Are Demo 8's good downhill bikes?

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Are Demo 8's good downhill bikes?
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flag hamishstenhouse
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 11:05 Quote
i'm looking for a new downhill bike is a demo 8 a good downhill bike?
flag g10ry
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 14:03 Quote
ye they dont seem like theyd be that bad 0f a bike.. are you racing?
flag scrippsranchDJ
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 14:09 Quote
A demo 8 would be an excellent downhill bike. You can also buy a demo7 and remove one spacer to get it up to 8" travel. Demo's also are one of the strongest bike frames so you should own it for a while if you end up buying it.
flag coca
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 18:28 Quote
scrippsranchDJ wrote:
A demo 8 would be an excellent downhill bike. You can also buy a demo7 and remove one spacer to get it up to 8" travel. Demo's also are one of the strongest bike frames so you should own it for a while if you end up buying it.

Strongest? How? They do crack, haha. And if you take the spacer out of the D7, you don't get a full 8", you get 7.75".

The Demo 8 would make a good DH bike, not the best. But deffinitely decent.
flag nishnash
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Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:26 Quote
dude wat duz life time warrenty mean to u. if it cracks who cares. u can get it replaced for free
flag coca
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:29 Quote
nishnash wrote:
dude wat duz life time warrenty mean to u. if it cracks who cares. u can get it replaced for free

Life time to me, means life time. But it is 10yrs...And it is just a hassle when something breaks, it means 3weeks+ of no riding.
flag nishnash
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Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:31 Quote
10 years thats odd.waiting is an issue to good point
flag pbuser143468
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Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:43 Quote
coca wrote:
scrippsranchDJ wrote:
A demo 8 would be an excellent downhill bike. You can also buy a demo7 and remove one spacer to get it up to 8" travel. Demo's also are one of the strongest bike frames so you should own it for a while if you end up buying it.

Strongest? How? They do crack, haha. And if you take the spacer out of the D7, you don't get a full 8", you get 7.75".

The Demo 8 would make a good DH bike, not the best. But deffinitely decent.
Then what is the best??(In your opinion.)
flag nishnash
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Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:44 Quote
303, supreme dh, m6, socom, blindside, vtach, shocker, sunday
flag coca
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:54 Quote
nishnash wrote:
303, supreme dh, m6, socom, blindside, vtach, shocker, sunday

The Supreme DH is AMAZING so far, it is deffs at the top of my list. But so are the, v10, m3/m6, DHR, Sunday...I haven't ridden everything out there, so I can't say what the actual BEST is...but for my style, and what I've ridden, the Commencal takes the cake. To everyone his own...
flag ShocksFloat
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:57 Quote
personally i think the sunday world cup is the most proven dh bike. commencials are very nice too.

the demo is a godly dh bike btw. get one if you want. the only thing is you dont see pros racing them.
flag scrippsranchDJ
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:58 Quote
The demo takes a 40 mph head on crash into a wall to bust the headtube. And yes rear triangles do crack. What bike have you not seen break?
flag coca
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 19:59 Quote
ShocksFloat wrote:
personally i think the sunday world cup is the most proven dh bike. commencials are very nice too.

the demo is a godly dh bike btw. get one if you want. the only thing is you dont see pros racing them.

Yup, the Demo is a great DH bike, not quite godly but...:P
flag ShocksFloat
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 20:00 Quote
no it qualifies as godly. because it can be an intense freeride bike too. anyway my opinion.
flag coca
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 at 20:01 Quote
ShocksFloat wrote:
no it qualifies as godly. because it can be an intense freeride bike too. anyway my opinion.

Guess I shoulda kept my Demo then...hahaha. Beer
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