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Ellsworth Truth Bike Bike 1998 or Older
Product DescriptionEllsworth Truth
User Reviews
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JohnM
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston North Shore Date Reviewed: December 6, 1999 Strengths: This bike handles best (once it is broken in)on hilly trails. Ascends very well and the rear actually stays ON the trail while turning on descents! Weaknesses: Move the cable braze ons for better cable angle. Rear Mud Collection Problem...Way too much collects behind the seat tube on the Chain Stays...drill out where the U is. If you prefer long, flat,fire road death marches, then buy a hard tail ;-) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Harold Parker & Lynwoods Duration Product Used: less than 1 month Similar Products Used: Turner Stinger, Aeon Isis. Thought about a Lefty Raven, briefly. Truth is the best in comparison. Stinger is a very slight shade smoother, but it bounces you off the rear on steep descents...too light back there. Aeon does not have the handling that either bike has. Bike Setup: RaceFace/XTR/Avid/Bomberlight/Vanilla-R/AirBomb
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Derek Dailey
a Cross-Country Rider
from Indianapolis, IN Date Reviewed: October 31, 1999 Strengths: Flawless construction, clinbs like a mountain goat on steroids, bombs downhill faster than a cruise missle, Undestructable paint (shot-peened and anodized), and no one else you know has one! Weaknesses: Whatever! OK, maybe price. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any single track Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: GT xcr1000,Jamis Dakar Team,Santa Cruz Heckler Bike Setup: Ellsworth Truth, White Bros. SC92-UL, Race Face Cranks, XTR Shifting, Avid Ultimate L levers, Arch Supreme brakes, Ringle Zooka Stem, Easton CT2 bars, Ringle Slamma Jamma Headset, Thompson seat post. Weight 24.1 lbs
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Max
a Cross-Country Rider
from Wyomissing, PA Date Reviewed: July 14, 1999 Strengths: In a nutshell, it's light,easy to maintain,laterally and torsionally rigid,compliant without noticable biopacing, and high quality workmanship throughout. I bought my bike at JB mountainbikes (www.JBmountainbikes.com). After test riding his demo I immediately knew my search was over. JB allowed me to borrow various shock/fork and stem/bar combinations until I found what worked for me the best. Like most bikes, set-up is critical to get the most out of the design. With some shock/fork combinations I wasn't satisfied at all. Ask your dealer to supply the various shocks available so you can make a broad based decision. Previous full suspension bikes include a ProFlex 756,Kestral Rubicon, and Giant ATX 990. The ProFlex was a great climber, the ATX was very solid and firm, the Rubicon was very plush, and the Ellsworth is all of the above and light as well. The Truth is manueverable, climbs like a goat, and inspires confidence in rocky, rooty and gnarly single track. I have torture tested my bike for the past 6 months and the only problem I had was a squeak in the main pivot following a 2 hour ride in a torential thunderstorm. This was fixed with a little grease and 30 minutes of time. Weaknesses: My only complaint involves the cable routing for rear V-brakes. The frame mount for the rear brake housing is located on the right side thus requiring the use of a 120-150 degree bend leading into the rear V-brake. This requires you to set up the spring tension on the rear brake pivots asymmetrically for optimum trouble free operation since the cable housing itself tends to apply some lateral force to the brake pivot affecting the ability to return to center when releasing the brakes. Once this is set up properly there is no problem whatsoever. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: French Creek Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Pro-Flex 756, Giant ATX 990, Kestral Rubicon. Bike Setup: Set up includes: Cane Creek AD10 rear shock(excellent fell and very adjustable),White Bros. SC 90 coil spring fork,Machine tech hubs, Ti spokes, Mavic 517 rims,XTR 9 speed shifting, XTR V-brakes, Easton carbon low rise bars, Race Face stem, crankset, seat post and BB. 
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Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Gilroy, CA Date Reviewed: June 19, 1999 Strengths: Well, its smooth Weaknesses: As an engineer, the frame tends to have a weakness near the main elbow joint when i computer modeled it and simulated it. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: tested or demo'ed only Similar Products Used: Trek Y-550 Bike Setup: stock
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Phat-Daddy
a Cross-Country Rider
from Boston Date Reviewed: May 26, 1999 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Bow Ridge/Lynn Woods Duration Product Used: tested or demo'ed only
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Bruce Jacobs
a Cross-Country Rider
from Boonton, NJ Date Reviewed: April 4, 1999 Strengths: Absolutely the safest Sfooted bike you can ride. Climbs like a goat. Easy to maintain. Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Mahlon Dickerson Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: Other full suspension, all were good, this was better. Bike Setup: All XTR, X-Vert, Stratos Expert, Crossland wheels, and very fat tires
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jim hardy
a racer
from bayshore ny Date Reviewed: September 25, 1998 Bottom Line:
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Steve
from Croton-on-Hudson,N.Y. Date Reviewed: September 9, 1998 Bottom Line:
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matt post
a cross-country rider
from ramona california Date Reviewed: August 30, 1998 Bottom Line:
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Tim Monk
a cross-country rider
from Bellevue,Washington,USA Date Reviewed: August 23, 1998 Bottom Line:
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Tim Gill`
a racer
from San Diego, CA USA Date Reviewed: July 21, 1998 Bottom Line:
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Truth Rider
a cross-country rider
from Hawaii Date Reviewed: June 24, 1998 Bottom Line:
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Paco
a cross-country rider
from San Diego, CA Date Reviewed: May 27, 1998 Bottom Line:
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fuzzy
a racer
from pennsylvania Date Reviewed: February 23, 1998 Bottom Line:
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Leonard
a cross-country rider
from Austin Date Reviewed: December 17, 1997 Bottom Line:
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