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Submitted by
Falldownboy
a Weekend Warrior
from BC
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | not up | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Used | | Strengths: | Bought it used last year and LOVE it. 36lbs of full-bounce fun.
Love the MAX backbone frame.
Great balance. | | Weaknesses: | Kinda heavy (now at 36 lbs)
Not enough tire clearance in the rear
Travel not even CLOSE to what was advertised. | | Similar Products Used: | '00 FSR, 99 Rocky DH Race. | | Bike Setup: | '99 rear end and hayes hydro discs on XT hubs
XTR all around rapid rise shifters
bashring and platforms
'99 5-inch Z1 drop-off
2.25" IRC Kujo (rear) and 2.3" Tioga DH (front) on rhyno lites
QR seatpost adjust and a FUNN saddle | | Bottom Line: | If you're lucky enough (as I was) to get a killer deal on a used bike of this quality (seller was an ex-bike mechanic who started pointing out the "major" flaws with "well there's a scratch here...") then jump on it like a horny dog. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Bullit at Mammouth Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Beeffy frame, plush rear suspension, ability to accelerate quickly and climb up hill, light weigh. | | Weaknesses: | Hard to find many chainguides that fit the frame but the Bullet Brothers chainguide worked for me. | | Bike Setup: | Marzochi Jr. T, DH tires, Bullet Bros chainguide, XTR setup. | | Bottom Line: | This is a sweet bike that everyone should have a chance to ride. It handles very well and climbs incredable even with the downhill setup I had on mine. The back end is great because it isn't too heavy and it keeps the bike well balanced. The best feature of this bike is that it jumps better than any downhill or free-ride bike I have ridden. I've done eight foot drops and huge fifteen foot doubles with my bike and it still holds up just as well as my actual dirt jumping bike. If you want some sweet downhill and great dirtjumping then this bike is for you.
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Submitted by
HooHoo
a Weekend Warrior
from Helsinki, Finland
Date Reviewed: May 6, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
fast! | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
really active suspension, rigid frame construction, quite light set-up | | Weaknesses: |
original XT-parts, Mavic's 222 rims, cogset (original), headset and pedals.
(I've changed them all:) ) | | Similar Products Used: |
old FSR :) :)
GT's LTS :) | | Bike Setup: |
changed crankset and cogset to XTR
Mavic's CrossMax wheelset
Shimanos great 545's.
Next thing is to change not so rigid stem to Syncros. | | Bottom Line: | Just great bike and I've made it even better with upgrades $$$.
Check out @ www.hut.fi/~hheinone
Specialized makes best bikes -that's why it RULES! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd
a cross-country rider
from Nanaimo B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: January 1, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I've had my FSR PRO since September and really like it. I would give it 5 chilies but Specialized speced it with some really crappy parts. The X-VERT R fork sucked so badly, it was broken right out of the box. Something about the wrong size inner diamiter sleeve but when I sent it to Answer it came back with a new crown, go figure piece of JUNK!!! I sold it 1 Week later. Its sad when a $4000.00 bike comes with a $20 seatpost and $15 headset One last beef unless you live near a ski hill the 26-36-46 and 12-28 gearing are brutal if you want to climb anything worthwhile but with a set of Z-1BAMs the ride kicks ass | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jamie Boyce
a weekend warrior
from London, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 30, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I just got my FSR and I think the bike is a tank, with exception to the wheel set. After only 10 days of riding the 222 are shaped like eggs, and this is after continous truing. The rest of the bike is amazing, the suspension, once dialed into personal prefference and bosy weight keeps the tires in contact with the ground on cross country and downhill trails. My bike corners like a rocket and feels more stable (laterally stiff) than most full suspension rides I've been on. Overall I give the bike a four on the scale. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Noah Zark Crary
a weekend warrior
from Santa Barbara, CA
Date Reviewed: April 27, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
My FSR is an incredible peice of machinery. After five months with the bike I have been very satisfied with the downhill manners of this bike. It can be reliably pressed off two foot drop offs, double jumps and 45% slopes. While all may sound good I found displeasure in the bike bieng specd with an 11-28 cogset and cheap mavic x222 rims (Which I destroyed in two months). I've tricked out mine with DX pedals, Sun Rhyno Lite rims and an XTR crankset (With a knee saving 24 tooth granny). Suspension is what this bike is all about and it delivers with a stiff, creak-free frame and a fork that begs to get slammed into drainage ditches. Stratos Sports can stoke up your FSR for strict gravity purposes with alonger stroke Helix Expert shock (get up to 5 1/4). Although the weight of a 30 pounder is of much humor to my hardtail buddies on the climbs, in the other direction they insist I lead. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gonzo
a weekend warrior
from Indiana
Date Reviewed: April 25, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This bike totally rocks once you forget how light your last bike was. It climbs
very well and it shines on downhills. I think that spec'ing 15 gauge spokes and radial front lacing was a lame attempt to reduce the weight of
an otherwise plenty o' sturdy,over-built,full of cohunes, free-ride tank. It's an
awesome all-day long epic-ride bike thanks to its cooshy cadillac type ride...
... if you have theNorthwest V8 under your hood to push the 26-36-46 front
gears up a few hills.
I was expecting to have problems with the rear-end pivots by now and they are still amazingly smooth and strong. While speaking of the very stiff and efficient rear triangle, two more words come to my mind...MUD MAGNET...
... it just takes a little moisture and your cool-as-can-be 1998 FSR-Pro goes from
30 to seems like a hundred pounds, but we shouldn't be riding in the mud anyway!!
This is a good bike within its niche, and I give it four chiles.
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