Submitted by
Lee Marshall
a Cross Country Rider
from England Date Reviewed: August 4, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Afan Forest Park
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$700.00
Purchased At:
Marshall's Cycles
Strengths:
Great frame geometry, cheap for what you get, strong, great clearence on top tube, handles like a beauty
Weaknesses:
The name (in XC), poor paint job, no rear disc mount (but then discs weren't as common when this was made)
Similar Products Used:
Orange Evo4
Bike Setup:
Fox R100's, mostly XTR, magura discs, Hope hubs
Bottom Line:
This is an absoultely cracking bike that I have owned for 7 years now (I acquired it for free from a sponsorship deal - when I was fit!). It's got me through around 100 XC races, and biked god knows how many miles, probably thousands and does not have any bends, dents, cracks in the welds, etc. I'm going to be replacing this bike soon with an S-Works carbon hardtail, and its interesting to note all the dimensions, geometry angles, etc are identical to modern bikes. They were ahead of the game I think!
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Submitted by
Aidan Harper
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia Date Reviewed: June 17, 2001
Favorite Trail:
blue mountains
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$850.00
Purchased At:
6/1/01
Strengths:
very strong
Weaknesses:
there is none
Similar Products Used:
repco sport
Bottom Line:
The bike is very sturdy and can go allmost anywhere. I tried i on a very ruff track and it whent extreamly well on all parts of the track, even on the up hills. It goes very easly up the hills and can go verry well down hills.
Over all it is a great bike
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Submitted by
Peter
a Cross Country Rider
from NewZealand Date Reviewed: February 20, 2001
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Bottom Line:
I ride an Escape A4. I bought it new a year ago and it came with XTR cranks,rear de ect... I have since fitted a carbon handle bar,alien suspension seat post and CrossMax wheels. At 22 lbs it goes like a rocket although the Sids XC can be abit harsh at times (the price you pay for light weight)the cornering is tops.This is the sweetist package I have ever ridden and will possibly be my last as I dont think I could find any better.
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Submitted by
tw
a Weekend Warrior
from ut Date Reviewed: July 23, 1999
Favorite Trail:
all of them
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
19.5 inch 98 haro escape a4 frame. Fairly light and very nimble. no complaints.
Weaknesses:
made in taiwan...thats the only weakness
Similar Products Used:
had an gt avalanche le frame. both are great. actually like the gt frame a little more.
Bike Setup:
have xt xtr group with raceface cranks and a z-2 bam up front.
Bottom Line:
ruined my other frame so I picked this one up cheap. I like how the top tube has the curve...good standover height. overall...it's a decent frme.
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Submitted by
Jeff Kuo
a racer
from Atlanta, GA Date Reviewed: November 2, 1998
Bottom Line:
Actually, I ride an 1997 Escape A4, but it's pretty much the same thing. I just bought the frame and built it up with a random mix of parts. Mostly aftermarket with some XTR. It's been my race bike for the past season. Honestly, it's one of the best handling frames I've ridden. I especially like the whole standover clearance thing. Makes it a lot easier to get through technical stuff. I like the way this bike corners a lot better than my previous hardtails (Barracuda, Specialized, and Diamondback). I just feel more confident on it and feel that I go faster. The frame's not that light, it hit the scales at 3.9 lbs for a 19.5 inch. That's pretty good, but I thought an Easton frame would be lighter. It's ok though, built up, it's 22.7 lbs which is more than light enough. Climbs great too, I noticed that the chainstays are pretty short. Overall a great bike.
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