Submitted by
J C
a Racer
from Denver Date Reviewed: May 30, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Tsali
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$3000.00
Purchased At:
ebay
Strengths:
Oh yea can you say fast and comfortable. This thing is unbelivable.
Weaknesses:
None at all. That is until they can make a full suspension 4 inch travel as light as this one.
Similar Products Used:
Everything, full suspension, hard tail, ect.
Bike Setup:
As light as possible. 18.5 lbs
Bottom Line:
Sweet ride. Very light,comfortable, responsive, easy hanlding, ect. You get the picture. Awsome bike.
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Carbon XTC
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Date Reviewed: October 18, 2006
Favorite Trail:
any
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
LBS
Strengths:
Strong, LOOKS and Light
Weaknesses:
none
Similar Products Used:
Alloy hardtail & Full Suspension
Bike Setup:
standard
Bottom Line:
For the price, Engineered & quality Giant bikes are awesome. The frame feels like a full suspension bike on the hardest setting with the hardtail in the mix for going fast up or down the trails. Giant should make this frame more stiffer without gaining weight and it will be perfect.
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Submitted by
André-Philippe Éthier
a Cross Country Rider
from St-Eustache, Qc, Canada Date Reviewed: November 17, 2005
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Purchased At:
Centre du vélo st eustache
Strengths:
frame, fork, crank, wheels
Weaknesses:
brake levers, grip,
Similar Products Used:
trek carbon
Bike Setup:
stock with geax tires, avid sd sl brake system, xt normal rear derr, crank bros egg beater sl pedals, x cartirdge in the fork
Bottom Line:
Really great bike with a frame that suck up quite every vibrations. The fork is a little heavy but it worth the strength, precise stering and with the terralogic in the fork, this is the absolute efficient bike. Try one if your looking for a stiff hardtail and if your looking for performance.
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Submitted by
Peter Strong
a
from Midland, MI USA Date Reviewed: August 24, 2005
Favorite Trail:
Stony Creek
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
Good component mix. The little touches are nice such as the race face bar and stem, hutchinson tires, and Time pedals. The frame is very stiff when sprinting, but handles well in the rough as the carbon flexes.
Weaknesses:
Its a little short in the top tube. I rode a specialized 17" and now this XTC in 17". I feel a little bunched up on it, but I have a longer than usual torso for someone who rides a 17".
Similar Products Used:
Specialized Stumpjumper
Bike Setup:
Mavic CrossRoc wheelset with tubeless Hutchinson Python tires, Shimano LX Dual Control Levers, Thomson Elite Set Back seatpost, Selle Italia XO saddle, ODI lock on grips, Specialized Elite Classic wireless computer, Shimano XT cassette, Sram PC 69 chain....otherwise its a stock bike.
Bottom Line:
Bottom line is that when Giant makes a carbon bike, they do a good job of it. I have raced their carbon road bike and now their carbon XTC and I love them both. Though I wish that I could have sprung for the XTC 1 with full XTR, this bike is perfect for what I am doing. Took a bad crash today and its still perfect (except for that scratch..go figure).
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Submitted by
Andres Duarte
a Racer
from Guatemala Date Reviewed: April 27, 2005
Favorite Trail:
academia duarte
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$2450.00
Purchased At:
Bicimania
Strengths:
Frame, wow even better than the 99mcm I thing this bike has almos a cm in rear suspension because of the design and material of the rear triangle, How? I dont know, but you will feel it inmediately.
Weaknesses:
None by far,
Similar Products Used:
Giant mcm 99
Bike Setup:
Changed the Front FR80Rl for a Manitou Skareb Platinum 100mm, UFF awesome configuration.
Bottom Line:
Best Bike I´ve ridden.
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