| Rating: |   | Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
Davis a XC Rider from Midland, Ontario, Canada writes:
I have ridden it on snow covered trails and on some pavement as well as a little bit of dirt trails. No problems and the handling is great.
Product Used For: 1 Month
Product Strengths:Very affordable, nice colour and good quality welds. Nice looking tubes and especially dropouts. EBB works great, no slipping while riding(take out when putting bb on bike, could brake the brazes that hold the screws).
Product Weaknesses:none so far
My Bike:skareb super fork, bontrager wheels, raceface crank, syncros bar stem, avid bb7 brakes.
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| Rating: | | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
Der a Weekend Warrior from Bavaria/Germany writes:
Good value for money, but I'll give this an average rating only - due to the poor tyre clearance... Nice frame, though and very affordable for one with an EBB adapter. In my opinion, Jenson can make this a REAl good frame, if they'd change for chainstays with better tyre clearance, powder coating and EBB with alignment holes on the left hand side.
Product Used For: 3 Months
Product Strengths:Nice appeal; small diameter tubing steel frame. Very affordable, even includes an eccentric Bottom Bracket adapter for a clean looking singlespeed bike
Product Weaknesses:The paint job is pretty poor; particularly at the drop-outs.
The steerer tube needs facing and reaming; so add some 25US$ for getting this done at your local bikeshop.
The BB adapter has the alignment holes on the drive train side, where the cranks are...
The real disappointment is the tyre clearance. Regular 2.25" or 2.3" tyres simply do not fit. I went for some Schwalbe Little Albert 2.1" UST Version to get some comfort from a low-pressure ride.
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5 out of 5 cyclists found the following review helpful:
| Rating: | | Sunday, July 15, 2007 |
Matthew a XC Rider from Fairborn, Oh United States writes:
Great Single Speed steel frame at a great price. Overal value and experience has been so good that my next build will be the Zion 660 with gears.
Product Used For: 1 Year
Product Strengths:Frame flex is there, but not so much that it takes the feel or efficiency away. Tracks and corners well. EBB is a great feature, no nagging rear drop-out adjustments required. Vary capable climber and descender.
Product Weaknesses:The matte black paint chips easily. A heavier, more durable coating would have been nice.
My Bike:Reba Race 100 mm fork, Surly cogs, RaceFace SS Crank, SHimon hubs w/ Rhino Lite Rims, Specialized 2.0 Pro Tires, Crank Brothers Candy pedals, RaceFace stem, seat post, headset & bars, Lizard Skin Lock-on Grips, Hayes 7 Disc Brakes.
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5 out of 5 cyclists found the following review helpful:
| Rating: | | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |
Shannon a XC Rider from Grand Terrace, Ca Usa writes:
I was looking for a single speed frame that was disc specific. No cantilever studs with a simple design and preferably an eccentric bottom bracket so i can run a quick release hub. There aren't many frames out there that offer these features. The Zion 660EBB began to stand while searching for a SS frame.
I am very happy with the way the bike rides and it came in at a decent weight. Yeah you could nit pick a few things but for the price you would be stupid to. Buy it. Build it. Go ride it. That simple.
Product Used For: 3 Months
Product Strengths:Price. Quality. Simplicity. Ride. Geometry.
Product Weaknesses:Graphics. None would be better.
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