The Good: This seat is perfect. Literally everything you need in a seat. perfect shape, stays out of the way but pinches well too. light, looks good, perfect.
The Bad: Nobody sells it! really tough to find in the states
Overall Review: Dont look at anything else. Simply perfect for downhill, slopestyle, dirt jumping even enduro biking.
The Good: Syntace X-15 axle, plush, light, taper option
The Bad: Long term durability fears
Overall Review: Clever to do your R&D on another company's dime, but this is what X-Fusion have done, as they are according to my sources the Taiwanese manufacturers behind some of Fox's product range. I'm on my second fork as the first one got locked down probably due to a busted negative air chamber, died on the first ride. It was replaced on warranty but took a frustratingly long time to arrive.This fork performs flawlessly on the trail, but my experience suggests that some riders would be better off without the travel adjust feature. Also I think being bigger at 200lbs (90kg) I'm more suited to the much tougher market offerings Read More »
The Good: Light, fast, good climber, tubeless ready
The Bad: Weak on rear and sketchy on front
Overall Review: I wanted something light for my trail bike as I was keen to shed some weight on a lovely light new build, and also wanted to run faster than my trusty Minions and run tubeless. So I read that Nobby Nic was light, grippy, fast, and tubeless ready so I bought these in 26x2.25, and weighed in super light at 560 grams. At 57-559 erto I thought they'd be fairly wide at least, like my Schwalbe Table Tops which have the same rating on my 4x bike, yet somehow they measured up narrow mostly because the knobs are inside the carcass footprint and do not protrude over the edge like a regular tire. They blew up tubeless Read More »
The Good: Good power and modulations. Good looks. Great when working. Avid replaces without question.
The Bad: Incredibly unreliable.
Overall Review: I bought a bike that came with Elixir CRs. These had a leak at the seals in the caliper before the first bleed. After replacing the seal I bled the brake and the lever developed a leak and would not hold pressure. The lever leak proved to be the only reliable thing about these brakes. I replaced them no less then 4 times in a year. Avid went ahead and did every time but every time they needed a bleed after 1 or 2 rides then blew a seal during the bleed.I loved these brakes when they worked but they never seemed to work. I'm 200 lbs and ride mostly steep fast down hill stuff and found these brakes had plenty Read More »
