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Submitted by
Charles Hutchings
a Weekend Warrior
from Birmingham, UK
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Birmingham town centre | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Stolen Bike Auction | | Strengths: | Really nice geometry/ rider position. Cool rapid fire gear shifters. Really nice club roost riser bars. Gold in colour. | | Weaknesses: | Canitlever breaks | | Bike Setup: | As purchased from police auction - with SPDs, riser bars, was going to put susp. on the fron forks but couldn't afford it. Did put Michelin road tyres on as I mainly ride through the city and the bike zoomed. | | Bottom Line: | I rode it for 8 years and this has been my favourite bike of all time. Really quick, easy to maintain, a wonderfully golden colour and exactly what I needed. It was stolen two days ago and I don't how I'm going to replace it. I did have 0000 as my lock code though. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brent
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Some defunct cycle shop | | Strengths: | Frame, brakes were decent enough at the time | | Weaknesses: | peddles, all the acera stuff (changes gears randomly), taco-ed a few rims | | Bike Setup: | stock, except for the peddles (got some metal ones) | | Bottom Line: | I have abused this bike hard for over 7 years, and I still ride it to all my classes at UBC. Definetly worth the money paid. I got hit by a car a few months back, 1500 dollars damage to the minivan, but after the wooziness went away from my head I rode my bike home. Excellent frame. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
derek
a Weekend Warrior
from Ft Mac, Alberta Canada
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | local shop in canada (price in canadian funds) | | Strengths: | great bike, i've had it over 5 years(pretty good concidering the bike before it lasted me 3 months) | | Weaknesses: | my buddies all got suspention forks on their bikes for around the same $$ | | Similar Products Used: | bonellie, GT | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | awasome bike, i was really hard on it but i also maintained it well. great entry level bike well built for the price. I am 6'2" and 230 and i have never held back on it i have done irreperable damage to many simmilarily priced bikes frames ect. in a short time span but my kona has stood up against everything i have dished out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jeff
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from Montreal
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Frame, brakes are awesome, everything else is pretty decent | | Weaknesses: | Wheels, pedals | | Similar Products Used: | lava dome, kula, munimula | | Bike Setup: | 5 inch Marzocchi Z1, lx crankset, rhyno lite w/ deore hub, specialized tires, new riser, seat, stock shifters, leavers, brakes and drive train ('cept the crankset) | | Bottom Line: | This was an awesome bike to start off with. The stock bike was fine for what i was doing. A few things started to break and bend when i started to ride a bit more, but if you start to ride a bit rougher, just upgrade the parts that break. Great frame to build-up around. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen Hulley
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: May 18, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Moors near my house | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | J. E. James | | Strengths: | Takes a lot of knocks, great value, 100% student machine, came with some cheap Tektro v-brakes but damn were they good. | | Weaknesses: | Some truly awful components, once the RST 280 forks we replaced with RockShox XC's bike seemed to halve in weight, left crank broke within a few months. | | Similar Products Used: | GT Palomar | | Bike Setup: | RockShox XC, Deore gears, DMR V12's, general cross country setup | | Bottom Line: | This was my first proper mountain bike and the price was the main thing that caught my eye. All my mates did DH but I soon found myself XC'ing. Switched necessary components to XC setup and it's been great. Components were terrible though, soon set out on new life ambition of removing all Acera I could find. Just the crankset to go now (my LBS replaced broken crank with some DOTEK thing which is just as bad).
Overall though - I never looked back after demanding this bike for Christmas many moons ago. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Cross Country Rider
from Virginia
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | BioCycles | | Strengths: | Low price, stout frame. I've done all sorts of falls, spills, crashes, etc. and this bike has never asked for anything in return other than a quick spray with the hose. | | Weaknesses: | The front fork (RST) absolutely sucks butt. Acera component mix has really sketchy shifting in all situations. Heavy for a hardtail. | | Similar Products Used: | Bianchi Ocelot. Just bought a Trek Fuel 98 and love it. | | Bike Setup: | Still stock as day one, save for new tires. | | Bottom Line: | Good first bike to take in the woods, bang it around, and learn what you're doing before you hop on something of more value. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave I
a Cross Country Rider
from Ottawa
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$550.00 | | Purchased At: | Victoria | | Strengths: | responsive
durable
light | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized HardRock | | Bike Setup: | stx front and rear, rapid fire shifters, mag21 suspension, wellgo clipless pedals | | Bottom Line: | I've had the bike 3 years and have no regrets. Like it way better than the Specialized I had before it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jes Gagnon
a Weekend Warrior
from Prince George, B.C., Canada
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Greenway | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Good frame, pretty good components for a first bk,o.k. fork(if you don't take off the boots),good frame for upgrading. | | Weaknesses: | problems with back deraillueirs | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | original setup | | Bottom Line: | good tuff bike for a first bike, and upgrading | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
balir paten
a Racer
from scotland
Date Reviewed: September 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
any | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
a good strong bike for enything | | Weaknesses: |
components | | Similar Products Used: |
trek 4000 | | Bike Setup: |
z1drop offs | | Bottom Line: | a great bike for me to use best to upgrade the suspension and components | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Simon Tschernomor
a Weekend Warrior
from montreal,quebec
Date Reviewed: August 26, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
all the ones at mount royal | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Strong Frame
Superplushfork
Great components | | Weaknesses: |
all the stuff that was on the bike when i first got it. | | Similar Products Used: |
Kona nunu
Kona kula
Giant atx
Kona Lavadome | | Bike Setup: |
kona hahanna,Marzocchi junior t 5inches,xt bike,mavic222,azonicshorty stem! | | Bottom Line: | If you upgrade the bike like i did the bike will kick suck ASS! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Andrews
a Cross-Country Rider
from Bedford
Date Reviewed: July 21, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Woburn Sands | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Nice plush fork
pretty solid frame
good 1st mtb | | Weaknesses: |
a bit heavy with the cromoly frame | | Similar Products Used: |
Specialized Rockhopper
GT Arrowhead | | Bike Setup: |
Acera G-set
RST fork | | Bottom Line: | Great for first time buyers who want to be able to race, jump or whatever. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ludde
a Weekend Warrior
from Stockholm
Date Reviewed: June 25, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
For me it was a really good bike for a nice price | | Weaknesses: |
Maybe that the front shock is a little bit hard to adjust | | Bike Setup: |
RST280
STX rear gear | | Bottom Line: | A really cool bike!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MoJo
a Cross-Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: June 10, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Don Valley | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
look above | | Weaknesses: |
the Acera-X group reeealllly sucks | | Bottom Line: | I think the headset sucks too, but I love the bike. Best rigid i've tried
I like the Project Two fork too. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MoJo
a Cross-Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: May 3, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
toronto has no good ones | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
It is pretty light, and has nice handling and frame geometry. | | Weaknesses: |
Not that light, cromo is heavy, really bad comps | | Similar Products Used: |
Specialized Hardrock, Marin Nail Trail | | Bike Setup: |
Acera - X components
Kona Scratch and Sniff tires | | Bottom Line: | I think this bike is pretty good. Give it Vee-brakes and it will kick. A suspension fork would be nice too, and maybe stx grouppo
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