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Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1550.00 | | Purchased At: | Redbike | | Strengths: | The Mantra is a sweet bike. It climbs like a hardtail, has 7 plush inches of rear wheel travel, and looks absolutely amazing! The drivetrain is great, but you'll need upgrades to at least full XT if you ride like a crazy arsehole. The best thing is the paint. These things look and feel like you have polished them with a diaper. | | Weaknesses: | The Bontrager stock wheels die after about a season. I only weigh 145 lbs. and they had the crap beat out of them after about 4 weeks. Without truing/tensioning them, they will turn from sexy radial wheels into fugly peices of garbage in no time. Also, the cranks, bar, and seatpost are a kind of grey anodized aluminum (all made by ICON), and the finish seems to come off of them easily, making them shiny and department-store-looking . The Bontrager tires (semi-slicks) are pieces of arse. Oh yeah, the Manitou SX works okay, but it has queeeeeeeer disc brake mounts. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothin can compare to Klein's unique frames. | | Bike Setup: | Stock, except for Avid Mechanical Discs, and SUN MODO Wheels. | | Bottom Line: | Great buy if you're not a pro racer, but still looking for a high quality, well-priced bike. Also, if you're looking for a starter level freeride machine, a smaller frame with a long travel marzocchi fork and a riser bar will do the trick. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Springfield,MO
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Chadwick | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1433.00 | | Purchased At: | Topeka Ks | | Strengths: | climbing, cornering, rough terrain handling ability, ballance, style, being the only guy with the klein | | Weaknesses: | it is heavy if you are a small guy, 160 lbs or smaller. People say that it dosent climb well. i think it climbs great. | | Similar Products Used: | FSR S-WORKS M4, Cannondale V400, Jeckell 800 | | Bike Setup: | LX shifters XT front XTR Rear LX Hollowtech cranks Monkey lite bar S-WORKS 120mm stem SID 100 Thompson post Ringle sun RPM Lite w/ Hutchson Python Lite S-WORKS Ti clipless | | Bottom Line: | This was my first real bike. I wore every thing out( the drive train). I replaced everything else with Lite stuff. Im a big rider, well for cross cuntry 225lbs. This bike is 27lbs 7oz, with LX hollowtech cranks, a Monkey Lite bar, and Ringle Sun RPM Lite wheel, and a SID 100. It will and go over and through anything. It has at least 12" of bottom bracket clearnce. I ride more through the roots and rocks, than I go arround them. I kind of punish the bike arround the trail. It forgives me everytime, its like instant ability. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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