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Submitted by
Joshua Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from Canberra, Australia
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Mountain Bike Nationals at Isaccs Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | This Bike is SO Great! It's Head tube and overall frame strength are tatally awesome. It's really light, even for a hardtail it fares well. Compatibility with triple clamps makes it an awesome downhill machine. Frame geometry fells quick but not sketchy in handling. Wonderful! | | Weaknesses: | The rear swing arm might be a little fragile, It was broken by the previous owner but this was uinder very odd circumstances. He jumped off a jump only 3" high! Must have broken it by landing in a VERY strange way. Otherwise the frame Is awesome! | | Similar Products Used: | 2000 Warp Ds-1 (not in the same league but fells similar) | | Bike Setup: | XT groupset
Rst triple calmp forks
Some bloody huge riser bar and short stem. | | Bottom Line: | Tatally awesome ride. The rear shock is a little hard with a 850 spring (I weigh 85kg) and couldn't take full advantage of the compression damping. Otherwise an awesome bike at the right price! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Downhiller
from Switzerland
Date Reviewed: January 1, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: |
Les gets | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Disc brakes: hydraulic!
XT gears.
Looks great
Great suspension. | | Weaknesses: |
Weight | | Similar Products Used: |
Scott boulder | | Bike Setup: |
It has a rock shocks xlc. Which has 100mm of travel. | | Bottom Line: | For the first few times i have used this bike it has been like riding a armchair. The suspensions are fantas. However i am very light - only 55 kilos so i might not be totally right there. It is a perfect downhill and cross country bike . I intend in doing some competitions next summer. I will definatley give it the maximum. Happy new year. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
HsSon
a Weekend Warrior
from Germany
Date Reviewed: January 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Hardcore manufacturing, this bike won`t let you down, maybe the components if cheap... | | Weaknesses: |
The weight of the frame is a lil' more than three kilos, so be alarmed about the weight of the rest... | | Similar Products Used: |
Scott Vertigo Pro
Cannondale
Hot Chili X-Rage | | Bike Setup: |
F-S : Marzocchi Z1 Bam
Syncros-parts for steering and sitting.
The rest belongs completely to shimanos XT-group, the best in long endurance and quality, and not as expensive as XTR (who needs that at all). | | Bottom Line: | Superb handling in every situation that a biker could face, the best compromise of an allround-bike. Ride free, go cross-country, go downhill, everything is possible with this bike !
If you wanna be fast uphill, spent some intention (and some money) on the weight of the parts, that's it (maybe looking for some parts from Tune...excellent) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil Ball
a Downhiller
from Shrewsbury (UK)
Date Reviewed: August 19, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
The Wrekin | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
The brakes
the easy set up, and low maintanence design.
The way the suspension works. | | Weaknesses: |
Heavy | | Similar Products Used: |
Specialized
GT | | Bike Setup: |
Completely stock set up at the moment, harden the rebound control for climbing, and road use, soften for off road and fast downhill, and medium for heavy jumping and big hit downhills. | | Bottom Line: | The bike is great at handling, and seems better suited to downhill because of weight.
Out of the box it makes a superb bike, but if you want to go up as well as down youll need to lose some weight off it. the small and medium bikes only come with 80mm of front travel, and the components are a little cheapened to make way for the disc brakes. The best handling freeride bike youll find off the peg. Could be improved with reduced weight or more hardcore components (NOT LX!) hence 4 stars
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