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Submitted by
Bryan Brooks
a Weekend Warrior
from Simi Valley
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | FLUME | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$3200.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Source Irvine | | Strengths: | Plush, Stiff, Durable, Easily maintained, low stand-over height, mono frame, grease ports, square rear triangle tubing. Built much like Ellsworth truth or Turner but into a mono frame design. | | Weaknesses: | Limited travel versatility 3.5", but great if your not looking for more. Best run with air shock. | | Similar Products Used: | Fisher, GT, Trek | | Bike Setup: | XTR / RACE FACE / Marzocchi / Stratos | | Bottom Line: | This is a great x-country, all around trail bike. I have taken this bike over all kinds of terrain, from ski lift downhill courses to x-country races. I built my Lg CXS to around 27.5lb. This thing has handled everything that I can throw at it. This bike is a great choice for someone who wants a high-end custom mono frame design with a four bar linkage system. Also the guys at Mtn Cycle are always there when I have tech questions. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
justin
a Racer
from cincinnati
Date Reviewed: August 30, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
otter creek kentucky | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
fairly light,stiff,plush,easy to maintain,cool looks | | Weaknesses: |
bobs under heavy pedaling,price but i bought mine used so it was ok | | Similar Products Used: |
kona sex too, ibis sazbo | | Bike Setup: |
manitou sx ti, risse astro five shock | | Bottom Line: | great bike for cross country racing, i will never go back to a hardtail | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fritz
a Cross-Country Rider
from Carrboro, NC
Date Reviewed: August 6, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Dunn Road, Raleigh | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Very Smooth
Easy to maintenance | | Weaknesses: |
Frame cracks
Slow warranty dept.
1 Year warranty
Frame cracks from cross country riding, any real thrashing and you take your life into hands.
Rear bobs a lot under heavy pedaling.
Frame cracked three times in less than a year.
It takes the warranty dept. at least a month to get you new frame | | Similar Products Used: |
Ellsworth Truth | | Bike Setup: |
'98 Marzocchi Z2 Atom-Bomb, '98 White Bros. SC 90 AT and '97 Judy C long travel.
Race Face Cranks, XT Components. | | Bottom Line: | I liked the bike initially, but it let me down to many times in just less than a years time of owning it. In that year I was without it at least three months for the warranty work, a month for each time the frame cracked. The only other product I have had this much trouble with is my White Bros. SC 90 Fork, they aren't even as durable as my Judy C were. I am only a 180lb rider and I ride cross country at about 10-20 mph, can't understand why that thing kept breaking. Buy one at your own risk. | Overall Rating: |
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