Advantages: Great Frame, good gears, hi spec forks Disadvantages: Not the lightest, steel stem, cheapo peadles
...I purchased a 2000 Outpost FS just before Christmas for £200. The list price is £350 but check out the internet bike dealers. www.bonthronebikes.co.uk for example.
Delivery was prompt although outside the advertised next 2 day schedule.
The bike features a Chromoly frame, as advertised on the dealers web site, not Aluminuim as advertised on the GT web site. That slight dissapointment the frame is very good, the triple triangle design being a GT trademark and as an engineer I can see it's advantages.
The Drivetrain is all Shimano as you may expect, the surprise for a relitivly cheap bike is that it is mainly the Atlus range, with only a few components being from the Acera range.
There are 24 gears, which sounds a lot but if you use the bike on road as well as off you will rarely use the lower 16!
The bike came with RST forks, 381 CL...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
08.01.2001
05.10.2000
20.10.2001
