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Submitted by
Matt
a Downhiller
from La Verne
Date Reviewed: 1/17/2007 3:37:27 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $2100 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | Frame is burly, hardly any flex. Non-interupted seat tube. Made in the USA. Life time warranty on frame. FOX suspension front and rear. Hayes are very responsive and adjustable. |
| Weaknesses: | Rear suspension had a little up and down play but Cannondale sent upgrade kit to eliminate it. Front Brake routing pinched rear brake hose with bottom crown of fork but was easily fixed. |
| Bike Setup: | Stock for now |
| Bottom Line: | Had to put this review in to help out the rating of the Judge because of the dutche bag that wrote the bogus review. This is a great bike for FR or downhill once the suspension is set up correctly. Bike is pretty darn light for a DH bike so will feel a bit twitchy to others that ride heavier bikes but feels stable as a mountain goat on the ground and in the air. Get this bike if you can fork out the cash or if you get lucky like I did. |
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Submitted by
D Rebel
from Duncan BC Canada
Date Reviewed: 7/17/2006 4:52:24 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Patchworks |
| Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only |
| Purchased At: | Experience Cycling (duncan) |
| Strengths: | Low compact design, beefy frame with beefy pivots, shock link ,brake link(optional).fox40rc2 don't hurt either. |
| Weaknesses: | brakes, cranks, pedals and big production set backs, I waited 6 months for my small(and many other shops wanted it).Now it's sitting at the shop awaiting a front caliper, I put louise fr on in place of the el caminos, but im waiting on a caliper to mount to the 40s.Also the fr1 dosn't come with the brake link.You can get it as an option as I did, however it requiers a 135mm rear hub, so specify this when you order the bike. |
| Bike Setup: | brake link and louise fr otherwise stock. |
| Bottom Line: | unreal bike if you can get your hands on one, well spect other than the cranksand lack of chain guide(if you use it for what it was intended for)and I don't feel the brakes are up to the task but that is only based on world of mouth, i just didn't want to take risk give their bad rep so far. |
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Submitted by
John Smith
a Downhiller
from waltham,MA,USA
Date Reviewed: 7/15/2006 6:08:53 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | vietnam |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | lots of travel on the suspention. more gears than most downhill bikes. not too heavy. |
| Weaknesses: | it looks like poopie, and has a bad aftertaste. Only comes in one color. handlebars are too wide. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Specialized demo eight |
| Bike Setup: | frame, weels, cranks, stem, fork, handlebars, pedals, brakes, saddle, seatpost. |
| Bottom Line: | DON'T BUY THIS BIKE!!!!!!!!! |
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