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Submitted by
todd perrow
a Weekend Warrior
from australia
Date Reviewed: September 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | rootrail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | winning edge | | Strengths: | theres one thing i can say and that is it is just a pimped out hardtail. | | Weaknesses: | pooey forks on original setup | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | rst delta tl, lx shifters, alivio front & rear mech, stxrc brake levers. | | Bottom Line: |
PIMPED OUT HARDTAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tyler Byrd
a Cross Country Rider
from Youngsville, North Carolina
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | New Light | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Dicks Sporting Goods | | Strengths: | The frame is pretty good,price is great for entry level, and it is good for upgrading. | | Weaknesses: | RST 281 suspension fork is a piece of CRAP, the brakes are some cheap no name brand, and the stem is just plain ugly. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Shimano Deore cranks, 2001 Judy XC fork, Koski bars, Kore Lite Stem, Shimano UN-72 bottem bracket(sealed),thats all i've upgraded. | | Bottom Line: | This bike is fairly good for the money. It is also a fairly good entry level bike. Some of the components are a little too cheap. And the RST suspension fork is the worst, I wouldn't take another RST fork if they were giving it to me. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ERIC
a
from michigan
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | dicks sports | | Strengths: | The Frame, gears not bad but need tuning very often | | Weaknesses: | pedals plastic, rims, handle bars, oversize seat post(very hard to find correct shims) | | Bike Setup: | raised steel handle bars for strength, vuelta airline rims,
tranz supension post, velo plush seat anantomical, schwinn computer, bmx stlye platform cage pedals, | | Bottom Line: | A good bike path bike without adding anything to it, will cost around another 150.00 to get into fair trail riding shape, all in all great bike for the price | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
T.J.
a Cross Country Rider
from Northern, Illinois
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Kettle-Moraine | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$335.00 | | Strengths: | Cost,Decent frame(7005Alum) and low weight. | | Weaknesses: | Crappy component's: rst281 fork,alivio and acera deraillier's... | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose dx 3.5,R.S.JudyXC fork,Kore-lite bar& Stem,Wtb SST saddle. | | Bottom Line: | Over all this is a pretty decent bike for the $335 I paid for it.I wouldn't advise it for anyone who does anything
harder then occasional XC, or trail riding... This bike
has an excellent frame with decent weld's and a very hefty
"gusset",located between the "head tube and down tube." I also
like that the frame shares the same shape and geometry as
some of the "Mongoose" high-end titanium models. In my case
this bike wasn't to bad of a deal as I had alot of spare-part's collecting dust in my garage i.e.,Judy xc,Kore bar, stem, etc. I wouldn't suggest this bike in it's "stock
factory" set-up for any intense hammering! the rst381 fork
is just about the worst fork I've ever used(Fork YES!Suspension NO,NO,NO!)The Alivio, 8spd,r-deraillier is passable as a general use and lite XC use deraillier, but
the Acera,f-deraillier is almost a joke, no matter how you
tweak-it, this front deraillier never stop's making noise
and doing it's "chain-rub" routine. The stock headset on this bike(Tioga Alchemy)is pretty good, but most everything els
on this bike is meant to be upgraded...If you want a good basic XC, or Trail bike and have some decent part's laying around this is a great bike as it can be upgraded, but if hammered on too hard with it's "stock factory" set-up you might be leaving part's all over the trail!I would like to give it ^^^^^FIVE^^^^^Flamin'Jalapenos for it's very good frame though
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Submitted by
Tristan
a Weekend Warrior
from Pittsburgh, PA
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Great Price, good derailers and fork. | | Bottom Line: | Good bike for the price. Sweet fork and oversized rear casette for easy uphills. 4 flaming turds for me! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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