Best Bike: GMC Topkick Dual-Suspension Mountain Bike Review
I have been into bicycles and mountain biking since I was a little kid. The GMC Topkick Dual-Suspension Mountain Bike is a great bike for riding up in the hills, getting a taste of down hilling, or just riding around the potholed streets and broken sidewalks of any urban environment. It has the following features:
- It is built around a 26 inch full suspension aluminum frame for extra strength without lots of extra weight
- 21 speeds with a Shimano rear derailleur and Microshift shifters – able to handle any speed and any climbing difficulty as long as the rider is able to keep pedaling.
- Frame utilizes a floating beam suspension design.
- Up front suspension is handled by a Zoom suspension fork with 65 mm of travel, which is enough for most situations
- Aside from the floating beam design, the heart of the rear suspension is the Kind shock which is adjustable up to 650 pounds.
- V-shaped alloy rims and alloy hubs work together to provide lighter weight wheels that will be very strong.
- Disk brakes from Promax installed in both the front and rear. Disc brakes have made the transition from motocross to bicycles and they have proven to be very effective in all conditions. They days of older brakes that squeezed tight on the wheels to slow you down are over.
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Considering all the features that this bike has, with the full suspension, the disc brakes and the Shimano parts, it is a steal at this price point. A shopper would be hard pressed to find all these features in a similarly priced bicycle from any manufacturer.
One recent purchaser, Jimmy K from Boulder Colorado, had this to say: “Great bike, real happy with both the full suspension and the price. Much more comfortable than my old non-suspension bike.”
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