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Submitted by
Brooks Thompson
a Downhiller
from Portland, Oregon
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | ski bowl | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$3100.00 | | Purchased At: | Fat Tire Farm | | Strengths: | A lot of travel. Strong frame and fork. Soakes up all drops. You can haul @ss and run ower basketball size rocks.Very good weight distribution. Like 50/50 | | Weaknesses: | Rear linkage has side to side flex but that is all. It dosent really matter. | | Similar Products Used: | Karpiel Disco Valanta | | Bike Setup: | Marzocchie Schiver, Fox Float RC, | | Bottom Line: | THis bike is sweet and you feel very comfortable riding it.The back and front are weighed very similar. It feels like it has endless travel. You should buy the bike if you like to do downhill racing and fun drop rides on the weekends. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark Horacek
a Cross Country Rider
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | single track | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$4000.00 | | Purchased At: | Imported | | Strengths: | Its a RM9. You do daft things on it that no one could pay you to do on another bike. | | Weaknesses: | Its very very heavy. When I switch to my lightweight Vertex I feel sudden superhuman strength | | Similar Products Used: | Giant, Vertex, Scott | | Bike Setup: | 2.8" Michellin tyres, 8" Hayes Rotors, Tioga DH rims, Tioga DH riser bars, MRP crank/BB chain guide, 9.0SL Sram rear mech, triple clamp shivers | | Bottom Line: | Its a huge red double-decker bus when you shove it over the edge of a cliff that stops in seconds with the help of massive disc brakes. Check it out on Ebay now (item# 1813441371) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
butch greene
a Downhiller
from asheville, NC USA
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Wayehuta | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$4600.00 | | Purchased At: | Pro Bikes | | Strengths: | Pedals awesome, perfectly progressive suspension setup/ super stiff front triangle! | | Weaknesses: | I can't afford to keep it. | | Similar Products Used: | Intense M-1, Specialized S-Works DH | | Bike Setup: | stock from the factory | | Bottom Line: | An awesome race bike or drop bike. brutally tough but lighter than you might think. The faster you go, the smoother it gets!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Byrne
a Downhiller
from Canberra
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Blue Range | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$9790.00 | | Purchased At: | Mal-adjuster | | Strengths: | All round awesome free-ride machine. | | Weaknesses: | It makes a poor back scratcher | | Similar Products Used: | Giant ATX2 | | Bike Setup: | BOXXERs. XTR comp. FOX vanilla rear | | Bottom Line: | This chese needs meltin! take it for a slog, you'll thank me later | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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