Völkl P40 RC Racing

Advantages: Nice to ski on, effortless turning
Disadvantages: Have had bad experience with prevoius model

...I have been skiing since I was 3 years old am now am 21. I have been on the world circuit most of my life and have been in the German national ski team and won German national titles at a young age. A team member and I both bought a previous model of Volkl carvers (orange ones) and although they are and excellent ski we both had problems with the bases. During training in New Zealand on a rocky face there was a small land slide with pebbles scattered across the slope. After skiing through this trying to aviod as much as we could we later found that our bases had huge chunks taken out of them by the pebbles. They were huge gored out grooves and we were not impressed!. Later that season I crashed in a downhill event and snapped one of my skis. So the only problem was that they broke on me and that the bases were similar in strength... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

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 more comfortable. Overall, this is a good bike for someone who is entering the world of mountain biking.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Durability
Disadvantages: none

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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful