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Submitted by
CSXer
a
from Austin, TX USA
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | used | | Strengths: | STRONG, price, great geometry when set up right. | | Weaknesses: | Comes spec'ed with wrong stem, cheap freewheel, too small front 'ring. | | Similar Products Used: | GF, Redline, OnOne | | Bike Setup: | SS 34-14, BMX stem, XTR cantis | | Bottom Line: | My review is for the Stout, which is what they call the BM Flyer now. I really like this bike. Ditch the XC stem and put a short, low rise BMX stem on there and feel the difference. You'll want different gearing and better brakes pretty quickly. I'm about to replace the freewheel because of the corny OEM. Super underrated bike! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Weekend Warrior
from East Lansing
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Burchfield Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | e-bay | | Strengths: | (2005 model) Lightweight, geometry spot on, disc ready, cool name, decent parts, incredible value | | Weaknesses: | not everything optimized for SS: vertical dropouts, bad stock gearing, poor quality chain tensioner, dished wheel. Also, bb/cranks use a proprietary spline, and the graphics are too loud for some people. | | Similar Products Used: | Fisher Piranha | | Bike Setup: | Stock, soon to replace bmx bb & cranks, which are some proprietary stuff that I can't get a replacement for. | | Bottom Line: | More bike than you can get for the price anywhere else. The 29" wheels and geometry are spot on to deliver a ride just as good or better than my hardtail 26". At about $180 less than the Redline Monocog 29er, you get the same experience with some inferior design.
Unfortunately, since it is set up like a conversion from a geared bike, a lot of the parts are not optimal for SS. Still, it's a great value, especially if you want a cheap bike to convert to a geared rear.
As a side note: although not available in the US, the 2006 model has track ends but loses the disc mounts. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mik
a Racer
from Chicago, IL
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Chicago is My trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$575.00 | | Purchased At: | Uptown Bikes | | Strengths: | 2005 model is well built. Light weight, solid ride. No shock fork failure here. One speed and I can pace most other riders. | | Weaknesses: | The allen crank bolts should be hex bolts. Riding without hands is a task even for me. I would beef up the rims a bit. No room for "U" Lock, no mounts for water bottle. :) | | Similar Products Used: | Pacific MTB, Giant MTB, HARO FS and many others. | | Bike Setup: | Swapped the Kenda Klaws for some Schwalbe "Big Apple's" and seat bag for chain lock. Dumped the axel skewers for some bolt-ons(this is the big city if they want to steal it bad enough make em' bring their tools). | | Bottom Line: | You are "thirty something" and want the freestyle/BMX bike you yurn for from your youth. This is it. Fun on the street, at the skatepark(really)and for off road shenanigans. Skip the extra gears and go for solid axels and some foot pegs and an odessey GYRO.
The 2006 model swaps aluminum forks for cro-mo(think less shock) also changes out the rear dropouts for some forkends to tighten the chain and straightened the seat tube. I don't like the blue color and the website last I checked stated 2006 model not available in US.
SO get the 2005 model at a discount and it's red to boot! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
George Seibel
a Weekend Warrior
from St. Davids, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Valley Forge N.P | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$375.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Fun, Robust | | Weaknesses: | No complaints here. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek 3500 | | Bike Setup: | Added gears and a front brake | | Bottom Line: | I rode it on a whim while at the bike shop and fell in love. The big wheels are a gas. I put gears on it, but to tell you the truth, I'm considering going back to single speed because I like the toughness and simplicity. Other reviewers mentioned the weight, but I don't find that to be a problem. I got it really cheap because the frame was scratched. $279 before I added the extra parts. What a deal! One of the reasons I bought it was to encourage myself to get more off the trail, and it has. The geometry and big wheels are pretty confidence inspiring. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Danno
a
from Bay Area, CA, US
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Jackhammer | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Burly. Nearly impossible to break. No bunk parts, even the stock tires (Kenda Klaws) are decent. Fun geometry: short top tube, short stem, big riser bars. My red 2005 came with disc hubs...the rear is a regular cassette with spacers, and the frame has all cable stops, disc tabs, and hydro guides, so you can gear it or disc it with no problem.
| | Weaknesses: | Heavy, almost 28 pounds.
Stock gearing is 41-18, which is only usable on flat pavement. It uses BMX cranks, so just get yourself a 28-32T chainwheel (depending on local hills) and you'll be good to go.
Racer types will hate the geometry. | | Similar Products Used: | uh, lots of bikes | | Bike Setup: | Stock except for gearing. | | Bottom Line: | A great technical terrain play bike, and a blast to ride. Other people might go faster, but you'll have more fun.
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Submitted by
Seth
a Racer
from Wooster, Oh
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Vulture's Knob | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Shop | | Strengths: | Lots of fun, fairly light aluminum frame and fork, bombproof frame, fork, crank and wheels, simplicity, disc ready, 29" wheels, single speeding is just plain fun. | | Weaknesses: | Short top tube, I don't need 36 hole wheels, little on the heavy side. | | Similar Products Used: | Redline Monocog, Fisher Mt. Tam SS. | | Bike Setup: | Carbon seatpost, longer stem, surley singleator. | | Bottom Line: | The bike is tons of fun and you cant break it. I love the simplicity of single speeds and this one is no exception. I do quite a bit of mountain bike racing and of course this isn't an ideal racing bike, the top tube is too short and its really just a big kids bmx bike. Its great to train on and being disc ready is a big plus. I bought it as a starter 29er to see if I would like it and if performed flawlessly. I'll be upgrading to a more raceable 29er soon. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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