Description:MOOTO-X You see things in a different and, well, bigger way. So you understand the enhanced traction, superb smoothness and flow-finding momentum offered by the Mooto-X’s 29-inch wheels. Over two decades of building custom frames helped us fine-tune the standard geometry of the Mooto-X for just the right balance of quickness and dependability. If you haven’t hopped on a 29-er, cowboy up on a Mooto-X and you’ll find the flow faster than ever. New for 2006 17-inch and 22-inch sizes.
Submitted by
bringthemud
a Cross Country Rider
from Redwood City, CA Date Reviewed: October 8, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Skeggs
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
I will just reiterate what all the other reviews have said. This bike is a piece of art. Beautifully crafted and engineered. The lines are clean and simple. It climbs like a dream and rides the flat like a speed demon. With the help and coaching of my LBS, I built this bike up myself (thanks, Charles!) so I got an up close and personal view of every part of this bike. It is awesome. The guys at Moots clearly take pride in each build. It shows!
Weaknesses:
If I ever find one I'll let you all know, but don't hold your breath.
Similar Products Used:
This is my first 29er. Previously rode an Epic Comp, decked out in SRAM X.0. I loved my Epic so my Moots had some big shoes (tires?) to fill.
Bike Setup:
SRAM X.0 rear D and shifters, XTR crankset and front D, Formula K24 brakes, Mavic C29SSMAX wheelset, Maxxis Ignitors, Chris King Pretty and Strong No Thread headset
Bottom Line:
I ride like a girl...'cause I am one. I am not the fastest hillclimber and so was a little hesitant to go 29, but then I met the Mooto-X. I now fly up stuff I couldn't clean before. It is amazing. I was also a little worried about handling as I was so used to my plush Epic. Well, gotta tell you, it took me one ride to get over my Epic and be an all Moots girl. The YBB combined with the 29" tires is all you need. It flows over the tech stuff and screams on the flats. I positively love this bike. Is it pricey? Sure but so are other high-end bikes. This one will never make you regret one penny spent on it.
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Submitted by
Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Gainesville, Fl. USA Date Reviewed: December 16, 2007
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$3400.00
Purchased At:
used
Strengths:
A sheer beautiful piece of art, rides like a dream, the bike handles so well under all conditions. I think it can even move thru tight technical stuff about as well as a 26er, and if its rocky then even better.
Weaknesses:
can't find one
Similar Products Used:
Cannondale Raven, Litespeed Toccoa, Dean Colonel Ti SS, Santa Cruz Blur, Titus Racer x, Wily SS 29er
Bike Setup:
Xtr groupo, DT Swiss 240's on Stan's 29ers, Moots stem, post, bars, Fizik Aliante saddle, Wtb nanoraptors
Bottom Line:
This bike is in a class by itself. The moment I got on it I thought this is how a bike should feel, and even though it is not custom sizing, the ride is so smooth and even. I blasted downhill the other day and the thing just about floated, cornering is superb and it picks up speed way faster than my other 29er. I love to ride it and would recommend this bike to anyone who wants to stop buying and selling bikes, settle down and be happy now.
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Submitted by
Andy Jensen
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder Date Reviewed: October 31, 2007
Favorite Trail:
White Rim in a day
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$5000.00
Purchased At:
Second hand
Strengths:
Rides the tech like a dream. Quiet, predictable, beautiful to look at. You just want to ride it. No full susp hassles. Feels like a great investment.
Weaknesses:
Not a full susp - so it is a bit slower going down rocky hills. But I'm old and going fast down is soo yesterday for me.
Similar Products Used:
26" YBB and a Rigor-Mootis, Blur, Willits 29'r, Wily SS 29'r, Merlin Cross
Bike Setup:
XTR full build, Moots seat post, Reba, Mavic rims, Kenda tires
Bottom Line:
I love this bike. It is expensive, but the ride is so good that in five years you'll have ridden it so much you won't care. Handles incredibly on the single track, bumps up through any technical spots, and is very comfortable to ride. I feel confident on it. 29" wheels can be tough in the tight technical terrain, but this bike handles so well that it increases my confidence to try and ride everything in sight. I like the zero maintainance. I liket he predictable shifting. I like the quiet. My old 26" YBB I always felt a bit too pogo-ey, but this bike I feel no pogo effect. Riding a 20" with Moots laidback post: I am 6'2", 200#, 33" inseam. I ride steep hills in Colorado to punish myself for sins in a previous life.
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Nick Fowle
a Cross Country Rider
from Wendover, UK Date Reviewed: October 12, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Kap Lung, Hong Kong
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Purchased At:
Speedgoat
Strengths:
Great handling in all conditions, fantastic build quality, zero mainteneance in two years. ( I dont expect too much, I have a 26 SS YBB frame, 8 years of abuse and no dramas with that)
Weaknesses:
er.. struggling to think of any
Similar Products Used:
Mootsybb SS and geared, Vamootsybb, Titus Motolite, Santacruz SL, Blur etc etc
Bike Setup:
Shimano XTR Chris King HS Chris King hubs with Stans ZTR rims Easton Bar Time ATAC Hope brakes Moots stem and post
Bottom Line:
Can't fault the ride or the concept, just wish we could get tires over here in the UK. Massive fan of Moots bikes (I have four) will never sell any of them they last forever and never get old. All the new technolgies come and go.. softail.. gotta love it ...
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Matt
a Racer
from Lincoln VT USA Date Reviewed: June 24, 2007
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$4850.00
Purchased At:
SkiRack, Burlington VT
Strengths:
where to begin...two areas I guess, first it's a 29er. these things fly up, down, and sideways. loves the technical uphills, sails down descents and the wheels just hook up on the corners, noticeably better than my Fuel. get it on flats or rolling terrain and it rips like jimi hendrix. Second, Moots, man these guys build a nice bike, sweet ride, the pivotless YBB suspension is perfect. Not as plush as 3" travel bike, but fast like a hardtail and once you get the rear tire pressure dialed it's a comfortable ride. I ride a 22" frame, I'm 6'4" with long legs, and it fits perfect. Initially I had the 20" and it was too small for me.
Weaknesses:
1 minor complaint after about 6 months of riding; When you're at just the right speed (like middle ring, middle of the cassette or faster) and take your hands off the bars, you'll get a death wobble thing going, sort of have grab the bars quick or it could get ugly. I run a Reba 80mm, I pumped up the shock a little to decrease the sag and the head tube angle, noticeably better. I think with a 100mm it might go away completely. It does this with cross tires or 2.1" tires. I've heard of this happening on my friends Niner also.
Similar Products Used:
First 29er, first Moots. I had a Fuel 100 for 5 years and a Cannondale F1000 for 5 years before that. Once I had this bike dialed in I sold ALL of my other bikes because I never wanted to ride them!...including my cross bike...will eventually need to get a second backup bike.
Bike Setup:
Race Face crank, DT240 hubs, salsa delgado rims, FSA carbon post and flat bars, Juicy 5 brakes, Sram trigger shifters (not quite as ergo/intuitive as XT but eventually they gel with your hands)
Bottom Line:
After doing a bunch of training and the first couple of races on this bike, I can say that Moots 29ers rip. I love the YBB suspension, I was hesitant at first and during the purchase, but so glad I went with it. Moots does some spectacular welds and you can tell they put their heart into these things. Well worth the extra $.
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Submitted by
Patrick
a Racer
from Portland,Or Date Reviewed: April 19, 2007
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At:
www.cyclepathnw.com
Strengths:
It's a Moots.
Weaknesses:
Speed cost money how fast you wanna go?
Similar Products Used:
Numerous high end XC racing bikes. Custom and big brand. Mostly 26".
Bike Setup:
Moots YBB Pace Carbon Rigid Fork King Headset Avid Juicy 7 brakes Ritchey WCS Stem Thompson Masterpiece Post WTB Carbon Devo saddle Race Face riser bars Sram gripshift Race Face cranks XTR Front Derailure Sram X0 long cage rear Derailure XTR 11-32 Cassette Sram Chain Stans Olympic Rims Stans Tubeless DT Swiss 240 Disc Stans Rotors Ti bolts Kenda Karma 1.9's
Bottom Line:
21.42 as described above. 23.42 with Reba World Cup
I'm just 6' 3/4" 175 lbs.
This is The stiffest most responsive bike I've ever ridden. Accelerates like my Scott CR1 road machine. Climbs like one of those great horned sheep.
The transition from 26 to 29 took about 10 minutes.
Don't believe the Moots hype? Your loss.
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Submitted by
beerorkid
a Cross Country Rider
from Lincoln, NE Date Reviewed: September 3, 2006
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
www.monkeywrenchcycles.com
Strengths:
It is a fricking moots.
Weaknesses:
too awesome
Similar Products Used:
GF 2001 sugar 1
Bike Setup:
- 18 inch mooto-x ybb - DT swiss hubs with custom laser etching - 719 mavic rims - WTB nano raptor (rear), exiwolf (front) - XTR rear cassette - XTR dir’s - XT crank - paul thumbies with dura ace bar end shifters - Jones H bar - 2007 Reba SL fork - Moots laid back seatpost - my trusty used b-17 leather sadle - Thompson 110 stem - Avid ultimate levers - Avid BBDB 7 disc brakes - shimanno SPD’s
Bottom Line:
It rides so amazing. - I can bunny hop on it like nothing I have ever experienced - The front is so light. I almost ate it going off a curb cuz I expected it to take a bit to get the front up, I almost flipped over backwards. - The DT swiss hubs roll like butter and engage like a shark. - shifts like butter - The ybb, laid back post, and big ol wheels suck up every bump. It makes the old dual suspension feel like a rigid. Completely serious, I am amazed. - That reba is the fricking bomb, it floats like silk.
I can hardly describe how it feels on the trail. I was under the assumption that it would feel like a big wheeled bike, take more effort to turn and handle, and feel big. It is so responsive, it blows me away. I look like I am epeleptic on it. Every movement I make flows right thru the bike. It turns on a dime. I was literaly turning too sharp in the beginning, cutting corners too hard. It makes the GF double squishy seem like a barge.
I had to keep telling myself it is a 29′er, it felt just like my 26 inch bikes, no school bus action here. It is so light, it seems like I am riding a piece of styrofoam. It accelerates like nothing I have ever experienced, it is as if it pulls me along. I was rocking it, I can actually say I ride faster, it just goes.
So being titainum it does have a little flex to it. The front triangle is solid, the big tubes do their job. The rear stays do have some flex. it is so strange feeling it do its thing. it is like riding a solid piece of liquid metal (cannot describe). It hooks up so fricking sweet, I love the feeling.
Yeah it has good components, but the frame makes it what it is. It rides so fluid, handles so smooth. It completely destroyed all expectations I had. Nothing compares. I will own this until I die. I am completely blown away.
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Submitted by
scott namken
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado Springs, CO Date Reviewed: July 16, 2006
Singlespeed with sliding Moots dropouts. Pace RC 29 rigid fork, Moots 0 degree road stem, King headset, Race Face 31.8 Next carbon riser, Magura Marta Sl disc brakes, Dt 240 singlespeed rear hub, 240 disc front, laced with black 14/15 with alloy nipples, on Stans 29r Olympic 32 hole rims, Maxis Ignitors, FSA K-force crank/bottom bracket, 32 tooth Boone Ti chaninring, Boone Ti 20 tooth singlespeed cog. 19.5 lbs
Bottom Line:
Well worth the wait and price.
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Submitted by
Flyin' Ute
a Cross Country Rider
from Cedar Hills, UT Date Reviewed: April 18, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Amasa Back
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$5500.00
Purchased At:
Revolution Mt. Sports
Strengths:
Light, stiff, fast and smooth. I'm 6'6' 250lbs. The 29er fits me great. It is soo stable. I'm not sure if it is the 29er or the Moots that corners so fast and smooth but it flies. It for sure goes fast. I was riding in St. George behind someone on their new Turner and had to keep breaking so I wouldn't run them over. They were a solid rider and I know it was the bike. Anyone over 6 ft. is throwing their money away if they are not getting a 29er. They are for sure here to stay.
Weaknesses:
It's a little harder to find the sweet spot when I ride a wheelie, but get serious. Who cares? This thing rules.
Similar Products Used:
Full XTR KHS hard tail but it was nothing like this. I also have a full XT Giant Trance that is nice but how do you leave a Moots sitting in the Garage?
Bike Setup:
22" frame with the YBB. Full XTR, but the wheels have King Hubs. 180 mm cranks.
Bottom Line:
After 8 hard rides the verdict is in: this bike is fast and smooth. The wheels roll over everything. When I ride a 26" bike I just laugh how small and silly bmxish it feels. I did ride Gooseberry Mesa on my Trance and had a blast but would've still preferred the Moots. The King hubs are soo sweet (stainless) I don't know what everyone is crying about. With the 180mm cranks I do a half peddle every now and then to miss a rock and they catch so much better than the XTR's. I love them. This bike was expensive, but I like to ride and when you amoritize the cost over a decade it is probably the cheapest bike you can own. It turns into about a nickel extra a ride. Just get your wallet out of your wifes purse and go get one. Let's ride. You will love it. Time is precious in these last days. The time to ride is NOW.
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Submitted by
Jon Cariveau
a Cross Country Rider
from Steamboat Springs, CO USA Date Reviewed: February 13, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Scotts run-- north Routt style...shhhh
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Purchased At:
moots company perk
Strengths:
Smooth feel of ti & softail combine to offer an almost dual suspension like feel. Comfy, rips the climbs, confidence inspiring on decents.
Weaknesses:
Really the only weakness would be enough time to ride is less than before...
Similar Products Used:
Ybb 26' for 12 years prior to the 29
Bike Setup:
hayes disc, reba fork, king h-set, sram shifting & ders....xtr crank, wtb tires, bontranger wheel set
Bottom Line:
I know, you see my e-mail address and say this punk works for Moots...yes I do, but, the bike really does rip...set some fast times at last years 24 hour event in Steamboat until a fall that broke the old c-bone in 3 places...not the bikes fault...lack of light and pilot error. the bike climbs and rips the twisty stuff great, when pointed downhill....watch out! Speed and confidence are very high... Buyer for this bike is the all round cross country freak, racer or weekend warrior. 24 hour or ultra distance rider. One week on this bike and I sold my 26' Ybb...there is no going back now....
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