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Can't get much crappier than a Huffy...
Posted by Captain Obvious on 04/22/01
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...especially a Micargi.
Posted by Captain Obvious' Alter Ego on 04/22/01
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I know I've heard of Motiv before, but I am unsure as to its quality. I'm in the process of buying a new MTB as well, and the best advice that I can give is to keep your options open. Good Luck.
Posted by PreppyBiker57 a 17 year old Downhiller riding a Sears Brand MTB from Wilmington on 04/22/01
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cant get more crappier than a Roadmaster.
Posted by Obvious Marvin a 21 year old riding a tomac on 04/23/01
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Motivs are absolutely excellent bikes. Their 24 hour tech support is outstanding (especially if you are participating in a 24 hour race!). The craftsmanship that goes into each one of this little machines is very similar to that found in the high end- over priced bikes. The same tubing used in Trek, Klein and even Kona is found in these motivs. Buy one and you will not regret it!
Posted by Dr. Strangefruit a 12 year old Die-hard Enthusiast riding a Pacific MTB with a Psylo rock shox and XTR parts from Los Angeles on 06/28/02
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This has to be a joke! I doubt vey seriously if motiv uses scandium, carbon fibre, or metal matrix Alu, in any of their toy bikes. That and for the price you supposedly decked out that Motiv with you could have bought a far superior frame with say LX or XT components.
Posted by Rem.788 a Cross-Country on 06/28/02
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Those parts will not work on that bike.... Shimano has specifically manufactured their parts to
not work on any bike sold at Kmart.
Posted by CrzyRidr3  on 06/28/02
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Department store bikes are killing the bicycle industry. I own a bike shop and have worked on more wally world, k-mart, toys r us and target rigs than anything. these bikes are not made for anything but street riding. They even say so on the bike! If what people say here is true and I cannot see that it is, these bikes do not hold up for long doing the things they claim. I have NEVER seen one that does!
Crazy is correct you cannot put high end shimaNO parts on dept. store rigs. Whay would anyone want too anyway? Just go buy a REAL bike and be done with it!
Posted by Precision Pedal a Cross-Country on 06/28/02
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Hey, I just noticed, look back on the message board at a similar inquiry on the 15th of this month. You might find some valuable information there.
Posted by PreppyBiker57 a 17 year old Downhiller riding a Sears Brand MTB (hopefully not forever) from Wilmington on 04/23/01
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THEY'RE DOWN TO $99 AT THE ALDI IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IA.
Posted by MATT M. a 42 year old Weekend Warrior riding a BETWEEN BIKES. MINE WAS STOLEN. from CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. on 06/19/01
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They don't sell them in Bike shops for a reason. Go to your LBS and buy a bike that will last. You may spend more money to start out with but you are paying for quality, durability, and most importantly service. In the long run, a quality bike shop bike will cost you less.
Posted by C-DaleMan a 27 year old Weekend Warrior riding a C-Dale SuperV2000 & R300 from Fullerton on 06/19/01
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I bought three at Aldi's for $99 each. I love them. Anytime there's a bargain, you'll get the 'experts' to badmouth the deal, thinking that their 'wisdom' will impress you. Remember the tough little Yugos for $3995? Same 'experts' badmouthed them. Trouble is, none of the 'experts' ever owned a Yugo. I have, and still do. They run forever. Don't listen to the 'experts' who never actually own whatever they claim to be 'experts' about. Listen to me. Motivs are great. I own three. Get 'em while you can, and let the 'experts' pay too much for their overpriced iron.Speaking of: I bought a Peugeot UO-8 for $140 in 1974. Now, THAT'S overpriced schlock. Like the bike shop said: "Those in the know don't buy Peugeot."
Posted by Hup234! a Weekend Warrior riding a 3 Motiv AL-9000s, 1 Peugeot UO-8, 1 '42 Elgin from Wisconsin on 06/25/01
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I've been riding for a long time and the Motiv is a great bike for the price. Most bikes are made in a couple factories in Taiwan and branded for Motiv or whoever else. Anyone who puts down these bikes is just an elitist. Take it out and if you can break it, then go waste your money on some overpriced sled.
Posted by JTL a 26 year old Die-hard Enthusiast riding a Motiv set up to my preferences from Santa Clara, CA on 06/29/01
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I just purchased my Motiv at Aldi for $99. First I scoffed at it, with the options and quality welds and equipment, it is very much so a great bike for the money. I figure if it is junk it will break very soon, if that happens I bring it back or it will be under warranty. I had mine for (1) week on / off road and already have 280 miles using all 21 gears. My (2) year old GIANT is shot. I agree with all the prior positive comments made.
Posted by Jim Wheeler a 37 year old Weekend Warrior riding a Motiv AL9000 from Stow , Ohio USA on 07/18/01
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Hi, Saw that you live in Santa Clara. My wife and I were looking at the Motivs at Cosco and wondered if they were any good. I used to ride a Bianchi. I'm now 62, wife 59, and we just want something to ride the trail at Los Gatos Creek or along the shoreline on Sundays. I was worried that the Motive bikes might be hard pedaling or have other problems. The price is right. What do you think? Thanks. RR
Posted by Rod a 62 year old Cross-Country from San Jose on 07/09/02
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I too have been shopping around for a bike and I just saw the Motiv bikes at Costco earlier today (7/21/02). They look pretty impressive, but I'll give you my opinion on a couple of things I noticed that I thought were odd and which are worthy of investigation. (Maybe this will help you if you haven't purchased a bike yet.) The front sprocket, where the pedals are, have a cheap looking clear plastic sprocket guard. Also, the brake handles that you pull in order to stop the bike, are made of black plastic. Both of these bike parts seem like something that could break. These are my negative comments about the bike. Otherwise, the bike looks great and seems to be of reasonably good quality. The bike I looked at is the CA 480, 6061 Series at $159.99. Hope this helps. E-mail me if you have any questions or comments, michaelmaddox@mindspring.com
Posted by Michael M a 35 year old Weekend Warrior riding a Motiv CA-480 / 6061 Series from Los Angeles, CA on 07/21/02
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i ALSO HAVE A CA 480 6061 CONVERTED TO OFF ROAD TIRES THIS BIKE PERFORMS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ON AND OFF ROAD.I CANNOT HURT THIS BIKE THE CLEAR PLASTIC RING ON THE SPROCKETS ONLY PURPOSE IS TO KEEP GREASE DIRTOFF OF YOUR SOCKS PANTS ETC.AND FOR THE SHIMANO COMPONENTS ,THEYRE ALL VERY WELL MADE HAVENT BROKEN ANYTHING YET IVE HAD THS BIKE FOR 6 MONTHS TRAVEL 20 MILES EACH DAY ON IT.IT HAS PAID FOR TSELF TEN FOLD .SO ALL YOU FANCY BOYS\GIRLS WHO LIKE TO PUT THIS BIKE DOWN ,GO AHEAD THROW YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY AWAY FOR A BIKE WITH BELLS AND WHISTLES AND ILL BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY PASSING YOU AT 40 MPH WITH THIS WELL ENGINEERED AFFORDABLE BIKE.
Posted by SURFDOG a 29 year old Die-hard Enthusiast riding a MOTIV CA 480 6061 AIRCRAFT ALUMINUN W\FORGED WELDS from JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA on 08/30/02
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i ALSO HAVE A CA 480 6061 CONVERTED TO OFF ROAD TIRES THIS BIKE PERFORMS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ON AND OFF ROAD.I CANNOT HURT THIS BIKE THE CLEAR PLASTIC RING ON THE SPROCKETS ONLY PURPOSE IS TO KEEP GREASE DIRTOFF OF YOUR SOCKS PANTS ETC.AND FOR THE SHIMANO COMPONENTS ,THEYRE ALL VERY WELL MADE HAVENT BROKEN ANYTHING YET IVE HAD THS BIKE FOR 6 MONTHS TRAVEL 20 MILES EACH DAY ON IT.IT HAS PAID FOR TSELF TEN FOLD .SO ALL YOU FANCY BOYS\GIRLS WHO LIKE TO PUT THIS BIKE DOWN ,GO AHEAD THROW YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY AWAY FOR A BIKE WITH BELLS AND WHISTLES AND ILL BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY PASSING YOU AT 40 MPH WITH THIS WELL ENGINEERED AFFORDABLE BIKE.
Posted by SURFDOG a 29 year old Die-hard Enthusiast riding a MOTIV CA 480 6061 AIRCRAFT ALUMINUN W\FORGED WELDS from JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA on 08/30/02
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What mountain do you ride on? Do you ever jump? Have you crashed hard yet? I you could improve anything what would it be?
Posted by Blow Bijou a 34 year old Die-hard Enthusiast riding a UFO from Timithy Leary Park on 03/16/03
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HELLO ROD AS A HOLDER OF A GOLDEN BUCKEYE CARD I FELT COMPELLED TO THIS RESPONSE; I HAVE COMUTED IN THE DAYTON AREA FOR FOUR YEARS ON A 1999 MOTIV HIGHRIDGE FULL SUSPENSION, USING AN 800# FOX REAR SHOCK, SPECIALIZED MOUNT BALDY 80# TUBLESS TIRES, WITH A CAMPY VELOCE FRONT CLUSTER 55/45/38 AND A REAR 7 SPEED SACHS 11/34 CLUSTER, I'M 6' 165# 60YR OLD (X INFANTRY), I FIND FOR THE PRICE, AND LOOKING BACK ON THE 19 THOUSAND MILES, I'VE NOT ONLY GOT MY MONEYS WORTH BUT STAYED IN BETTER SHAPE FOR RUNNING MY TWO 700CM RACING MACHINES. IF YOU HAVE ANY MECHANICAL SAVY AND
NO HOW TO USE E-BAY, YOU CAN TURN A LOW END GOOD PRODUCT INTO A REAL PERFORMANCE HPV, HOPE THIS HELPS!P.S. I MIGHT MENTION I DO ALL MY OWN WORK AND BUILD MY OWN WHEELS WHICH KEEPS MY HOBBIES COST AT ABOUT A THIRD OF NORMAL RETAIL.
Posted by RON BELL riding a MOTIVE/ IRON HORSE/ TEAM FUJI from DAYTON, OHIO on 03/16/03
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Mabey its me but i have shredded the ground pounder, and received a highridge in its place, and killed it too, but you gotta love that warranty. The frame of a highridge is the perfect combo of street and off road so i plan to upgrade to double wall rims and a new crank. :) fun bike for the money... and who care if you scratch the paint.
Posted by Battleclad_freak a 17 year old Weekend Warrior riding a motiv HighRidge w/ after market rapid fire shifter from plano, tx on 08/03/01
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Has anyone heard of or seen a Motiv Rockpoint? I'm looking for a place to repair or get parts. I'm looking for my son's bike.
Posted by Terry a Cross-Country riding a Motiv Rockpoint from Superior, WI on 05/29/02
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My Son's Rockpoint has a 800# on it, 229-6684. I wish I knew where I could buy more for what I paid for this one! I Love my sons bike. knlh@uswest.net
Posted by Scootertramp a 1000 year old Weekend Warrior riding a Motive Rockpoint from Utah on 06/22/02
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I saw this online and felt it best exemplifies my thoughts on mtbs, both high and low end. If you plan on riding a lot... get the best bike you can afford! You don't want something cheap between your legs at high speed on a rocky descent... (insert cheap joke)... If you're a trailriding kinda person, get a bike that'll hold up. A real bike. Get a hardtail at first, if that's what you can afford. You can always sell it later to upgrade to a FS bike, if that's the way you want to go. If you're a bike path kinda person, buy something from your local bike shop that doesn't have full suspension. Same money, better stuff. Come on, why do you need full suspension to ride a bike path, anyway?
Posted by ZG a 32 year old riding a A Sugar 2 from Sherman Oaks on 05/29/02
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I just picked up a Motiv Vortek. It has dual suspension with adjustable shocks, aluminum frame, 2 piece crank, 24 speed with gripshift handlebar shifters. On the frame, there are welded tabs for front and rear disk brake system. I'm going to convert it over soon.
Has anyone heard of this bike? Any comments on it?
It rides well and looks awesome...
Thx,
Leigh
Posted by Leigh on 07/06/02
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Oh Boy,
I just read all of the posts on this bike. Wow!!
Ok, so I'll stick to flat trails and still have fun.
BTW, I was surfing to get info on this bike and what I found was a bunch of guys flaming each other. This was a sad sight. It wouldn't hurt for all of you to grow up and give facts instead of nasty comments. (especially for those who are supposed to be professionals)
Have a nice day...
Posted by Leigh on 07/06/02
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Did you ever see a post of I have been racing my motiv for two or three years now, or I have been riding Northshore, MT Kamikaze or 24 hr. endurance rides on a Motiv?
I own a shop I work on these Motiv's, Next ,Huffy, and Roadmaster etc. all of the time. Since I have been open (4 months) I have seen one Klien QuantumII and one Specialized Stumpjumper pro. They were both owned by the same guy in for wheel truing, that is all that they needed.
However I get bikes like Motiv in all the time for pedal's, cranks, bars, brakes, shifter's, forks, wheels etc. most of the time to fix it is more than it is worth.
Real bikes bought from a real bike shop gives you durability and longevity in a bike, when you are going to ride off road. I have never seen honestly a dept. store bike last more than 2 years off road.
So hear is a question if you were going to go off road driving not riding but driving would you go buy a used Ford Pinto because it is a good deal?
Posted by Precision Pedal a Cross-Country on 07/06/02
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OK OK, I am a Street Racer and i never bought a bike for less than 700.00$ so the motiv is the best bike I EVER HAD
- YEA RIGHT HELL IM BETTER OFF RIDING A HORSE -
Posted by Cowboy a 14 year old Racer riding a motive BMX series from *TEXAS* on 07/20/02
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I'm a 190 LB guy who loves the downhill and I ride a MOTIV. Don't compete or anything, sure I'd smoke a few in my class (over 40) who compete on their more expensive bikes. Those who truly don't benefit from high end components generally represent the majority, I see "Ted" up here all the time! Point is, riders like me aren't trying to shave seconds off a loop time. I've ripped down my area's best places and discovered my own seceret spots, some of them are world reknown downhills. MOTIV is still together less new crank bearings. I paid about $275 for my bike.
Posted by Mark F a 41 year old Weekend Warrior riding a MOTIV Vortek from Lake Tahoe, CA on 07/21/02
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Ok here goes. The MAIN reason not to buy a dept store bike may not be the bike but the dept store. Have you ever seen how those bikes are setup???? I wouldn't want to ride it across the street the way most of them are setup.who do you think is assembling those bikes? Definitely NOT a pro bike mechanic, it's the same idiots who put up the displays in the store warehouse or whatever (remember the displays that fell and injured people?)if they can't even assemble display correctly IMAGINE them trying to put a bike together
Then the same people who saved $50.00 by buying a bike at dept store complain when they finally take it to a shop for a tuneup and the shop charges them a lot. SO why not buy a bike at a shop for around $200.00 and then you will have the benefit of a properly assembled bicycle AND if there is a problem with it, you will have somebody who is happy to fix it for you likely without charge.
Posted by Cortinakidd a Die-hard Enthusiast riding a Nicolai from Whittier on 07/22/02
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I have a Motiv that I bought at Costco about 5 or 6 years ago & it's still in great shape. Admittedly, I don't ride as hard as alot of people (mostly into easy touring & beach riding), but I think it's a great bike!
Posted by David Kritzberg a 34 year old Weekend Warrior riding a Motiv Stonegrinder from Antelope Valley, California on 07/24/02
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Who says motivs don't last a long time. Mine has sat in the garage for eiths years and it still is in great condition.
 Posted by Motiv racr a ?? year old Downhiller riding a motiv from motiv world on 03/16/03
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eight*
Posted by Motiv racr a ?? year old Downhiller riding a Trek Fuel 90 Disc from motiv world on 03/16/03
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yea my Pacific is doing great as far as clothes racks go, but the damn tires go flat every six months! Cheap tires i guess
Posted by Mtnbikerman a 27 year old riding a Giant MCM Team from Long Beach on 03/17/03
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