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GT hard tails of the 90’s were the sh*t. Especially the Super light Zaskars

What do you think about the Mongoose HD Impasse? I am planning on buying one within the next two days.

Excellent, clear delivery with real world testing and well thought out advice....am i still on youtube?!! Congratulations on surpassing the standards set by the other 80 percent of you tubers!

So what you are saying is. If i buy this bike. Replace the suspension and bearings and a good wheelset a new cockpit. A better drivetrain and brakes. I can have a nice budget mongoose for only $600-$800....................... More than a gt sensor

I used to try Avid BB7 with ceramic pads on Norco VPS Shore bike with 203mm rotors and it was perfectly braking, almost same like Hayes HFX-9 I bought after, mechanical disc brakes are much simpler to maintain in opposite to hydraulic ones, for cross and lighter MTB bikes are very good solution, I used them on my Author cross bike for years and I'm very satisfied

They cost $448 now.

so i cant take my axum off big drops? bummer.

Great video

I haven’t ever tried hydraulic brakes. I have mechanical disc brakes, and they seem to work a little better than rim brakes. I haven’t tried upgrading the rotors or pads.

OUCH buddy! But I'm glad you had sooo much fun out there!

You littered 🤬 That's so trashy of you

Hey from 2024 i was wondering if it's worth it to buy a fusion used for 170?

I grew up next to some serious trails made by 4x4's. I aspired to do these trails so I, as an 8 years old, bought a cheap roadmaster 21 speed at a garage sale. I was ecstatic to finally have a bike with gears, as I had always ridden bmx. Being used to bmx, I rocked that crappy little bike on those trails with nothing but a few flat tires. I got a cheap mongoose and beat it even harder, assuming it was top shelf. These bikes never broke. I jumped, did downhill, etc. They did not climb well, but as a kid I wasn't trying to climb. I would just walk it. Walmart bikes were ok back in the nineties but who knows now. Schwinn was known as top of the line in my neighborhood.

Watching this at 3 am make me feel like biking asap nice video by the way

35$ for mt200 + disks shipped to eu from ali

When I lived in a small town in New Mexico Walmart had a traveling bicycle mechanic, I think they came around every two weeks or so...

Is the small medium or large ?

The fork is backwards lol

this video is crap. i can grab a brand new trek and do exactly the same thing. ride over small rocky trail and bounce around saying uhhuhhiuhhgh..!! and make the bike look like crap if i were hating on Trek. this guy is a Clown. Bike Super-Snob..!!! i have this same bike. and it has not giving me any problems, and i and i am a heavy set Guy. i used to Ride the Mongoose XR-Pro, and never upgraded anything other than the pedals and new tires after i wore out the factory rubber. and never had a problem with that one either. other than the annual tune up. to adjust cable tensions and lube. this is a Great starter BIke. Nothing wrong with this as it sits for "entry level ridding"...!!!

Watching this in 2024 and I just picked up GT Zaskar Expert.

Recently got a beat up mongoose ledge 2.1 and the rear wheel wobbled and took it off and I see there is slop in rear hub.Alsosee there is ball bearings only on one side of the bike.Is actually possibly only to have bearings on one side of an axle.Haven’t worked on bikes much and trying to figure out what the deal is and if I am missing parts on the axle?.

Upgrade your brakes and train yourself to not use them😮

I have a GT BACKWOODS EXPERT mtb with a current drivetrain set up of 26/38 11-36, can you recommend me a 1x drivetrain groupset i can convert this bike to ?

This bike won’t make it through the new trails at Cherry creek

Like all other modern (predatory) companies these days they are not interested in you being able to fix their products they just want you to buy another unit. Bad for you but good for their bottom line. Guess which one wins?

Yo he pasado de v-brake a frenos hidrahulicos de 4 pistones, un gran salto

Well I'm 57 years old, I bought a few Walmart bikes and they've done whatever I put him through. Also you can build them up. I remember back in the day you just bought a regular store-bought bicycle and we abuse those bikes. I mean from going over the ramps. Riding in the woods you name it.

im an mechanical db user and they work very well especially on goin downhills, stairs etc.. if you are not go cycle hard go with mdb

Budget bike? Are you serious? Not everyone has money that grows on trees my man....next time choose your words better...budget bike is under 500 for most of the population

What are some good budget full suspension MTB. I was considering the ledge x2 or the impasse. I think since mongoose went with Walmart they went cheaper with quality.

never mech disc ! hydro or v brake

RESPECT! ✊🏾

Good video! Lots of good information! RESPECT! ✊🏾

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Does this work for girls? I don't see how.

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Great video! Answered a lot of questions! Thanks

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Disc brake is for controlling speed. A properly installed v breaks will have you stopping on spot. Hit that front break alone and you'll will be flying over the handle bar😂.

Also one of the best upgrades for mt200 is changing brake lever to one from mt500

Did you bed the pads in? You need to coat the rotors with the compound used in the pads, this is what creates the stopping power

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Thanks for the video. Really helpful. Have a good one!

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I lived in Denver right when they started the light rail. I wish I was there later when they went to places I could ride. Plus no bikes were allowed on them at the time

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Excellent Info 👍

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