Strengths: it truly is good for all different types of riding
Weaknesses: the frame isnt built strong enough for jumps
Bottom Line:
the frame is built to weak.Its a good bike for smaller stuff but if your jumping frequently than problems will come. but it wold be a great bike for someone that likes doing a little bit of jumping and does some crosscountry bt is not good if your doing any kind of downhill
Strengths: Nuclear bomb proof, I can't seem to break it. 10 foot hucks to flat ground, on pavement. Back kinda hurts, but the frame keeps on rollin'. The price, its cheap.
Weaknesses: Kinda noisy, and some people might say it weights too much.
Bottom Line:
If your looking for an inexpensive way to bomb down the mountain at speeds in excess of 45 mph, then buy this frame. If your looking for something to smash over rocks, huck off of cliffs and take switch backs with ease. Buy this bike. People love to talk trash about KHS. Thats okay, let em' They're the ones who have just dropped over 2 grand into their bikes. We're the ones passing them on the trail.
Similar Products Used: Other Frankenstein, downhill/freeride set ups.
Bike Setup: KHS/Romic/Marzocchi,dropoff/Avid,bb7/Shimano/Nokian gazzaloddi2.5/Mavic321/Truvativ,holzfeller/
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Submitted by
Wade Hoskins
a Downhiller
from Olympia, WA. US
Date Reviewed: March 19, 2007
Strengths: Built tough. I have abused this frame to the fullest extent, and it keeps on going. 10 foot drops to flat pavement, no problem. Corners good, and feels really stable going fast downhill. Cheap.
Weaknesses: People that bi#ch and moan about weight will say that is weights too much. I however feel that this helps me get up to speed during desent. No major weeknesses.
Bottom Line:
Looking for a cheap solution to your downhill blues, buy this bike. Worried about what everyone else thinks about your 500.00 dollar set up, when they paid close to 2 g's. Well then you've got consumer blues. 12-21-12. ARMYOFRAGE.com
Strengths: killer tracking,point the front tire and go.soaks up all the big hits.without giving up any steering loss,awsome climbing,the more i would pedal the faster i climbed.direct force to the tires,,oh ya this bike looks awsome too
Weaknesses: the only thing i noticed so far ,which a few zip ties will fix is a little noise fron the cables vibrating..
Bottom Line:
that this bike is the most awsome bike ever hands down
Bike Setup: rhyno lite xl rims ,xt hubs, avid disc , xt shifters ,easton oversized stem and bars,lizard skins lock on grips,truvative blase cranks ,cane creek tank 2 head set,race face seat post
Weaknesses: Little heavy, Derailer hanger really sux. But ther cheap
Bottom Line:
Follow up reveiw, been riding this bike hard for about two years now, and i hammer the crap out of it. Gone through a couple wheelsets now, but thats from my own lack of smoothness. Many crashes, Many hits the bike should have not survived, but this thing keeps rolling and doesnt let me down. Won a couple DH races on this one Down at Fontucky. Not the best bike in teh world, But if your short on cash, and you want a bike that is going to hold up, this is the one for you.
Strengths: Strong, cheap, and really pretty pedal efficient for the travel.
Weaknesses: Not much, except the fact that people don't think much of KHS, due to their limited advertising budget. They use the money they save on ad's and pass the saqvings on to you.
Bottom Line:
This bike kicks ass. I have hit several 35+ foot road gaps, and the pictures and proof are in the pinkbike photo's segment under boise for any doubters. Essentially, 6 inches of rear travel is all the same, and I can't say that you can feel any significant difference between this bike, and any other bike using the most used suspension linkage ever, the four bar. My friends all thought it was crap till they rode it, but not anymore. And for $400 for the frame, seat and seatpost, headset and front derailure(sp?) it's a hell of a deal.
Submitted by
bob saget
a Downhiller
from nagasaw bilsh christmas island
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2005
Strengths: urmom
Weaknesses: urdad
Bottom Line:
the guy that posted the first review i just wanted to say that i had a similar experience i waaas just riding my bike when all of a sudden i went over a road bump OMG! im so pro and then both of my tires poped i wwent bankrupt my uncle had just died and I scraped my knee and it took my mommy 50 hours to kiss it all better and make me stop crying!!!
Submitted by
Preston Walker
a Downhiller
from Middleton, MA
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2005
Strengths: This bike is sick, Adjustable travel, The whole thing
Weaknesses: NONE
Bottom Line:
First of all why is everyone braging about 5 and 6.6 foot drops on hardtales. I did an 8 ft drop on a specialized hard rock and I'm only 12. And the guy at the bottom is a total retard. He probably rode over his plastic ramp, ate sh!t, cried for a few hours, the he noticed that his tire had popped, so he came here and made a story about a-line and his bike faling apart. KHS IS SWEET
If you can, buy one. Not too many of these flying around down near LA, but there should be. They're cheap, durable, smooth, as nice of a suspension design as any "faux bar" 6 inch travel out there. Geometry is perfect with a 150mm fork.
Submitted by
Dayv Bnaca
a Weekend Warrior
from Albuquerque, N.M, U.S.A
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2003
Strengths: Lots of bike for a good cost. Six inches in the back isnt too shaby either. I can case the lips of landing w/ my back tire and it does not phase me.
Weaknesses: I found that it has been making a clicking sound when i pedal hard up a hill. I think it may be coming from the swing arm bushings but dont know for shure.
Bottom Line:
Awaome bike. I just whant to know were the clicking sound is coming from and if anyone has experienced it. But besides the annoying sound the bike perfoms better than i expected. On all of the drops ive hit it landed nicely, and it jumps well to. If you are looking for an entree level bike this is a great buy.
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Sean F
a Downhiller
from Petoskey, MI
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2003
Strengths: The bike is sweet. Soft on landings, but stiff enough to climb small inclines.
Weaknesses: A little heavy, but, then again, I am only 135 lbs.
Bottom Line:
OK, real quick- the bike's not mine, it belongs to a friend of mine, but what the hell? That moron who posted all that crap should be hit in the face with his supposedly broken frame. Not only did he pay over 3 times the msrp ($1500), this was probably the first bike he's ridden since he got off his trike- if he's off that yet! The "FR" in it's name stands for (for you idiot at the bottom) "freeride"- it's DESIGNED to have the hell bombed outta it. You obviously arn't supposed to try what Bender tried at the beginning of Fat Tire Fury, but it's not a pu$$y bike. The bike can take drops bigger than I have the time to build, so unless you landed on A) landmines, B) boulders, or C) 5 tons of TNT, you're full of sh!t, buddy. If you're trying to impress someone by lying to us, you didn't. Your mom might believe you, but then again, if she has any sense at all, she'll also see right through your crap. The bottom line? With this thing, I have come down DH courses screaming like a banshee, taken drops, jumps, and rocks with no problem, and I have yet to need to buy a replacement bike for my friend.
Favorite Trail: just about anything that goes down
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: Giant VT2, Cannondale Gemini 900
Bike Setup: Chris King headset, stock
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Submitted by
Brian Buell
a Downhiller
from Ft. Worth, Tx.
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2003
Strengths: great frame, extremely beefy, yet affordable for the free rider just getting into the niche.
Weaknesses: supposedly the frame and cranks and the fork will rip off the bike and break in half if you ride like a puppy.
Bottom Line:
well I have never ridden this bike, I just wanted to tell you the guy who left the first review of this bike is a complete moron, and needs to learn how to tell a real story. I was almost run over by a little old lady in a speeding golf cart pulling a trailer full of green jello today. I jumped out of the way as she ran over a WWII land mine and caused the green jello to explode into the air and cover a bunch of nearby kids at a play ground. Sasquatch came down from the mountains thinking.. oooh Green gummy bears... my favorite. I think thats a believable story don't you. anyway. This bike is made for abuse with it's 4 bar linkage design, sealed bearing pivots and aggressive parts package for the price, you can't beat this for affordability. a little on the heavy side, but I've got a specialized Enduro beefed up to 40 pounds.. so who's worried about weight? not me. either way, you can't go wrong with this bike.
Submitted by
Spaceyo Spen
a Weekend Warrior
from Verdun, France
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2003
Strengths: A good bike for hard freeriding, very stronger
Weaknesses: It's not lite (4200g in size L) and rear travel is too little
Bottom Line:
Le fr1500 est un vélo de freeride les moins cher du marché et khs n'a pas sacrifié la fabrication et le design. Le cadre est ultra robuste et les 150mm de débatement sont bien utilisé.Meme sur un gap de 3 mètres de haut l'amortisseur n'a pas talonner. Ces le vélo ideal pour les freerider qui ne veulent pas se ruiner.
Hi everyone
I have a khs fr1500/2000 frame, and i'm thinking of replacing the standard fox 125r that came with my bike with a marzo Jr. T.
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