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Description:The fork features the linear air spring travel adjust from 100-130mm, rebound and lock-out while the shock adjusts rear travel from 90-130mm and features the new ProPedal valving platform for decreased rider input as well as having rebound control and lock-out. Other features include the all new Avid Juicy 7 hydraulic disc brakes.
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Submitted by
Charles Massey
a Cross Country Rider
from Fl.
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hardpack | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1500.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | 3 years old and a ton of usage - No Issues | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | weyless67 - many "BRAND NAME" bikes | | Bike Setup: | (2) xp pro models just the way they came and (1)xp with worn out components for fun/abusive treatment | | Bottom Line: | I reviewed this bike a long time ago and now is the 3year and final review(of mine).I have 3 of these bikes. My wife and I both ride xp pro and she has 6100 miles on hers and I have 4900 miles on mine. My beater is an xp with worn out components and has 3800 miles on it. That is why I no longer care about what brand is on the down tube...period.Seriously,some components have worn out and been replaced but the bikes are solid, very rideable and alot of fun. Other reviewers have had swingarm breaks and issues but we were lucky enough to have had none! If you find one on ebay or anywhere else for that matter you should buy it then enjoy! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Chris Coleman
a Cross Country Rider
from Marstons Mills
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Trail of Tears | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo Online | | Strengths: | Still Running Great. | | Weaknesses: | No more SuperGo | | Bike Setup: | Stock with Atac pedals | | Bottom Line: | Had this bike now for 15 months and it is still running great with just regular maintenance. Paint job is holding up great. Had some issues with the rear cassette breaking, and then customer service at SuperGo, but all was resolved in the end. This bike is still great bang for the buck. If you can get your hands on one, Just Do It! | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Andrew
a Weekend Warrior
from San Jose
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | gap | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | 400 | | Strengths: | cheap, strong, beefy, light, 5th element | | Weaknesses: | cheap paint | | Similar Products Used: | heckler | | Bike Setup: | all mountain sl, vanilla r/ manitou 3 way, xo drivetrain, 8' avid bb7's, hussfelt crank(eventually going to get a race face) single tracks | | Bottom Line: | this frame is awesome. it is a great price. 1/5 the price of a heckler and it is just as good. best bike for the price on the market. it can handle jumps, drops and aggressive trail riding | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Ed
a Weekend Warrior
from New England, USA
Date Reviewed: September 30, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo (frame only) | | Strengths: | Price can't be beat!!! Beefy, stiff. 5th Element shock feels bottomless, nice and plush. It does a good job of negating the bad effects of a single pivot design. Nice burly replacable dropout too. Geometry makes this an ideal 5" trail bike for agressive riding. | | Weaknesses: | Obvious shortcomings of single-pivot design. Finish is about as durable as crayon. Water bottle mount is in the worst possible place. Lack of gussets makes me wonder how long it will hold together. | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz Heckler, S-Works Enduro. | | Bike Setup: | Fox Vanilla RLC, thompson post and stem, SRAM x.9 drivetrain, RaceFace DH cranks, Rhyno Lites with XT hubs, Avid mec. disc brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Intended to build a Heckler but couldn't resist this deal, $300 for a direct knockoff with the same geometry as the Heckler and a 5th Element shock! So far I love the frame, it is head and shoulders above my '04 S-Works Enduro in terms of stiffness and perceived durability. It is holding up well so far and appears to be very well built. The ultimate test will be when (not if) it breaks, how well Supergo will deal with the warranty. Pedals surprisingly well for a single pivot, there is noticible feedback and brake jacking but that just goes with the terrirory- worth the tradeoff for the best price/performace ratio on the market. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
howard sohm
a Cross Country Rider
from lomgmont
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | hall ranch | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$430.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | plush ride, very smooth god what kind I say rode white ranch, busted my balls. but what fun coming down, flew by my buddy on a hardtail. much different than my hardtail Litespeed. I AM HOOKED. | | Weaknesses: | Very weak paint job. (possible powder coat in off-season).
poor location for a bottle mount | | Similar Products Used: | rode a buddies heckler and superlight.(very silmilar!!) | | Bike Setup: | hope hubs,XT stuff and Hone cranks (friends saying stop now!!) TOL stuff. | | Bottom Line: | Happy. first FS bike. love it. no issues here. will report later after a few rides. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
C-los
a Weekend Warrior
from Hickory N.C.
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$320.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | Price, looks sweet, org color, 5th elm air. rad tubing. | | Weaknesses: | Mine came with cheap washers and nuts and bolts so nothing really | | Similar Products Used: | Kona king kickapu, santacruz bullit, vp free. | | Bike Setup: | 5th elm air, marzocchi z1, rhyno lites, north shore crank, magura hydros, lx transmission, azonic shorty stem, wide dh handelbars. | | Bottom Line: | I know this is a review about the whole bike (chuck) but this is also an great frame for the $ and after 6 months I still like this bike. It handles trails well and is light (compared to my other bike, VP free). I weigh 190 lbs. and can ride rough but as long as I keep things reasonable this bike holds up fine. still a good value and more over all chilli's this time after 6 months. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Weekend Warrior
from Issaquah, WA USA
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1700.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo Seattle | | Strengths: | Component set is incredible for the $$. The frame is outstanding feel, geometry good for me, very tunable bike. Compares well with the more expensive similar brand name offering(Santa Cruz)
I wasn't crazy about the orange color at first but now I think it's sweet.
I got this to replace Specialized Enduro I bought as my first real ride. I would have kept it but I bought a frame too small. This Weyless is a perfect fit for me and feel it rides better than the Enduro. Couldn't be happier. | | Weaknesses: | none seen yet | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Enduro
Santa Cruz Bullit | | Bike Setup: | stock components - will have to replace the seat because i already bent the ti rails in a nice crash | | Bottom Line: | Best value and quality ratio out there. Too bad Supergo no longer offering - after long period of comparing and deciding I got lucky and got the last one of this size off the Seattle showroom floor. Whew, glad i did because it's a great bike. I hope for others they come out with a comparible model in the future. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Drew
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcupine | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1750.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | the ride! For the money, this bike is max. I just got back from Moab, and it passed with flying colors. | | Weaknesses: | Riding Moab, the seat rail came loose from its posterior holder. Luckily it still held together, because I was a long way from nowhere. Supergo replaced the WTB laser with another, no hassles. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Enduro | | Bike Setup: | stock, plus Candy C pedals. | | Bottom Line: | This is a follow-up to my 12/7/04 post, and it's been great. Little adjustments to the brakes, and a decent set of pedals are all that were needed. The climb is solid, the downhill is plush (Fox-worthy), and the looks are tight. In Moab, I got questions, comments, and stares from people riding Ellsworths and Santa Cruz'; the paint is attractive and the components are top notch. And for the money I saved, I could afford the beers after the ride!
This bike ate up most of slickrock trail. It took all the suspension for some of the compressions and drops, but the bike never faltered (more than I can say for the Giant Reign my buddy rode!).
Supergo has been excellent for customer service, too. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ron
a Weekend Warrior
from Windsor, Co, USA
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1800.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | great components | | Weaknesses: | rear hub | | Similar Products Used: | GT i-drive | | Bike Setup: | stock w/xt hubs, sun rims | | Bottom Line: | Am 50 year old, 225 lb., 6'-7" ex-KTM trail/track rider. Had a bad tibia plateau fracture last year and bought the XP for rehab and motivation. I don't have a lot of MTB experience, but compared to the KTM, the suspension works as well on the modified set I had on the KTM - Fox makes great stuff. I swapped out the wheels due to the poor reviews I read about the hubs and since I am recovering from a broken leg, I didn't want another injury any time soon. The new rear wheel seemed to eliminate the flex in the rear and make gear changing smoother. So far so good, but I'm still on the cautious side and not riding it hard yet. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tina jordon
a Cross Country Rider
from ashville,north carolina, usa
Date Reviewed: May 7, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | the chasm | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1800.00 | | Purchased At: | franklins cycles | | Strengths: | talas fork is fine along with shock. juicy brakes are decent stoppers but too many problems with brakes. | | Weaknesses: | frame sucks, welds came loose on head tube when i was descending a steep trail with roots and rocks called the chasm. the wheels suck big time actually they stink!! | | Similar Products Used: | gt avalanche 1.0, giant sedona, | | Bike Setup: | xt grupe set. | | Bottom Line: | ok for the money but many parts are just lowsy! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Michal Grau
a Weekend Warrior
from Cincinnati, Ohio
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcupine Rim - MOAB | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Parts Spec, FOX Suspension, Avid Juicy 7 Brakes, Single Pivot frame design. | | Weaknesses: | None so far!
| | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale Gemini, Jekyll | | Bike Setup: | Stock except for wheel upgrade to Sun Singletrack/XT hubs & Bars/stem/seat. Swapped SRAM shifters for XT triggers. | | Bottom Line: | This bike has officially been "Porc-ed" *4 Days in Moab proved a good test for this bike overall. NO ISSUES! Flawless performance. Bartletts Wash, Poison Spider Mesa, Klondike Bluffs, Slickrock, and of course: Porcupine Rim...twice. Rocks, drops, ledges, high speed descents, vertical carving, the bike handled them all with ease. What more can you ask for. VERSATILITY is the key word! If you want a do it all bike, this is the one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Michal Grau
a Weekend Warrior
from Cincinnati, Ohio
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ray's Indoor MTB park- Cleveland, OH | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1700.00 | | Purchased At: | SUPERGO- Online | | Strengths: | XT Parts Spec, Frame Design, total FOX Suspension adjustability, and great AVID Disc brakes! | | Weaknesses: | A little flexy in the rear end, but Im a Clydesdale! | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale Jekyll, Gemini | | Bike Setup: | Stock, upgraded wheelset to XT/Sun Singletracks, changed out stem and bars to suit my fit. Time Clipless platform pedals. | | Bottom Line: | This is a progress update to my original posting, I now have 150 miles on the bike, 90% trail, 10% Bike park. The bike is working GREAT. The FOX TALAS suspension's ability to morph this bike into anything you need with no tools is absolutely amazing. I just returned from riding it at Rays Indoor MTB park in Cleveland. This place is loaded with wooden ramps, jumps, berms, vertical, and stunts. I hit everything other than the expert elevated technical sections. No ISSUES with the bike! Im not sure what the breakages reported in others reviews are all about, land straight and be smooth. this bike accelerates very well, the AVID Juicy 7 brakes are stellar! Heading to MOAB in two weeks, I will post another report after a few miles of tough trails out there, should be a good tourture test. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Martin
a Cross Country Rider
from Oakland, CA
Date Reviewed: March 23, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Cinderella | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Dig the bright orange paint. Unbeatable component spec for the dough, but we all know that. Wails on the downhills. Once the Juicy Discs stopped squealing, they work fantastic. | | Weaknesses: | Coming from a 25lb race bike, the weight bugged me at first, but I just need to ride harder. Brakes squeeked like hell at first, but quite after 4-5 rides. Yeah, the chainline sucks, can't backpedal in the large rear cog, but minor adjustments in how I ride fixed that. Not crazy about the Sram triggers, they work, but I like Shimano triggers better. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized FSR XC Pro. & Older FSR Expert | | Bike Setup: | mostly stock, but switched to a flat bar with ends (hey, what can I say? I'm xc all the way) ditched the big tires, and went with smaller, much lighter Fire XC Pros. 2.1's vs. 2.3s. 2.3s are too much tire around here. | | Bottom Line: | Overall, it's a really solid bike that was priced way below anything else with that component spec. if the frame snaps, I'll buy a better frame and move all the components over. It rides great and with the ProPedal, it even climbs ok. (by the way, nothing climbed better than my old FSR XC Pro...) You get what you paid for, true, but thus far I got more than I paid for, and I hope it stays that way. If you can get this bike for under $2000, and Supergo is close by, get it. Great Deal on a Good Bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brad
a Weekend Warrior
from VA
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Perkins Knob | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$399.00 | | Purchased At: | Super Go | | Strengths: | Price,great shock,cool color,nice paint job,great mud clearance | | Weaknesses: | No droped top tube | | Similar Products Used: | Stumpjumper, Super-V | | Bike Setup: | Manitou Minuite 3:00 with Sram drive train Avid mechanical disc brakes | | Bottom Line: | I puchased frame only and built my bike from there. The fork works great with the 5th Element Air as they both have similar valving. The Rear shock soaks up every thing at high and low speeds,and it does not bob in or out of the saddle. The suspension is in no way affected by pedaling but moves at the slitest bump. Climbs very well even in with the fork set at the 5' setting. I have the 20" frame ,it weighs 7lbs on bathroom scales. Bike finished at 29lbs. Going down has never been so FUN. If you are thinking of going to a five inch travle bike, you can't go wrong with the price, you want find anything out there that even comes close with a 5th Element Air shock. This bike has improved my riding skills and allowed me to ride much more agressivly than I ever thought possible. One of my buddies liked it so much, he go him one. Do your self a favor and quit reading this and just order one. Oh by the way, this bike is listed as a freeride bike. I see it as a trailbike. It climbs the steep granny gear stuff and handles very well on single track as well.(I ride in southwest VA elevtions from 5000 ft to 2800 or so: I have to have a bike that climbs.) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
The Frenchmen Tellitlikeitis
a Weekend Warrior
from Zanesville, Ohio USA
Date Reviewed: February 27, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcupine trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Everybody knows the componet package is sweet but.... | | Weaknesses: | The frame, wheelset, chainline and Scram chain and cassette | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz Superlight, Klein Mantra, Gary Fisher Cake | | Bike Setup: | Straight off the page at Supergo. | | Bottom Line: | All you 215 lb.ers out there beware! I just launched my XP off a one foot kicker this morning and the frame broke!!! So you have know idea how beefy this frame isn't. The rear triangle where the seatstay and the chainstay meet above the replaceable dropout, snapped clean !!! The wheelset if you have Speedisk wheels you already know the freehub paws fail. Get the Laserdisk if you can. And have any of you so called superfreak MTBers look at the chainline on this thing? Hows that chainsuck working for ya? Did you wonder why your middle ring wore out in 3 months now you know! Don't get me wrong I loved this bike but, things aren't always what they seem! And have you noticed they are not in this years Supergo cat. Good luck. All those great components are going on a real bike! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Demo | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1750.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Components. Price! | | Weaknesses: | Avids tend to vibrate a bit sometimes. But no real weaknesses. | | Similar Products Used: | None really, first FS bike. | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | Fun ride, both up and down. Going up not very different from my hardtail when sitting. If you stand just need to lock out forck and shock but no biggie on this bike since the suspension is very tunable. Tracks great going down. Can't go wrong for the money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chuck
a Weekend Warrior
from Florida
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | numerous | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1599.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo(no longer available) | | Strengths: | Easton single pivot frame - Killer components - Price | | Weaknesses: | Brand Name and Reputation(I feel unjustified) | | Similar Products Used: | Weyless 67 and Superlight | | Bike Setup: | AS Built(I changed the attack shifters and XT rear der. with X-9`s)Fox- avid - XT - WTB | | Bottom Line: | This review is about the XP PRO Bike,not the xp/5th element frame that is in these reviews and bringing down the rating because that frame is no better than the way you build it. The XP PRO is built with a serious component lineup and it rides like a $3000 plus major brand bike! The price is crazy,the forks and rear shock retail for around $1200,juicy seven brakes aren`t cheap either and it just keeps on going. I`ve already put over a 1000 miles on it in a little under 4 months and I wouldn`t change anything about it. It`s fast, extremely nimble and very smooth and adjustable. Others have said that the frame isn`t tough enough...I couldn`t disagree more! I`m 215lbs and I pound the hell out of this bike and it handles it...period! If you can find one of these used but in good shape, buy it and enjoy it. Beginner or Expert this bike will serve you well. You can only give 5 chilis, so that is the rating that I will give! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Michal Grau
a Weekend Warrior
from Cincinnati
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1799.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo Online | | Strengths: | Parts Spec. XT hollowgram Cranks/XT f/r der. Sram Triggers, WTD Wheelset and Wierwolf tires, 3-5" Adjustible Fox air w Propedal F/R, Avid Juicy 7 Discs! The bike Rides Great, and Climbs very well, nice balance plush ride, wheelie machine! | | Weaknesses: | Too early to tell, but I will post after 6 mos of Enduro type riding in the midwest (Ky, Ohio, N.C. W Va, IN.)
(it wags a little under stress, but I am a Clydesdale) | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale Jekyll, Cannondale Gemini, the XP is right in the middle between these two at 5" travel. | | Bike Setup: | The stock spec is ready to go, but I did change the fron tire to a 2.5 wierwolf, and the bars/stem to Azonic WF riser and Supergo M8 80mm FR stem. And added THE fenders of course for winter. | | Bottom Line: | Total Adjustibility in the Suspension from 80mm-125 both front and rear (with lockout) makes this bike about as versatile as you can get for any situation. The parts spec is unreal for the price, and all top quality stuff. So far I am happy with the purchase, I will update this review after some more riding. This bike feels great and fits my style well so far. The frameset is still on sale at Supergo for $399! (with 5th element air!!!!) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
T.J. Hogan
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: January 4, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Chiva Falls-Upper Loop | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Excellent Components: Fox Talas, Avid Juicy, WTB, Shimano XT (Octalink Crankset is sweet) | | Weaknesses: | The front brake caliper does mount very close to the spokes. Potentially very little clearance for those that drop serious heights. I ride some pretty serious rock and am hard on equipment, but this has proven not to be a problem. | | Similar Products Used: | Marin Mount Vision Pro, Yokota single speed (for training and to appreciate my Marin) | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | Don't know what to think about some of the ratings. A few guys didn't have a bad thing to say but still rated it low!
The frame set is surprisingly light for how beefy it is. Easton RAD tubing. Nice welds and detailing. The X in the rear triangle is no gimmick, it is laterally very stiff. You point the bike in a direction and it follows that line!
My concern was with the wheelset, but WTB must have gotten their s**t together with the '04 Laserdisc wheels (I had read a preponderance of nastygrams on this board about the older ones.) Still true after lots of hard rides.
The stable platform technology (or whatever Fox calls it) is great. A guy has to love Fox. Rider input is at a minimum even when you stand on the pedals accelerating but the bike suspension opens up when needed.
Shimano XT stuff is tough and the Octalink II crank is last years XTR! What a great time to be a mountian biker. I have told everybody about this bargain. Hell! The fork and shock are seperaptely valued at just under the cost of the whole bike!! The bike gets the hell beat out of it on some pretty serious technical rock in Southern AZ and it just EATS IT UP! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Carlos
a Downhiller
from Hickory North Carolina
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | The ones that go down | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$329.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | Great frame for the $. this frame is stiff compared to my old kona king kickapu. Burnt org color looks sweet. Lots of room for fat tires. 5th elm air included. Light compared to my bullit. climbs well. | | Weaknesses: | The name. No ohhh factor like on high end frames. (who cares) For the $ I spent nothing else is weak. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona King Kickapu, Kona MokoMoko, Santa Cruz Bullit, (not really similar) Rocky mtn edge (very good bike). | | Bike Setup: | Z1 fork, Rhyno lite XL rims with shimano hubs. Azonic shorty stem, Race face North Shore crankset Magura Louise fr hydro disc brakes, Kenda Blue Grove 2.5 kev tires with DH tubes. Azonic DH handelbar. | | Bottom Line: | I wanted somthing else to replace my kona which was too flexy for rough trail work. Also big bikes make regular trails feel wimpy. I did not want to spend alot of $ because I still ride my Bullit more than anything else. So far I am very happy with what I have gotten from my XP. It has handled small drops up to 5 feet (with good trannys) well and goes downhill fast. I would tell anyone on a budget who just wants a trailbike (not Big hit Freeride) to try this product, easton rad tubing is the same as used on higher end bikes so don't let the name fool you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Drew
a
from Tucson, AZ
Date Reviewed: December 7, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anyone I can get to | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Excellent, unbeatable components for the price. Solid feel in the corners. Sub-30 pounds | | Weaknesses: | Cheap, heavy-ish frame, requiring the components to bring the weight down. | | Similar Products Used: | 2003 Specialized Enduro | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | This is a great value for the money: Fox front and back with lock-outs, XT front and back, hydraulic Avids, solid rims and tires, even the seat is a WTB race V! Carbon bar, stem.
Upgrades needed are pedals (come with platforms) and potentially the seat post. The cockpit is a bit short on me (18" bike for a 6 foot rider). Adjustment may ameliorate this.
If you want the max bang for your buck, this is probably it. I agree, the climb isn't ideal, but with pro-pedal on the shock the bounce isn't bad. The "X" in the frame is probably just a gimmick, but the bike feels solid in the rock/sand curves here.
I'll write again with a long-term review. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Calabasas, CA
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Backbone | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1750.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo (Santa Monica) | | Strengths: | Price, Avid juicy 7 brakes, fork, rear shock. The Fox Talas fork and rear shock are awesome. Weirwolf tires are great too. On the fly lockout and shock adjustment for fork and rear shock. | | Weaknesses: | Weight is around 30 lbs., heavy compared to my former bike (hardtail) at 25 lbs. Howling rear brake (resolved by loosening front caliper mounting bolt). | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz Blur (demo'd for a month) | | Bike Setup: | Stock per Supergo (see website for specs). | | Bottom Line: | Great "all mountain" bike. It doesn't climb fast, but it climbs anything. I've probably put 200 miles on it in 3 weeks. My road bike is being neglected because I enjoy the XP so much. It seduces me into trying much more technical and challenging trails. Really shines on single track. I tested the Weyless SP Pro as well (around the parking lot) and decided to go with the XP as I wanted a bike that would be different from my hardtail and would get me into different types of rides. The XP Pro is it! Very pleased. A great bike for someone who likes to hit technical trails and also climb. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mountain biker
a Weekend Warrior
from san diego
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | all of em | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | the price | | Weaknesses: | the frame. I jumped a very small jump maybe 3' and bent the shock mounting bracket out of the side of the bike on only the 4th ride. Not very impressed. This was my second weyless and had trouble with both. If you are a casual rider and want a plush ride this is your bike. But if you're out ther pushing it a little go with anything stonger, enduro,blur etc. | | Similar Products Used: | enduro,epic,sugar | | Bike Setup: | 5th element shock,psylo fork xt drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | think twice,dont let the price fool you into thinking this bike can be ridden hard.great for the casual rider wanting a 5' trail bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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ROBBIE STEINHOFF
a Cross Country Rider
from BOULDER CITY, NV.
Date Reviewed: November 3, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | BOOTLEG CANYON&COWBOY | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1799.00 | | Purchased At: | SUPERGO | | Strengths: | PRICE, COMPONENTS, RIDES DOWN WELL, a shiny new orange bike! | | Weaknesses: | FRONT TIRE FOLDED INTO A FIGURE 8 ON MY FIRST RIDE...BAD LUCK?...I READ xp CLIMBS WELL...OLD KONA HARDTAIL CLIMBS BETTER up rocky trails for 30-120 minutes--MAYBE NOT USED TO XP? Only rode it once! | | Similar Products Used: | NONE, BEEN RIDING OLD VOODOO W 100MM FORK UNTIL SWINGarm broke, now mastering hardtail up, though shakes me going down hill, still fun AND only my oldest bike hasn't broke. | | Bottom Line: | DON'T KNOW, IS XP SUPPOSED TO CLIMB OVERROCKS UP HILL SLOWER THAN AN OLD HARDTAIL KONA? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Coleman
a Cross Country Rider
from Marstons Mills, MA
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Trail of Tears | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo Online | | Strengths: | Suspension, brakes, saddle, multi-geometric setup | | Weaknesses: | Rear hub, Supergo return policy in general | | Bike Setup: | Stock with Time ATAC pedals | | Bottom Line: | The bike is great, but god forbid you have to send something back on it which they do not carry in stock, such as a rear wheel, in which case you must send the whole bike back. Then you get a new rear wheel as well as a new bike, fine if you do not mind waiting. I think it is screwy.
I went back to my Giant NRS while waiting for the switch and it was like riding a brahma bull compared with the plushness of the Talas systems, they really rock. The Avid Juicy Sevens are a giant leap forward from my Avid mechanicals. And the orange paint job looks pretty good too. Overall the bike is fantastic but Supergo needs some work on the inside in my opinion.
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Submitted by
Edward
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1750.00 | | Purchased At: | Suupergo | | Strengths: | Price, components, no need to upgrade initially (although somepeople don't like the stem... i haven't found it offensive) | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Demo'd the 2003 VT2, 2004 VT1 and VT2, and the 2004 epic Comp | | Bike Setup: | Stock with some Ritchey Pedals | | Bottom Line: | I really like this bike.
The TALAS has features I've never adjusted before so I'm still figuring out the right pressures, and rebound, but I haven't had any problems whist dialing it in. I've riding about 50 miles on it so far (it sat around while i went on a really long vacation :( and the brakes have more or less broken in, but not the front derailleur. The initial build was a little less than perfect because my rear caliper came loose on the trail, and the disc itself was also loose.
The wheels are different from spec and although all the supergo people say it's a typo that states a laserdisc set, and it's meant to say speeddisc rim laser disc hub, it's a load of crap in my book, because they keep advertizing the wrong one in every brochure they shove through my mail box. I don't care, but some people might.
This is my first full suspension, and I saved up for it for a while. I'm happy with it.
Still under 10 rides, so once it's dialled in and got a few hundred on I'll repost and tell y'all what i think.
Value for money though, as has been said, fully kitted bike under $2000, not bad at all.
Hope anyone interested in it catches it on sale (I got it for tax free at 1899 with a $150 demo credit) some jammy b@57@rds got it at $1600, lucky them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Truckee, CA USA
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcupine Rim/Mr. Toads/Hole in the Ground | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo.com | | Strengths: | PRICE!, Fork, rear suspension, brakes.. everything | | Weaknesses: | hmmmm..crappy stem. a bit heavy other than that nada | | Similar Products Used: | K2 Razorback team, Superlight, s-works | | Bike Setup: | stock. see supergo.com for details | | Bottom Line: | This bike is smoooooooth.. doesn't quite rip the climbs as well as my razorback but then again, not much does. The front fork is pluuush (Fox RL) and easy to adjust and maintain.
Lock out on both front and talas pro pedal rear is a super bonus although the pro pedal hardly bobs at all (especially compared to the noleen on my razorback) when not locked out. The avid juicy seven's are a bit difficult getting used to as they work almost too well stopping on a dime. They offer the ultimate in fine tuning and the speed dial is sweet. The stock stem blows so it's been replaced, now the set up is perfect.
With this rig, I am able to customize the geometry based on ride/conditions. I can fully compress the fork and rear shock on the fly for climbing then extend both for the bomber downhill which gets smoother the faster you go. For those non-racers who want to be able to change set up on the fly, love to go super fast downhill yet still love a hairball climb.. this is THE rig.
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Submitted by
Terry Johnson
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle, WA USA
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tiger | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Suspension, breaks, Frame stiffness and geometry. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | |
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