Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Salt Lake City, Utah Date Reviewed: September 22, 2006
Favorite Trail:
North Canyon
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At:
ebay
Strengths:
Excellent frame. Easy shifting.
Weaknesses:
Shocks.
Similar Products Used:
Old Pansonic MTB
Bike Setup:
Whatever it came with.
Bottom Line:
So far, so good. I don't ride hard. Shocks are a little goofy. Can't seem to get them set up right. Love the fit and feel. I'm 5'8" on a medium frame and it works well for me. I'd buy it again if I had it to do over.
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Submitted by
Brian
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada Date Reviewed: July 24, 2006
Favorite Trail:
the pit
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$650.00
Purchased At:
www.thebibycleoutlet.com
Strengths:
Strong light frame, good shocks
Weaknesses:
most of the packaged compenets suck. my disc brakes warped in the first week i started to ride it.
Similar Products Used:
p.1 hardrock(just a few minutes of light riding)
Bike Setup:
to lazt to fill out
Bottom Line:
Good frame and socks are pretty good, i would recomend to upgrade from the frame, and get rid of most of the other parts. Ive hit some pretty good sized jumps with it and the only problem i found is the seat clamb just colpletey sucks. and the disc brakes bent really easy, but over all i find its a pretty good bike. i would recomend it to a beginner or intermediate.
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Submitted by
David Applegate
a Weekend Warrior
from Norwich, Norfolk, England Date Reviewed: June 18, 2006
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
Pauls Cycles, Dereham for £450 (too lazy to work out dollars)
Strengths:
Strong frame, nice geometry. Good entry level bike, perfect for weekend warriors.
Weaknesses:
the stock componants are unreliable, and often screw over. Even though i have the 2.0 model the stock componants still deteriate over time proving little better value than the 3.0.
Bike Setup:
04 GT Ruckus 2.0 frame, 130mm 04 'zocchi DJ2s, Hope mini brakes (160mm rear rotor, 180mm front rotor + braided front hose, Truvativ Holzfella stem and Husslefelt cranks (including rings and bash guard), Syncros Big box rims and handlebars, (really bad) Shimano Hubs, Outland Seatpost, SDG Seat, X-7 rear mech and Deore front both with X-7 levers
Bottom Line:
This bike si perfect for you run of the mill weekend warrior, like my self. The frame and set up are perfect for long distance hauls to your favourite trail, yet work perfectly fine flying down hills or over jummps. However, the bog standard componants do go wrong for instance: + the BB, my friend (who owns the 3.0, had to replace his BB, and Im now facing the same problem. + the hubs, for someone who rides hard, like me, you will soon find that over time the hubs give up on you. My theory is that the spacers inside the hubs are taken away by small, invisible, disgruntled wood-pixies and replaced with jelly. They suck. I found play in my rear wheel the first week, but the shop replaced all the spacers for free and it was fine, for about 4 months. + the seat clamp, if you happen to miss judge a drop or jump you may end smacking down hard on the front or the rear of the saddle, fair enough, apart from the aluminium micro adjust seat clamp over time slips and you grind out the two ridged faces of the clamp and bobs your uncle you have a mgical moving seat. Also i had two of the same seat clamp bolts snap on me in 2 weeks from mere riding.
So my advice is buy it, and change the wheels and seat post, or have you LBS build up the bike with extra parts and sell on the old (but still new) ones. Or if you had the money to spend, i would build up from frame. These frames are light, tough, and hardwearing. Its just the hubs, BB and the gradually annoying seat post that ruin the value rating and overall rating of this bike. change the hubs, BB ans seat post this would be a 5 chilli bike all round.
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Submitted by
HuCk FiNn
a Downhiller
from Spokane Date Reviewed: January 5, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Dishman
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At:
EBAY
Strengths:
Strong, Geometry is great, all around bike street/urban Dirt/trails Downhill Decently light
Weaknesses:
Worsst componets ever drop outs are vertical (bad for singlespeed)
Similar Products Used:
p3 blackmarket mob banshee morphine kona stuff
Bike Setup:
Gt Ruckus 1.o frame 2000 Z1 D321 mavic wheel set Single Speed Raceface cranks HFX 9's hydro brakes tioga bars and stem FSA orbit headset
Bottom Line:
You Can make this bike Sick I would buy Frame and build it up from there cuz stock componets suck. Ive seen my friends go through frames and im still on the same frame I go decently big hittin 8 foot lips and I have no problems on this bike.
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Submitted by
andrew greener
a Cross Country Rider
from norwich Date Reviewed: July 2, 2005
Favorite Trail:
thetford forset
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$600.00
Purchased At:
pauls bikes
Strengths:
good all round bike strong and good forks not all rst forks are bad
Weaknesses:
only 16 gears
Similar Products Used:
specelized hardrock
Bottom Line:
good all round bike
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Submitted by
john doe
a Downhiller
from alaska,anchorage Date Reviewed: May 22, 2005
Favorite Trail:
my backyard
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$6000.00
Purchased At:
lbs
Strengths:
color,smell,sexiness
Weaknesses:
every thing
Similar Products Used:
everything
Bike Setup:
boxxer team rockshox,maxxis highroller,rear deraiuler shimanox9 and same in front
Bottom Line:
get this bike if you want to dumpp your college money into it(like i did). other wise not a good bike.
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