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$ 299.00
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Description:
- Optimal size specific tubing (Larger diameter tubing used on larger size frames)
- Engineered tubing profile Enhanced ride quality
- Aggressive head tube gusset at the down tube
- Head tube gusset tab at the top tube
- Double tapered seat stays
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Submitted by
Tommy
a Racer
from Murfreesboro, Tn, US
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Tnasi Trails, Ocoee Tn | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Stiff Frame. It can take a beating. price! looks good. | | Weaknesses: | Weak drop-out. very rough ride. That don't make them any more so factory work is out of the question. | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz Chameleon | | Bike Setup: | Soul Craft Single Speen Conversion kit. Industry 9 SS wheels, Manitou Fork. | | Bottom Line: | I use this bike for winter training with a single speed conversion kit. I have been riding it for over a year and it has served it's purpose. I have taken it through the nastiest single track the winter can dish out and taken it off several drops. The bike has held up great. However I have a fear of having to replace the drop-out in the future. Finding this part may be next to impossible since they are no longer manufacturing the frame. If you are looking for a quality XC hardtail for a good price this would be a good one. This would also be a good upgrade from an entry level bike. If you are looking for manufacturer support, steer clear. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hector Rodriguez
a Weekend Warrior
from APO, AE
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything really | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$160.00 | | Purchased At: | airborne.net | | Strengths: | No paint, replaceable drop out, disc brake ready, light wieght | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | H&M frame | | Bike Setup: | Deore LX, cheap Insyc shock, Avid 7, Panaracer fire | | Bottom Line: | This frame is great. It may be because my other frame was too big, but this one fits perfect. Love riding this thing. For the price I paid I got the stem, handle bar, headset (FSA w/needle bearings, integrated) and the seat post. I am riding the 14" frame with a 110mm stem and the bike is really comfortable. I could stay on this thing for hours. I am 5'3" and about 165. I can't tell you if it is stiffer than this or that bike or inspires some kind of who knows what, but the bike is light and just great for my ability (begining beginer!) and makes me want to ride all weekend. I have held up bikes that cost way more than what I paid for my frame and parts and they seem alot heavier and the parts selection is pretty poor. This way I got the parts that I wanted on the frame that I wanted the first time.
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Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | airborne direct | | Strengths: | none really | | Weaknesses: | manufacturer can not seem to place the tubing in the jigs very well when welding the frame together. Rear triangle doesn't line up with front triangle. Pretty heavy too for an aluminum frame. | | Similar Products Used: | Thin Blue Line, Kona | | Bike Setup: | XT/XTR | | Bottom Line: | The botton line is this, if you want a quality frame, buy one from a well know manufacturer. Buy something you can physically handle and try out before you buy. I went through two frames in less than 2 years. The first one had a frame misalignemnt of 1/4" and the replacement has cracked in 2 places. Everyone on my team who rode their bikes has had to return their frame under warranty because of poor quality. 3 liberator frames and a black widow. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from State College, PA
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Rothrock State Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Strengths: | Light, cheap, and pretty | | Weaknesses: | for some reason it came with ball bearings rolling around in the frame. I got them all out but one, I can still here it rolling around when I flip my bike over. Also, it's set up for rear hydraulic brakes, it's a pain to run cables. | | Similar Products Used: | Ibex alpine, various big name hardtails | | Bike Setup: | xt drivetrain, manitou xs-r fork | | Bottom Line: | Sweet ride. I was apprehensive about buying a frame online but I was rewarded. For 300 bucks you are not going to find a frame like this anywhere else. It aint titanium, but it aint 1200 bucks either, | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Karen
a Cross Country Rider
from Cronulla
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Shidu - just outside Beijing | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | It is strong, light and really fast. I got my cables put on top so it is easy to carry when nature has really reclaimed the trails, or when you get to cliff size rocks. You can't scratch it, it always looks great and they are tough. The fools at Kumming airport sent mine bouncing down the luggage slippery dip thing, I was freaking about damage... but nothing, not a scratch.. they can handle getting loaded on the back of a truck, a plane, or a bouncing jeep and get unloaded perfect and ready to roll. | | Weaknesses: | It is a hard tail so a bit bouncy on the rough stuff. I am actually currently building up a Airborne paka wallop (soft tail) so I can cycle through the bouncy terain faster. So by xmas I will have two airbornes. | | Similar Products Used: | Lots of brands - a few giants, previous bikes were Alum | | Bike Setup: | Airboune liberator frame, avid breaks, XT everything but XTR front and rear derailers, SID team shocks, Mavic tubeless wheels = 9kg (I have weighted it often at airports) | | Bottom Line: | This is the first time I have got top line components and a great frame - the difference in how it rides is unbelievable. You will feel the difference immediately.
As soon as I got this bike my riding improved. I went from finishing in the middle of the pack in races to coming in the top 10%. The biggest change it made for me is improving my confidence, the bike just felt better, I was more confident doing things I would not have attempted before. And being light made all hills seem flat/ter.
I love riding this bike. 8 of my friends have also bought these bikes cause they are light, fast and tough.
Titanium suits my lifestyle, my friends and I do lots of travel to remote places (mostly asia) and the bike comes with us- it went on at least 15 plane rides last year. I chose titanium over carbon because it can take what you give it off the bike - and performs fantastic when riding. I hear that carbon will absorb more shock when on the trails, but it is fragil and need to be loved and cared for - friends of ours with carbon frames need to spend an hours each trip to ensure their carbon frame is all boxed and carefully wrapped for transport - we just wheel our Airbornes on at airports with nothing more than a foam sleeping roll strapped at the bottom to protect the derailers and a bit of air out of the tyres.
I am 60kg so with the light bike my power to weight ratio means I can get up the hill much faster and easier than others with stronger but heavier bikes.
Get one - I love mine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve Lee
a Cross Country Rider
from Newcastle-upon-tyne, England
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$299.00 | | Purchased At: | airborne.net | | Strengths: | Its light weight well built, rides well, price | | Weaknesses: | Flawless | | Similar Products Used: | kinesis max lite | | Bike Setup: | xt throughout, sram attack shifters, rockshox pilot forks, xt hollow tech 2 cranks, mavic xm719 rims on deore hubs, lx vbrakes. total weight 11.9kg(including 20w-lights and acc`s) | | Bottom Line: | this bike is equaly as good as its titanium counter parts, the ride is really smooth and the low weight makes it easier for those parts on the trail where it has to be carried. its an alround excellent buy and i would recomend it to anyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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