Advantages: nice weight to the rear of the bike allows for good climbing Disadvantages: the bike is heavy overall
Recently Saab and Gary Fisher extended me a very unique invitation. On Saturday, May 20, 2000, they were holding an event called <I>The Gary Fisher/Saab Test Drive</I>. It was held at Green Mountain Park near Morrison, Colorado.
Green Mountain Park is one of the Denver area’s nicer mountain bike trails. It is also located two miles north of Bandemere Speedway. I’m sure it was no accident that Gary Fisher and Saab picked this location for their test ... ...a registered owner of a Gary Fisher Big Sur mountain bike. I love my bike, and wrote a detailed review on it back on February 5th.
I brought my bike with me to compare my Big Sur to the newer Gary Fisher models head-to-head. I did this for a few reasons. First and foremost, I wanted to remember exactly how my bike felt in case I fell in love that day with a 2000 model year bike. Second of all, I knew I would be writing a review for Epinions.
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Advantages: Good value for money Disadvantages: soft rims
The 99 Giant ATX 840 is a pretty good bike for the money. It comes with a Alivio/ STX-RC component mix, and a Rockshox Jett T2 elastomer fork, which I have upgraded to Marzocchi Bomber Z5 fork, which performs well, despite the slow rebound. I have noticed no problems except for the rear rim I bent hitting a curb at high speed. This bike has a stiff, light, 6061-T6 alloy frame. I have found that upgrading to a riser bar makes riding this bike noticibly ...
Advantages: Great bike, unbeatable value and an exellant warranty. Disadvantages: Fork needs to be upgraded.
Marin has once again succeeded in producing a top quality full suspension bike! This bike just keeps getting better, this year it is an unbelievable £900, and has a cheap hope upgrade option. Even though the nature of the bike is downhill, it has the ability to be ridden uphill thanks to the active traction control. When you pedal hard the bike does not bob at all, it is very smooth and has a plush 6.5" travel. The only thing which you can grumble ...
PrinceCharles 11.07.2000 ·Read full review
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Review of Marin B-17
Advantages: Only £329 and you get a race proven frame Disadvantages: none
...bottom of the range. But Kona give you a frame that is easy to upgrade. That is one of the differences between a good bike company and a run off the mill bike company. I would recommend this bike to anyone, any age as the technology that has gone into their top of the range frames filters down to the lower priced bikes. ...
dowies_brain 25.08.2000 ·Read full review
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Review of Kona Hahanna
Advantages: great for serious riders, and intense courses. Disadvantages: Not easey to mend.
My Giant bike has proved me an invaluable source of enjoyment, and fun. For me it has biven me an oppourtunity to explore greater and larger jumps which i would have not been able to do previously. The Giant ATX series is a reliable and relatively cheap (for a top quality bike), it conbines great suspension with lightweit and strong frames. Th bike can not only be used fo downhilling on intence courses but is also a wonderfull relaxing bike. I have ...
dude_mad469 02.10.2000 ·Read full review
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Review of Giant ATX 1100
Huge, High res display. Very quick, great processor, ram, high capacity HDD (*)
