Superlight, climbs like a hardtail on uphill technical and even tarmac, REALLY flies on downhill and flat( off-road and on-road) very nimble, a hardtail but with rear sus!!!

Leaky negative chamber on rear S.I.D shock,
feels a little dead on very smooth fire road climbs only!?!?
no disk hubs! Ritchey brakes are USELESS!!!!!!!!(which is why the '03 models have a fox lockout rear shock and Avid brakes!!) VERY expensive!!!

The best full sus XC bike around, can do very long trails beautiful too!! Looks great, works very VERY well, has changed this Hardtail lover into a full sus lover( and I won't go back!!) I also won the Sports National Points Series on this bike, after coming in the top 5 for the last couple of years on my Hardtail!!!
4 Flamin' Chills for the rear shock, non disk hubs, and CRAP ritchey brakes, very high price
5 +++++++ Flamin'Chills for the rest of an awesome full sus XC Bike ( not that badly speced )

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Pace RC200 F5 (THE hardtail)

Very Light, Rigid, Great looking, good choice of components,
fast!

Rear shock, negative airchamber leakage.
Brakes... all other Ritchey product are great, brakes suck

Riding this bike is really great!! It is fast mmm
beter: Fast like Hell. Goes up! climbing is really getting easy. very pricey. the should have put in some Mavic Crossmax UST wheels....

Dont use it for downhill racing, just XC.

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Non fully's