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Description:
- Frame: ALUXX Butted aluminum, 6" Travel
- Fork: Fox 32 Float RLC, 140mm
- Shock: Fox Float RP23
- Handlebar: RaceFace Deus XC Low Rise, 31.8
- Stem: RaceFace Deus XC, 31.8
- Tires: Hutchinson Pirana Airlight
- Shifters: SRAM X.9
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Submitted by
Mick Ball
a Cross Country Rider
from Spain
Date Reviewed: May 18, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Savage | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$2000.00 | | Strengths: | Excellent spec for the money,with a quality finish.This bike climbs really well,digging in where its loose.Suspension is well controlled and gives great confidence.Its a bike you just don't want to get off. | | Weaknesses: | Original tyres light but pretty toothless.Handlebar grips too slim for me and seat can get pretty uncomfortable.Been using a bolt thro'fork for 3 years so the Float doesn't handle big or fast hits as well,but it does weigh a lot less. | | Similar Products Used: | Orange 5. | | Bike Setup: | 2007 standard bike apart from tyres,grips and seat. | | Bottom Line: | The balance of this bike and its agility means that tight technical stuff are tackled with confidence.Climbing grip is far more than i ever expected,and it heads uphill like a much lighter bike.The 2008 frames are lighter but mine still comes in at under 30lb.
I always scorned multi pivot bikes but after riding this i don't think i would ever go back to single pivot. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Hogan
a Weekend Warrior
from Holyoke, Ma. U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | adrenelized | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1850.00 | | Purchased At: | Family bike | | Strengths: | This bike is by far the best bang for the buck. I bought this bike and only had to replace the seat (specialized rival sl). Iwill climb like a xc bike then kill the down hills. I weigh 212lbs. and this bike can easily let me pound on it. This bike satisfies all my riding needs, xc racing for fun, all mountain trail riding. You can tune this bike with ease and just ride all day. | | Weaknesses: | The seat is the only weakness I found. | | Similar Products Used: | K2 disco monkey. | | Bike Setup: | All stock except seat (specialized rival sl) Shimano 424 pedals | | Bottom Line: | This is the perfect bike for all who love to ride aggressivly. This bike will take your skill level up about 5 notches. I would not recommend this bike to the easy going trail rider, it would be a waste of bike. Bottom line this bike rocks. I feel confident in any situation on this bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mvray
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle area
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Center Cycle | | Strengths: | Sweet ride! Can really tune it to your riding style. Travel and weight. Nice components. I can climb stuff I couldn't with my AC. Had to replace the AC b/c the frame broke after 6 years of riding. But, I'm glad it did.
| | Weaknesses: | The oem saddle sucks. Changed that out the second day to my previous one. Having a problem which the front brake being grabby, pulsating while braking. I'll warranty that soon. | | Similar Products Used: | Spec Enduro SL (I liked it) | | Bike Setup: | Stock, except for saddle. | | Bottom Line: | Giant hit it with the 2008 Reign 0. Buy this bike if this will be your only one that can handle most anything. It handles drops nicely, but it's not a hucking machine. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ian
a Weekend Warrior
from Adelaide, South Australia
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Devils Gully | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$3000.00 | | Purchased At: | Standish Cycles Unley | | Strengths: | Lightweight for 6in travel(12.5kg), top end componentry, suspension dynamics can be set up on the fly to act as an XC positioning or a DH rig with 100-140 up front including lock out, 3 way pro pedal or open suspension at the rear. great paint job - brushed metalic olive and smooth looks.
New cabling setup is a big improvement. | | Weaknesses: | Still some cable rub issues but big improvement over 07 model. | | Similar Products Used: | Reign 1 2006, Jamis XLT, Specialised Enduro | | Bike Setup: | 2008 Model - Fox talas RLC front, Fox RP23 rear, Mavic crossmax wheetset, Juicy 5 with 185mm front rotor, shortened 80mm stem & mid riser Syncros DH bars,Kenda Nevegal tyres(seem pretty good in wet and dry) | | Bottom Line: | Fantastic bike that can be set up to do whatever you want bar the extreme ends of any discipline of MTBing.e.g. full blown DH or XC racing. Easy set up of suspension with many settings to please all and on the fly adjustments to keep you occupied whilst riding. No bob with "out of saddle" pedalling up hill and with front locked out and rear on pro pedal 3 it feels like your riding a hartail.
Great value for money and best bike I have had in 15 years of riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shannon Cocker
a Weekend Warrior
from Auckland, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Woodhill | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$2800.00 | | Purchased At: | Planet Cycles | | Strengths: | Awesome amazing fantastic ride!!! Great climber, wicked descender, very tuneable and plush suspension, and probably the best spec for the money. It is incredible value!! | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Enduro Comp, Stumpy Elite | | Bike Setup: | Stock setup, Kona Primo Jacks**t pedals, Specialized Cross roads tyres. | | Bottom Line: | I can't say enough about how awesome this bike is!! I commute to work on it everyday and get out in the hills many weekends, and it does both spectacularly well. Great to ride on the road, lock out the forks, hit the Pro-Pedal on the rear shock and I eat up the miles. Really comfortable frame, chuckable without over relaxed geometry. Then get it out in the hills and it's superb! Climbs so easily. Then point it downhill and away you go. It's helped me try loads of obstacles I never did before and makes me look awesome! It definitely corrects your mistakes. Build quality is superb and it's the maximum spec in its price range. I challenge anyone to find an equally spec'd bike for the same money. Giant stand by their bikes too by giving a lifetime frame warranty which is well helpful. It's also worth noting that I'm a total clydesdale, over 275lbs in the saddle, and it's taken some big hits with me and just keeps going. Wheels still true and bearings all good! I can't say enough great things about this frankly amazing bike. If you can afford it, buy one... otherwise you're a chopper! Would give it 6 chillis if I could! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew Reinert
a Cross Country Rider
from Sedona, AZ USA
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Not sure too many great trails | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Dealer | | Strengths: | Great Handling, Respectable Weight, Incredible Performance (Could not believe this bike climbs better than my custom built hardtail! I was a hardtail devotee for 20+ years until I rode this bike.) | | Weaknesses: | OE Tires (Hutchinson Piranha) Suck, at least they suck here in AZ. | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz Blur, Specialized Enduro, Titus EL Guapo | | Bike Setup: | Gaint Reign w/ stock shock and stock rear derail. Fox 36 Float, Blackspire Shore Freeride Stem, Gravity DH Carbon Riser Bar, X-9 Shifter Pod, ODI Lock On Grips, Avid Speed Dial 7 Levers, Blackspire Semi Automatique Seatpost, WTB Power V Saddle, Singletrack/Hope hub w/ Specialized Enduro Pro 2.4 Front, Specialized Chunder Pro 2.3 Rear, Avid BB7 203mm Frt, 185mm Rear, Shimano Octalink Bottom Bracket, Blackspire 94 Freeride Crank w/ Surly 30t Steel Ring & Blackspire RingGod CG, Atomlab Aircorp Pedals, Blackspire Stinger Guide, Sram PC-991 Chain, Sram PC 98011-34 Cassette. | | Bottom Line: | After owning this bike for almost a year, little by little I have changed out the majority of the components for ones I prefer. But, I must say that even when the bike was in it's original condition it was and still is an incredible all mountain machine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Splasher
a
from Rutland
Date Reviewed: January 11, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Lightweight, good value, suspension performance, manufacturing quality. | | Weaknesses: | Giant name has no cache | | Similar Products Used: | Giant VT, Santa Cruz Heckler | | Bike Setup: | 2008 Reign frame with DHX air, Fox 36 Talas R, Formula Oro Bianco GM brakes, Hope Pro II hubs, XM819 rims, XT 2008 transmission, Race Face Atlas stem and bars, Easton EA70 post, SGD Bel Air saddle, Maxxis 2.35 LUST Ignitor tyres. | | Bottom Line: | Couldn't get what I wanted already built so built my own. 2008 frame is 1.5lbs lighter than previous years. 150/160mm of beuatifully controlled suspension (36 front, Maestro rear) in a 30.2lb package makes for a true all mountain bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nir
a Weekend Warrior
from Plantation, FL
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Many | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$2800.00 | | Purchased At: | Local shop | | Strengths: | Very plush, not too heavy, good all mountain, climbs well, with new rear tire (Vertical) takes corners and steep dirt climb very well. The SRAM drivetrain is awesome. Buy it if you like a smooth plush ride on the expense of some extra weight. | | Weaknesses: | The hanger got bent one time (rightfully, it hit something) and then 3 weeks after I had replaced it got bent again and broke to pieces while bending the derailleur. I hope this is not a problem with the frame. | | Similar Products Used: | Giant VT-2. Specialized Sport. | | Bike Setup: | Stock. | | Bottom Line: | Very fun ride. Bike looks good and has taken my riding skills up by 2 notches. If the hanger issue will go away (now with the 3rd one installaed), I'll be one happy camper. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel G
a Cross Country Rider
from NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$3900.00 | | Purchased At: | Maroubra Cycles | | Strengths: | Great looking bike, good compromise in geometry for an AM bike Good component choice, light for it's class, great suspension system | | Weaknesses: | The paint chips extremely easily, currently undiagnosed issue with the cranks making 'springy' noises | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Enduro Expert, Rocky Mountain ETSX-70, Giant Trance 1, Giant Reign 1 | | Bike Setup: | Standard with Crank Bros Candy SL's | | Bottom Line: | This bike represents great value for money if you are looking for a true do it all type bike, it rides well over long distances though it does feel cramped and it also rides well through drops and rough terrain though not as good as DH specific bikes, basically if you are looking for a dedicated XC/DH/FR machine look elsewhere but if you are looking for one bike to do it all have a look at the Reign's.
I have had a couple of issues, the first is a springy sounding BB, my rear hub was slightly out of alignment and a bent rear rotor and all but the BB issue has been fixed.
Anouther picky thing is with the paint, instead of scratching like a normal frame it seems to chip, this is emphasised by the creamy colour, a minor quirk and only cosmetic but it could look bad a year or so down the line.
Also 2snake below is crazy, he is just hating on everything that isn't SRAM, the SRAM front derailleurs suck anyway compared to the XT that is on the Reign, the bike comes with CrossMAX Xl's which are awesome, yes they might have an issue that the hub comes a bit loose but I have had no problems other than it being slightly loose and needing to be fixed once, for the money it can't be beaten and the component choice is pretty much spot on with Giant spending the money where it needed to be spent. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
2snake
a
from Pacific Grove
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any Ord | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | update- i forgot to mention 2 things- this bike is very capable, it climbs far better than anything else i have ridden, and floats over bumps effortlessly on the descent. and that the hubs are rather fast and not annoyingly loud- | | Weaknesses: | update- turned out not to be the bb- but rather the crank arms that went out on me- raceface customer service/warranty dept. have been helpful- im hoping this isnt something im going to have to deal with again. | | Bike Setup: | Reign O, xpedo MX mg/cr pedals, nevegal/bgroove, truvativ hozfeller bar and stem, serfas rx grips, wtb progel speed v on the way | | Bottom Line: | Its disappointing to see companies halfassing their packages on bikes such as this- but the core of this bike is definitely something worthy. I shouldnt have to be investing more into this bike so early on, but i think it will make a world of difference. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
2snake
a
from CA
Date Reviewed: July 18, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | too many | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Dealer | | Strengths: | lightweight for travel, quality adjustable travel(RP23/float rlc), effective linkage, good cranks/derailleur/cassette/shifters(while they should have been XO's), brakes, seat post adjustably and ease of use | | Weaknesses: | poor quality shipping straight from giant, terrible bb(having to warranty after not even a month of VERY light riding,rear wheel was shipped not even in the dropout,(luckily the rotor wasn't bent) der.hanger was bent beyond belief! rear hub was loose after 15 minutes of riding. giant's cheapness on components like stem/bar/grips/chain/front derailleur which easily could have been matched with SRAM components. cable rub is moderate, but not a worry. WORST TIRES EVER!! do not even bother using the Hutchinson piranhas! they offer no traction whatsoever! the wtb thinline saddle offers no comfort at all, its only advantage is the weight savings (just like the tires), and frankly a couple extra hundred grams dosent scare me- id rather be comfortable and actually stick to what im riding thanks! | | Bike Setup: | stock Reign0- aside from Serfas rx grips, kenda bluegroove/nevegal tires- shorter stem and different bb/chain/saddle on the way | | Bottom Line: | giant had a good idea, but they were too cheap to us quality components, i regret paying what i did, for what i got! While this bike rides very nicely, it should be quite a bit more durable to be considered an all mountain bike. The frame,suspension and a good portion of the drive-train is quality, but this company needs to learn how to ship its bikes and not half ass their packages by putting crappy components on their high end bikes!!! Buy this bike if you want to replace a good couple hundred dollars worth of components to get it close to its full potential! Lets hope giant has bettered their line this coming year, otherwise they will get left behind. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ron r
a Cross Country Rider
from las vegas
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$3000.00 | | Purchased At: | JT's Bike | | Strengths: | Great Bike. I rode this bike last weekend and I still have a smile on my face! I just ordered mine today, can't wait to get it. | | Weaknesses: | None on test. I rode it for about 4 hours and it was AWESOME! | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondales, Specialized Stumpy and new 07 enduro, GT I-drive 5.0 and many more. | | Bike Setup: | The bike was stock except for carbon Pluto Bars, stem and seat post. It also had a bash guard in place of the big ring. | | Bottom Line: | To make a long story short, I am in the market to buy a new bike, I have ridden and owned many top end bikes. I spent the last 2 months renting and demoing 07 bikes. After last weekend I made up my mind. This is the bike for me. The bike is like a goat when it comes to climbing. For the down hill sections is was like the bike was reading my mind - it went where I pointed it. If you are looking for one bike to do it all with, THIS IS THE BIKE. Go ride one and you will see why I still have a smile on my face:-) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
craig
a Cross Country Rider
from Canmore, Alberta
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Rebound | | Strengths: | Light weight, agile, efficient, beefy, and super fast. Great bang for your buck, compared to boutique brands and bank account destroyers. Float RLC, RP23, and 7-inch Hayes carbon seal the deal. Nothing crazy, just a very smart setup. The fact it looks rad doesn't hurt, but i can't see it when I'm riding. | | Weaknesses: | Felt a bit short-changed with Race Face Evolve bar and stem on such a top end bike, but that forced me to purchase a killer combo. | | Similar Products Used: | 05 Giant Trance 1 - great bike and still in the family | | Bike Setup: | CrossMax Xl w/ Continental Gravity 2.3 tubeless; Blackspire 36 and Lite God super light bash guard; Trigon carbon bar (dope), Pazzaz carbon stem; ODI Rogue lock-ons; egg beaters | | Bottom Line: | Wow, I wasn't 100% sure jumping from the Trance, but holy smokes, this is a match made in heaven. With the weight savings I've made over stock I'm in the 29s for weight (within 1 lb of my Trance setup), so it climbs all the steeps and devours the technical I've hit so far. Very very fast and stable descending. It's amazing what a degree and a half up front and a couple of inches of quality travel can do. The RP23 kills the RP3 and so far it hasn't blown up (I'm nervous). Fork isn't overly plush, but we'll see if it breaks in. Haven't even considered the lockout yet, but I'm sure there's some big fire road climbs out here waiting. Way better ground clearance without the big ring and higher BB (often clip pedals on a Trance) and no stress about wrecking expensive ring. The 22/36 gives a huge range, and shifting front and rear is sweet now I'm over the cable stretch. I also thought I'd dislike SRAM shifters and rear derail after XT rapid rise triggers, but am sold after only 6 or 7 rides. A tubeless upgrade is in my opinion a no-brainer, especially if the wheel/tire combo sheds weight. I'm 145lbs, so the Reign X1 isn't necessary, but if you're big or airborne maybe take a look, since they pedal stellar too. Super stoked as long as Fox rear hangs in. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris
a
from NorCal
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Oat Hill | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Meastro suspension, Fox RLC and RP23, Hayes Carbon brakes (though factory bleed was so so). Drivetrain great. Light for this much travel. Great price for a bike this good. On my first descent, I was shaking my head the whole way, I couldn't beleive how capable this bike was. | | Weaknesses: | Wheelset is a bit too light for heavy-riding folk. There is no front axle (just plugs) and they cause a tiny amount of sideways play that I suspect cannot be fixed. | | Similar Products Used: | Giant Trance, which I still own and love (see my review)! | | Bike Setup: | Stock but for 50mm stem, wider Kore bars, Maxxis tires (I didn't even bother with the stock tires), rock ring instead of big ring, ODI grips (stock too lumpy on the ends). | | Bottom Line: | This bike is still giving me that 'new bike' feeling three months later. This bike is very capable, comfortable and it is very fast and fun on the rougher stuff (easy to pop up and over rocks/ledges or double-up rocks and roots), yet climbs very well for this much travel. The tyres just stay stuck to the ground.
Beginners, huckers, and XC, Enduro and DH racers, this is not the bike for you. Everyone else that loves to ride, wants to go faster in the gnarl, can only have one bike or can't date a supermodel to make your friends jealous, this is the bike for you. Riding is too important to me to make bad choices but my wallet and soul thank me. You will not be disappointed once you ride it.
You could spend more but you won't get a better bike, just a different bike. 5 chilis all-round for a bike of bliss! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Diarrhea Head
a Racer
from Brooklyn
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Goat | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | 2 O's of Haze.. | | Strengths: | This piece of sh@t rides like a Gypsy on PCP. I like | | Weaknesses: | The only weekness so far is the homo thug pieces of dog diarrhea on this site whinning about everything. Learn how to ride and your frame won't matter as much. | | Similar Products Used: | Every bike from hardtails to Dh rigs... I mean every bike!!!! | | Bike Setup: | I'll set my foot up your ass!!! | | Bottom Line: | Ride or die niggggaz!!!! Seriously why complain about a frame online when you can just buy a new one every year. Fortunately i get free frames so I've been able to ride everything from Plattekill to Black onion booty's. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gavin regan
a Cross Country Rider
from nsw Australia
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | sparrow hill | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$3600.00 | | Purchased At: | Spearmans cycles | | Strengths: | Versatility,stiffness,component spec,nuetral handling.
All top stuff. | | Weaknesses: | Zero......... | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Enduro and Kona stinky | | Bike Setup: | Australian spec. full XT drivetrain with raceface Dues cranks bar seatpost and stem. Avid Juicy 7s Cross max xl wheels Larsen TT tyres wtb laser seat with Ti rails and 140 pies with duel air. | | Bottom Line: | What a bike to ride fast stable soaks up most stuff.I love to race cross country and for an all mountain rig its also a competitive bike to ride. Uphills arn't an issue the maestro suspension keeps the rear end tracking beautifully.
The occasional down hill runs can be tackled with confidence due to the light bit strong and stiff Pikes up front and the super stopping Juicy's. The bike has been ridden in 24hr 12hr 8hr Endurance events taking them all in its stride.
Anyone after a genuine do it all bike should seriosly consider the Reign. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
taz
a Weekend Warrior
from VIC, Australia
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$3000.00 | | Strengths: | Sweet looks, stiffness and build quality of the frame, fox fork(float 32 RLC)and shock(RP23), quality components, light weight for a 6" travel bike, maestro suspension technology, mavic crossmax sx wheels(they look trick),avid juicy 5 brakes-strong with good feel, the price. | | Weaknesses: | Nothing major, the hutchinson barracuda tyres are extremely slow rolling, mis-matched derailluers-the front is a low normal and the rear is a high normal-meaning that changing up and down gears on the front derailluer is the opposite to ghanging up and down gears on the rear derailluer- ANNOYING,(i hope that made sense), the propedal lever on the shock is awkward to use while riding and the front brake line is a bit long. | | Similar Products Used: | Giant VT2(awesome bike), rock shox pikes, swinger 3-way, hayes hfx9, syncross BHT tyres | | Bike Setup: | You dont really need to change too much with the spec this bike comes with. I swapped the tyres for syscross BHT's because they roll better than the barracuda's and i find they work great for all mountain riding. At a later date i might change a derailluer to fix my shifting complaint | | Bottom Line: | I have to admit i did'nt like the looks of the reign 0 based on brochure's and advertising photo's, but once i laid eye's on one i had to have it. I've only had the bike for a short time but after the third ride and a bit of time setting it up i can definitely say its a far better bike than my old VT2. The first thing i noticed was how stiff the frame felt. This is a huge step over the VT's which suffered badly from flex. Im still getting use to the RP23 rear shock and while it has'nt impressed me it has'nt let me down either. There is not a lot to adjust, so just find air spring pressure, compression, reboundand and the propedal setting that feels right for you and leave it, its as easy as 1,2or3. The forks are smooth and easy to setup, find your air sping pressure, set compression and rebound add then your blow-off platform. The reign is a strong, light and top quality bike at a great price. The reign 0 fits its intended purpose spot on and will suit anyone looking for a 6" travel all-mountain bike. Avid juicy 5 brakes are strong and progressive giving heaps of feel for braking and stoppies. The race face deus finishing kit is a great spec and the seat post adjustment is the best i've used. The SDG bellair saddle is a good fit and comfy for those long rides. The reign 0 pedals up hill fairly well, rips up single track and bombs down hill like a run away freight train. So do yourself a favour and buy one!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt
a Weekend Warrior
from australia
Date Reviewed: November 3, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | any of them | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | 2500 | | Strengths: | everything - this bike rides up the hill down the hill back up and down with ease... coming down is so much more fun than on my old Dakar. the spec that the bike ships with is great for the money. | | Weaknesses: | none yet that cant be fixed - the cable routing on the rhs was sticking out and rubbing but i fixed that with a cable tie. | | Similar Products Used: | jamis dakar xlt 1.0 | | Bike Setup: | fork - Fox 32 Float RLC w/lockout, rear shock - Fox Float RP23, rear derailleur - SRAM X-O, crankset & most other parts - Raceface Deus XC, Brakes - Avid Juicy 5, | | Bottom Line: | i wish i had bought the maestro suspension ages ago!!! Once ive ridden the bike more ill do another review.
the 1st review here should be removed. what a stupid piece of pointless writing! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Salkewicz
a
from Hopatcong, NJ
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$3100.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Works, Byram, NJ | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Santa Cruz Nomad | | Bottom Line: | I have only owned this bike about a month, so I intend on submitting a full review after at least 6 months of good, hard riding.
I am writing to note how immature and ignorant reviews such as the one below are, and how detrimental they are to the site. Firstly, I have serious doubts that any bike in the Reign series is as big a failure as the previous review suggests. A company doesn't go from 4.6/5 ratings to garbage over one season, while only improving upon componentry. Everyone is entitled to review and post their experiences about their bike, but when it is done in the below fashion, with no backing facts and writing comparable to that of a fourth grader, the only purpose it is serving is to mislead those browsing the entire MTBR catalogue of bikes for a quality, dependable ride.
I have yet to push my Reign to its limit, but thus far it feels like a rock-solid unit with all top-shelf components. I settled on purchasing this bike based on two factors: one, the overall feel of sitting on and riding this and related bikes at shops; and two, reading and weighing the pros and cons as posted on this site. Idiots who feel like making egregious posts for no logical reason and dampen the true rating of a bike or component are only working towards making this site useless for the kind of research that is necessary when buying a bike or component. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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