#2007 GT IDRIVE 4.0 MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECS CRACKED#
#2007 GT IDRIVE 4.0 MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECS PLUS#
#2007 GT IDRIVE 4.0 MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECS FREE#

The comparison would be (if you ski) like trying to ski powder on sno blades. Well for one thing it is definately not made for doing drops and jumps on the north shore, and any one who attemps to do so on this bike deserves to get hurt. I also read what the other fellow is saying about how he dislikes the i drive. But, IMO I wouldn't get one, it just isn't strong enough for any jumps. Also lots of bearings close to the dirt but an interesting design with using bb bearings for the main bearings. For north shore riding they were usless and I saw a huge amount broken. I went over the handlebars and landed on my shoulder - 3rd degree separation.

#2007 GT IDRIVE 4.0 MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECS CRACKED#

The third time it broke the shock mount cracked so badly that the shock detached from the back of the bike, as I was going over a jump ( hadn't even left the lip yet), the front of the bike all of a sudden flipped up towards my face, as I left the jump the back of the bike bottomed out and kicked me up. I went through one front triangle (cracked) and two rear triangles ( cracked at shock mount twice!). I had a Idrive 1.0 with Z1 and xt stuff back about 2000 or 1999 and it separated my shoulder for me. I live here in Vancouver and ride on the north shore.

#2007 GT IDRIVE 4.0 MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECS FREE#

having lurked on a couple or three forums i cant help noticing either a lack of or total slating any time idrive (ducks again) gets a mention, they really that bad, its sat next to me as i type this should i stick my helmet on just in case, anyway feel free to rip it out of me or own up to having one, not labelled my self into a catagory just yet as when i last rode you just had a couple of bikes and pretty much did it all, fancy a free ride all mountain mix with some jumps n stuff, living in middle england free rides a bit of a joke not really a wilderness is it, anyway anone got oneĭon't know much about the new ones.

#2007 GT IDRIVE 4.0 MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECS PLUS#

The suspension stiffens a bit when you push on the pedals, but most riders soon love this and use it to great effect.Ok here,s the deal we had a cycle to work scheme set up this year, so thru work i was able to get back to mtb,ing after a few years off, thing is work set it up with halfords instead of any of the big cycle stores so my choices were limited, after some time it seemed the idrive 5 would be the best choice i could get for the money, plus it looked pretty cool.

A slight spring-loading effect occurs and then releases every time you pump the pedals on bumpy terrain. On the contrary, after the initial ‘getting used to it’ period, you’ll be using the effects of the chain growth, slight shock extension and shifting crankset to kick your way out of slow-down corners as soon as the roughest ground is out of the way. The surprise is that you rarely notice the downhill heft on flat trails, partly because the rear suspension doesn’t suck pedal power away. At 40lb (that’s 7lb more than the Marin, 6lb more than the Specialized and 4lb more than the Mythic), it’s a burden on climbs, although the gearing means nothing is out of the question if you work at it. It eats terrain like a downhill bike, and carries the associated heft. This bike is certainly at the downhill end of the all-mountain scale.

Still, it’s a decent downhill-worthy fork at this price.Īs soon as you climb aboard the Ruckus you know it’s going to offer you a totally different ride experience to bikes like the Marin Rock Springs or Mythic Wraith. The rebound damping is good but there’s no leg-top compression adjustment so standing climbs are wallowy affairs. There’s loads of mud room and standover height and the rear dropouts and Manitou Stance Blunt fork are set up for through-axles. The frame is heavily reinforced in all the spots that matter and we love the way the linkage bearings are actually bottom bracket bearings that you can service with a bottom bracket tool. Beware though – the distance you can drop the saddle by is restricted by the shock position. With the saddle high you feel like you’re on a cross-country bike and with the saddle low you get the more compact feel of a downhill bike. But, for riders who feel at ease with the sizing, it works. Some riders think it’s ugly and others find the radically sloping seat mast difficult to deal with because the reach changes so much as you change the saddle height. The frame looks complex but it’s actually very much a case of form follows function.

2007 gt idrive 4.0 mountain bike specs