left to say?? Weaknesses: TIRES!!!! These things drove me crazy always washing out and not getting the traction I am used to with the Panaracers Fire XC Pro. I ended up leaning the bike more which helped a lot but it left me wondering when the next time I will wash out. I am changing them pretty soon. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: as long as there is dirt Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: Cosmic Wheel Bike Shop Similar Products Used: None: I only demo'd other dualies as this is my first. Bike Setup: Cannondale Rush 3, XT shifters, XT cranks, XT Cassette, XT rear deraileur, XTR Pedals
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Dave
a Racer
from UK Date Reviewed: July 25, 2007 Strengths: Beautiful carbon frame, Excellent fork, great handling, well balanced suspension, it climbs fast, pedals effciently, descends as fast as I like. And it looks cool, especially with the lefty. Weaknesses: The avid brakes. In the dry, they dont bite as well as the Hopes I'm used to. In the wet, they convert all of the energy into screaming-and not stopping. The only way I could get them to work was to keep them hot, which meant running with them on slightly. The rear pads wore out completely after about 4 hours use from new (inc 2 hour wet ride). I have since changed to EBC sintered pads, and they seem far better than the stock ones. The low BB took a bit of getting use to, a couple of bent teeth on the chain ring and some pedal strikes later, you get used to it. Maxxis crossmark tyres. On hardpack, they are pretty good, very effcient to pedal. But in the wet, they are useless. I found the rear wheel spinning out on wet grass. In mud, the rear wouldn't drive or brake and the front wouldn't steer. They are the only tyres I have ever used that have such extreme wet/dry characteristics. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Bishops Hill, Fife Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $3500.00 Similar Products Used: Scott Genius, GT team LTS Bike Setup: I replaced the stram shifters and rear mech with XTR and XT. Tyres have been changed to Ignitors. With this set up weight is 27Ib exactly (Medium)  
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doug
a Cross Country Rider
from toronto, canada Date Reviewed: June 7, 2007 Strengths: Wheel hub, System Integration (SI) front. XT cranks. Weaknesses: Price, value, ride, part interchange, Rear chain stay, frame bb height, 06 shimano XT group, seat, Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Don Valley Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $3250.00 Purchased At: Dukes Cycle, since 1911, in Toronto. Similar Products Used: Yetti 575, turner 5 spot, S C nomad, enduro SL expert fsr. Bike Setup: Shimano 06 group, XT, XTR rear D.
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David Willis
a Weekend Warrior
from Camp Lejeune NC USA Date Reviewed: May 18, 2007 Strengths: all around great bike. love the rp23 rear shock Weaknesses: the lx front deralliuer is a little limp Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: the brig trail Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $2700.00 Purchased At: the bicycle shop Similar Products Used: Prophet 3, stump jumper fsr Bike Setup: switched odi lock-on grips.salsa QR seat collar 
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Fred
a Weekend Warrior
from Prague Date Reviewed: May 6, 2007 Strengths: Built tough, rides light for nearly 30 lbs. Tubless tires leak until you put some slime in tires. Weaknesses: Low clearance and really wide handle bars - you take out a lot of trees until you get them cut down. The rear suspension adjustment (3 settings) now seems to have only 2. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Garmisch Germany Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $2600.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Trek 6500 Bike Setup: Stock
Submitted by
Squads
a Weekend Warrior
from Philadelphia Date Reviewed: April 28, 2007 Strengths: Great frame and shock. Lefty fork feels great. Weaknesses: Not a fan of the "smooth" tires. Change em. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only Similar Products Used: Specialized Stumpy FSR comp Bike Setup: bone stock
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Tarsey Anastos
from Milford, CT USA Date Reviewed: April 20, 2007 Strengths: A hand full of months now and I am still in love with it. Weaknesses: Tires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! see below Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months
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