Advantages: Great price & fair all rounder Disadvantages: Tyres are poor in mud!
...are great on hard pack surfaces but if you ride in mud, your going to come off, buy decent tyres if going off road in mud!!
FULL SPECS;
Frame: Heat treated alloy formed ATB design with replaceable derailleur hanger
Forks: SR/Suntour XCM DA 100mm travel with 30mm steel stanchions alloy legs and preload and hydraulic damping adjustment
Gears: Shimano FD-C050 front and Shimano RD-M340 Acera 8 speed rear derailleurs
Shifters: Shimano EF-50 triggers
Chainset: SR/Suntour XCC-150 42/32/22 tooth gearing
Brakes: Radius mechanical discs with 160mm rotors
Wheels: Alex PC19 32 hole double wall alloy rims built on Joy Tech disc compatible alloy cassette hubs
Tyres: Kenda Komodo 26x1.95
Handlebar: Mongoose 31.8mm clamp diameter alloy 30mm rise
Stem: Mongoose alloy threadless
Saddle: WTB Speed V Sport with Mongoose logo
Seatpost...
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Advantages: strong, light, cheap Disadvantages: not that good parts.
...this here is the mongoose rogue bmx. now where do i start i have one off these and they are exellent bikes and as cheap as they are thats even better. they have a full cro-mo frame and fork cro-mo handle bars and loads of added extra's like tough double walled wheels, 36 - 13 tooth gearing, cassete hub and the newer models come with colour coded grips and pedals. it comes in a range of colours (black and red) lol..
one off the great things about this bike though has to be if you are a bmx enthusiast you can go out and buy new parts for it like stronger wheels lighter forks and things like that. i garuntee you that you will have loads of fun with this bike and hours off enjoyment....
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Advantages: Light weight, easy care, comfortable seat, easy change gullets, looks good Disadvantages: A bit slippy on my low-withered pony, hard to fit to her shape
...Wintec saddles are made by Bates Australia, founded in 1934. They originally produced synthetic saddles for racing, but over the years this has evolved into a wide range of saddles for all sorts of disciplines.
The saddle I bought was a Wintec 2000 All Purpose back when I was breaking in my new forest pony. It is made with 'Equisuede', a convincing synthetic suede material that does not get slippery when wet and helps to keep the rider in position with its grippy capabilities. Equisuede is a quick drying material and is not damaged by wet weather.
The Wintec 2000 also has adjustable knee blocks to help provide more support, real leather girth straps, two brass dee rings for attaching saddle bags etc, and the 'Easy Change Gullet System', so you can change the width of your saddle if your horse changes shape. The manufacturers...
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