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Submitted by
Terry Stroble
a Weekend Warrior
from Greenville,MI U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere they let me ride!!! | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Freewheeler bike shop | | Strengths: | Great combination of components for the money. | | Weaknesses: | Stock tires were not agressive enough for my area. Had problems with stock LX chainlinks binding on steep climbs. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek Diamondback | | Bike Setup: | Pretty much stock except for Kenda kevlar tires and XTR upgrade on the chain. Looking to upgrade saddle. | | Bottom Line: | I looked around my area and tested alot of different bikes but couldn't find anything comparible without spending a few hundred more dollars. Good mid level hardtail you could race on weekends. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
LIN
a
from SoCal
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Mom n Pop Store | | Strengths: | shimano LX group. The frame is weighty but makes for a really smooth ride. | | Similar Products Used: | Cdale f900sl <---sucked | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | This bike is well worth the money if you can get it for less than $800. It is a great bike and would recommend it to anyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gustavo Badillo
a Cross Country Rider
from Houston, TX
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Memorial Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | SunSki | | Strengths: | Full LX Components, Duke XC Fork, Shimano Total Integration | | Weaknesses: | (1) The Fork is not 100mm, and (2) I dont like the tires they ride fast but are not appropiate for my average ride. | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale F500 | | Bike Setup: | Original Setup Bike + Onza End bars + Michelin Wildripper Hot S | | Bottom Line: | I really liked the "Pure shimano guts" feature of this bike, I've had a Yokota for 10 years with XT components, no complaint so far, the Shimano Total Integration is what drove me to purchase the ICS.
I've liked the bike handling, and altought it's not as light as I would want I think it's an excellent package, having LX all the way is great! assures you a long life for the components! 700? Not a steal, but still a great deal | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Reston, VA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 5, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | any and all | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$699.00 | | Purchased At: | Sun and Ski Sports | | Strengths: | Solid, comfortable ride | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Voodoo, Fisher, Trek | | Bottom Line: | Great bike...great price...great components...Shimano LX all the way around...can't beat it... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Trail system in Bonita, CA. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Tracks great, 25 mph hip width singletrack - got off line by 1 tire width (doesn't sound bad but it was) found my way back on line before I crashed. Old bike would have faceplanted me. | | Weaknesses: | Pinchflats, Use to rear shock, 8 flats in less than 1 month, still have to figure this 100 mm Duke shock out. | | Similar Products Used: | 99 Jamis Dakar Sport | | Bike Setup: | stock, will go to kevlar bead tires during racing season | | Bottom Line: | love it, buy it, ride it hard and fast | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darick S.
a Cross Country Rider
from visalia, Cal., u.s.a.
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$770.00 | | Purchased At: | Copelands sports | | Strengths: | Good fork,good LX components. A great looking bike. This bike tracks very good up steep climbs, with no front wheele float. | | Weaknesses: | The seat is a little wide. | | Similar Products Used: | A gary Fisher, and a Voodoo. | | Bike Setup: | Stock. | | Bottom Line: | A great bike for the money.I would recomend this bike to my friends. The first time I rode this bike I finished third place in a local xc race. Get one and ride!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Vytenis
a
from College Park, MD, US
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$720.00 | | Strengths: | Solid; Great shifting; Awesome front shock (Duke XC). Very comfortable frame (I have 19.5" frame and I am 6'3"). | | Weaknesses: | It is a hard tail. Need a seatpost shock for extended rides :-) | | Similar Products Used: | Raleigh m600 | | Bike Setup: | All LX, except upgraded rear derailleur to XT. | | Bottom Line: | Inetgrated stuff seems to work really well (the only non-LX components are Deore brake pads). Used it in an adventure race - it simply rocked. Also did some technical trails - it handled really well. One might need to get different tires if using for muddy conditions. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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