|
|
|
| |
Submitted by
REEK
a Weekend Warrior
from Bmore
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Pawn shop | | Strengths: | Great suspension action, nice to look at. | | Weaknesses: | hard to find parts, will the frame break? | | Similar Products Used: | 4 banger, pull shock straight 8 | | Bike Setup: | 2001 model, White Bros FR1.5, XT drive train, hayes hydros, fox Vanilla R trunion shock | | Bottom Line: | This is the bike to buy! If you can find a nice clean used bike, buy it. I found mine abandoned at a local Pawn shop. What jack@ss would do that to a straight six? It's identical to the 4 banger except the paint and shock. PITA trying to find a decent rear shock. Sweet ride. I'm riding the bike without any stable platform/PUSHed shock and it still pedals nicely with not much bob.
The pedals kick back when you compress the rear suspension standing still. I'm guessing that's why when I crank down on the pedals uphill, the suspension seems to bite into the hill, like a high single pivot design. Anyway, you don't actually feel the kick back when riding though (a little in granny gear combo).
I'll be sad when/if the frame dies. Until the, I'm going to keep rebuilding the bearings/shock to keep the dream alive! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris mcintyre
a Downhiller
from cotati
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | zig zag | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$3000.00 | | Purchased At: | The Hub Cyclery of Cotati | | Strengths: | Great ride quality. Bike comes equiped with great parts. They did not scimp on any corner of the bike. Light weight. Multi link lawelle design suspension. Sealed bearing pivots. hayes disc. 32 lbs. fits me and i am 6'5". yellow. | | Weaknesses: | brake jack. | | Similar Products Used: | kona, specialized, gt, and santa cruiz. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 strieght six frame, XTR rear der, XT front der, XT hallow teck cranks with XT splined BB. Marzochi Z1 MCR front shock.Fox shock rear adjustible. cane creak seales H-set, Race Face DH stem and answere monkey bars. Hays hydrolic disc brakes. WTB laser disc DH rims and DT Onyx sealed hubs. XT cass. WTB moto rapter 2.4 Inner peice tires. Shim DX pedals. XT chain. Thompson seat post, WTB laser-V saddle.Clamp grips and LX rapid fire shifters. | | Bottom Line: | The bike bombs down hill and is also a GREAT up hill climber with NO NO bob at all what ever so help me god. The only problem is the brake jack which is barrely noticable. Great Free Ride bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mr. evil
a downhiller
from new york
Date Reviewed: June 11, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I received my strait 6 in late april which was a month late. Then I rode it and realized that SOME good things are worth waiting for. I had raced junior beginner the year before and had been doing well (1st,1 dnf, and a 2nd which is I got cought behind someone halfway down the course and couldn't pass untill the finishline). At my first sport race i didn't know how i would do. My rear shock had blown the day before and i was hung over. I coasted over half the course on still managed to place 1st by almost 30 seconds. I work at a shop and that is why i got this bike. If you can get your hands on one, DO!!! The bike kicks more ass then jackie chan and arnold put together and eats bumps like a CR125. It really does put all other DH rigs to shame | | Overall Rating: |
| |
|
Photo Caption Contest
(sponsored by Maxxis)
|
Enter here
|
|
|
$
