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My first 'proper' downhill bike

Advantages: Great fun, 'do anything'
Disadvantages: Poor customer service

...I regret having bought the Kona with its reasonable weight and specification, it certainly seemed to perform pretty well off-road. My Stinky is now a couple of years old and this is the model which I will review although I can say that the newer model does strike me as being of a much higher spec and better value for money. So, I bought my Kona and the first thing I did was upgrade it from v-brakes to disk brakes (come as standard now) and the bike ...
...having taken a test ride on two or three of your favourites... If you would like more detail then the Kona website at www.konaworld.co.uk is fantastic and if you’d like any personal info regarding opinions etc feel free to leave a message in my guest book. Happy riding… ...

chrisradband 26.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Kona Stinky

Absolutely Fabulous

Advantages: Great ride
Disadvantages: Cut corners on some componentry

From the first moment you step astride this bike you will want one . Althogh the frame is a little on the thin side it has that typical cromoly feel to it . The bike has lots of great componentry on board and so you will feel like a pro. The chainset is good value for the price of the bike . Paying this sort of amount of money on a bike I would expect to see Shimano XT or something better the forks Jett xc's are a fab set of cross country forks and ...

whiting 05.10.2000 · Read full review
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Review of GT Timberline FS

A smooth ride

Advantages: Easy to ride and affordable
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

...very comfortable on was the Apollo Fs.26 17" full suspension for ladies. This bicycle felt really nice in particular. . Ordering it was easy and simple. I was told I can get the bicycle ready assembled the next day which I decided to come and pick it up myself. The next day I came to pick it up. My bicycle was already assembled and the lovely staff helped us get it down the stairs. Learning to ride at 26 years First I have to say that there ...
...to learn the hard way. Well now I had my bicycle and I had to learn on how to ride it so I went down my local park where there is are the most amazing cycling paths ever. For anyone that learns to ride a bicycle I want to say that is the most easy thing ever. It took me an hour and a half to learn the balance in order to ride on my own. I learn by holding on my husband, he was walking sideways while I was pedalling, before I knew it I was doing ...

evelyna 06.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Apollo FS.26 Ladies

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