Submitted by
Will Boucher
a Downhiller
from Ventura
Date Reviewed: 4/4/2007 9:03:29 PM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
Tunnel or Cold Springs |
| Duration Product Used: |
1 Year |
| Price Paid: |
$2500 |
| Purchased At: |
Complete from friend |
| Strengths: |
Great through rock! Couldent ask for a smoother bike! |
| Weaknesses: |
The frame has a little play in it |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Sunday |
| Bike Setup: |
Chumba F4, Fox 40 RC2, Avid Codes,Fox DHX 5.0, SDG. |
| Bottom Line: |
If you are looking for a bike that is great for rock a Chumba would be good for you. I ride the Santa Barbara trails almost three times a week and those trails are super rocky and I have never had a problem with this bike. |
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Submitted by
Jim
a Downhiller
from Vancouver BC Canada
Date Reviewed: 12/10/2006 7:23:17 PM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
mach chicken |
| Duration Product Used: |
6 months |
| Purchased At: |
Traded for it |
| Strengths: |
welds, design, feel, angles, cockpit,rear travel, best handling bike ive ever ridden, rear swing arm, super stiff frame, rear shock DHX5.0, floating brake arm = no brake jack, you can point this frame down anything, its sticks to the ground, jumps well and corners well |
| Weaknesses: |
nothing the frame its so well thought out, maybe tuff to get at the rear linkage but thats not a biggie, rare bb size |
| Similar Products Tried: |
ive owned alot of dh/freeride bikes intense m1 03, Giant atx team dh 00, orange 222 03 and patriot, turner rail and dhr02 |
| Bike Setup: |
fox 40 rc2 single tracks on hadleys dhx 5.0 magura louise fr brakes raceface north shore cranks chromag stem and bars |
| Bottom Line: |
I built up my dream bike in 03/04 my intense m1 with all the best parts i could get my hands on and I passed up on the chumba. After a season and a bit on the intense m1 i toyed with some freeride frames and then had a chance to pick up a chumba f4 in a trade that was hardly used. I have to say this is my dream bike now, Ive never ridden a better dh bike there is nothing this bike doesn't do well. I was told this bike wouldn't be any good on the North shore and north shore type trails. let me tell you they where wrong, the bike just rips on that stuff and handles well at slow speeds floats over all that rooty and real rough stuff holds a line like no other and has gotten me outta so much shyt and close calls.
If you like to fly down the mtn grab some air or keep it on the ground, snap outta corners and point it down the rough stuff this is the bike for you. look around and see if you can pick one up. |
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