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Submitted by
Dan
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: 4/22/2008 8:35:42 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | grand river |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $550 |
| Purchased At: | greenride bikes |
| Strengths: | solid frame and forks,strong rims and the tires glide on pavement, real smooth ride |
| Weaknesses: | is heavier then expected but my last bike was a hardrock which is an aluminum alloy, unlike this bike, the stock seat was a bit uncomfortable so i would add your own on if i was to buy this bike again. |
| Similar Products Tried: | specialized hardrock, norco ride, norco bigfoot |
| Bike Setup: | single speed, stock, axium seat |
| Bottom Line: | great ride for the price, a solid dirtjumper but can handle street well too |
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Submitted by
josh bishop
a Downhiller
from sydney,nsw,australia
Date Reviewed: 2/14/2008 2:32:25 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | bulli and thiroull |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $900 |
| Purchased At: | spearmens figtree |
| Strengths: | the frame, forks aren't 2 bad bottomed them out a few times though. |
| Weaknesses: | tires are really bad, rims aren't 2 bad and the pedals are really slipery will wear down very quick and grips will nead 2 bye them quick coz they will fall off |
| Similar Products Tried: | norco 125 |
| Bike Setup: | maxxis minion dh specific 2.50 on the front and maxxis minion dh 2.35 on the back, ns pancake pedals, roge odi grips |
| Bottom Line: | great bike for the price might have 2 do it up abit but not 2 much |
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Submitted by
Gavin
from Dublin, Ireland
Date Reviewed: 2/3/2008 1:03:48 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $720 |
| Purchased At: | Cycle Inn |
| Strengths: | Gud light frame, handles anythin u throw at it! breaks are gud as far as v-breaks go! |
| Weaknesses: | pedasl are kinda slipy, hurt myself din drops cosa dem. rims buckled easily enuf bt is kinda xpected at dat price. |
| Bike Setup: | stock 2008 xcept diffrent bak wheel. |
| Bottom Line: | gud light bike, perfect 4 begining on. gives u loads of confidence!! ;) |
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Submitted by
Duncan McLaren
a Weekend Warrior
from Edinburgh, Scotland
Date Reviewed: 11/16/2007 12:20:15 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Cycopatch |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $600 |
| Purchased At: | Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op |
| Strengths: | The frame is really strong, the wheels are tough and the tyres are really grippy. |
| Weaknesses: | The fork, it doesnt really work. The seatclamp as well, it slips. |
| Similar Products Tried: | None |
| Bike Setup: | Stock, apart from DMR V8s. |
| Bottom Line: | Tough as ****, its survived much abuse. The thick tyres and wide bar feel good, and the tyres grip well. The wheels are quite heavy, but are still running straight and true after some dodgy landings and crashes. |
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Submitted by
Marcus
a Downhiller
from Perth, WA, Australia
Date Reviewed: 11/9/2007 8:56:41 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Goat Farm, Perth |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $777 |
| Purchased At: | Cyclerama, Cannigton WA |
| Strengths: | Wikid frame, smooth ride, can hit any line on it if u got the guts. |
| Weaknesses: | Rims buckled on a few big jumps, gears can slip abit and chain fell off a few times and got jarredd in frame |
| Similar Products Tried: | None, first bike |
| Bike Setup: | MTX rims, truvanti box chain guide, 8spd, evrything else mainly stock |
| Bottom Line: | Smooth ride,taken some big hits and still holding together after awhile. Anyone getting into the sport could start with this or if your looking for better specs look at the better models(1,0 and now PRO) |
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Submitted by
Brendan Stclair
from wodonga
Date Reviewed: 11/9/2007 2:32:23 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | every were |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $1000 |
| Purchased At: | rock and road wangaratta |
| Strengths: | frame is gr8 wouldnt bye any thing else it has a lifetime warrnty |
| Weaknesses: | seat and deraileers could be cheaper |
| Similar Products Tried: | mongoose hardball |
| Bike Setup: | stock |
| Bottom Line: | great bike for someone just starting |
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Submitted by
jason rolls
from ruthorford
Date Reviewed: 10/11/2007 2:45:40 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any where and every where |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $1000 |
| Purchased At: | hadley cycles maitland |
| Strengths: | tank tuff frame a good allround bike a comfortable ride and gives me confidence to more than i used to |
| Weaknesses: | gears can slip a litle and could do with a chunkier stock tier but that is being picky |
| Similar Products Tried: | a few similar bikes eg.gt chucker |
| Bike Setup: | stock stp2 (aus) |
| Bottom Line: | great bike for the price does wat u want it 2 and u can really give it a beating and it will come back for more every time, dont buy this bike if u arnt going 2 ride it hard |
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Submitted by
jason rolls
from rutherford nsw australia
Date Reviewed: 9/27/2007 3:49:16 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | anywhere and every where |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $999 |
| Purchased At: | hadley cycles maitland |
| Strengths: | very good frame work nice cushy forks race face bits and peices comfortable and makes me feel like i can do anything biggest air ive ever had on a pushbike i ride 2 school every day and all the guys love allmost as much as i do and ive never been able 2 manual untill i got this bike and dont nok the disks breaks till u have tried them just cause they aint hyddrolic i rekon there better and give more feel 2 breaking |
| Weaknesses: | stock tyres could be a little chunkier and more agressive tred patturn but they do the job and some dual wall rims wouldnt go astray with big drops and all but like the tyres they get the job don but i frakin love this bike |
| Similar Products Tried: | a few stock free ride and dj bikes |
| Bike Setup: | stock aust stp2 |
| Bottom Line: | very nice great for the price ait sells at bloody good bike geometry a good all round bike especially on those dirt jumps can handle wateva u got and will come back and bite u in da arse 4 more mate |
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Submitted by
super man spider man
a Downhiller
from adalade
Date Reviewed: 9/22/2007 7:02:02 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | dont have one |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $900 |
| Strengths: | frame, cranks and stem |
| Weaknesses: | fork brakes tires |
| Similar Products Tried: | dimond back 06, |
| Bike Setup: | stock excepy forks |
| Bottom Line: | great bike fore any kind of riding except hevy downhilling, great bike for any one |
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Submitted by
Glenn McGregor
a Weekend Warrior
from Nelson
Date Reviewed: 9/11/2007 2:42:59 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | home made |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $900 |
| Purchased At: | Cycle Surgery |
| Strengths: | the way it feels, nice to ride |
| Weaknesses: | deralier, real ratele, dosent change gears all the time |
| Similar Products Tried: | Stp 3, DBR BSX Comp |
| Bike Setup: | 8 speed single crown DJ 2s hayes 9 hydros shamano deora |
| Bottom Line: | very good bike but not the best. the deralier is the main problem, it dosent handle the jumps or rough terain, thinking about a new one. Brought second hand for 900. |
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Submitted by
Michael Norrish
a Weekend Warrior
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: 9/3/2007 12:01:47 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | NZ jumpz and stuff |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $600 |
| Purchased At: | Village Cycles NZ |
| Strengths: | Frame is strong, rims are strong (rhyno lites). Its cheap to buy. Cranks good. |
| Weaknesses: | I own the small frame which is 13.5 inch. It often feels like a bmx because it is so small... however maybe im just wrong and im not sure what its eant to feel like. Most of the components are bad. The front hub is Quick Release so you cant upgrade to decent forks because decent forks arent Quick Release. You need to buy a whole new wheel set just to upgrade forks (unless you just get front rim but that would look weird). The brakes (hayes GX2 Mechanicals) really suck and have no stopping power at all. Bottom Bracket often creaks. Handle bars and stem arent good. The stem isnt even a brand. The seat is not good for jumps because its so skinny and small. Hubs suck they arent sealed. So bearing wear out quickly and become rough. CHAIN SUCK!!! I hate chain suck, its where your chain gets sucked up with the chain ring and gets jammed between the frame and sprocket/crank. It munches up my frame and bends the chain as well as the sprocket! It just stuffs everthing up!!!! So i reccomend getting a chain guide straight away. The front derueiluer that controls the front chain rings is so close to touvhing the rear tyre that i cant put a knobbly on because they will make contact! Thats just another reason to convert to Single Speed on the front and chain guide. The gears suck the slip and miss and wear out fast (convert!). |
| Similar Products Tried: | P3 and keewee progressor |
| Bike Setup: | I have upgraded= Handle Bars, Stem, Rims/hubs, Fork, seat, and converted to single speed. Now i need Hydrolic brakes. I have spent alot of money on this bike, all added up i could have bought a brand new Specialized P3 With all these components but better!!! |
| Bottom Line: | If your not looking to upgrade from stock components and have ridden the bike and you like the feel of it then this is a good bike to consider. Other wise it simply costs to much to upgrade despite what people say about it being a good bike to upgrade. |
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Submitted by
Eric Charest
from Sorel-tracy, QC, Canada
Date Reviewed: 8/2/2007 10:31:56 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Bike Park |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $750 |
| Purchased At: | Bike shop |
| Strengths: | Solid frame, good crank, light weight... |
| Weaknesses: | Mad stock fork, rims, seat, brake...etc |
| Similar Products Tried: | simtra psycho, scott yz0, dobermann... |
| Bike Setup: | Manitou Gold Label jump série 2, Mtx on DMR revolver, Avid Juicy 5, single speed, Axiom freestyle seat... |
| Bottom Line: | Great bike to start to ride easy to custiomizable... |
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Submitted by
Ryan Davis
a Weekend Warrior
from south africa
Date Reviewed: 7/7/2007 7:07:13 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | table mountain |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $150 |
| Purchased At: | from a friend |
| Strengths: | Almost everything on this bike is strong |
| Weaknesses: | the crank gets stripped fter a lot of hard bails and hard riding and back deraler |
| Similar Products Tried: | scott voltage 0 |
| Bike Setup: | no front brakes,no front deraler only 8-speed, new rear disk shimano deore, new bars and stem |
| Bottom Line: | a good bike to start out on and customize VERY STRONG!!!!!!!! |
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Submitted by
Nathan Mcmillan
a Weekend Warrior
from Tauranga
Date Reviewed: 6/10/2007 1:27:58 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Redwoods |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $500 |
| Purchased At: | PFC |
| Strengths: | Great frame good for street riding soild tank |
| Weaknesses: | Crank bent very easily and seat post bolt broke |
| Bottom Line: | This bike is great for beginners it can take alot of hard hits.Becomes a true experiance after a few mods eg disk brakes.two thumbs up |
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Submitted by
justin moreau
a Weekend Warrior
from canada
Date Reviewed: 5/29/2007 7:19:48 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | boneyard |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $750 |
| Purchased At: | source for sports |
| Strengths: | strong frame great crank |
| Weaknesses: | the seat gets lose all the time and the diraileur brakes |
| Similar Products Tried: | gt chucker 2.0, |
| Bike Setup: | single speed new rims new bottom bracket |
| Bottom Line: | its a good bike if you change a few things on it i think its more for street cuz its easy to pull up. |
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Submitted by
Jayson Peters
from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Reviewed: 5/17/2007 6:25:52 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Wakamow |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $450 |
| Purchased At: | OuttaBounds |
| Strengths: | Frame is very strong, cranks are very strong as well, the whole bike is strong. The fork isn't the greatest, but it is good and I have never bottomed out. |
| Weaknesses: | The seat, the screws under my seat are starting to come out. |
| Bike Setup: | I have the 05 Giant STP-2 setup. Right now I am using Giant Warp DS-1, with some of the parts off of my STP-2. |
| Bottom Line: | The bike is very strong, and is a great buy for anyone. |
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Submitted by
layten harder
a Weekend Warrior
from st. thomas, ontario, canada
Date Reviewed: 5/12/2007 7:45:56 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | blue mountain |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $700 |
| Purchased At: | To Wheels |
| Strengths: | This bike is overall amazing, the frame is rocksolid, light and small, the the wheels are incredibly stonge, and the forks NEVER quit. |
| Weaknesses: | afetr a little while, the cranks will creek, and itll drive u up a wall. |
| Bike Setup: | set up for park(staight chain, discs) |
| Bottom Line: | great bike, strong VERY light, but craks get worse after time. |
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Submitted by
Uroz Yakuza
a Weekend Warrior
from Ljubljana
Date Reviewed: 4/23/2007 8:35:29 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | kd rajd park, street, Bajda's sepa |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $495 |
| Purchased At: | Freestyle, Slovenia |
| Strengths: | Cheerz to J-Lo first! Contributed to such a nice FRAME!, hardcore & agile... Luv the low headtube, short chainstays (bunnyhops like rabbit:)... TYRES! are also excellent (Kenda K-Rads), great for dirt/street sessions ... CHAIN! it's KMC, tough one |
| Weaknesses: | FORK! Suntour XCM - don't dare to abuse it , BB! - Giant says ISIS (yeah, right!), it's squaretapered actually!!! REAR MECH! Acera... low class product Specs. 'r' not top of the pops, really... I just took frame & chain & rebuild it MY WAY!(: |
| Similar Products Tried: | GT Chucker 1.0, Specialized P3, Cannondale Chase, |
| Bike Setup: | Giant STP 2 (custom!), 2007 model , M DJ 2, T Hussefelt cranks, stem + ChainBox, S Deore discs & trigger + Tiagra rear mech., Hubs: Formula & Ringle rear, Jalco rims, Kenda K-Rads ... |
| Bottom Line: | Considering the specs - bike is built for beginners, if u upgrade it - IT WILL ROCK!!! It can be turned into a hc xc bike, 4x/dirt/street machine or even trial... Definetly worth the money, though... I Luv Mine!;) |
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Submitted by
Jordan k
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: 4/16/2007 1:38:46 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | bmx track in Hoppers |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $850 |
| Purchased At: | G and D |
| Strengths: | The strong parts on this bike would be the frame because its tough and welded together very strongly aswell as the cranks. |
| Weaknesses: | Would have to be the bolt under the seat that holds the seat together. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Unknown |
| Bike Setup: | My bike has two kenda wheels with easton handle bars, shimano rims and gears etc: |
| Bottom Line: | If you are an in experienced rider, you should not buy this bike because you may not no alot about it and whats the point of buying such a good bike. The bottom line is that the bolt under the seat is weak and can snap easily if the seat is too loose like mine did! Over all its woth to buy! |
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Submitted by
Jay
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: 4/15/2007 11:37:09 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Bottom Line: | its a very smooth ride and basically the tank of the bike world. its strong but light frame allows jumping and mountain biking. i am very impressed with this bike and recommend it to anyone, whether your a extremest or a neewbie with bikes, you will love the SPT 2 |
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Submitted by
ross tom
a Downhiller
from washington
Date Reviewed: 4/6/2007 2:58:36 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Ross Shttp://luvable-legend.bebo.com/ |
| Bottom Line: | its good |
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Submitted by
Hugh G. Rection
a Weekend Warrior
from Dildo Run
Date Reviewed: 3/25/2007 6:49:52 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Stuff on the streets |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $900 |
| Purchased At: | Bike Sports |
| Strengths: | Frame is light and strong, my is not entry leevl so i have easton bars and they r nice and light too. |
| Weaknesses: | crank, alwasy falls off, so anoying. the forks are weak too |
| Bike Setup: | level up from entry 06 model, hydrolic discs and converted to single speed. |
| Bottom Line: | Good overall bike for beginners and is nice and light. better when its a single speed cause the chain doesn't skip, thats why gears are for the weak. can be used for pretty much every kind of riding (except downhill). |
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Submitted by
James Shipp
a Weekend Warrior
from Wellington, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: 3/24/2007 3:00:28 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | live wires, Makara peak |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $500 |
| Purchased At: | Burkes Cycles |
| Strengths: | strong rims, good frame geometry real good all round entry level bike |
| Weaknesses: | one piece brake and shifter |
| Bike Setup: | standard set up |
| Bottom Line: | excellant jump park/xc/free ride bike.would recommend for newbies |
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Submitted by
layten harder
a Weekend Warrior
from st. thomas On. canada
Date Reviewed: 3/4/2007 3:42:01 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Industry Skate |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $500 |
| Purchased At: | Two Wheels |
| Strengths: | Def. the frame strength and weight |
| Weaknesses: | forks, cranks |
| Bottom Line: | this is a really nice bike to just pick up off the line and ride. you dont need to put many mods into it and its EXTREMELY light, if ur just starting the sport then buy this bike! it also has a very short back end, perfect for manueling! |
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Submitted by
thomas keating
a Weekend Warrior
from australia
Date Reviewed: 1/2/2007 8:20:51 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | castlehill |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $450 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | this bike has awsome strengh but were i think it exels is in the frame set up its great for all shapes and sizes |
| Weaknesses: | i would say the cable disk brakes they dont stop me very well |
| Similar Products Tried: | i somtimes use my little brothers gary fisher mallut |
| Bike Setup: | my stp2 has maxxis tyres f and w and has 120mm fox front forks and oddessy slick cables and levers |
| Bottom Line: | this is ay great bike for street dirt and maybe some light single track and dh i would recomend this bike to all my friends because it has help me step into the sport of mtb biking |
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Submitted by
stefan
a Downhiller
from smiths,bermuda
Date Reviewed: 12/25/2006 1:35:16 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | keen skate park |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $400 |
| Purchased At: | west hill |
| Strengths: | frame |
| Weaknesses: | crank |
| Bike Setup: | same as when i bought it |
| Bottom Line: | i have had the bike for more than 3 years and the only real problem i have had with it is the cranks and the rims bend so easily and i am about to buy a new crank but the bike is great and light i have not changed one thing on it |
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