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Submitted by
Tom Cowie
a Weekend Warrior
from Bath, England
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Brown's Folly, Bath | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike 2000 | | Strengths: | The frame is very strong and has quick handling, especially with a shortish stem fitted.
Mud clearance is good. | | Weaknesses: | The 'Chilli Yellow' colour can look ginger if riding around sunset hours!
The Head-tube was not properly squared off. | | Similar Products Used: | Univega, GT, Kastle (remember them??) | | Bike Setup: | Judy XCs, XT drivetrain, D521 wheels, Planet X risers. | | Bottom Line: | I bought this frame at the 2000 bike show in Birmingham. It's actually a 99 model which is why I got it so cheap (only £150 instead of £319 rrp). It handles beautifully with 80mm travel forks (I've got all-travel on my judys and I think it's best at 80mm) and is more than capable of handling moderate air-time. It's not the lightest of frames, but then you know it's not going to break in a hurry either! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthew Harding
a Weekend Warrior
from Leeds UK
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Shipley Glen | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Stif, Leeds | | Strengths: | Beautiful frame, lightning quick and seriously strong (a great combination. Orange brand parts (good quality for in-house). Wheels (hand-built at this price!!!) | | Weaknesses: | Drive-train (especially the front mech, nasty), I suppose they had to keep the price down somehow!!! Manitou Magnums are ok, but at least the frame justifies getting something better. | | Bike Setup: | XT front mech, Selle saddle, Cruds front and rear (I live in Yorkshire don't forget !!!). New forks when the budget allows (probably Blacks when they come out). Discs when I win the Lottery!!! | | Bottom Line: | £500.00 for all that bike. Look at the competition, Trek 4500 (I don't think so), Kona Blast (Sync forks, nuff said) etc, etc. A quality bike with massive potential to upgrade, you can zip up hills and then 'free-ride' (I hate that expression!!!) down them again. Buy one!!! This was my first proper mountain bike and it has the potential to be the only one I'll ever need. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dougal
a
from england
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Strength | | Weaknesses: | geometry is wrong for anything less than 100mm of travel, bars are too short, components are cheap, paint won't clean properly. | | Bottom Line: | The bike rides really weel, but it needs to have at least 3.5 to 4in of travel and some decent parts - unlike the crap that orange give you, and whatever happens, don't buy the rigid version or you'll feel like a roadie | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthew Birkinshaw
a Weekend Warrior
from Yorkshire
Date Reviewed: March 5, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Dolby forrest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | This bike is the dogs bollocks, i had first as a cross country bike with some manitou xc forks and it fitted in anywhere, i now have z1 bams on with beefy tioga downhill tyres and it fits in on the jump scene. | | Weaknesses: | Not much, fork upgrade and drivetrain upgrade make this bike bloody brilliant. | | Bike Setup: | Gringo frame with bomber z1 bams and some big rim jump wheels. | | Bottom Line: | THIS BIKE IS BRILLIANT. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
darrel jacobson
a Downhiller
from saskatoon, sask
Date Reviewed: February 29, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | n/a | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | good color
and graphics | | Weaknesses: | the frame, shocks, components, the bike!!trek | | Similar Products Used: | trek, shwinn, canondale, GT, | | Bike Setup: | added sid rockshocks new pedals, bar ends, rimes | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that I got riped off and this was the worst bike I have ever bought and trust me I bought alot of bikes so thats why im only giveing this peice only one pile of flaming crap!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Leeds
Date Reviewed: October 6, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Meanwood valley | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Bomb proof frame
Stability
Quick reations
Encourages stupid stunts to be tried
Comes fitted with risers as standard | | Weaknesses: |
Fairly cheap components(but cheap to replace when busted) | | Similar Products Used: |
None | | Bike Setup: |
Set up as standard but with a PACE rc36 long travel fork | | Bottom Line: | This bike is the most fun i have had on two wheels for years. It inspires lunacy and i can ride pretty much anything with this beauty. | | Overall Rating: |
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