It's a Walmart bike, can't expect it to perform up to par with an $1000 bike from a pro bike shop, I use it for riding to school and back everyday, going to work and going out and about. Pretty good for my uses.
I Sell Air I own this bike too and it gets me around town with no problems. Dont understand why someone would think a $99 dollar walmart bike would be good for mtb trails.
I think the overall concern of videos like this is to prevent a rookie from getting one of these and eventually badly injured or even killed. Nonetheless, i recently got a 10year old McKenzie rusty bike, which is sold in germany by a walmart equivalent... It takes me.from A to B quite smoothly, even took a bit of trail like it was nothing, and simply performs great. So i appreciate the educational value of a video like this. Its the same with guitars... You can learn and even upgrade a cheap 100€ guitar and get decent stuff, but if you wanna go to the big leagues you cant avoid spending money.
I bought one and love it. Apparently I'm not a "serious" cyclist, I just live in Pinellas County Florida and we have some of best bike trails in the country. No mountains here, I just like the design and the suspension. The gears shift easily and don't jump and clank. I believe I got my money's worth!
Yo I live in pasco and I go to Alafia and Boyette all the time! Is that what you do? I just uPgraded from my Walmart hyper mtb to a diamond back but the hyper served me well.
This is actually an insanely underrated walmart bike imo. granted, it has its limitations but for casual riding around the neighborhood and whatnot, it will actually hold up, far better than say, a walmart roadmaster, for example. im a bike courier and used this shocker daily for roughly 6 months and put a shit load of miles on it. one of the biggest problems with these cheap bikes is the lack of grease these manufacturer uses when assembling. the hubs on the wheels broke down first, followed by the bottom bracket. i overhauled both and found close to zero grease. these types of bikes are especially great if you want to get into bike mechanics as problems will definitely arise with them and you can practice repairing them, which is the main reason why i bought it in the first place, before upgrading to something better.
This is good to know, as I just replaced a road master 26 with this hyper mountain bike. Had the roadmaster for 16years until brought it to Chicago and was stolen. Hopefully this will last as long... 🚲
I have the same bike and really like it. The only issue I had was the right shifter handle broke after 3 weeks and had it fixed at a local bike repair shop. Otherwise the bike is fine with me.
I go on small trails with a little bit of hills (but not huge) and I can say I don’t trust it fully sometimes when going on jumps. but I have probably rode over 700 miles on it and I can say I have definitely got my money’s worth out of it the only problems I have found is that the handle bar grip is really small for your hands and the back wheel gets really worn down and the seat is not comfortable. The furthest I have ever rode at once was 27 miles and the only problem I found when doing that, was that the gears would sometimes not work properly. But I can definitely say it is a good bike especially for the money.
Are you sure you don’t have the improved version of this bike? This video review is 6 years old and the fork on my version is rock solid and more traditional looking
Know your audience, these bikes are not for people that go to trails but instead: normal neighborhood rides, parks, fun. If you buy this for a crazy trail ride and blame Walmart, that's on you
gluka47 yes,I own this bike and it works great for getting around town. Anyone who buys a $99 department store bike and thinks they're going to hit some trails with it is completely retarded IMHO. The comments from some of these people are hilarious, critiquing it like it was a $1000 bike LMAO!!!
I do take issue with the fact that it's called a mountain bike yet is not suitable for even the most basic of trails. The people who are looking at this bike are not educated in the way of the bike. They are being mislead.
@@biggidousthethird2672 Because they're designed to *Look like* mountain bikes -- they're "mountain *style* " bikes, for people who just think mountain bikes look cool. I noticed the Roadmaster Granite Peak (also sold by Walmart) is being described as a "mountain-style" bike now; but it's probably not consistent in all their promos and literature.
I get these bikes for free all the time out of the trash. College students buy them, ride them for a year or two, and throw them away. My friend owned the Next version and I had a Schwinn hardtail, they really only could handle the road he lived on, but I do miss how simple throwing the bike in the back of my parents car and just riding on the street was.
I rode five miles on lime rock trails around a lake in fla... I'm 63 and wasn't even winded like I was on my friends 600 hundred bike...awesome little bike I got it on sale 78 bucks.
Great video! You explained the features of the bike very well. Happy riding!
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More "suspension" sideways, than up and down... Impressive!! And as you pointed out, the danger is that it actually looks much better than it performs.
@@KevCentral These bikes a garbage and are more trouble than anything, but might you know how to stiffen-up that front suspension? Is the ARCH the biggest problem - being too weak? Can a brace be added or a reverse ARCH be added to stiffen it up?
I had a foldable bike from Next with the twist shifters. I honestly cannot go back to those since I’ve been using trigger shifters. It just feels so much nice.
i'm 16 and this is my first bike to see if i like biking, took it out and it was amazing for my first bike i've never bought one brand new before defined worth the price if you're new maybe i'll try to get a better bike after i wear this one down a bit
Thank you for the great content and really getting in detail and having a good camera I have one of these bikes like some people said it’s a good bike for basic riding maybe not as much on trails but it’s overall a decent bike
I'm gonna buy the 700c hyper urban trail bike from Walmart and that one is $168. As much as I wish I had good downhill trails, where I live in Florida I'm gonna be mostly on the road. It seems like its gonna be perfect for me
I just bought this bike today for $128 in Hereford Texas I know it's not a high quality bike but I'm sure it'll last me a good 3 months before it starts to fail hopefully
i recently bought this bike. by no means do i expect it to hold up to the rigors of serous mountain biking. i dont need it to do that. i just need it to get me to work and occasional trails if i feel like it, so hey if a $99 bike does that for me then im good.
@@CarbonPhoenix96 You can usually tell those bikes because the sellers list very few (if any) of the bike's specs, like they're expecting people will actually shell out that kind of money without that info. They act incredibly stupid.
Joseph Lowry the y actually make very high end ones (Sram Eagle, for example) because there are certain people who much prefer the feel/use of them. I personally hate them, though
Hmmm. My Specialized Expedition 7-speed has these "revo shifters," also. It's originally a $400+ bike, from the information I got online = entry level, I suppose; but it's lighter than my previous bike, plus it shifts and rides smoothly. While I guess I'd rather have trigger shifters, they're doing fine for now. A definite upgrade overall to the bike I had last winter.
Daniel Antonio Espinosa buy at least $200 non Walmart bike if you can. I have a big box bike, that had great frame, but shit parts, but I am upgrading it to rock shox recon avid hydro brakes and so on. This bike from video is not very upgradable, it has a very bad base
Lol, thanks. I've never seen a bicycle fork so flimsy. The video doesn't do justice to how easy it is to flex it. It also has a small degree of flex movement back towards the main bicycle frame
I need help with my shifters! They clank, rub on the chain & occasionally makes it fall off . Added, it doesn't even shift all the gears properly either. I have no idea what I'm doing, can someone please assist me?
I just bought a Hyper bike at wal mart for $148 and at first I thought it was the same exact bike as this video but then I realized the one I bought is much upgraded in comparison. It doesn’t have the weird flimsy fork and is very sturdy. I don’t think this is the same bike.
Just bought one that costed that myself. Gear shifts are different looking, which is why I came here was to figure out what they meant, but it doesn't help
hay thank you for the review, i put a conversion kit on this bike and ya your right the fork is scary there is a lot of play and ya i noticed a lack of control when i get up to 20mph, thank you for the review, you may have saved me from a pretty nasty Wipeout
I have those twisters on my Schwinn, i like them tho. i dont LOVE them, i dont look forward to use them, but they dont bother me. Dont work so well after 3 years tho. I've only had twist shifters though, so maybe thats why.
had this bike for a short time had to return it the performance was trash horrible clutch and the front brakes didn't work right and a horrible screeching sound when stopping
I have this kind of bike but it’s black. I’ve had it for 4 years. It’s not in good shape tho. *Chain snapped *brakes weared out *Tires weared out *the Back spike chain thing has worn out to & the little spiky thing at the back *Hand bar grips worn out to
You can feel the difference in the springs when peddling fast or hard ,mine bounces, i bought it to ride to work, im not made of money, hell they got 160 out of me for it, has diff tires and three piece crank ,the front brakes squeak so bad when in use and my gearing is off like 2nd goes into third,and to get it to two you go to 1 and then to get first gear you have to try to shift PAST one
@@KevCentral That was very funny. I have one of them and the front end doesn't bend as much? Maybe they beefed up the QC? I take it on green trails and sometimes blue (with great care) but wouldn't do Moab. LOL. It should be called a trail bike. I can't afford an expensive bike. Back in the day we didn't have any suspension. I'm 61.
Currently in October of 23 they are $124 at Walmart in black and I'm pretty amazed that they have continued production for over 6 years to me the front suspension dicey and with only 12 mm of travel apparently some people who have bought the bike actually like it this would be another one for paved roads only light trails once again a mountain style bike not a mountain bike
Just bought one for 150$ and it’s not a mountain bike but good to get me back and forth to work only problem is there is no room to put a 49 cc engine on it
I have a mongoose 2.1 ledge amd used it for a month and its ok. Bike is small but it 26 inch. Would it be good to get the hyper shocker I use bikes everyday to work and go to town alot and carry backpack and shop to. Wouls that be the best bike or the roadmaster 26 one. Your more experienced in it I need to come to desicion soon.
My local walmart generally has alot of this model and the genesis 27.5,.....not much of anything else, a small bike section even for a walmart super center. I thought about testing one of these models myself(ummmm, yeah, if I was someone who had lots of money to spend willy nilly, but it would be fun to put it through its paces on street) for rough street only to see if they could handle a daily commuting or pre weight lifting sweat of a small bike ride warm up......like twenty minutes two miles per day for instance, to see if it would live up to rough street use,....maybe it would, one would think, though I suspect maybe shifters would go first,...BUT if there was a warranty, haha, then what would be the problem with warrantied failing shifters or derailer...Really, I would like to put at least fifty miles street use to be able to comment. I have so many bikes now, mostly older now, getting older, my giant hard tail is now obsolete due to 26" rims, and of course my old quality road bikes are now old, and I aint young like I was years ago, but am still riding some again. I did buy a mongoose el cheapo bike to test it, a ledge 2.1 steel frame full suspension,....will test the hell out of it on these streets for a warm up, but it takes over a week to get a mongoose to me,....I live on the west coast of Oregon, and it shipped from Savannah Georgia,....through walmart........that is how it will be for me on bikes shipped through walmart for testing for personal purposes,.....I'd like to get my hands on one of those genesis 27.5 or actually 29" genesis, but it seems like a wast of money I don't have to spare, but those are likely real good for rough street casual riding for older riders or those looking for riding less than ten miles per week for fitness. I mean, I am old, ...and so are alot of other folks out there, folks with weight problems or afraid of diabetes or need to improve their circulation, those on high blood pressure medicine, etc
I brought one of these and I really loved it, but the thing is that this bike’s decals got ruined and I want to replace them and I can’t find it, does anyone know a website I can order them off of?
What the f... The front suspension makes this bicycle a deathtrap. I can imagine that swerving in traffic or on a trail could end very bad. I mean, it's one thing to sell a cheap bike, but selling bike that is dangerous should be illegal.
I found another version of this bike (Bear Mountain) and I see the problem with the fork. The bridge is made of stamped sheet metal and welded to the sides of the fork. It actually flexes under stress. This fork may be difficult to upgrade as most of them are threadless now and the headset setup appears to be old-school. Any ideas anyone?
I actually had this bike and it’s very poor I had it for like a day and a half and Brake cables already broke in the chain keeps slipping off the gears
That at least be nice for Street exercise. I'm looking for something cheap but decent and looks pretty nice. I really want to find a sprocket gear setup for my 20in Dk. I need a second gear ratio on a 10-speed for it to be comfortable for me. I have muscular dystrophy and regular 20 inch gear ratios hard on me. It's too hard for me to get up a slight incline I'd have to walk it up.
Some 1 please tell me the reason for gap n bar beneath the seat. Just bought hyper havoc $129. Walmart. I like it after raising seat & handlbars, break adjustment
I have this bike too it gotta do w the suspension but its gonna add pressure an break your bike , get a water bottle cap an lift the seat up an it squeezes in between that Gap nice and snug therefore it wont add as much pressure to the bottom of the bike
Maybe it’s just me, but I find this bike super hard to pedal and the seat is excruciating. But I also just ride in the park so nothing too serious. I guess it’s okay for your money’s worth. But I LOVE the way it looks.
I think it’s just u tbh, I’ve owned a Huffy highlander for 3 years now so it’s pretty worn out but my friend has owned this Hyper Shock since 7 years and it’s so good. On my bike I can’t even go 2 minutes without my knees being in excruciating pain and having to stop but on my friends hyper shocker, I was riding like a bullet. It’s a seriously underrated bike and I love it, I’m ditching my huffy bike and buying this one.
Not happy my 16 year old went to wride it. The front wheel was bent breaks don't work and gears was skipping he took bad fall trying to return but no reseat warn up ink not legable how can I get debt card for the price I payed😊
I think this bike is terrible for the gear change on the handle bars and it feels like I have to petal hard to it to be able to go anywhere and it's not really fast at all kinda slow on the street
+Brant Warner Agreed. Check out my other video on the suspension travel. I'll have a video of it on an actual MTB trail coming later this weekend. The noises alone from this poor thing are enlightening. Recurring on-trail issues too!
well considering bike prices are like tripple this might be my single option 😂 im not paying no 500 to 3000 dollars for a bike lol them are car prices. this one i saw for 127
LOL same page bro. No way in Hell I'm spending more than 150ish for a bike. I actually have a car, but our parking spaces are scarce in my complex, if you lose one you're parking wayyyy around the building or across the lot, & with 115 degree temps this time of year (& catalytic converter thefts), thats a no-go for me. Tired of losing my parking space just to run a quick errand, so hopefully this will be the remedy.
+Zack Laningham thanks for the question. I'm assuming you mean the crank arms and bottom bracket? If so, you can find quite a few good videos that give you step-by-step walkthroughs, as well as the tools required
These bikes a garbage and are more trouble than anything, but does anyone know how to stiffen-up that front suspension? Is the ARCH the biggest problem - being too weak? Can a brace be added or a reverse ARCH be added to stiffen it up?
I would like to add quick-release to this bike but I’m having difficulty removing the back-right nut(not familiar with the term) from the rear wheel. Is it possible to make this change to this particular bike?
