Submitted by
Jonathan Wee
a Weekend Warrior
from Perth, WA, Australia Date Reviewed: January 27, 2004
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$16.00
Purchased At:
A$34 (discounted) A$56.95 (normal price) at HiWay Cycles
Strengths:
- Stiff. - Resonably light but light for a metal booster. - Good range of colours (I got the SID Blue one). - Mounting hardware included. - Tyre clearance better than a carbon fibre one that was next to this but it had on mounting hardware.
Weaknesses:
- Abit pricy if it wasn' discounted. - No instructions on the packaging.
Bottom Line:
- Stiff and sexy like functional bike porn should be. Salsa's Arc-de-tri-omp petty cool and similar price
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Submitted by
Krzysztof Bernady
a Cross Country Rider
from Warsaw, Poland Date Reviewed: May 27, 2003
Favorite Trail:
mountain
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$35.00
Purchased At:
local bike shop
Strengths:
stiffness, look
Weaknesses:
price (should be somewhat lower - currency ratio was not good for USD at the time)
Similar Products Used:
Tektro
Bike Setup:
Refitted Giant Boulder
Bottom Line:
Every booster bends unfortunately (especially with Avid arches), but this one gives substantial improvement over plain Tektro. Finally I cannot fully squeeze rear brake lever and it yields in brake reliability.
Beacause of price I'd recommend Roox only on rear brake - fork is usually stiff enough - so add overweight only where it's necessary
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