Submitted by
Yuri Krylov
a Cross Country Rider
from Raanana, Israel Date Reviewed: March 8, 2007
Favorite Trail:
XC+
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$1775.00
Purchased At:
Israel
Strengths:
Exelent frame, no bobbing, Fox shocks work grate. Looks good. Low price for this kind of bike.
Weaknesses:
Heavy tires (changed to Kenda Nevegal) Seat changed to WTB-Speed
Similar Products Used:
Merida Matts Special Edition Merida Kalahari 590 Mongoose
Bottom Line:
Very good !!!
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Submitted by
TLYMTB
a Cross Country Rider
from Athens, GA. USA Date Reviewed: September 6, 2006
Favorite Trail:
All of them
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At:
ebay
Strengths:
Great suspension design, pretty light weight, looks cool.
Weaknesses:
Other than the same thing I have found with really all full suspension bikes (sometimes slight play and maybe a little creaking here and there in the linkage that needs a little tweaking from time to time) none.
Similar Products Used:
Old LTS design, various other i-drives (team, 1.0, 2.0, id-5 1.0)
I have always liked the i-drive design, it soaks up most everything, pedals very well, and rides like a champ up and downhill. My previous light weight bike (still have it) is an i-drive team which is lighter but not as stiff as the new design is under power. The id-4 is actually more of a trailbike than a pure x-country race bike, but I have raced it twice and it rocks! Bottom line this bike is awesome, climbs like a goat, pedals like a champ, very predictable handling in all situations, not a downhill bike but rocks on the way down too. I bought just the frame off of ebay and built it to my liking so it is not gt's package.
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