![]() The fact that it’s a full £200 below £500 makes it outstanding. We’ve never ridden a sub-£500 full suspension bike that feels as good as this. The seatpost, with a quick release clamp, is long enough for riders up to 6ft to fit the medium bike and the saddle is a simple but soft love or hate affair. The 23.5in oversized riser bar is ideal for a bike like this and a medium length four-bolt stem even has opposing bolts to fix it to the steerer. The rest of the finishing kit is basic but functional stuff. The Tektro brakes are some of the best low budget cable-pull disc offerings around, giving more reliable stopping power than V-brakes in poor conditions. There was never a situation on cross-country trails where we felt the bike was out of its depth. The tyres, despite the Michelin Country Mud stamp on them, appear to be made of a hard nylon compound that’s not good in the wet, but they were reasonably grippy in the dry. The unusually light wheelset uses good quality eyeleted rims and the no-name hubs, while an unknown quantity in durability terms, were fine during the test period. The X-7 rear mech and shifters work crisply, and a steel-ringed SR Suntour crankset shifts nicely with a budget Shimano mech up front. #Rockrider vitamin r decathlon upgradeThe fork is a 100mm travel SR Suntour model, with effective factory set rebound damping, an easy-to-reach on/off lockout dial on top of the right-hand leg and a less effective preload dial on top of the left leg.Įven the drivetrain on the Rockrider is great for the price – SRAM’s price approach seems to allow manufacturers to upgrade from 24 to 27 gears at a lower price point than on Shimano-equipped bikes. There’s a set of bottle cage bosses, loads of mud room around the tyres, a full outer cable to the cable-pull disc brake brakes, hose routing ready for an upgrade to hydraulic discs, a neoprene chainstay protector and protective sheaths on the gear cables to stop paint rubbing off the head tube. The top tube and down tube are both shaped to achieve big weld contact areas, and the back end is laterally stiff and offers plenty of heel and ankle room. The practical fine detailing is all good, too. ![]()
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