Airborne downhill bike

With its 8" of vacation and 66/60? DH-specific geometry, Marzocchi 888RV fork and SRAM drivetrain with e*thirteen sequence guide, the Taka are designed for any downhill you can easily. And most likely much more. Produces a good freeride bike, also. Brand new with this season, the Taka today includes the Rockshox KAGE R back shock!Value Rating:Submitted by Elijah Lunt a Downhiller

Weaknesses: Heavy, find it difficult to get a hold of components, Can't fit a normal chain-stay shield, Airborne Taka = Iron Horse Yakuza, nothing others to date

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This is my first downhill cycle and I are amazed at how well this comes even close to various other top companies like Specialized. We have two buddies whom own a Status II and a Demo 8 II and they were both amazed at how plush this cycle ended up being and also the dimensions. The term "Tank" and "Bomb Proof" arise a whole lot around this cycle and it is most evident. Even though my Taka doesn't have a single original component apart from the frame, you simply can't fail using the cost. It is unfortunate to note that airborne in addition has ended making these too. Could not be more happy with this as my first downhill bicycle!

Favorite Trail: Bountiful B

Price Paid: $900.00

Purchased At: Used

Bike Setup: Deity Black Label Handelbars, SunLine direct mount stem, Avid bb7 brakes, Sram x9 derailluer, 2012 marzocchi 888 cr, Sunringle MTX 33 rims, Kenda Nevegal tires, Marzocchi Roco WC environment, Truvativ Hussefelt 1.1 DH, Bontrager Big Earl Pedals

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Talents: The Frame seems strong, good parts spec for 1400 bucks.
Rear suspension is easy therefore the many plush i've ridden (even though this is my very first downhill bicycle).
Handles some good size drops, and rugged trails really.
Pretty light, specially only at that price range. My bathroom scale claims 41 pounds.

Weaknesses: The installation This cycle must be fully divided and rebuilt upon arrival. Absolutely nothing ended up being correctly greased and shifters and sequence length and brakes weren't adjusted correctly. Also the trunk shock had been attached so that the rebound adjuster ended up being inverted, and linkage emerged loose. As other people have said the surprise and pivot bushings are not great, and mine possess some wear from not-being greased out from the package. After greasing the bushings and tightening everything down, there is little flex, plus it works effortlessly.

Front fork is heavy takes a while getting made use of also, for a downhiller the stem direction should always be slacker (Taka is 66 degrees). The front hand is slightly gluey, and flexy in addition to weight takes a little while getting utilized too. Also it only has a rebound adjuster as well as on falls ~4 foot to flat it will jump unless the rebound is virtually maxed off to slowest.

This will be a rebranded iron horse. No full length seat-tube, and that means you have to slice the post in the event that you wanna drop it all just how. Derailleur is stiff and does not feel high-quality, shifts reliably however. Mine stuck in first equipment for a while til it broke in.

Pedal bobs quite bad once you stand-up out of the chair, probably since it has actually 8 ins of vacation.

I obtained this bike three months ago size 17, i am 5'11 in addition to fit is pretty good, great size for going downhill, could get a size up for pedalling on level or going uphill. We have about 200 kilometers onto it so far it's been pretty good and dependable. This might be my do everything cycle, and has now already been utilized much more as a all hill bike than as a straight downhiller. Although I like to go quickly and hop on the downhills, so I've had the opportunity to evaluate it at speed through rough terrain. Therefore we switched out of the 40t chainring for a 32t and I also can move up every little thing but the steepest uphills that my friends on xc bikes typically find yourself pressing up too. I prefer having 1 chainring at the start, and it is very nice having a big bicycle once the trail turns downhill. In general this cycle is an excellent price, since it's difficult to get a downhill/all hill bike under 1500 dollars. However, I do not believe you will see any top pro cyclists on it since it is maybe not a good thing available to you. Nonetheless it is a superb bargain, and a fantastic basic downhiller.

PS We have no affiliation with Airborne.

Preferred Trail: Skeggs point, Black Mountain (SD)

Duration Item Applied: three months

Price Paid: $1400.00

Purchased At: airborne.com

Comparable Items Utilized: Iron Horse Warrior Professional DS 2006
Canondale Scalpel 2012 with lots of updates

Bicycle Setup: Stock except a 32t front side chainring when it comes to ups.

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Submitted by jtmoreau a Downhiller from greenland nh USA

Weaknesses: a corner shock installing equipment and bushings

STAY AWAY, this cycle is low priced, but that is the only positive. I got myself one of these a year ago, it arrived associated with the package with play when you look at the back shock bushings, airborne delivered myself several units of bushings and even a brand new rear surprise and nothing fixed it so that they finished up giving me personally a complete brand new cycle. I thought this was great, through to the new bike had the same specific issue. 3 months of hefty biking, two back shocks, and lots of brand new sets of bushings later on my issue had been still really bad, bad adequate that we wore out of the whole inner eyehole of surprise and bent my rear mounting bolts. After telling airborne that I couldnt even obtain the shock out due to the bolts being bent, they told me which they know about the issue, and possess no solution for this, and provided me a full refund the bike. We took the reimbursement, delivered their peice'O junk as well as bought a real bike. In short, they know that their particular bushings do not work in their particular shocks, however they consistently sell their bicycles understanding they are not to spec, stay away from these bikes.

Preferred Trail: Highland MTB park

Duration Item Used: half a year

Purchased At: giantnerd

Comparable Products Used: Kona operator dh

Bike Setup: Mine was stock

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Submitted by CL1234 a Downhiller from Mountainside

*Eat up falls, origins, stone gardens effortlessly
*good components
*suspension is GREAT
*would perhaps not of hit some features without this bike

Weaknesses: The hand springs are too soft for me personally, evaluating 210, needed to update to a harder springtime

Overall, this bicycle is AWESOME!!!. We have ridden added downhill cycle costing nearly 4-6 thousand in MSRP. Despite the fact that these bike are top of the line, i'm the Taka holds up to its rep whilst it feels and rides like these high priced bikes. YOU WILL NOT be upset with this particular bike!!! DURATION!!!

The taka takes the dessert! It definitely feels as though a 4-6 thousand dolla bicycle at a less expensive price...BUY one, you cannot make a mistake!

Favorite Trail: Diablo Freeride Park

Duration item applied: not as much as 30 days

Price Paid: $1500.00

Purchased At: airbornebicycles.com

Comparable Goods Used: Trek, yakuza downhill

Bike Setup: all stock, brand-new headset and handle bars

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Strengths: Value! An excellent package your money can buy. Solid Suspension, drive train and braking system. It really is consumed up every little thing I've tossed at it thus far.