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Submitted by
Nick Bentzen
a
from Halifax NS
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | Purchased used from local rider with rear hub and 729 | | Strengths: | Looks good, ultra burly, for how big a bike it is it feels easy to handle.
Pedals ok without platform, pedals extremely well with platform. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy
Cable routing with SRAM derailers is difficult
High leverage ratio
Needs a a platform shock to pedal well | | Similar Products Used: | 2001 Marin Wildcat trail
2003 Norco Atomik | | Bike Setup: | Pushed Vanilla RC, Super T 170mm, Hayes, Hadley, Mavic, SRAM, e13 | | Bottom Line: | Awesome machine. Not a bad climber for what it is, this bike won't slow you down as much as you think when the trail gets flat or uphill. Obviously, it's still a 45 lb DH/FR machine, but the rider position is quite good for pedaling.
The push tuned shock makes a BIG difference in pedalling efficiency, it pedals on par with big FSR bikes. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom Kramer
a Downhiller
from Radnor
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Plattekill, NY | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Loads of Travel. Smooth Travle. Maintenence FREE. Adjustable Wheelbase, Head andge and BB height. Can Gazalodi jr. 2.6 tire, or Intense 2.7 with a little knob trimmming. Can accomidate 24" wheels. THE PRICE IS RIGHT!
Replaceable derailleur hanger/dropout built into design. | | Weaknesses: | ??? Well, it's not a linkage bike, like an Intense, but then again it doesn't have the problems associated with linkage bikes-such as bearings wearing out, derailluer slapping on chainstay, Non-replaceable hanger. And it's half the price. | | Similar Products Used: | Foes Weasel. Intense M1. | | Bike Setup: | Hannebrink Fork. DMAX wheels. Gustav Brakes | | Bottom Line: | There are two bikes that stand out when I go to DH races: M1 and Super 8. The M1 is an awesome bike but expensive as hell - twice the price for the frame alone. The Super 8 works great and needs little maintenece and is HALF the price of an Intense. I owned an Intese but had to fix it more than I cared to. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bryan whitney
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara
Date Reviewed: October 9, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
tunl | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
great feal gobs of travel,ajustable,strong
I jumped 17 stairs with it and nothing hapend. fast burly frame geomitry | | Weaknesses: |
cant put a verie wide rr rim in back 2.35 tire max | | Similar Products Used: |
marin B-17 (snaped in half) but pretty nice | | Bike Setup: |
RST XXL fok mrp W/xtr cranks hayes front and rr disk brakes azonic stem and handl bar big boy seat suv rr rim and mamoth front rim king hedset fox vanila RX rear shock | | Bottom Line: | great bike go get one if you want a great down hill machine. | | Overall Rating: |
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