Sliviz

O have owned this bike for three months now and done a fair bit of riding on it. I am not a beginner rider but Ive always ridden hard tail and wanted to try out a full sus bike without forking out £3k on a trail bike. I can honestly say this bike its definitely worth the £900 I paid for it with the gogoutdoors card and a quidco discount. There have been some niggles. I find it creaks alot. I have tightened up the linkage bolts and that seemed to fix the issue but now the headset has started. I had to build the bike myself as it got posted to me. It was meant to be built already but half the bolts were not torqued correctly. To be honest this isnt a bad mark in my book. Its a mail order bike, I expect assembly to be honest. Unfortunately the bike wasnt packed well and there was some damage to the droppouts where the wheel hadhit it but I told gooutdooors and they gave me £50 off to buy paint repairs. So all good there. I went to a 1x setup as well as 2x makes no sense to me. New pedals as the ones they come with arent very grippy at all The tyres are great fun and well set up for UK riding. I find the beeline brilliant fun but do lack grip on steep muddy climbs. The front Ive had no issed with on tight wet berms or steep climbs. A very grippy tyre They are pretty weak on puncture protection mind Riding: The bike is no spring chicken on climbs, at 14.5kg its heavier than my 12kg marin rocky ridge ive been used to for 6 years but for under a grand its not terrible. (Ive ridden a £3k bike that climbed worse) The bike really comes into its own on steep downhills and trail centre singletrack. Its poised, balanced and I find the 130mm travel more than adequate for the riding I do (Trail centre and XC with some downhill and small jumps) Which is exactly what this bike is built for so a great nod to callibre for achieving this at such a low price. I find the brakes are amazing for the price! All in all I would definately recommend this bike to anyone. Even a veteran rider not just a beginner mountain biker (maybe not a pro racer or downhill freeride rider but..... The fact you can buy this bike for under a grand and have a fully capable trail bike is insane. With your leftover money you could get the upgrades and another bike for XC or road riding and still have change. .... That speaks volumes it me!