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Why Gear Reviews?
If you’re interested to know how our exhaustive gear reviews directly influence consumers, here are some thoughts. For starters, our reviews are consistently in the top 5 search results on Google and Yahoo for relevant searches. And, on top of that, check out the following survey that was done by the Snowsports Industry of America regarding consumer’s use of online product reviews prior to purchasing.
McLEAN, Va. (May 13, 2008) – SnowSports Industries America (SIA) recently released its End of the Season Survey from the SnowSports Consumer Panel. The Panel is designed to represent all snow sports participants in the U.S. market. An online survey was sent to over 3,300 Consumer Panel members to find out how consumers use online product reviews when researching and purchasing snow sports products. According to the Panel, the majority of snow sports participants (86.4%) said that they take the time to read online product reviews that other consumers have written before purchasing new products. These reviews are even more important to consumers getting ready to purchase big ticket items like snowboards, apparel, and skis. More than 88% of panel members said they seek out and read these reviews before purchasing expensive snow sports equipment and apparel.
Snow sports participants claim to be directly impacted by these consumer reviews. Almost 7 out of 10 consumers have decided not to purchase a product because of a review another consumer has written. On the other hand, the impact of a bad review only goes so far, 61.6% have purchased a product even after it received bad consumer reviews.
A Note About the Gear We Review
There has been a fair amount of scuttlebutt surrounding the nature of product reviews posted on blogs. Some bloggers think that since the product is provided to them as a sample that they must provide a glowing review. Well, sometimes bad products are bad products and there’s no way around that. We work hard to be honest and thorough in our reviews–no matter how the product is obtained. Speaking of that, the products obtained for review on this Web site fall into the following categories:
- Items purchased at retail
- Items purchased directly from the manufacturer
- Items provided as a sample from the manufacturer
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You ask a hard question, my friend. While I totally and completely loved the first Jet9, I also totally and completely dig the Tallboy. The new Jet should be a solid competitor to the Tallboy–with Niner’s trailworthy geometry and all, it won’t feel “racy” yet it will perform racy.
Both will be killer bikes. I’m slated to get onboard a new Jet this Summer, so I’ll let you know.
How do you think these will be for 29ers. I use smaller gears on my Sultan than I used to on my Highline and 5 Spot. Seems like these would be tough to pedal on a 29er. Thoughts?
Good question, John. I have yet to ride 2×10 on a 29er, but I don’t really see it being an issue as the key span of gear ratios remain intact. With 29ers I find I hang out in the middle range anyway–once I’m up to speed. I’m hoping to get a 2×10 29er set up this Spring, so I’ll let you know.
Hi and thanks for the review!
I did have a question that I hope you as an FT60 owner can answer.
If I don’t buy the Flowlink device, would it be possible for me to just access the workout data stored on the device manually and perhaps even enter into the the online PolarTraining website manually ?
I would like to assume that any data that flowlink would sync from the watch could be accessed through reviewing data memory in the watch manually, But before I make the decision to buy the whole package, I just want to know if I will be missing out on being able to analyze my data with the PolarTraining website by not purchasing the Flowlink.
Amanda
You can view your summary data manually, yes. That way you can input it manually into the online Web site.
I bought these wheels and stuck them on my Ibis Mojo SL despite everybody’s advice to go with CK hubs + Mavic Crossmax combo since they say that Iodines aren’t that tough. But I went for it and they’ve never disappointed! I’m a heavyweight mtb newbie (5″10″ 210lbs) who loves to try aggressive stuff (making me a LOT more prone to crashes etc and I’ve been through a lot with the Mojo and these wheelset) but they’ve held on so far! Match made in heaven! Only problem is when the day comes that I have to service them, I don’t think Crank Bros have anybody who could service their wheels from where I am (Philippines). If that dreaded day arrives, I wouldn’t know what to do with my wheels!
Here’s a quick video about the performance of the XX 2×10 platform on the World Cup XC circuit (Sorry, lots of Spanish and Italian with a bit of German here and there. Oh yeah, they do speak English too… sometimes):
Here’s a quick video about the performance of the XX 2×10 platform on the World Cup XC circuit (Sorry, lots of Spanish and Italian with a bit of German here and there. Oh yeah, they do speak English too… sometimes):