Mountain Bikes > Carrera Mountain Bikes

Unbeatable value

Advantages: Low price, low weight, huge travel, tough frame, 27 gears, lockout
Disadvantages: Poorly set-up gears

I've recently purchased a banshee after a few years of not owning a mountain bike. The online reviews of the bike claimed it was superb value for money considering the price tag of £499. So, you can imagine how pleased i was to get a 2007 ex-display model for £239.99 in a recent 20% off sale. Suspension Tough Suntour Epicon forks up at the front are air-sprung with adjustable rebound and lockout. When the sag is set correctly for your weight, they ...
...punishing drops, with no obvious kickback or excessive dive. The X-Fustion Glyde RL rear shock may not be as sophisticated, but it absorbs even rather harsh bumps well, while the lockout is a must if using the bike on paved surfaces. Brakes Tektro IO mechanical discs on 180mm rotors are near the bottom of the Tektro range, but they are powerful enough, with just enough feedback to prevent locking up unnecessarily. Gears The only criticism here ...

Jack_cheese 14.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Carrera Banshee

Carrera Vulacn '07 Mountain Bike

Advantages: very light,extremely good value for money
Disadvantages: very easily scratched,a target for thieves!!

I bought my Carrera Vulcan after many weeks of extensive research on mountain bikes.My model was bought back in december 2007,so a late '07 model. Firstly it looks stunning.sparkling red frame followed by matte black wheels,set off with front and back disc brakes. Featuring fully adjustable nad also very imposng front suspension,SRAM trigger flick gears and luxurious leather racing seta which is actually very comfortable on long rides I have owned ...
...only reparations have been for natural wear and tear such as tyres and innertubes etc. I have been extremely impressed with my carrera and hope to still be impressed by it in a few years time! I highly recommend buying any Carrera mountain bike! ...

foster07 25.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Carrera Vulcan Disc Spec 08

A Good Little Runner

Advantages: Good spec on bike, sturdy, mid range price, value for money
Disadvantages: Not too exciting

...coast to coast where the Carrera was right up there and performed well against others despite my reservations. Have to say though, this bike gives you a good work out and after almost two years of daily commuting the bike and I have settled into a comfortable routine – Kinda like an agreeable but not terribly exciting marriage! This bike would make an ideal starter bike as it has all you need to do some milage in a comfortable fashion but don't do ...

JunePixie 12.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Carrera Fury 08

A good entry level dirt jump bike.

Advantages: Cheap, sturdy
Disadvantages: Poor gearing, unresponsive handling

My friend brought this bike a few months back and has kindly allowed me to review it. First off, its a budget dirt jump bike, so you get what you pay for. The gearing leaves a bit to be desired, and the overall feel of the bike isnt excellent. The specifications are quite good, but for the price it doesnt feel like much thought has been put into it. Again, the gearing is very low end. But for a first time mountain biker you could do far worse than ...
...own bike from scratch you would obviously save quite a bit of money. I cant really reccomend any other entry level stock bikes either, since most at this price range seem to fail in the same areas. It really would be a good idea to build it from scratch if you could. ...

SkylineOnFire 19.12.2009 · Read full review

Review of Kona Shred

Gt Aggressor XC2 Grate ride

Advantages: good spec
Disadvantages: tyres

This bike has a really good spec, XT rear mech excellent proformer the only thing that lets it down is the tyres they are a bit prone to punctures when used on road and are really only for off road use. i think that the forks are a bit on the heavy side but still work grate. for the price range would be hard to beat this spec. in my opinion the bike rides really well on cross country trails and is vary smooth and well balanced. i have used my bike ...

cartbeales 26.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of GT Aggressor XC2 Mountain Bike