The KATMANDU thread!!

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The KATMANDU thread!!
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flag kona-stuffed
Posted: Apr 2, 2008 at 18:04 Quote
i used to have one and i know a bunch of other people that got sucked into buying one. i loved that bike when i got it. i broke the crown by going up and down the half pipe with it. i went threw 3 derailers in just one year.

not that i am dissing it. i loved it when i had. i thought i was the best. share you stories about you AMAZING KATMANDU'S!!!!!!!!! LONG LIVE THE KATMANDU!
flag mavericked
Posted: Apr 2, 2008 at 18:05 Quote
You distoryed that bike last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
flag planekid
Posted: Apr 2, 2008 at 18:15 Quote
Lmao, i had a KAtmandu, that thing was the bomb, i rode it all summer, destroyed the cranks, the brakes a few times, replaced the derailuer when i first got it so not too many breaks there.

Such a fun bike, now its my little brothers, does anyone else feel like the geo was oddly off, like not enough for street/dj but not enough for xc/am too?
flag dirtjamer
Posted: Apr 24, 2008 at 15:48 Quote
haha,
im still riding mine
put about as much money
into it as a boaught it for,
love it but the geo is slightly
off.
flag pbuser217200
Posted: May 2, 2008 at 13:54 Quote
i had a wolverine, but my friends had katmandus. LOL
flag erik74
Posted: May 19, 2008 at 17:59 Quote
I have an 07. it lasted a year. list of things i know i need new of:

Forks
Seat
Seat post
Wheelset
Rear Derailer
Crank
Bottom Bracket
Bars
Shirters
Brake Levers
Cables
Brakes
Grips
Pedals
Frame

wait, I need a new bike, thats why im getting a 2008 Norco ryde.

I loved my katmandu. it did things it never should of. And soon im retiring it. But it will stll get ridden, but i wont buy new stuff for it. it can handle daily commutes just fine.
flag bWiLKINS
Posted: May 20, 2008 at 16:26 Quote
I bought a Giant instead of a Katmandu, after comparing just the beefiness of the frames, the extra $100 was better spent on the Yukon.
flag Andrei13
Posted: May 20, 2008 at 21:46 Quote
I still have a katmandu (an 07) and it's treated me well... However i have had to change the forks and handlebars. I will soon need to change my grips, and stem, along with pedals. Other than that it's been treating me just fine. I don't plan on getting a new bike anytime soon.
flag lovenorco
Posted: Aug 23, 2008 at 21:59 Quote
i have a 06 i love it there ausome bike i got dj2 s for it kona bars new grips and tires but i still love it
flag Andrei13Street
Posted: Sep 26, 2008 at 18:09 Quote
I used to have one, but it broke too often, so i bought a new bike instead. I had to change literally every single part on it... I spent more money on parts than i did the whole bike when i first got it.
flag christophish
Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 18:36 Quote
Seems to be the norm. My son enjoys his as he is just stating out. He has upgraded the forks (DJ3's), stem (Holzfeller), bars, cranks (Truvativ Blaze), and pedals (Syncros), and BB (Truvativ Powerspline), as well as a new rear derailler (Alivio). Future upgrades include rims, but not right away. These seem to be be the right upgrades and now that these have been done, it's a pretty decent bike now. At least for a 13 yr old, I can't see him cracking the frame anytime soon. Once he's outgrown it, he can switch to a better frame.
flag spacemonke22
Posted: Oct 12, 2008 at 22:17 Quote
just got one off craigslist for $200
its a 08 model (i think Razz ) has upgraded cranks (truvativ Blaze)
gonna upgrade the forks first of all
then just upgrade random peices when i have the money Razz
flag Andrei13Street
Posted: Oct 12, 2008 at 23:03 Quote
spacemonke22 wrote:
just got one off craigslist for $200
its a 08 model (i think Razz ) has upgraded cranks (truvativ Blaze)
gonna upgrade the forks first of all
then just upgrade random peices when i have the money Razz

Congrats dude. Have fun on the katmandu rollercoaster now. It goes this way.


You First Buy It:
In love with it
First Part Breaks:
Still like it
Every other part starts breaking:
You Hate it
At this point, it can go two ways.


You buy all new parts and get it fixed:
You love it again
You start getting too god for the frame:
You regret ever upgrading the bike
Buy new frame, and have nothing to do with the old frame:
Hate yourself for ever buying the bike.


Or

Buy new bike:
Happy you bought the katmandu because it helped you advance.
Keep the bike to look at:
Laugh everytime you see it.


Thankfully i did the second option.

Anyone else relate to the list?
flag christophish
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 at 8:33 Quote
Looks like my son is in the process of list one.... It's all good though, no last item because he's growing too, and will need a new frame by next season anyway. So in essence he is buying a new bike, just gradually.
flag planekid
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 at 10:26 Quote
Yah i kinda went the second way with my katmandu too, thank god.

My brothers taking the first option, not going so swell for him
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