Similar Products Used: kona stinky, gary fisher, Treks
Bike Setup: 2004 big hit spec, 2007 marzocchi super T rcv, hayes hydralic brakes, azonic outlaw rims, azonic: bars, stem, and seat.
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Will
a Cross Country Rider
from Georgia
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2007
Strengths: Beefy. Looks great. The stock setup works well. I'm suprised at how well the MX1 brakes work. There's loads of stopping power. I haven't had to adjust anything on the bike after the first ride. The tires are grippy, and huge.
Weaknesses: ummm...Beefy. It's heavy, so stay away from uphills. I haven't weighed it but I've bulked up just from loading it for trips. The front fork (Mozo X5.5S) kinda sucks but I have no fear of breaking it in half. The rear shock is still working but needs to be replaced.
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I got it for a good price since it was hardly used. It was a good purchase. If you ride this thing you will sweat. It's heavy but I've felt in total control at all times but deep sand. It needs some protection cause I keep bashing the big ring on stuff. The shock and fork are ok.
Similar Products Used: cheapo FS bikes from (insert toy store here), custom XC and DH builds, stock Klien Pulse Pro from the late 90s, stock 98ish Rockhopper
Bike Setup: stock... Shimano Alivio shifters Mozo X5.5S fork X-Fusion Glyde Super shock Truvativ Hussefelt Crank Hayes MX1 cable disc 8" Sunrims Ditch Witch rims Specialized Roller 2.50s
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Radical Racer
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2006
Strengths: Brilliant light weiht, easy to ride bike.Its easy to clean and good parts even when stock.
Weaknesses: bad breaks as standard (hayes mags) and the rear wheel is smaller which makes it hard to ride uphill or even on the flat.
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awsome bike, lighter than any orange downhill bikes, good looking and relativley cheap for what you get. I strongly advice it if you are looking for a downhill or extreme freeride bike. Best downhill bike ive ever riden.
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crazy beaner
a Downhiller
from san diego CA USA
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2005
Strengths: nice strong frame and great cranks
Weaknesses: kind of heavy, the fork sucks I broke it the second month I had it. Rear shock sucks ass, bottoms out on 3 foot drops and I only weigh 115 pounds
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Great bike for a beginner. Just need to change the fork and the rear shock.
Strengths: The frame is sturdy, mostly has good components. extremely good bike for making it into a beast. after you have upgraded a couple parts the bike is amazing!
Weaknesses: The fork is horrible, in the first month the fork's seals were blown and the rebound adjustment on it hardly works. The rear shock is way too weak I can bottom it out off small drops and i only weigh 130 lbs. Also the pedals and the grips are crap because they are stock. The parts i ended up replacing; fork, rear shock, grips, and pedals.
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This bike is great for beginners but even better to build on. It is amazing for the price you would expect, but if you want it to be a beast you better be ready to spend some cash.
Bike Setup: 05' big hit spec, junior T, fox vanilla rc, kona jacksh*t pedals, odi intense grips, and the rest is stock.
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Dwight Hopson
a Downhiller
from San Jose, Ca, USA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2005
Strengths: Strong Frame, nice cranks
Weaknesses: Little heavey but not bad, i would say that the biggest weakness of this bike is the front forks. mine is a 2005 and it came with the manitou stance blunt forks, they have no adjustments to them except rebound speed. these forks are absolutly S**T
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Dwight Hopson
a Downhiller
from San Jose, Ca, USA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2005
Strengths: Strong Frame, nice cranks
Weaknesses: Little heavey but not bad, i would say that the biggest weakness of this bike is the front forks. mine is a 2005 and it came with the manitou stance blunt forks, they have no adjustments to them except rebound speed. these forks are absolutly S**T
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evan ames
a Weekend Warrior
from sutter,california,usa
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2005
Strengths: bullet proof frame and cranks.great if you have a tight buget 8in rotors
Weaknesses: the stock fork sucks and dosent have a 9 speed cog set and a finiky derular
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the bike is a good place to start for a beginner and if you have a tight buget you can afford it. it needs alot of up grades if you are going to do big jumps and drops on it. i droped off the bleachers at my high school on to an angled park bench from 15 . this cracked my fork
ok at first i kept breaking parts bent my forks off a 20foot high drop the end for a few weeks then got a new mozo fork free now its not to bad today i was about the 5th person and the youngest to hit a 20foot long 10-15 foot high road gap i have so big bragging rights this bike is getting better the 05 big hit spec is very good even tho i have a 03 i would get a spec just because it is cheaper and when u get things fixxed it will be very good
Strengths: bombproof frame-cranks-8" rotors- ended up replacing everthing else on bike
Weaknesses: everything but frame and cranks
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sweet bike if you completely overhaul it- but for a begginer it is a great bike- also cheap enough for you to ride until you can put the parts on that you want. I am thinking about upgrading to a monster fork- jr t does not perform how I want it to .But this bike rides well for urban, downhill, and freeride. I am very impressed!
So bottom line if you want a cheap all around bike that you want to build up this is a good buy!!!
Bike Setup: titec-el norte bars,and a knock scoper-marzocchi jr.t with x-firm springs-fox propedal with a 750 # spring- wtb seat-hadley front 20 mm hub -maxxis mobster tires- halo combat rims -fsa bash guard-mrp chain guide-odi intense lock on grips
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Bryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Soquel, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2005
Strengths: Strong frame, good beginner bike, some good components.
Weaknesses: shock sucks, bottoms off curbs. forks are alright but very heavy
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this bike is excellent for beginners but is very heavy. but who says a downhill bike has to be light. great for a tight budget like a 13 year old.
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Jeff
a Downhiller
from Collegeville, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2004
Strengths: good for the price. biffy frame. some good components like the stem and cranks. allaround good buy awsome for the begginer or a backup bike
Weaknesses: rear shock stinks bottoms out to easy, fork to heavy i put a 04 JRT on it and i lost a pound. shifters are cheep, AWSOME BIKE FOR THE MONEY THOUGH
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awsome bike for begginers, handles dicent size drops get bang for the buck.
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