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4.46/5
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Description:
- Rear Derailleur
- Front Suspension
- Alpha SLR Aluminum
- Bontrager Camino alloy rims
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Submitted by
Leonardo Horovitz
a Cross Country Rider
from Montevideo, Uruguay
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek Montevideo | | Strengths: | Rides beautifully.
Very rigid frame.
Very reliable bike.
Good components for the price (XT rear derailleur is awesome!!!).
Very good geometry. | | Weaknesses: | Seat is not "sporty" enough.
The fork (manitou axel) is too stiff some times.
Kind of heavy for the price range (mine is about 13.4 Kg, with disc brakes). | | Similar Products Used: | Trek 4300 2004 | | Bike Setup: | Trek 6500 2006 with the following improvements:
-Velo Carbon seat
-Tektro Auriga Comp hydraulic brakes (removed original V-brakes)
-Deore LX front derailleur (the original Deore developed play)
-Deore LX cassette (the original SRAM broke some teeth)
-Deore XT chain (the original was worn)
-Bontrager carbon flat handlebar
-Bontrager handlebar aluminum extensions
-Shimano SPD-520 clipless pedals
-Cateye Velo 8 computer | | Bottom Line: | Very happy with it.
I should have bought it with hydraulic disc brakes. I ended up buying them myself. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anthony Galvin
a Weekend Warrior
from Islip, NY
Date Reviewed: March 5, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Stillwell | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | Byron Lake | | Strengths: | Look, shimano components | | Weaknesses: | Seat , brake levers, Front fork | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Hard Rock Ultra | | Bike Setup: | Few upgrades | | Bottom Line: | The bike was a great value. I changed over the pull break to mechanical disc's (Avid BB7), my clipless pedals should arive today, had to change the seat because the stock Bontrager bent after a few rides. Added a WTB which I received for dirt cheap off of eBay.
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Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Baton Rouge, LA, US
Date Reviewed: February 28, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Everything except the fork | | Weaknesses: | Fork | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | upgraded fork to Magura Odur, brakes to Avid BB7, and shimano clipless pedals. Everything else is stock | | Bottom Line: | I have absolutely loved the bike with the exception of the fork. It broke on first ride. After getting fixed, broke again. Have since replaced the fork. I was very happy with the V brakes, but used the new fork as an excuse to go to Disc Brakes.
I definately recommend this bike, but be prepared to replace the fork. Having to install a new fork adds $400 to the price, which brings the total to $1000. I still think the bike is worth the $1000, but gave it only four chilis on value since you will ultimately need to purchase a new fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen
a Weekend Warrior
from Silver Spring, MD
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Lovely red/orange paint.
Decent price. | | Weaknesses: | Manitou Axel Elite fork is total junk.
Weight = ~30# for a small frame.
Cable stops on top of top-tube leave nasty scars on your knees.
Seat is unbearable. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek HTs, Spec Epic, Voodoo Canzo 29er. | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | Im writing this review for my wife (I do all the maint). She rides a small frame and is pretty light. The 6500 has served her well this year. The drivetrain components are close to bottom of the line but work ok. Other parts are reasonably light. My/her biggest complaints are w/ the fork and cable stops.
The fork broke within the first few rides. It randomly locks up, clunks, leaks grease(??), and is heavy as h*ll (>5#). A quick web search reveals this is all common. We would get a warranty replacement, but they're not even worth $20 on ebay brand new so she didn't bother. Installed a used F80 fox.
The cable stops on the top of the top-tube are a dumb idea. My bikes have them elsewhere. Her next one will too. She has two nasty scars on her knees now (and I've had to pick the flesh out of the stops;( We'll be ordering a TT pad from Corerat this year.
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Submitted by
Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas
Date Reviewed: September 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$690.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Frame quite light. Great yellow-orange paint job. Value for money. Lock-out fork. Great tires, very sticky. Disc brake ready. Great brakes levers and V-brake. | | Weaknesses: | Bad seat. | | Similar Products Used: | | | Bike Setup: | Alpha SLR Aluminum Frame, Manitou Axel Elite Front Suspension, Bontrager Camino alloy rims, 26x2.3" Tires, Shimano Deore Shifters, Shimano Deore Front Derailleur, Shimano Deore XT Rear Derailleur, Shimano M440 44/32/22 Crank,
SRAM PG950 11-34 9 speed Cassette, Bontrager Select Saddle, Bontrager Select Seat Post, Bontrager Select 25mm rise Handlebars, Aheadset Slimstak w/semi-cartridge bearings, sealed, Shimano M431 w/Tektro alloy levers Brakeset | | Bottom Line: | Great frame colour. Strong. Quiet. Comfortable. I love this bike. Gear changes is smooth. Great control. Best for steep downhill drifting/sliding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
derek gruber
a Weekend Warrior
from fairfax, va
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | fountain head | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$599.00 | | Purchased At: | spokes etc. in vienna | | Strengths: | relatively light, good components for the money, lock-out fork | | Weaknesses: | seat, pedals, tires, bars | | Similar Products Used: | GF tassajara | | Bike Setup: | specialized milano seat, easton EA70 monkey bars w/ oury grips, spd 324 shimano pedals, WTB 2.1 tires | | Bottom Line: | I really like this bike, and when your riding, it's virtually silent. The seat was garbage, the bars weren't too bad, I just wanted more sweep. The color really does look better in person. It's strong, quiet, comfortable and capable. Go get yours right now!
Would I buy this bike again? - YES
Is your next bike going to be a 29er though? - YES | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicago Heights, IL
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Palos Hills and Portage, IN | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$620.00 | | Purchased At: | Byrons Cycling and Fitness, Homewood IL | | Strengths: | Everything for the price range, the frame, paint job looks awesome, great components, fork has adjustment and lockout, disc brake ready (will soon have Avid disc brakes installed). Lifetime warranty on the frame and front fork, limited on the rest even paint and stickers. | | Weaknesses: | The seat is terrible, replace asap! Trek and GF put the same horrid seat on a lot of their bikes. Tires are thin and I have heard they get popped easy and wear quick. Nothing expensive or major, no bike is perfect. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek 3900, Trek 4300, Trek 4500, Gary Fisher Advance, Gary Fisher Cake 3, test rode most of the bikes in this price range. | | Bike Setup: | Completely stock for now...future plans: Avid Disc brakes, NEW SEAT maybe tomorrow, and then as I see fit and as my wallet allows. | | Bottom Line: | Besides being marred with a bad seat and thin tires that wear quick, Trek did an awesome job. I actually am not a big fan of Trek but when I saw this bike and took it for a test ride I loved it. It is very quick and has excellent geometry. I get lots of complements on the bike's looks and I think for this price point you are not going to do much better, you can do much worse, and you can upgrade this bike so much. All around awesome bike with potential...starts off with good components and you can upgrade as you need. It is ready for disc brakes as well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
M McPhee
a Weekend Warrior
from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Malden | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$680.00 | | Purchased At: | Courtest Bikes | | Strengths: | Manitou Fork and rear derailer---shifts like an automatic car, very smooth. Very upright ride | | Weaknesses: | Seat | | Similar Products Used: | Gary Fisher Pirhana, Trek 4500, KHS, GT, Norco Charger and Storm | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | After several test rides at various Bike shops, on several makes and models, this Trek 6500 is an amazing value as well as the 5 yr service plan offered through Courtest Bikes in Windsor. GREAT sales team---took the time to make sure you were happy with the purchase. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sasha
a Cross Country Rider
from Okemos MI USA
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | Central Park BIikes | | Strengths: | XT Rear Deraileur, Frame, Stem, Seat, Wheels, Shifters. | | Weaknesses: | Well the fork which is a Manitou Axel is quite good although i bought it it froze up... Its in the shop. Everything else about the bike is perfect. Except for the fact it doesnt have disk brakes :(. | | Similar Products Used: | Hotrock, Diamondback Response, Mongoose bikes. | | Bike Setup: | Stock with bottle cage, better seat, planning for a better fork. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great bike for an intermidiate rider, it comes with XT rear deraileur-perfect shifting and whisper quiet. A very fun, good and durable bike :) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
A Poor College Student
a Cross Country Rider
from California
Date Reviewed: February 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Angwish Hill, The Wall, the woopdy doos | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | St. Helen Cyclery | | Strengths: | Almost Everything | | Weaknesses: | Front Derailleur could be better, stiff seat, for the price everything else is great. | | Similar Products Used: | TREK 4900, Gary Fisher (full suspenstion) | | Bike Setup: | Standard set up from store, see trek website. | | Bottom Line: | Although I am writing about the Trek 6500 I want to also throw in what I’ve learned through all my research of bikes in this price range and category to potentially help anyone looking for a performance level XC hardtail. So I’ll start by telling you about the Trek 6500 I have in this Next paragraph and then if you want to read on to the other paragraphs ill briefly compare it spec wise to other bikes.
To begin with I want to emphasize that I am talking about the 2007 Trek 6500 and not a 2006 or earlier model. The 2007 trek 6500 is somewhat improved over last years model in several ways. First of all the Frame is lighter by about 100g according to the trek website and the frame shape is different. The 2007 frame looks Fantastic!!!! The picture they have on their website does not do it justice, so check it out in stores if you can and if not take my word for it that it looks better than the photo they have online! Some of you may think that the way a bike looks is irrelevant by I’m here to tell you it makes a big physiological difference to most people and can ultimately affect your riding style in a positive way if you have a more positive feeling towards the aesthetics of your bike. Now with that said about the awesomeness of the frame lets move on to the specs. Also new on the 2007 is that it comes standard with clipless pedals, which makes a WORLD of difference. Once you go clipless you will never go back. It may take 3 or 4 rides to get used to them but after that you’ll be a pro and you will also realize how much your riding improves on both the uphill, downhill, and flats as well as over very rough terrain. Because you become one with the bike your balance greatly improves which allows you to expand your ability limits.
Next I want to talk about the bikes specs. Pretty much everything on this bike is very good and reliable, although obviously not tip top of the line, but it gets the job done in style. The new 07 LX derailleur shifts like a dream, although if you shift uphill with it it can get a bit rough. However if you know what your doing it’s a good derailleur and its fairly forgiving; I don’t recommend picking another bike just for the sole reason it comes with an XT or SRAM 0.9, the 07 LX works almost just as great and you could always upgraded later (which is not that expensive) if you decided your unhappy with it after a while. The front derailleur on the other hand I have some problems with. It does its job but it’s very lazy. Allot of times when I try to down shift because I’m going uphill it doesn’t want to move even though I’m going at a good speed and I’m not forcing the pedals. I’ve had to adjust my riding style to accommodate it, which I’m not thrilled about, but it’s not that difficult to get used and upgrading is really cheap for a front derailleur which I might do in the near future. I should probably also mention that I like using my front derailleur allot, as opposed to the average bike rider. I use it just as much as I do my rear derailleur because overall it increases my speed tremendously uphill and down and really helps me utilize this 27-speed bike to its full potential. Now let move on to the brakes. The Hayes Sole, which it comes with, are the most basic Hydraulic disk brakes you can get but they are Hydraulic and they do work quite well. I’ve read both good and bad reviews about these brakes and so far they have held up just fine, besides the fact I crashed on a switch back once and bent the rear rotor, but that was my fault. Maybe the rotors could be a little stronger? I honestly don’t know much about Hydraulic disk brakes, this is the first time I’ve owned some. I’ve tried my friends HFX 9’s and they fell just about the same. The only think I don’t like is the fact that the brake levers are so long, but that’s not tragic. I’ve crashed many times and they have never broken or gotten in my way for any reason. So overall the brakes are definitely a plus on this bike because they are hydraulic and they come standard with the 2007 trek 6500. As far as the Fork goes I am very pleased with it. Again for the 2007 model they have upgraded to 100mm instead of 80mm, and it has lockout. The fork by the way is Manitou Slate, and from what I’ve read about Manitou before buying this bike, for 2007 they have decided to try to upgrade their whole image so they’re making forks better than they ever have. This is a great midrange XC country fork that has made the ride so much nicer. The fork gives you a ton of added control if you’re coming from a “weaker” fork. The other components such as the Bontrager stuff and Deore parts on it work and feel just great. Although I’ve read some bad reviews about Bontrager parts from other people, from my experience they are as good as any and better than most. The sit I’ll admit is a bit stiff but if you ride correctly you shouldn’t leave all your weight on the seat when you ride but instead you should balance between the two pedals and the seat to get the ideal power out of your bike.
So overall I am giving this bike 5 chili’s for quality and 5 for value. The Trek 6500 for 2007 has an MSRP of 929.99, however DON’T PAY MORE THAN 849.99. If you decide to buy this bike do yourself a favor and get it from a bike shop that offers price matching; if they don’t offer it to for 849 or better get out the phone book (or internet) and call up every bike shop that sells trek bikes and see who gives you the best price. Then ask your store to match it. I guarantee you will find it for 849 at least if not better. Don’t be a fool and pay 930. In general this works for all bikes. Bike shops in general have a standard reduction they can provide.
In the next section of this review I want to compare the Trek 6500 hundred to several other bikes in the same price range and tell you why I chose this one over those. Specifically I will be comparing it to the Trek 6700, Specialized RockHopper Pro, Brodie Bandit, Brodie Fury, KHS Alite 3000, Marin Palisades Trail, Norco Charger, and the Kona Caldera. All of these are very good bikes by the way so take a look at them yourself if you get the chance.
Trek 6500 vs. Trek 6700
Okay so the primary reason I picked the 2007 6500 over the 6700 is of course MONEY. Its MSRP is $1099.99 so it’s a little more than $150 over the MSRP price of the 6500 and I needed money left over to buy shoes, (which cost me about $100) and a new helmet. The second reason was that I didn’t see a very big difference in the overall components. Everything is almost identical between the two except for the Rear Derailleur, which is an SRAM 0.9 instead of an LX, the seat is a bit different, and instead of Hayes brakes it has Avid Juicy 3’s. Also the fork is a little bit better (RockShox Tora) because it comes with some more features. But pretty much besides that, without getting into too much nitty gritty detail, that’s it! Now I’ll say that besides the fork the other stuff is not really worth spending extra money for, at least to me. Avid 3’s are not that much of an improvement over Hayes Sole; if it had Avid 5’s then we’d be talking but it doesn’t. And while Rear Derailleur is a little better I’m still not perfect at shifting in certain situations so I figured I’d rather perfect my skills on an LX rather than screwing up a more expensive derailleur; plus I plan on upgrading the drive train in 12-18 months anyway. But if you’re looking to spend under $1000 the trek 6500 is the way to go and you’re not getting less of a bike.
Trek 6500 vs. Specialized RockHopper Pro
The specialized RockHopper Pro is listed with an MSRP of $1100 and is an all around good bike, but I highly favor the Trek 6500 over it for several reasons. One, the RockHopper Pro is over priced for the specs it has in my opinion. For example it has an identical drive train to the 6500, It does Not come with clipless pedals and for a bike of that price that should be standard feature in my opinion, also it only comes in a very ugly orange color. I also should add the bike comes with thinner tires, 2.0’s which reduces your control over rougher stuff. Specialized brags about the light M4 alloy frame it comes with, (that’s the frame the famous stumpjumpers come with) but the frame isn’t that much lighter. After tons of searching I found out that the M4 alloy frame weighs about 3.11 lbs (for the 19 inch frame) and the Trek SLR aluminum frame weighs about 3.38- 3.55lbs for a similar sized frame. (Just as a note the weight of the trek frame was very difficult to find so this is somewhat of an estimation based on an official document put out by Trek in 2002 saying the SLR frame weighed 3.6 lbs but for 2007 the frame has dropped 100g according to Trek so that would put the new SLR frame at 3.38 lbs. however in that article the exact frame size was not mentioned so I assumed it to be their middle sized frame 18 or 19.5 inch size so hence the small range from the frame weight. So hence the range of estimated possible weight it could be if that was in fact the weight of a slightly smaller frame). In any case rest assured that it is less than half a pound in the worst case scenario. So when I thought about it (assuming worst case scenario) I figured that when all the parts are put on 27.2 lbs is not going to feel better than 27.8 lbs (and most likely the difference is even less than that). Plus honestly the design of the Trek frame looks much better, not taking into account color, just looking at the pure geometry of it. Where the Pro scores a little better than the Trek is the fork and a tiny bit on the brakes; It has avid 3’s but again that’s not much of an improvement over the Sole and hence not a major plus. So overall I would in this case save your money and buy the 6500, if you’re really itching to spend $1100 go for the Trek 6700 and sleep easy that you have the best bike for that amount money.
Trek 6500 vs. Brodie Bandit
To start off the Brodie Bandit has an MSRP of $949.00, only $20 bucks more than the 6500 price is not an issue here at all. Like the price everything else on the bike is virtually identical component wise, except of course that the trek has Bontrager handles, bars, seat, wheels etc. and the Bandit uses a combination of other stuff that’s in the same range as the Bontrager. I don’t know how the Bandit feels due to this difference because I have never ridden one, but I do know I like the Bontrager feel on the Trek. If you don’t however you may want to take a look at the Bandit. However at the end of the day if you gave me a choice again I personally would pick the Trek solely for looks in this particular case. The Trek frame just looks so much cooler. But again other than the slight differences mentioned, on paper they look virtually the same.
Trek 6700 vs. Brodie Fury
The Fury the next model up over the bandit and has an MSRP of $1199. So as you guessed it price was an issue here. However the bike is truly over priced in my opinion. If the Bandit is the Equal to the 6500 then the Fury is the equal of the 6700 except it’s a $100 buck more!! The 6700 and the Fury have all the same specs for the most part (XT rear D instead of 0.9 but those to Derailleur are considered equal), so I see no reason to buy this bike at all unless your obsessed with Brodie, or someone gives you much much better deal on it. Check out the specs for yourself if you don’t believe me.
Trek 6500 vs. KHS Alite 3000
The KHS Alite 3000 has an MSRP of $1099. Its weakness’ compared to the 6500 are that it does not have clipless pedals and it does not look as good as the 6500. Other than that it has similar components to the Trek 6700 and the Brodie Fury. So bottom line it has some slightly better components when it comes to the brakes (avid 3’s), rear derailleur (XT), and that’s about it. I’m not too crazy about this bike although it’s not a bad bike at all and could compete with any of the bikes mentioned here. However it’s my last pick out of all the bikes mentioned and all the bikes left to come.
Trek 6500 vs. Marin Palisades Trail
The Palisades Trail has an MSRP of $959.00 and has the same drive train as the 6500, the same great frame quality, it looks good. Forks are about equal, brakes are equal. However I would choose the Trek 6500 over this bike because the Marin does not come with clipless pedals and I like the paint job on the 6500 more. But overall they are both pretty equal; however the Trek is still a tiny bit cheaper.
Trek 6500 vs. Norco Charger
MSRP on the Charger is $985.00. I’m getting tired of writing so I’ll give you the short version. Brakes of the Charger are once step better, The Rear Derailleur is one step lower, the Fork is a short step higher, the frame is not as good looking as the Trek’s, Other than that they are both pretty much equal.
Trek 6500 vs. Kona Caldera
MSRP $900. The Caldera has an XT rear derailleur and Hayes HFX-9 hydraulic disk brakes. Both these components are one step higher the component on the 6500, everything else is pretty much equal. So honestly this is THE BEST BIKE FOR THE MONEY out of all these bikes, it has the best specs for the price. I don’t know how it feels when you ride it but Kona is a good manufacturer so I’m sure it does not feel like crap compared to the trek. I still like the trek frame a little better but honestly this bike, at least on paper looks better. It comes with the same specs as all the $1100 bikes mentioned here and it comes with the lowest price of all!.
So in closing I just want to re-emphasize that all these bikes compared here today fall in the same category as far as performance goes, there are only minor difference between them and they are all great bikes. If you want to buy a bike in this price range definitely look into these, they are the top XC hardtails for the price range of 900-1200. I know I left out Giant and Gary Fisher, but I honestly don’t like the hardtails Gary Fisher has. Trek owns Gary and I would recommend only buying a full suspension Fisher and to forget about their hardtails, Trek puts less emphasis on those. Giant did not come out with a XC hardtail in this price range this year so I did not include any Giant bikes here. Also I have only ridden the Trek bikes and the Specialized so I don’t know how the other bikes actually handle when you ride them. Mostly this was a value comparison; however performance wise I doubt you will find huge differences but the best way to find out is to ride as many as you can. As you can tell I did a ton of research before I purchased my Trek 6500 so I knew exactly what I was buying, and I took my riding style into consideration. I love to ride very technical single track trails, I always love a good downhill I can drop down once in a while, and I love to climb really steep and challenging trails. I mostly ride in forest terrain filled with roots, small rocks, and fallen trees everywhere. So I don’t do most of my riding down wide boring fire roads, I do real off road biking 3-4 days a week every week. I enjoy hardtails because they really give you a feel of the terrain and force to develop better balance and techniques, also to find a full suspension that climbs as well as my 6500 I would have to pay at least $2200 but probably more, I looked into that a little and decided I don’t have that kind of money to spend on a bike. I hope this review is useful to someone because I spent way more time than should writing it. I should be biking!!!
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Submitted by
Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Greenville, SC USA
Date Reviewed: November 26, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Paris Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$580.00 | | Purchased At: | The Great Escape | | Strengths: | Love the frame, great component selection for the price. Comfortable and responsive geometry. | | Weaknesses: | No component failures so far. I'll slowly upgrade some parts over time to get a little better performance and less weight. That's part of the fun for me. | | Similar Products Used: | Looked at Gary Fisher Pirranha, and the Specialized Rockhopper. Neither seemed to feel and ride as nicely as the Trek | | Bike Setup: | I added a new seat, Shimano clipless pedals, and new Michelin tires. Next will be to upgrade cranks and chainrings, then on the disc brakes.
| | Bottom Line: | The last time I rode a mountain bike was 1987 on my Raleigh Chill. I can't believe how much bikes have changed in that amount of time. I thought this bike was a terrific value, (I bought the '06, just as the '07s were rolling in), and I was more comfortable buying a hardtail than a full suspension bike (mostly for budgetary reasons). This is a great bike for us older guys who aren't about to throw ourselves off a cliff with a bike in our hands. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dalmatinac
a Cross Country Rider
from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Kelso Conservation Area | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Main Cycle & Sport | | Strengths: | Wow where do I start, Great buy, Performance is great, This will last a long time no matter what you put this through! | | Weaknesses: | Stock tires wore quickly and for some reason I had alot of pinch flats with this bike through rough trails. | | Similar Products Used: | All hard-tail competition bikes, ie. Giant, Norco, Santa Cruz, Brodie, Kona, Rocky Mountain, | | Bike Setup: | Basic Hard-Tail, Upgraded to a Bomber fork, Upgraded Crank to Shimano XT, upgraded shifters to XT, clip-less shimano pedals. | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that the 6000 Series bicycles are great. They are this hidden secret, they say it's for "starters" lol what a crack. I've had this bicycle since 1999, other than the regular maintenance and wear and tear that goes on with this bike, it with stood the test of time. The last couple of years I've tried to warp or crack the frame and I have no luck. I'm not a light guy either I'm roughly 6'3" 250 lbs. Like the previous review this bike will evolve with you. It has with me helping me push the boundries of someone my size beyond what I thought was possible. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin Pendexter
a Weekend Warrior
from Lake Bluff IL
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | unmarked | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | Kiddles Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Durability, | | Weaknesses: | brakes | | Similar Products Used: | na | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | Great starter bike, has potential for various upgrades allowing for the bike to grow with the biker. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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