Redline monocog fixed2/29/2024 Overall, I think this bike is great and I see myself keeping it for a long time. I spend most of my time out of the saddle mashing uphill or descending. My mountain bike is a rigid Redline Monocog with 175 mm cranks and 3216 gearing. Most of the trails I ride are up or down with little flat area. Then I find myself using the gears to shift into. Its geometry fits somewhere between the Unit & Lowside, it has a 4130 steel frame, rigid fork, and single speed drivetrain. I also read on other reviews that there is issue with the stock saddle. After a frankly exhausting search, I discovered the Redline Monocog. The stock tires are great for the trails I ride most often. The wheels and hubs are decent however, it seemed that the wheels were out of true relatively quickly. I have never ridden this bike with the stock V brakes but given my rides on other bikes, disks are the way to go. We are living in a disk brake world now and I think that all mountain bikes should come standard with them. I have no problem going over rooty and rocky sections of trail and after a few rides I stopped getting arm and shoulder pain not only because my upper body strength improved but I began to pick better lines, which is absolutely necessary on a rigid bike. The BMC is not really a worthy comparison because it is not really meant for climbing. That being said, this thing is a hoot to ride! I think that I am faster on this bike than I ever was on my geared 26" hard tail Jamis Trail X3 or the BMC Super Stroke I built up. I picked up this bike as my first foray into 29ers, single speeds, and full rigid bikes.
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