Submitted by
Richard Thorpe
a Downhiller
from Uk
Date Reviewed: 1/7/2007 5:11:26 PM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
Caersws |
| Duration Product Used: |
1 Year |
| Price Paid: |
$999 |
| Purchased At: |
balfa.co.uk |
| Strengths: |
Light weight, Frame layout |
| Weaknesses: |
cable routing and no shock protection only minor niggles |
| Similar Products Tried: |
orange 223, appalache real. |
| Bike Setup: |
03 superT's, saints, pro2 on ex721CD, thomson, funn, maxxis |
| Bottom Line: |
Awesome frame, ride soooo well due to all the weight being at the bottom, making the CG really low. It rails round berms, its also plush as hell. taking it out to france this year wonder how it will cope with the braking bumps |
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Submitted by
Jurgen VanHoussen
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary,CA
Date Reviewed: 12/1/2005 12:21:17 AM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
Northshore any |
| Duration Product Used: |
6 months |
| Price Paid: |
$1100 |
| Purchased At: |
Germany local shop on a business travel |
| Strengths: |
stiff, and plush on rockgardens, easy to handle, corners fast and pedals very well, agree with others in this reviews in all the positives |
| Weaknesses: |
non so far, agree on the need for a floating rear disc, but I got one from brake therapy and hapily ever after |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Demo9, M-1, Kona StabPrimo and Banshee scream. |
| Bike Setup: |
Manitou Travis 200,DeeMax,Atlas Xtype cranckset,e-thirteen,Kenda Nevegal 2.7F/2.5R-stan's tubless converted, thompson DH stem & post,Azonic B52 bar,Hayes ElCamino DB, CK headset. |
| Bottom Line: |
Great bike, I have NO regrets of buying this frame, I moved the parts from my M-1, and rode it for 3 DH sessions, and decided to sell the Intense. I love my Avent Vandal, I think is a great bike well designed and fair priced, no need to pay more for same performance. I will recomend it to any Dowhiller or FR'er. Will not disapoint. |
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Submitted by
Roger Mcleod
a Downhiller
from Vancouver,BC,Canada
Date Reviewed: 10/24/2005 12:23:05 AM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
widow wantch |
| Duration Product Used: |
6 months |
| Price Paid: |
$1300 |
| Purchased At: |
adrenaline bikes |
| Strengths: |
Strong, stable, plush, light for a DH 9" travel frame, great steering at high speed, awesome overall handling, great bearings, pedal platform a plus |
| Weaknesses: |
maybe the cable routing, should have a one way all housing for rear deraileur and a floating rear brake as an option |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Demo-9, Kona stabprimo, S Cruz V-10, Intense M1 & M3 |
| Bike Setup: |
all Shimano Saint, Bombshell wheels, Bombshell Kamikaze fork That I have since '02 and still the best fork ever! Magura Gustav disc brakes, Kenda tires |
| Bottom Line: |
This frame is as good as any of the ones I have used, and cost half or less, great quality and performance, will not brake your bank account and will take you to the podium with no hasless |
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Submitted by
Jamie
from UK
Date Reviewed: 6/20/2005 2:06:57 PM
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| Duration Product Used: |
3 months |
| Purchased At: |
Avent Cycles - Prototype |
| Strengths: |
Lightweight at 9.5lbs, extremely plush, Swinger 6 Way, well priced and looks pretty good. |
| Weaknesses: |
None really - tyre clearance on this proto was tight but the production version has longer stays to combat this. |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Balfa BB7's, Orange 222's |
| Bike Setup: |
Boxxer WC 7", Hayes Mags, Bombshell Switchit hubs on Fat Daddy rims |
| Bottom Line: |
An awesome frame with all the right bits - works well and will definately be a winner on the race scene |
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