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nzhumpy
Googlemeister who likes bikes and scandal
I'll just leave this here...
http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/biking/trail-mountain-bike-2017/intense-recluse-2017
(Internet review, so to be taken with a healthy grain of salt)
I'd add an Ibis to the list:
https://biggride.com.au/products/ibis-mojo-hd4-nx
Seven year warranty, lovely bikes.
https://biggride.com.au/products/ibis-mojo-hd4-nx
Seven year warranty, lovely bikes.
Nautonier
Eats Squid
That is one of the worst reviews of a bike I've ever seen. Even if it's just one opinion, it's very off-putting.
nzhumpy
Googlemeister who likes bikes and scandal
Yeah, it's a shocker. The thing is it's not just one reviewer- it's like 5 different riders- makes me think that maybe they just got a bit of a lemon.
That's one site I actually quite like the reviews on, it's not just the standard half sales pitch that the usual suspects are like.
A great big handful of salt being taken here. Quite a harsh writeup, this is why so many people are asking so many questions when buying a new bike. Such contrasting reviews make this so much harder. Of course I'd love to be able to test ride one first, but which ones should I test ride?
Couldn't agree more! Happy to close off this thread now. If anyone's interested, when I purchase my new bike I will put up a thread of the experiences (purchasing, building/adjusting, riding, and any after sales service if required).
Thanks guys.
Sometimes I think just getting a bike in your range and general requirement is enough and then tweaking things like bars, stem, seat post, suspension, etc. to suit is the go. I rode my current bike around the car park once before I bought it. It took some getting used to but after I learned how to ride it properly my riding skills evolved to world class shogun fuck-master levels. I'd race professionally and win everything, but you know...., like what-everrrrrr. being world champion is so lame.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. When you're putting down the better part of $5-6k, it'd be nice to ride more than a car park. I'll suss out if there's are any demo days or demo bikes to test. I appreciate your advice and input.
hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
'Snot just one opinion - reads like a group of peeps all hated it!
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Yeah, I was only putting down $3.5 on $4.5's worth of older model as it was superseded (if you can wait till aug/oct there are bargains to be had). Even then, not small coin to chance.
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Yeah, it does read from a group of people who hated it. I'm just not a fan of using timed runs as a focus for how a bike rides. The guys at Bike Mag http://www.bikemag.com/gear/mountain-bikes/review-intense-recluse/ saw it differently. So hard to tell who to believe.