Submitted by
lance_h
a Racer
from Canada Date Reviewed: December 7, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Dirt Merchant
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$3400.00
Strengths:
Cornering, jumping, dropping.
Weaknesses:
Speeds above 50km/h, smacks bash guard on everything.
Bike Setup:
Avid Code brakes, Mavic ex823 rims on chris king hubs, Sram XO derailer, Sram PG-990 cassette, Sram PC-991 hollow link chain, Easton flatboy pedals, Thompson seatpost, Maxxis minion DHF tires, Fox DHX 4.0 shock, Rock Shox domain 318 fork, Race Face evolve DH cranks and stem.
Bottom Line:
Awsome bike if you are looking to ride alot of jump trails. Best cornering medium travel bike I have ridden. If you are willign to spend some money and lighten this bike up it is radiculous on Dj's.
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Submitted by
Jim
a Downhiller
from Montreal, Canada Date Reviewed: October 26, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Bromont, 22+9
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Strengths:
Great shocks, great feel, good center of gravity/handling
Weaknesses:
tires were very bad in the muddy soil
Bike Setup:
stock
Bottom Line:
great bike. I would reccomend it to anyone who likes more slopestyle/bike park than super fast downhill, great for drops and jumps. Jumps just as well as my HT, which is great. It's surprisingly light, too. My friend has a BigHit, and it's about 25% lighter, which is a nice advantage. Since the bike is designed to be small, the center of gravity is very low, giving great stability. However, i was surprised at how the juicy 5's were not great. I run a pair of 3's, and they work much better. Probably because of poor setup, since i rented it. Also, a bit expensive for its value, explaining the 3 chilis for the value/quality.
Great bike! i'm getting the '08 in spring!
Dont buy this bike if you suck. it's not meant for you.
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