Have a look at Eric Carter shredding the Whistler Bike Park on his 2009 Mongoose Boot'R!Between June 26th through to June 30th 2008, the who's who of the mountain bike industry all gathered at the Westin Resort, located in Whistler BC for the annual Decline Symposium. Many standards and issues in mountain biking were discussed amongst the industry folks. However, a good portion of the weekend's memorable happenings took place outside of the conference rooms, including places such as the Whistler Bike Park...who would have thought?
That's where myself, Eric Carter and Darren Salsbury (Product Manager - Mongoose) found ourselves smiling ear to ear, taking advantage of this opportunity to give the 2009 bikes a run for their money. While I was riding my custom spec on my 2009 Mongoose Boot'R, Darren and EC rode stock bikes right out of the box!! They performed without a flaw, as expected; have a look at the video from our weekend!
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The REASON the TopShelf bikes are so well spec'd and still so retardedly CHEAP is BECAUSE they have 13 shelves in every Walmart stocked full of $200 bicycles. Mongoose has some VERY deep pockets. When you're already loaded you don't have to overprice everthing so much to make margins. Imagine if Specialized sold $200 bikes in department stores? They'd prob be able to sell their $3500 Demo frames for half, which is closer to what the POS is actually worth. Specialized isn't in the industry to make friends, they're here to make cash. Mongoose makes cash at Walmart and they're getting nearly every kid on the planet onto two wheels at the same time. No one realizes how cool that is. They didn't have $35.00 BMX bikes when I was a kid!
AaronBOZZ Son, you need to go to the Mongoose website and learn what a PRO bike is and what a department store special is. Ignorance is no excuse...
what the hell are you talking about !iron horse sales at sportcheck for 99 bucks.
if its a good bike and you like it buy if you think its crap cuz they sale at wal mart its your problem.
i was looking into intense when i realized that 5500 dollars is ALL THE MONEY I HAVE. so instead of busting it all, i got a khyber (which is also made by mongoose) and it take any of the shit i throw at it from 15 foot drops to high speed runs at northstar. if your'e rusting away and have your ideas, then say em. but dont talk for others.
if i had the chance to quit my job and ride all day long throught the year at all the best bike spots im sure i could handle a few questions...
Nice bikes!