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Submitted by
Yusuf Patel
a Weekend Warrior
from Gloucester, GLOS, UK
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | from a freind | | Strengths: | Well like they say Steel is Real. This Frame (Rockhoper FS) is silky smooth and due to its stiffnes it go's where you point it. I am actualy using it as a road bike to comute 24 miles a day to work and back home so set up is for this only so do not know what its like off road but what I do know is that it fly's on the Road. | | Weaknesses: | The Ride can be a little bit Bumppy some times but at least I know the bike can handle it and more | | Similar Products Used: | Never used a Similar so cannot compare | | Bike Setup: | 8 speed, shifters XT thumbshifters old skool, XT rear mech, atlus front mech, XT Chainset old skool, V Brakes Avid Dial 5, sadle stem FSA, Saddle Koobi endura, Handle bar stem THOMSON elite with EA 50 Flats, Wheels Mavic rims on Hope 'BIG UNS', Forks rigid Pashley with U.S.E round blades, Tyers Tioga City Slicker Pro. | | Bottom Line: | A Beautiful Retro bike and a Bargain Buy. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
The English Teacher
a Weekend Warrior
from London
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere with more trees than people | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$430.00 | | Strengths: | Excellent Richey Nitanium frame - stiff yet smooth and silky. Forged dropouts. Reasonable component mix here in the UK: LX rear, Deore shifters and FD. Rigid fork is quick steering and pliant enough to reduce numb-hand syndrome.
Comes with SPD's -515's are okay to start with. Will bin them later when crankset is upgraded.
| | Weaknesses: | Flexy in-house crankarms - bin them and fit something else. I'll put a set of Shimano XT Hollowtechs on in the summer.
| | Similar Products Used: | Bridgestone MB6 back in the old days in the old country. Heavy steel-framed wonder, still cruising with Araya rims and Ritchey tyres after 11 years of thorny abuse in Africa. | | Bike Setup: | Easton Monkey Bar (after-market fit)
Standard stuff:
Deore shifters and front der.
LX rear der.
Mavic X139 rims. Specialized tyres
Specialized Body Geometry saddle, alloy seatpost.
| | Bottom Line: | Lovely piece of real steel machinery. Those of you who have forgotten the ride of a steel frame - take notice: They won't be around for this price next year. Rigid fork is fine now, ripe for an upgrade near the end of the year when all 2001 shocks remain unsold because of the Great Pestilence.
It's a simple bike which can be upgraded over time with good components - the Ritchey Nitanium frame is slim and repairable - good news for the expeditioners out there.
Who'd buy this? Anyone looking for the purest mountain biking experience since Fisher and Breeze bombed down Mt Tamalpais. It's what we all want but sometimes don't know it. It's rigid, it's steel. North Shore freaks wil ride it and although it's not the most beautiful bike graphically speaking, it doesn't pretend to be something it's not. Like all of us, right?
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