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Submitted by
millsy fkdffgef
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: 5/2/2008 7:53:11 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Windsor dirt jumps |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | almost everything. it's strong and light. looks great in black 8 speed the fork is great the tyres |
| Weaknesses: | grips ,derailleur |
| Similar Products Tried: | - |
| Bike Setup: | standard |
| Bottom Line: | Great bike super strong and light, handles well looks good in black. i love the 8 speed. even tho the derailleur bangs against the frame and the grips are a bit slippery all you have to do is wear gloves then ther super grippy. best bike ive ever ridden |
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Submitted by
chris
from enniskillen
Date Reviewed: 4/18/2008 7:23:54 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $1140 |
| Purchased At: | Impala Bicycles |
| Strengths: | No matter what I do, nohing goes wrong with it and normaly i break bikwes in days this is such an amazing bike. :D |
| Weaknesses: | Nothing's gone wrong with it.. |
| Similar Products Tried: | My friend's Specialized Hardrock Comp was sort of like it just not nearly as good. |
| Bike Setup: | Single speed, other than that its a normal STP1 07 |
| Bottom Line: | This thing is amazing for anything less than downhill or really aggressive freeride. Don't buy it if your one of those people who tries a sport and gives up on it because it isn't the best for boring old normal riding. |
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Submitted by
dennis
a Downhiller
from CT
Date Reviewed: 2/9/2008 1:54:46 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $700 |
| Purchased At: | baybrook bicycles |
| Strengths: | strong strong x2 no drivetrain mess ups (I have the 08 stp ss) dont hit my balls |
| Weaknesses: | could be lighter change the grips |
| Similar Products Tried: | p1 gary fisher phd |
| Bike Setup: | stock with hussefelt stuff from my other bike |
| Bottom Line: | this bike is great, it handles well, super smooth ride, fast, it makes 0 sounds, strong wheels, fork (almost as heavy as the boxxer wc), the only thing i will pay money for to upgrade this will go into getting a lighter fork, its a beast!!! definitely go buy this if you are an intermediate-beginner dirt jumper if your an expert just buy the frame and build it up |
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Submitted by
Tom Nyland
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: 1/26/2008 6:46:45 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $1500 |
| Purchased At: | Bike Adiction |
| Strengths: | Cheap! Life time warranty is excellent with customer service to back it up. I got the "0" model not listed so I am doing it here as the frame is the same only different parts. |
| Weaknesses: | Fairly heavy but strong enough for anything. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Kona hardtails, Norco hardtails, Brodie hardtails, Eastern Hardtails. |
| Bike Setup: | Running single speed. Avid juicy brakes, kenda tires.... |
| Bottom Line: | I did my research when buying this bike. For value it cant be beaten. Great bike for the DJ's but works well on trails, light DH runs and freeride. |
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Submitted by
Dahriel
from Newcastle, Australia
Date Reviewed: 12/2/2007 3:09:48 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Ashtonfield |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $1200 |
| Purchased At: | Hadley's |
| Strengths: | Everything. |
| Weaknesses: | Rear hydro brakes. I had the bike not long before I had a problem with the rear hydros. Only minor though. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Specialized P2 cr-mo Norco Ryde Norco 125 Kona Stuff |
| Bike Setup: | 2008 DJ2 |
| Bottom Line: | Sweeeeet bike all up. Heaps light frame. Easy to throw around. Super strong and no parts have broken. |
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Submitted by
Soren Young
a Downhiller
from Eugene, Oregon, USA
Date Reviewed: 11/23/2007 8:08:06 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Falls city |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $1000 |
| Purchased At: | Collins cycle shop |
| Strengths: | Great geometery for its intended uses, and all around IMO. light frame weight has taken everything i have thrown at it |
| Weaknesses: | my ONLY complaint are the vertical dropouts |
| Similar Products Tried: | ridden my freinds: kona cowan banshee morphine p1 p1 cromo and others not worth mentioning |
| Bike Setup: | Stp 2 frame 04 DJ 2 Rear avid bb7 Single speed 2:1 deity 3 pc cranks |
| Bottom Line: | commuting, dirtjumping, street, park, trails, freeriding, downhilling and getting hit by numorous cars. i have put this bike thru everything for almost 4 years now almost every every day. i have trashed and replaced just about every part. but never broke the frame or found a situation where i wished i was riding somthing else. i would not take any other one bike over this one, it is my bread and butter. STP ALL THE WAY |
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Submitted by
stas
from Poland, Warsaw
Date Reviewed: 10/1/2007 6:52:21 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | street and dirt trails near my house |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $1100 |
| Purchased At: | coolbikezone.pl |
| Strengths: | Fork, frame, rims and how it all works together to form my favourite bike |
| Weaknesses: | Grips, pedals |
| Bottom Line: | This is a great dirt, street and park, I didn't use it for trial. I have a 2005 model. The geometry of the frame is outstanding! Manuals made easy. I used it mostly in street, I learned a lot while riding on this bike. I love the fork. The bike was also great for dirt. Although I had some problems with hubs and breaks, I think that that were single-bike problems and the bike is so great, it's AMAZING!. I love it!!! |
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Submitted by
bob lilly
a Racer
from yeppoon
Date Reviewed: 8/30/2007 1:08:05 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | nz |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Purchased At: | 900 |
| Strengths: | where bad |
| Weaknesses: | bad bad bad bad bad b db bd bad bad bad bda bad bad bad bd bdb db dab da bda bad bad badbda bbad bad bad bad badb bad bdab adbad bad bad bad bdb |
| Similar Products Tried: | hufy |
| Bike Setup: | ba b bad bd bdbad bda bad badbadbad bad badbad bad dab adbad bad ad bad bad bad adb ad adb adb |
| Bottom Line: | bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad abd a dbad bad bad baddb adb adb ad abd adb ab dabd |
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Submitted by
Justin
a Cross Country Rider
from Eagan, MN
Date Reviewed: 8/17/2007 2:44:02 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Lebanon Hills XC Trail, Eagan |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | Penn Cycle (Frameset Only) |
| Strengths: | Frameset comes with a sweet multi-tone blue paintjob. chainstay horseshoe Super beefy. Big tubes, big welds |
| Weaknesses: | rear disc gusset not too effective, some flex noticable. Personally, I'm no fan of zero stack headsets. Had quite a bit of chain-suck w/ raceface rings (WTF?) |
| Similar Products Tried: | 94 Fisher SuperCaliber built as freeride |
| Bike Setup: | 05 Manitou Minute 2:00/cc zs-2 headset , Raceface Atlas Crankset, Bontrager Racelite Disc Tubeless wheelset w/ compSlite UST tires, 06 Juicy 7 brakes, xtr ft/rear der, xtr rapid fire shifters, xtr cassette, hg-93 chain, Wellgo mg-50 pedals, Thompson Seatpost/stem. |
| Bottom Line: | A great ride if you like freeride or DS. Not the best on the XC trails. It'd definately handle big mountain & jumping just fine. Very compact cockpit, very fast, great cornering. I wouldnt say its my favorite bike (of 9) but its definately a fun ride. Not too much DH/DS around here, but its great on the streets. A longer seatpost (400+) could help it become a better xc ride. Otherwise its the perfect big-kids' BMX. |
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Submitted by
Ian Fleming
a Weekend Warrior
from Halifax
Date Reviewed: 8/8/2007 3:44:18 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Whopper dropper, HRM Dirtjumps |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $650 |
| Purchased At: | Second Hand |
| Strengths: | Light frame, Great for dirt jumping and street. Great for drops and minor freeride. Amzing flowy bike. |
| Weaknesses: | almost nothing, cranks might make weird noises after a while but its just a matter of some lube in the bearings. |
| Similar Products Tried: | STP 2, STP 3, Kona Shred, Kona Stuff |
| Bike Setup: | 04 STP 1 frame, 07 Marzocchi Dirt Jam Pros, Easton Monkey Bars, Truvativ Husselfelt Cranks, Hayes Hyros 9. |
| Bottom Line: | Great light frame for dirt and street, and stong enought for some minor freeride. Amazing bike, I think every one should have one (: |
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Submitted by
Phillip Wilson
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: 8/1/2007 6:32:57 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | The street |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $850 |
| Purchased At: | Home Hardware |
| Strengths: | Frame, brakes. |
| Weaknesses: | none execpt the cassette, i hate cassesttes. i chnaged to ss first day. |
| Similar Products Tried: | P1 |
| Bike Setup: | all stock but the single speed. |
| Bottom Line: | Its the best bike ever made for street. Jeff lenosky, you are a god for making this beauty a beast for the road. |
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Submitted by
connor
a Weekend Warrior
from new zealand
Date Reviewed: 7/11/2007 12:17:09 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | makara peak |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $800 |
| Purchased At: | penny farthings |
| Strengths: | frame, rims, tires, forks, brakes |
| Weaknesses: | derailleur |
| Similar Products Tried: | P3, stp2, stp0 |
| Bike Setup: | marzocchi dirtjumper3s, hayes9 hydrolic disc brakes, maxxis holyrollers, sun rynolite rims. |
| Bottom Line: | very good bike for the price, quite like the look of it, great geometry. definitly recomend it to a friend. |
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Submitted by
balls
a Racer
from californa
Date Reviewed: 7/10/2007 2:12:49 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | you know...that one |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | cracked my last frame got it for free |
| Strengths: | it just keeps going and going and going..... |
| Weaknesses: | i have already cracked two seperate frames in the same place, but giant is nice about it and i got a new one |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | stp, pikes, holy rollers, avids,and so on |
| Bottom Line: | this bike (mabye not stock) can take a beating and still feel like it is brand new |
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Submitted by
tyrone
a Weekend Warrior
from charlotte, NC, U.S
Date Reviewed: 6/20/2007 3:11:32 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | downtown |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | $850 |
| Strengths: | very stong, looks good |
| Weaknesses: | none yet |
| Similar Products Tried: | specialized P2, trek jack |
| Bike Setup: | 07 stp zero, deity cranks, deity handlebar and stem, rock shox argyle, hope hubs, hope mono6ti rear brake, halo sas rims, maxxis hollyrollers |
| Bottom Line: | great bike for the money |
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Submitted by
Taylor Cook
from Canada, ns
Date Reviewed: 6/14/2007 7:18:48 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $1000 |
| Purchased At: | valley stove and cycle |
| Strengths: | This bike is strong, lite and easy to manual. |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | specialized p1, cannondale chase 1 |
| Bike Setup: | 05 stp frame, dj3, mtx camo rims, ring god bashguard, dh bars, rear disk only |
| Bottom Line: | This bike can stand up to anything. |
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Submitted by
tyson billings
a Weekend Warrior
from fort ST John, B.C.
Date Reviewed: 6/8/2007 2:50:07 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | 950 |
| Strengths: | frame |
| Weaknesses: | breaks and rims. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bottom Line: | its a hard-to-break bike and its really light. i love it for street riding and dirt jumping |
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Submitted by
tyson billings
a Weekend Warrior
from fort ST John, B.C.
Date Reviewed: 6/8/2007 2:50:06 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | 950 |
| Strengths: | frame |
| Weaknesses: | breaks and rims. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bottom Line: | its a hard-to-break bike and its really light. i love it for street riding and dirt jumping |
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Submitted by
Bucky
a Downhiller
from Anapolis, Maryland, USA
Date Reviewed: 6/6/2007 3:07:35 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $800 |
| Strengths: | Strong frame, good brakes, and bars GREAT CLIMBING AND HANDLING |
| Weaknesses: | most of the stock components |
| Similar Products Tried: | SPECIALIZED P.3 |
| Bike Setup: | stp 1 frame, Shiver fork, DEEMAX wheels, Saint Cranks, Easton bars and stem |
| Bottom Line: | strong bike that takes alot of abuse! good for trails, jumping, and street |
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Submitted by
John Edwards
a Downhiller
from Perth, Australia
Date Reviewed: 5/18/2007 5:26:03 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Goat farm |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $1000 |
| Purchased At: | Armadale |
| Strengths: | Great bike for alround riding. It feels like an adult BMX. Easy for long rides. |
| Weaknesses: | Had a recall on the crank, no dramas. I changed to Pike 409 with upgraded spings for increased udjustability. Should have got the zero but i like this paint job better. |
| Bike Setup: | Mostly Standard but i upgraded the forks, i have a second set of rims. Urban grey for street with holly rollers and High Rollers for the dirt |
| Bottom Line: | Great alround thrash bike. I have a Specialized Bighit DH for the more extreme riding. I love the full suspension for downhill. Cant go wrong. |
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Submitted by
jaryd
a Weekend Warrior
from australia
Date Reviewed: 5/4/2007 11:03:59 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | warrandyte |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $2200 |
| Purchased At: | gold cross cycles |
| Strengths: | this bike has a lot of strengths like the cranks, rims forks ect |
| Weaknesses: | the head stem get hussefelt head stem its strong and it matches the cranks |
| Similar Products Tried: | stp 0 norco rampage |
| Bike Setup: | stp frame with hussefelt cranks,hussefelt head stem, easten handle bars, hayes 9 brakes, primo peddles, 8 inch disks, easten seat post, maxxis advantage tires and marzochi dirt jam pro forks |
| Bottom Line: | the bottom line is this bike is fantastic for alot of things like street jumps drops i have done a 8 half foot drop and still going great with out any damage to the bike if you have your eyes set on this bike you should get it beacuse its light and strong and has good parts on it |
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Submitted by
Pierre
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston
Date Reviewed: 4/15/2007 6:57:51 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | The Ant Hills |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $800 |
| Purchased At: | Bicycle World and Fitness |
| Strengths: | Light frame, geometry of frame. single speed. Hayes brakes. Handling |
| Weaknesses: | Fork Dirt Jumper 4. grips. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Kona Shred |
| Bike Setup: | Stock STP SS except for 6 inch Hayes V-cut front and rear. |
| Bottom Line: | This bike is the best I've ever ridden . Feels strong and All around excellent bike. Great for dirt jumping, drops, urban. WORTH EVERY PENNY! |
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Submitted by
Kian
a Downhiller
from BLue Ridge, GA, USA
Date Reviewed: 3/29/2007 8:14:53 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $775 |
| Purchased At: | Cycle South |
| Strengths: | frame, wheels, brakes, balance, tires. |
| Weaknesses: | fork is ok, not great. |
| Bike Setup: | 2006 STP with Race Face bashring |
| Bottom Line: | Great bike. Drops, jumps, and handles great. Tires are not the best for off road. On a stock bike, I have hit 15 foot gaps and 7 foot drops with no problems. I cased 17' and the bike had scratched bar ends and no other problems. If you're thinking about it, just go for it. |
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Submitted by
ffffreerider dirtjumpermakererdoerer
a Weekend Warrior
from Aussie Aussie Aussie
Date Reviewed: 3/24/2007 9:25:17 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | the walls of denman |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $1500 |
| Purchased At: | ya mum |
| Strengths: | frame is light and unbreakable, marzocchi DJ forks rock this party, bars,stuff, hubs, >ME< |
| Weaknesses: | the first day i got this bike i got a puncture then i had to wait for 3weeks to get new tubes in, the week after that my rim buckled doing (trying) 360's, so i upgraded or downgraded to sun king pins that are unbreakable but weight 800grams each very much worth it, cranks are F#@!ed and have been sent away for fixerating same with the hayes 9 brakes they are fabulous but in ausTRAILia we have dirt and rocks which got inside my brakes and smashed them up top bike though |
| Similar Products Tried: | repco, iron horse wc, ktm 125, giant glory, ya mum |
| Bike Setup: | stock, sun king pin rims |
| Bottom Line: | get slime liners they are invincible best bike ever(other than the modle up) ive riden a cannondale chase valued at 3300 and this thing beats it components 4 price even though some poor little 12yr old middle eastern kid in tawian made the frame. this bike is worth getting but really it is worth saving up an extra 500 bucks 4 the stp0 its has way way way better components. mad bike goes well on trails and djs mad tread beleve it or not good 4 everything. easy bike to get used to. these cranks suck. |
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Submitted by
brandon
a Weekend Warrior
from wilmington NC New Hanover County
Date Reviewed: 3/18/2007 3:57:49 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Blue Clay @wilmington NC |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $750 |
| Purchased At: | two wheeler dealer |
| Strengths: | 2006 STP SS.the frame is super beefy and lite. maxxis holy roller tires are rad, sun rhino lite rims are strong and look awsome with black spokes and black hubs and non-machined black sidewall rims.Marzocchi dirt jam comp fork is nice and stiff for aurban and dirt jumping. hayse disc brake work great. everything is just STIFF STIFF STIFF. |
| Weaknesses: | i bought a size 14" which is perfect for aurban riding and dirt jumping, but it is just too small to ride on trails effectivly. marzocchi dirtjam comp fork is too stiff for trail riding. it might aswell be a ridgid fork. maxxis holy roller tires,the tread is just not deep enough for trail riding. my local trails are covered with leaves and pinestraw so i slide out when i corner fast.(changed to panaracer FIRE FR 2.4, never slide agian, corners like its on rails.) |
| Similar Products Tried: | specialized P series, trek jack, cannondale chase. |
| Bike Setup: | Marzocchi dirtjam comp fork, sun single track w/ 9speed shimano xt hubs,panaracer FIRE FR 2.4 (huge tires),stock bars and stem, LX rear shifter, oury lockon grips(so soft),avid levers,stock post and seat. |
| Bottom Line: | this bike is perfect for anyone who is into auban assualt and dirt jumping. if you intend to do trail riding also, i would go with the larger size if you are over 5'9". i like the single speed for auban and dirt jumping, but is a little too hard of a gear for trail riding. if i were you i would get a larger rear cog, or do what i did and add gears.( i should have got the one with gears in the first place.) |
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Submitted by
Captain Bozo
from College Station
Date Reviewed: 3/17/2007 5:07:09 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Campus |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $350 |
| Purchased At: | Ebay |
| Strengths: | Very quick steering. Frame is beefy and light. |
| Weaknesses: | idk, I bought it used with everything upgraded but the frame...none I guess |
| Similar Products Tried: | Specialized, GT, Fetish Cycles, Schwinn. |
| Bike Setup: | bah, to much to list. |
| Bottom Line: | Awesome bike imo. A little scary coming of jumps/drops, I am just used to my other and less responsive fetish. |
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Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from NSW Australia
Date Reviewed: 3/13/2007 6:38:38 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $1400 |
| Purchased At: | Bike Addiction Manly |
| Strengths: | 07 STP Zero Great Looks, awesome components Pikes, E13 etc. Great geometry, nice short chainstay (manual luv), and solid as hell on some big drops |