Well its that time of year!! I can tell because people are looking to by a new bike for the season so I have been getting more hits lately. If you are thinking about buying a new bike and you ride and or race cross country, the Fantom Team will be a good choice. As long as you are not worried about what people think you will be fine. Prove them wrong and kick there ass on a great bike.

The above bike is a 2009 Kona Hei Hei Supreme. Sorry the picture is so small. Now this is a nice bike with a Scandium frame, full XTR, and Crossmax SLR wheels. Kona chose to put their pivot on the seat stay to avoid having to pay Specialized a bunch of money. This suspension design should ride very similar to the Fantom Team. The big difference is the price. This bike retails for $6499 and my Motobecane was $2353. The Kona might be a pound or so lighter but a $4146 is a BIG difference.

This next bike is a Scott Spark Limited retailing for for $12,419. I used to work at a shop that sold a few of these and they are awesome. These bikes weight about 21-22 pounds. I rode a full XTR version of one of these and it was nice. Once again though, look where the gold rear pivot is on the frame. The bottom of the seat stay. This frame would have a similar ride to the Fantom Team.

My point to showing these two bikes is to show that the frame design of the Motobecane is old but there are plenty of companies still using it. The $12,000 dollar Scott above uses bushings instead of bearings to save weight which you will be replacing at least once a year. But lets be honest, if you buy a $12,000 mountain bike you probably are not worried about bushings prices.
I heard the Fantom Team called a parts dump. This means that the frame is cheap with nice parts. This is a incorrect assumption. Stay tuned to my Blog and I prove you all wrong.