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Submitted by
will nougher
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Hurstbridge Melbourne | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Recycle, Melbourne | | Strengths: | Best frame around, will never break, nice paint thats real hard to scratch, never use shietey square taper cranks they are rubbish and will bend/twist/round out of any gutter. | | Weaknesses: | dont keep it stock,it not to great out of the box. upgrade everything to what i have and you will have the maddest bike ever. | | Similar Products Used: | Avanti Ridgerider, Craftworks slalom pro, Avanti montari disk, Avanti moto, norco VPS team DH, Specialized p.3, etc etc | | Bike Setup: | Marzochi Bomber z1 2001 20 mm axle, sun single track rims, sunringle hubs, funn bars/stem, fsa pig, hayes cable disks, bmx crank,truvativ chain device, maxxis high rollers, xt derailler, blah blah blah | | Bottom Line: | best bike so far. its a do it all strong piece of. can do all them things with confidence and know it will hold up to it. I dirt jump it, down hill, freeride you name bit of all stuff | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Nagle
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane, Australia
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | National DH Thredbo | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Wynnum Cycles | | Strengths: | Frame is totally overbuilt
Truvativ cranks are tried and true
Suits my kind of riding | | Weaknesses: | Weighs a ton (but I don't give a s#@t!)
Forks are super soft and I think I busted em on a 12foot drop. Could co with a better chain device. | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz S8, Orange 222, Norco Sasquatch | | Bike Setup: | 2.7x26 front, 2.5x24 rear Maxxis High Rollers. Chain device is a 7mm checker-plate home-made MRP job. Rear wheel couldn't hold up so I upgraded to a Dice 24 for the drop-offs. Armor 8inch hydro rear with Hayes rotor and dummy Hayes rotor up front. Shimano 105 deralleur with 12-23 road mech. Azonic bars and stem with Chris King headset.
Built 4 thrashing! Am currently looking for some new forks. | | Bottom Line: | All up this bike should be plenty tough for the average thrasher. But the main weakness is the forks they suck!
Most of the parts that I have had to upgrade have been after the first month or so which was what I expected. Given that I am only 16 I think that the frame will last for at least a good couple of years. The only thing that robs this bike of 5 and 5 is the fact that the forks are way to soft. I might get some Marzocchi Z3's or DJ1's.
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