Carrea Banshee

fergo

Anyone got a Carrea Banshee or Banshee X, if so any good?

bennett_346

They are poor bikes at best.

supersonic

Why is that? For a budget AM bike they hit the spot.

rockmonkeysc

Solid & not too bad to ride. If you want a all mountain bike on a very tight budget they actually are ok. Upgrade potential is limited by the very heavy frame.
Some of the young lads at the local DH trails use them as mini downhill / freeride bikes. They seem to survive cased landings, crashes & hucks to flat pretty well for a budget bike.

naffa

Isn't there a known problem of the frames/swinging arms cracking on them or, am I confusing it with something else?

specialeyes

naffa wrote:

Isn't there a known problem of the frames/swinging arms cracking on them or, am I confusing it with something else?

omegas

bennett_346 wrote:

They are poor bikes at best.

4 stars in the Bike Radar review , can not be that bad.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... shee-10017

chez_m356

omegas wrote:

bennett_346 wrote:

They are poor bikes at best.

4 stars in the Bike Radar review , can not be that bad.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... shee-10017

3 stars for the X, http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... x-12-35885

bennett_346

Whatever the reviews say i've rode one and it was very heavy, and rode worse than hardtails i had for about the same price which were obviously a lot lighter.

The Rookie

Its a heavy hardhitting AM bike on a budget, it will be heavy (The frame with coil shock is 4.4kg.....) the older ones had issues with chainstays cracking, later ones don't, the daughters BF rides one which is much modded.