Submitted by
RideHard
a Weekend Warrior
from Bloomington IN
Date Reviewed: May 8, 2011
Strengths: components, weight, ride
Weaknesses: none yet
Bottom Line:
Smokin' deal on a close-out, with carbon frame, XT/XTR. About 28 pounds for a 19" bike, 140mm front/rear; upright seat tube and relaxed head tube angles give me the climb I like with the descending I crave. I will try to write a long term review, but would recommend it to someone looking for a great bike in the $2-3K range.
Bike Setup: Stock, including the spd pedals (Eggbeaters broke)
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Submitted by
emiliobuckmaster
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2011
Strengths: Great climber! Suspension action is good
Weaknesses: I experienced the worst chain suck with the Raceface Crank! Stock tires sucked too
Bottom Line:
I’ve had many bikes and am just coming off a Rocky Mountain Slayer. I liked the Slayer but I need more help going up the hill than going down so I needed a new machine. This bike climbs better than my old Epic! Switched to a 2X10 drive train and life is good. If you get this bike I would immediately pull off the crank and sell it. It takes a bit to get used to the steeper angles but I do like the platform. The carbon frame is super stiff and glides over the rocks around here. I am really happy with the bike.
Similar Products Used: May hardtails, Epic, Superlight, 6.6, Slayer and many others
Bike Setup: Stock with the exception of crank, tires and a few other bits
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Submitted by
rklimber
a Weekend Warrior
from erie , usa
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2010
Strengths: Handling, suspension, brakes, lightweight, good components (except for chainrings)
Weaknesses: Chainsuck ,raceface chainrings are poor quality.
Bottom Line:
I'm happy with this bike except for the shifting. Race face chainrings are very low quality on this bike. Rocky Mountain dropped the ball on that one.
Having said that, It climbs and handles tight twisty single track very well. Suspension works well and was easy to adjust. Brakes are much smoother than the avid's on my cannondale.
Bottom line: if you don't mind paying that kind of money and having to upgrade right out of the box than this might be a good choice. 5 chile's with decent chainrings, 2 chile's with the raceface chainrings.
Weaknesses: no protection : no chain pad, no protection on the frame, ...
The grips are awful
Bottom Line:
I am a french customer (so excuse my english), I am very happy to have this bike : it clims very well and downhill better than ETSX (my previous bike) - suspension does work great. Light bike, amazing frame. The bike is always asking for more speed, it is very nervous.
The equipment is tremendous, I love the modulation of the XT brakes. The transmission works well, careful of chain-shuks.
Similar Products Used: ETSX 30 2007, Gary fisher cake 2 dlx 2005, Trek fuel 90 2002
Bike Setup: Out of the box, just changed the front tire for a Hutchinson toro 2.35
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Submitted by
skyak
a Cross Country Rider
from comox lake, bc, canada
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2009
Strengths: amazing frame, light weight, beautiful bike...rides incredible up and down
Weaknesses: stock component set-up (lots of race face)...so far i have changed the rf stem, rf bars and rf cranks. also swapped the stock seat, tires and pedals.
Bottom Line:
Total dream machine...but to fully enjoy you need to tweak the stock components a bit.
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