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A truly great off road high performance bike featuring Rock Shox,WTB and XT components all bolted to a quality lightweight aluminium frame
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I bought 17.5" silver Kaikias (the '08 model I believe) for my own Christmas present, and have no regrets. It has much better equipment than I could find anywhere else for this price. It comes in a box with most of the bits in nearly the right place... in other words you do need to know how to set up a bike properly to build this. But that's part of the fun, surely. If you don't want to be adjusting gears and bleeding brakes then I'm sure you could take it to your local bike shop. Nearly everything can be done with the allan key that comes with the bike.
Now I had a slight issue with mine, that the chainline was slightly too far out to get perfect adjustment on the gears at the front... it would have worked, and I'm kind of picky, so I wanted it just right. I got in touch with 2X2 who manufacture these things, and they were very helpful - I'm quite happy to recommend them as a company. I also had a brake pad fail, and made a warranty claim for that, which is fine (and that was a genuine shimano pad, so no fault of 2X2. Very unusual fault, so I doubt that will happen to most people.)
I have ridden the bike on various red graded MTB trails in Wales, in rain, snow, hail, thunder and all kinds of mud... and occasionally in sunshine... and have not exceeded its capabilities (although I have exceeded mine!) OK, it's not a specialist downhill bike - it's an allrounder. Seems sturdy enough to me. I even crashed it by jumping badly, and haven't managed to damage the bike. (Even landing on the front wheel and going straight over the bars... always wear a helmet! The bike was fine though.)
I would say if you want to thrash the black graded routes, then get a downhill bike with more suspension. Anything else this will do nicely. It goes, it stops, it turns quickly and is generally no trouble. Enjoy yourselves.
Now I had a slight issue with mine, that the chainline was slightly too far out to get perfect adjustment on the gears at the front... it would have worked, and I'm kind of picky, so I wanted it just right. I got in touch with 2X2 who manufacture these things, and they were very helpful - I'm quite happy to recommend them as a company. I also had a brake pad fail, and made a warranty claim for that, which is fine (and that was a genuine shimano pad, so no fault of 2X2. Very unusual fault, so I doubt that will happen to most people.)
I have ridden the bike on various red graded MTB trails in Wales, in rain, snow, hail, thunder and all kinds of mud... and occasionally in sunshine... and have not exceeded its capabilities (although I have exceeded mine!) OK, it's not a specialist downhill bike - it's an allrounder. Seems sturdy enough to me. I even crashed it by jumping badly, and haven't managed to damage the bike. (Even landing on the front wheel and going straight over the bars... always wear a helmet! The bike was fine though.)
I would say if you want to thrash the black graded routes, then get a downhill bike with more suspension. Anything else this will do nicely. It goes, it stops, it turns quickly and is generally no trouble. Enjoy yourselves.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:19"
This is my third decent bike. For years I'd ridden around on old bone-shakers, eventually my significant other bought me a quality bike. A Marin Novato. I loved that bike. Then I had a crash and snapped the frame. I moved onto a (second-hand) Marin Sausalito. Took a bit of getting used to, slightly lager frame, larger wheels. But, again a nice bike. It served me well until I got to the point where I was getting it repaired every payday. All its components seemed to be conking out at the same time. So, I got a new bike. But I was a bit strapped. I'd got used to £500-£700 bikes, but I only had three-hundred-odd quid to spend. After a bit of searching I found the Land Rover. I was a bit dubious, a bike from a car manufacturer, sold by Amazon? But, it's great.
It came promptly, but it needed rather more assembly than I'd anticipated. I'd only bought bikes from bike shops before. I bolted it together but the fancy-schmancy hydraulic brakes and the front suspension were a bit beyond me. I took it along to my local bike shop and they tweaked it to perfection.
It's a bit smaller than the Sausalito, but I feel like I'm sitting slightly higher. The brakes are incredibly sharp, I may have to change the tires. The fat trail tires on there at the moment aren't ideal for an urban commute. On the whole I love this bike, though. It's fast, it's responsive, it's light but it feels solid.
If it falls to bits I'll edit this review, but in the meantime (three weeks on) it's aces.
EDIT: I should point out that this review is for the 19.5" model. Amazon seem to be using this review for the 17" model and that's not completely clear.
It came promptly, but it needed rather more assembly than I'd anticipated. I'd only bought bikes from bike shops before. I bolted it together but the fancy-schmancy hydraulic brakes and the front suspension were a bit beyond me. I took it along to my local bike shop and they tweaked it to perfection.
It's a bit smaller than the Sausalito, but I feel like I'm sitting slightly higher. The brakes are incredibly sharp, I may have to change the tires. The fat trail tires on there at the moment aren't ideal for an urban commute. On the whole I love this bike, though. It's fast, it's responsive, it's light but it feels solid.
If it falls to bits I'll edit this review, but in the meantime (three weeks on) it's aces.
EDIT: I should point out that this review is for the 19.5" model. Amazon seem to be using this review for the 17" model and that's not completely clear.
wanted a bike to mess around with kids on, also live in very hilly area and liked the idea of trying a bit of mtb action. did not want to break the bank and this fitted the bill as came with 45% - clearly because not a current model, but this really didn't seem an issue to me.
did a bit of research - the spec of parts on this bike were certainly higher than spec on the £599 entry level bike at local specilalist shop, so felt this was a genuine deal. seems to be hit and miss reviews elsewhere on land rover bikes - seems that a few bike snobs not keen on a non-biking company entering the market, and other bike enthusiasts seemed to think could get better elsewhere, but other reviewers seemed very happy with their land rover bike, particularly those who weren't already hard core bikers. as I fell into the latter category, felt I'd give it a blast.
very happy with the bike. all parts are shimano or equivalent, and rides/changes gear etc incredibly smoothly. seems a huge step-up in qualtiy compared to anything else I've ridden. looks solid and robust. the acutal bike seemed a lot more ruggid and impressive than the picture on here. brakes are sharp, seat comfy, and my first off-road downhill was fab.
overall very happy, yet to find a fault, and at this price could not find a deal anywhere near as good. if you're new to it all like me and want a quality kicking around type bike, am confident you'll be happy. can't speak for the enthusiasts out there.
the only other thing to say, as already pointed out, needs some putting together. unless you know how to set-up gears and hydraulic disc brakes, probably best to get a local bike shop to do it properly. this set me back another 50 quid.
did a bit of research - the spec of parts on this bike were certainly higher than spec on the £599 entry level bike at local specilalist shop, so felt this was a genuine deal. seems to be hit and miss reviews elsewhere on land rover bikes - seems that a few bike snobs not keen on a non-biking company entering the market, and other bike enthusiasts seemed to think could get better elsewhere, but other reviewers seemed very happy with their land rover bike, particularly those who weren't already hard core bikers. as I fell into the latter category, felt I'd give it a blast.
very happy with the bike. all parts are shimano or equivalent, and rides/changes gear etc incredibly smoothly. seems a huge step-up in qualtiy compared to anything else I've ridden. looks solid and robust. the acutal bike seemed a lot more ruggid and impressive than the picture on here. brakes are sharp, seat comfy, and my first off-road downhill was fab.
overall very happy, yet to find a fault, and at this price could not find a deal anywhere near as good. if you're new to it all like me and want a quality kicking around type bike, am confident you'll be happy. can't speak for the enthusiasts out there.
the only other thing to say, as already pointed out, needs some putting together. unless you know how to set-up gears and hydraulic disc brakes, probably best to get a local bike shop to do it properly. this set me back another 50 quid.
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