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Submitted by
DAVID BEN-HAIM
a
from ISRAEL
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$2700.00 | | Purchased At: | rosen-meents | | Strengths: | Very light and incredibly stiff frame.
Excellent "monopivot" design, simple and efficient.
Good stock componets, specially the shock absorbers and wheels. | | Weaknesses: | Bottle place is useless.
Rear brakes cable routing could be better.
Ovation seat post clamp - creeps.
Rear deraileur replaceble hanger - very gentle | | Bike Setup: | 2001 stock except for IRC Mythos tires and Bontrager crowbar
race. | | Bottom Line: | This must be one of the best cross country full suspension
riding machines. I ride with it better than with my old hardtail (MARIN Palisades Trrail) both uphill and downhill.
There is no way back to a hard tail for me.
I recommend buying it, but I must put down a few remarks:
The stock Maxxis Minotaur 380 grams tires are realy exotic light tires for racing only! I recomment to replace them in the store or buy another set for training.
I replaced the light short flat bar handlebar to a 1.5" riser handlebar and I find it much better - it puts you in a better position when going down hill, specially for this bike geometry.
The seat post started creeping after a few months and the guy in the shop recommended greasing it from time to time - it works.
The XT drivetrain works great, but I find it to be less reliable than the heavier LX/Deore staff. I already had to replace: A HG-72 chain XT crank midle chainring.
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Submitted by
Doobie
a
from Israel
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2500.00 | | Purchased At: | rozen & mintz | | Strengths: | very strong, comfortable for long rides, don't lose much power going uphills | | Weaknesses: | left foot hits rear break cable, bad balance on steep uphills | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz superlite, Specialized stumpjumper comp | | Bike Setup: | manitou sx-r, IRC mythosxc tires, the rest is marin setup | | Bottom Line: | I was looking for a machine I could use hard and not brake my bones on the trak, not too expancivea bike that wouold serve me as much as possible with me having to serve it as little as possible.
strong, comfortable, fast..... looks good | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim Douglas
a Racer
from Squamish, BC
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Crouching Squirrel, Hidden Monkey | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Incredible stiffness, action & handling. sells with DT-Swiss Disc ready hubs | | Weaknesses: | Comes with flat-bars and wimpy Maxxis tires. Marin's paint job still does not handle day to day riding. | | Similar Products Used: | Gary Fisher Sugar2, Kona Stinky-Delux, Specialized FSR-XC | | Bike Setup: | Aluminum monocoque frame, single pivot 3.5" suspension using a Fox Float R, Manitou Mars Elite, Avid Single-Digit, WTB Saddle, Switched the Ovation straight bar for a Easton E70 1.5" riser bar (ahh perfect) and the Maxxis tires for Super-Heats (best tire around). | | Bottom Line: | I have'nt been this stoked about riding a bike since I was a kid in the early 80's riding the trails me, my brother & buddies started building behind my parent's home on Mt Seymour. I grin as soon as I mount up. The bike has taken my racing into a whole different space. I scream this year.
The bike is super stiff and handles everything I've thrown at it. Gotta go ride again, bye. Don't think the Mt Vision Pro is worth the extra loot just for carbon-fiber bars and seatpost. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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