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Submitted by
Tyce
a Weekend Warrior
from Utah
Date Reviewed: December 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Climbs v. well. Frame strength. Responsive during descents. | | Weaknesses: | Good components for the price, but definitely upgradeable, especially the Indy shocks it orginally came with. | | Similar Products Used: | Jamis Exile | | Bike Setup: | Marrozochi MX shocks, avid 2.0 levers & brakes, STX-RC & LX drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | This bike has lasted for a decade now with no problems even though I'm a clydesdale who rides it rough. Blew two rear rims in urban assault, but the frame keeps truckin'. Bought it in high school with all my savings from a summer job and couldn't have done better. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dropov's rus
a Cross Country Rider
from sticks, arkansas, usa
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | highlander cycles | | Strengths: | stiff | | Weaknesses: | weight!!!!!!!!!! cracked the head tube 1/8"wide and 2.5' long... | | Similar Products Used: | gt backwoods, gary fisher aquila, etc... | | Bike Setup: | gt backwoods, race face craks, manitou fs ti shocks, magura hs-33 brakes, rynolite rims, surly singlespeed hubs, easton ea70 seatpost....etc.. | | Bottom Line: | tempest was the bottomline aluminum frame when I bought it...a year later and several dropoffs to prove I cracked the headtube and sent the frame back for a new one...I got a backwoods on the return and it has been bulletproof for 6 years now...tempest would make a good commuter...not good for hard riding | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik Petersen
a Weekend Warrior
from Hudiksvall, Västernorrland, Sweden
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Strengths: | - Total stiffness!
- Nice seat position | | Weaknesses: | None! | | Bike Setup: | paid 400 for the frame, shimano xtr, avid 2.0, onza barends, etc | | Bottom Line: | - Very good for trail!
- Not for people who like to drop from high heights or jump longdistances
Uses it to travel to the job and ride mountain trails with it at the weekend. Works perfectly for that suppose! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Monteiro
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, Pernambuco, Brasil
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikerspoint | | Strengths: | Esta bike possui um quadro forte e bem desenhado para XC, podendo ser usado para Dual-slallon nos tamanhos pequenos. | | Weaknesses: | Em algumas versões vem com suspensões muito fracas e alguns componentes tipo cubos, aros e pé-de-vela que nescessitam de futuro Up-grade! | | Similar Products Used: | GT Ricochet 96 e Trek 850 94. | | Bike Setup: | Rockshox judy c 2001, guidão Scott strike, mesa Tranz-x, aros Alex TA19(28 furos dianteiro e 32 furos trazeiro), cubo Trek system4 dianteiro e Deore 2002 trazeiro, pé-de-vela Deore 2002 e sistema de marchas STX-RC. | | Bottom Line: | É uma boa bike para inicio, apesar do seu quadro pesar um pouquinho já que é construido em Cromoly porém mais forte!
Acrescentei uma boa suspensão para os trancos e barrancos das trilhas.
Só não gosto dos cabos dos câmbios passando por baixo do tubo inferior do quadro, mais é uma boa bike para iniciar no XC-MTB. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mudguts
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, ON
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | zig-zagging through mean toronto traffic | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | The triple triangle keeps the frame straight up top and the low riser bar keeps your jewels from getting squished | | Weaknesses: | the dropout bends easy and the headstock wore loose after two rides | | Similar Products Used: | Rockhopper comp S/E -Giant Iguana S/E | | Bike Setup: | judy C shocks, XT read, LX front, LX hubs and cassette, titec bars, WTB seat BRIGHT FRIGGIN ORANGE | | Bottom Line: | I like the bike but within a month, my hard riding had bent the rear drop-out severely. It spent 2 weeks in the shop and the LX rear derailer had to be replaced (with XT of course) See a picture at www.canadiancycle.com under pictures | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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