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Submitted by
Loafing The Donkey
a Weekend Warrior
from Memphis, TN
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | shelby farms | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Yard Sale | | Strengths: | Appearance..Bike looks like it cost much more..Frame is well built, and can take a lot of punishment..when this bike first was released,it was a decent choice for full suspension MT Bike hauling..and even USED, unless it's totally trashed out, it's still a fairly decent buy,years after it's release.. | | Weaknesses: | Many..basic set up-is crap. low budget fare like bad derailers, (front & back ) spongy tires, that gets flats real easy..So so brakes,and pads, black steel rims, which after awhile, wear the paint off the side of the rims, Very HEAVY FRAME..crappy and very uncomfortable seat, with a lead pipe for a seat post..shifting at times, is hit and miss..when it works, not bad..when it screws up, your crotch takes a whipping ,as it either slams down on the seat, or on to the frame below..ouch ! | | Similar Products Used: | Schwinn's and slightly higher priced Raleighs and Treks.. | | Bike Setup: | basic D40R set up..with Ballastic 105 front shock, and the rest of the sub average Mongoose offerings.. | | Bottom Line: | Not a bad bike..actually, and I bought it some years ago,at a moving sale-for half a 'C' note. Rode it stock for an while, but got tired of adjusting everything..and having my balls racked on the seat,or frame,when flying down some brutal trail..Finally took it outta the attic, a few weks ago, as my schwinn got trashed, and my Trek got stolen by some low life..Forgot how heavy it was...So have decided to swap parts off my Schwinn,and purchase other items..and replace the hubs, rims, tires, seat and post, crank and derailers..and add a front and back light..as it'll double as my around midtown Memphis bike,until I can buy a newer ultra light bike..either road or Mountain..also wanna replace the Ballastic with a rock shok judy,or similar front show..My D40R is that weird canary yellow with red MGoose decals..Once it has been upgraded and you slash 5-10 pounds or more off it, it becomes a pretty decent bike..as of late,I've seen several other D40R's, been retro fitted with decent upgrades..and they become pretty decent pre 1999 bikes..and you can really beat the heck outta 'em..and they hold up well..unlike a lot of the newer high price Mt.Bikes, which are basically all yak and no shak.. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
PA_rider
a
from Dickerson Run, PA
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | Wal-Mart | | Strengths: | It rode very nice and the frame never gave me problems, and I never had problems with front shocks | | Weaknesses: | Derailurs were a big time problem, I was riding very fast on a straight street rode and the front and rear derailurs broke and the cable broke as well i end up doing a frontflip over my hand bars and tacoing my front rim and breaking my front brakes | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | Right now im not riding this bike im working on striping it and replacing every part except the frame, looking at a single or double ring crank... If you buy this bike then I would def. look into upgrading to something better | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kevin p
a Downhiller
from brownfield
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | rough mountain trails | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$149.00 | | Purchased At: | walmart | | Strengths: | Braking(works to well just got thrown over the handle bars)
back suspension
nice sturdy frame the bike treds | | Weaknesses: | derailers
way it was assembled but i just had a guy at the bike shop redo everything | | Similar Products Used: | the crapie next also sold at walmart
a few GT's and raleighs | | Bike Setup: | ok shox in the front( ihave the red d40) teh shox are a lot better than the yellow ones
21 speeds
finger shifts not grip shifts | | Bottom Line: | I love it it's alot better thatn the huffy i had before
has to be repaired sometimes like any bike
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
michael
a Weekend Warrior
from ozark
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | dirt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$199.00 | | Purchased At: | wal-mart | | Strengths: | good brakes,like the way it looks the ride is good | | Weaknesses: | chain falls off, weak rims, shifts bad, tire loses air. | | Bike Setup: | set up was no good, | | Bottom Line: | the bike is sorry.the first bump i hit the rim bent.riding it the chain falls off.i only had the bike a week and all these things happend.wal-mart put it together and the pedal fell off.the shifter fell off, the back shocks make a loud sound and some times it gets stuck. we had to tighting the nuts and bolts on the whole bike.the bike sucks | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
resar
a Downhiller
from Morganton, NC
Date Reviewed: November 15, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Cheap
Looks expensive
Strong frame | | Weaknesses: |
HEAVY
Major crappy front shocks
Cheap compn'ts | | Similar Products Used: |
Schwinn's
Giant Warp | | Bike Setup: |
basic Wal-Mart setup | | Bottom Line: | Great bike to mess around flat easy trails but don't take it on rough stuff if you weigh more than it does. Broke Shifter cable, forks. Bent rims and crank. I wish it was just me, but friend had one too. Same deal.... I hope Mongoose chokes on my cash | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nick rhoda
a Weekend Warrior
from susanville ca
Date Reviewed: October 11, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
bizz johnson trail | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
a stong frame, great braking, good shifting,very comfortable to ride. | | Weaknesses: |
gets flat tires easy because of the lack of tread,a little on the heavy side. | | Similar Products Used: |
a magna fugitive and a huffy monolith | | Bike Setup: |
mongoose d40r ballistic front suspension,dnm rear suspension. | | Bottom Line: | a very decent bike for its cheap price! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bob joe
a Weekend Warrior
from tucson
Date Reviewed: June 11, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
down da toilet | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
NOTHING AT ALL!! | | Weaknesses: |
everything. | | Similar Products Used: |
i know of nothing this crappy | | Bike Setup: |
ballistic in front, dmn dv-7 in back | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is this bike sux. i first and though, hey $220, lets what its like,after about 2 days, the real and front derilers couldn't even shift! so i took to my bike repairing place, the dude tells me that it just needs to be adjusted, he adjusts it, and the piece of crap starts to screw the very next day, so i took it back and am now earning up for a quality bike.(this bike deserve no flaming turds or maybe even negetives but i had to give a one) | | Overall Rating: |
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