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Submitted by
Thomas
a Downhiller
from Sault'er
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Anich Rd. DH track | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | used - Internet - (gay color)bike.com | | Strengths: | exactly... it's massively strong.... Every gusset and every weld is built for strength. This is the strongest aluminum frame ever made. | | Weaknesses: | I am the weakest thing on this bike...
The 10 year warranty is not honored for the second owner of the frame but who cares... it's a MORPHINE...! The warranty is second to only SWD bikes lifetime no questions asked warranty... | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Big Hit DH, P1, P2, Hard Rock Pro, Banshee Scratch, Norco Bigfoot, Norco 250, Santa Cruz Bullit, Evil Imperial, LeToy 3 and a Trek something or other which was not memorable enough. | | Bike Setup: | Sherman Firefly, Ringle Singles, Hussefelt bars, stem, cranks, Avid BB7 - All of these parts failed after one year - Presently has Marzocchi 66RC, Atomlab Air Corps, Deity crank, .234 FR racing Bar, Stem combo, 8" Avid Juicy 7's.... Occasionally set up single speed as well.... | | Bottom Line: | This is the one bike to rule them all. I can ride trails, dirt jumps, street, Full on Freeride and Downhill with this frame and I never had issues. I bought this frame second hand and have had no problems with it whatsoever. I have run 24" front and rear, 26" front and rear, 24"-26" combo, Rigid forks, 100mm forks, 170mm forks, Dual Crown forks, and this bike kills it with everything... The horizontal drop outs have allow regular QR and allow you to snug the wheel up as close as you want to the frame to adjust wheelbase and effective chainstay length... (the shorter the easier to manual). If you want a Hardtail frame that can handle anything and everything... This is the bike for you... oh yeah... I'm 250 lbs and I send it off cliffs, rock faces and whatever I can wrap my brain around. The only thing it's not good for is Trials... the present build is at 37lbs. previously at 32lbs. Don't buy this if you are a spandex wearing weight weenie... you want something titanium and have wasted your time reading this. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
peter hardy
a Weekend Warrior
from dumfries
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | mabie glentress ae | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | darren | | Strengths: | seriously strong. compatable with most components, extreme gusseting. lightness for what you get and so versatile | | Weaknesses: | the right chainstay is left unpainted so the chain slap doesnt churn the paint up. although it could be worse if they painted it | | Similar Products Used: | cove foreplay. (not as good) | | Bike Setup: | morph frame 2007 4X WC forks, spank rims on profile hubs, mrp bones cranks and avid code brakes | | Bottom Line: | if you want a versatile frame i think this is the best one out there. it is soooo strong and even comes with a 10 year warrenty. worth every penny | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sammy powders
a
from mom
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | like a turkey | | Weaknesses: | cant eat it | | Similar Products Used: | bikes, and a few canoes, one kayak, and a dog | | Bike Setup: | frame fork pedals handlebars, no wheels though, it doesnt seem to work? | | Bottom Line: | hot its cooloic, i cant ride it though because it has no wheels | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
greg
a Downhiller
from usa
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Weaknesses: | whu ufcbsi isduhf iuf siuh siuh siuf iuf iouh fiau fiuash fiush fisu fius ifuaiu fisuh fis dfiusd ius difu siud fisud fisudh fisu dhfius hdfishu dfiush difusdh ifuh siudh fisu dfiusd ifu diuf hsiudh u fidu hsipudhfisu dhfiu dhuif diu sidufiuf dui idufh uvui hi yg uigy kjh gi ug ijh iu g8 iug yig 9ui uiy ui hu h uh iuh ui h uih i yhio h oi none! | | Bottom Line: | buy me i like sex and im a wicked bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cole Reynolds
a Weekend Warrior
from oak lawn. il US
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | RichardsBicycles.com | | Strengths: | This thing is built like a tank, and light as a feather. it takes abosultly everything i dish out. i would recomend to everyone | | Bottom Line: | The guys at Richards were super helpfull. They answered all my questions and got me off on my way with a sick bike talor built to my every specification. Anyone who i likes awsome bikes, great service and great deals, check out RichardsBicycles.com
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Submitted by
jim
a
from a cow
Date Reviewed: March 5, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$2.00 | | Bottom Line: | wicked | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Bruno
a Downhiller
from Texas
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | ???????? | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | a store | | Strengths: | all | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | scratch | | Bike Setup: | wicked | | Bottom Line: | buy this bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
klop
a
from germany
Date Reviewed: January 11, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Stiff,Strong,Good for drop's. | | Weaknesses: | Cockpit too short,dont corner as well as people think,ive had it setup many way's but it dont feel as good on the corner's or even as smooth as my Evil or Sinister. | | Similar Products Used: | Imperial,Ridge, | | Bottom Line: | Good for drops and some light DH,gets a little to scekthy on the real technical tight corner's,its a good bike at a good price,but if you want something that rail's round corner's and is smoother then silk,buy a Imperial :) | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
William P.
a Weekend Warrior
from My Mom
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | White Hills | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Freeride | | Strengths: | Everything!!!!!!!!!! | | Weaknesses: | None!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Banshee Scream | | Bike Setup: | I better not say cuz ill go on 4ever | | Bottom Line: | Buy this bike compared to it all other hardtails r GARBAGE!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Max D, Jesster Industries Team
a Weekend Warrior
from Red Deer AB
Date Reviewed: November 28, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Gnarly jesster | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Purchased At: | Pink Bike | | Strengths: | wastes the fullys on a DH track but can still dish it out at a sk8park strong gives you confidence on the big stuff | | Weaknesses: | lets just say that 700 years from now this bike will still be rollin | | Similar Products Used: | 04 sasquatch- got nothin on the morphine | | Bike Setup: | 03 frame, 03 monster, doublewides 26" frnt 24" rear 3.0 gazalodi tyres | | Bottom Line: | SWEET WOULDNT TRADE IT FOR ANY OTHER BIKE EVER | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik
a Downhiller
from SLC, UT, USA
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything Steep and Smooth | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Very strong!!!!!!! tears up the switchbacks and loves flowy singletracks. Fun for urban too | | Weaknesses: | a tad heavy for the up hill | | Similar Products Used: | kona cowan, scott voltage | | Bike Setup: | manitou sherman flick, hayes hydros, azonic outlaw rims.... | | Bottom Line: | This is a fun bike for anyone who wants a hardtail that can do it all. I rode everything from resorts to college campuses. The bike is definately above me and probably most people out there but it is sure fun to try.
if you are only going to have one bike for rocky trails then get a full suspension but if you want one that can do urban, smooth singletracks, and take a beating then this is your bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeff
a Weekend Warrior
from washington
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | dishman, street and beacon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$225.00 | | Purchased At: | my friend | | Strengths: | the frame is amazing | | Weaknesses: | ----------------------- | | Similar Products Used: | ------------------------ | | Bike Setup: | morphine, manitu sherman jumper 80, sun rim s-types, demoliton 3p crank set with 33 tooth standard sproket, syncros stem, and bulk bars, 06 hayes elcaminoe hydrolic brakes, animal pedals and grips, fresstcyle cool lite chain, and thats about it | | Bottom Line: | That frame is suite, strong as hell and overall a nice unstoppable bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Si Raistrick
a
from Dorking, UK
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | summer lightning and holmbury | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Strengths: | I'm no freerider but I do love hammering technical singletrack and downhill, and this bike is oh so good at it. It wakes up trails which my full suss leaves for dead, and the back end is so responsive going into corners it still freaks me out how good it feels. OK, so that's justs hardtails in general you might say - well yeah, but this bike takes stiffness to a whole new level. The geometry is spot on- the sizing feels just right, and even with a 170mm triple up front, it feels really well balanced. It's really light too - much lighter than it looks. | | Weaknesses: | The supplied seatpost is too short for going uphill. Only other weakness - in the UK they now call banshees 'mythic' cos of some copyright issue with halfords which is a naff name and has no heritage - buy one from america instead!
Some guy on here claimed he broke one into bits jumping - if that's true, what did Banshee say about the warranty? Even just a quick look at this bike tells you it's hard as nails, and that's without Banshees solid as a rock reputation and warranty, so I question the validity of that one.
If you ride this bike on tough stuff for more than 2 hours your knees will hurt cos its so stiff, but that's pretty obvious.
| | Similar Products Used: | I also have a Santa cruz VPfree and Orange patriot. | | Bike Setup: | I'm 5ft10/ 70in an have a medium, with a 50mm stem and very wide bars. Manitou stance tripleclamps (got em free and had to take my 66s off - will be getting some 888s for it soon), XT, Hope Mono4s, singletrack/ hope 26in wheels, FSA pig, thompson, WTB. | | Bottom Line: | This frame is super-stiff. With those massive welds and gussets, it must be the stiffest frame out there. It feels amazing when you're railing berms and really throwing the back end around, and it doesn't want to stay on the ground. Training on this bike reawakens your abilities and I've actually completed some trails on this faster than I can on my patriot because of how well it corners. Or maybe it just feels like that.
Either way, this is an really fun bike, and oh so cheap for that amount of fun. Nothing else comes close. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
HTCrazy
a Downhiller
from Dallas
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Beef cake,will take a beatin,dontexpect it to handle a 40ft drop like a FS or a Imperial,Can take long travel forks,better at climbing then a imperial, | | Weaknesses: | Its square,Feels to short even after trying different setups,will brake with super monsters when going big! | | Similar Products Used: | Evil Imperial/Sinister Ridge/Norco Torrent. | | Bike Setup: | FOX 40,Sram X9,Hozlfeller cranks,FSA Bars,Blackspire Stem,A-Frame pedals,729's on hope pro2 and hope ti hubs,Clarcks clim8 hydros,thomson post. | | Bottom Line: | I got the morphine a while ago now and got it for DH at first,but after doing serevrel runs i couldent get use to how sqaure the frame is and it dont have the geo to make you feel comfatable DH like a Imperial has or a FS, and how short it feels even after trying diffrent stems,lengths and diffrent rise,diffrent seats and bars,this was a large by the way as im not a light weight lol,anyway after this i decided it was time to take it hucking and see if it will take the abuse that its designed for.Stuck some Super Monsters on it(300MM)and did some big hucks 25-44ft,I mahsed bug time on this drop i do very oftem which is about 36ft and hit the floor pretty hard and broke my hand and 3 fingers,i checked my monsters they where fine but checked the welds on the morphine and they had ripped apart!!!it dont handle nothing like my Imperial,ive crashed into walls and everythign on my Evil and it has taken it unlike the morphine,the imperial is a far better bike,!!!
Imperial = Ultimate HT
BANSHEE MORPHINE EAT DUST!!!!!!!!!!!! | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Weekend Warrior
from Northern New Jersey, USA
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Skagway,Alaska | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Will handle whatever you throw at it. I hit a 8' jump at speed and over launched the landing zone hittin the flatground and this killa didn't even rattle. I think I heard the ground squeal !!! LOL | | Weaknesses: | a lil heavy. If your weak do push ups or get a lighter bike. | | Similar Products Used: | santa cruz chameleon/specilized stumpjumper/marin hardtail | | Bike Setup: | usual suspects !!! | | Bottom Line: | I like to ride fast and when I first got this tank I was a lil concerned about being able to whip through turns and climbs. This bike is a warrior. On DH this sucker hauls will eat anything my FS bike can(so I sold it). I wish I had this killa when I was in Alaska cause I would have molested those jumps and the DH singletrack up there.
Vey pleased. Who needs FS anyway !!! | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 5, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1500.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike City Toronto | | Strengths: | Amazing, is strong as hell, go off any drops hold together. But its a bit heavy but who cares. Really good frame. | | Weaknesses: | None, tough as nails. | | Bottom Line: | Sweet bike, get it! Will last you forever. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeremy
a Weekend Warrior
from MV, Ca
Date Reviewed: July 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | cholla-->stairs-->laguna ridge | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Strengths: | Stiff, scary looking. | | Weaknesses: | funky seat tube size? | | Similar Products Used: | Just cannondale hardtails... | | Bike Setup: | EX823s on CKs, M4 8" 6", Fox 'nilla 130R, monkeylite, XTR. | | Bottom Line: | Feels slack on the downs, stout on the ups, your parts will definitely break before the frame does. DH guys will wonder at how beefy it is, you'll be the only hardtailer on some trails. Jump it, drop it, dip it, turn it, I <3 it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
e f
a Weekend Warrior
from westport,ct,usa
Date Reviewed: June 24, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | trumbull | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1500.00 | | Purchased At: | cycle dynamics | | Strengths: | strong confidence inspiring frame able to handle all types of riding. excellent set up for x-stuntry type of riding | | Weaknesses: | a little heavy but who cares | | Similar Products Used: | surly instigator | | Bike Setup: | boxxer ride, avid mechanicals, race face components | | Bottom Line: | kick a$$ bike for a reasonable price. who needs full suspension anyway | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
braeden
a Downhiller
from British Columbia
Date Reviewed: March 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$2800.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclelogic | | Strengths: | hmmmm... well thats a real tough question... EVERYTHING! i just can't get enough of this frame. its superior in all aspects of a bike well other then rear suspension (who needs that?) | | Weaknesses: | well i do have one little problem. the paint chips a bit easy. its easily remidied with the bottle of perfectly matched touch up paint that came with it though | | Similar Products Used: | well... none maybe the norco manik its kindof the same i guess | | Bike Setup: | alrighty... double track 24rear/26front fsa Xdrive crank/BB fsa headset, bars, seatpost and stem. velco seat, WTB dualcompound grips, lovetires Groovy #1 3.0rear/2.7front shimano deore rear shifter, hayes HFX-9 8" hydro, welgo flat pedals, stance kingpin dual crown, formula hubs, ah i think thats about it. :) pretty sweet. | | Bottom Line: | the price i said was in canadian $ and was for the whole bike. this is such a stealth frame. its got the killer red going on. I cant believe how good this frame is. it is like the wheelie master. ok with the seat all the way down(its how i ride) i can still wheelie while sitting. theres no way anybody could break this frame unless your commiting suicide or hacked it for some stupid reason. i could huck anything on this bike and the only thing i would be worried about was me... ya buy it and you will fly it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stuporman
a Weekend Warrior
from Abbotsford, B.C.
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | dirt merchant | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | trade | | Strengths: | Most amazing geometry I've ever felt on a hardtail. Huge headtube, huge gussets, and the guys at bashee made it into a package that isnt all that heavy! | | Weaknesses: | Not very many deraillers fit on a seat tube that size, and there's little clearance for an inner chainguide. | | Similar Products Used: | only one other hardtail, the oryx DD66 | | Bike Setup: | morphine with supers and a decent freeride spec | | Bottom Line: | This is the first Banshee bike that I've owned, and it probably wont be my last. Its the only hardtail frame I dont think i'll be able to damage. Its a monster when built up with a super t and 24/26 wheels. Kudos to Banshee bikes! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom
a
from New York
Date Reviewed: November 13, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Awesome frame, strong, versatile | | Weaknesses: | heavy (for weaklings) | | Bottom Line: | I love this bike. I wrote a whole long review, but the computer keeps losing it somewhere. I have set this bike up from fully rigid single speed to free ride and it is always awesome. Set it up with a dirt jump fork, some solid rims, stiff cranks, short stem, and beefy handlebars and you will be psyched. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony Teichroeb
a
from Vernon
Date Reviewed: August 11, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | any, as long as it goes downhill | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | skyride cycle | | Strengths: | this thing is super duper strong, don't need to ride it to see how apparent it is, brakes have serious pucker power, it is super well balanced, I can put my left foot on the peddle, put the pedal at the bottom of its stroke, put my weight back, and shove down and the forks respond. VERY NICE!! that translates into a very nice manualer/wheelier
| | Weaknesses: | the only problem I have is the shifting needs to be worked on (bought it that way) other then that, there isn't anything wrong with it. | | Similar Products Used: | 04norco rampage. Sweet bike! 05 torrent pretty cool but I didn't feel comfortable on it | | Bike Setup: | 03 frame,(person I bought it off of started with just the frame) 03 dirt jumper 1's FSA single speed crank set and bash gaurd, FSA PIG headset, formula front hub, hayes brakes | | Bottom Line: | The best, I thought I would have to spend a lot more on a bike that delievers this much performance. If bender can ride it and get away with his cannonball landings then I sure should be able to :D :D
srry bender. I just had to put that in for the bikes sake. haha
as long as you don't have those 4-7000$ fullies crowding your mind as the only thing that is worth buying, consider this, it is a much cheaper, and a surprisingly good bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pierre-Luc Benoit
a Downhiller
from Québec
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Mont Sainte-Anne | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Perfect for the Hardtail category at Quebec Cup.
Strong, very good geometry, double crown friendly, can put a Michelin Comp 32 26*2.8 at rear. | | Weaknesses: | Need a spacer at rear wheel for put in center. | | Similar Products Used: | - | | Bike Setup: | BoXXer Team 7 inchs, mavic 321, Michelin Comp 32 tires, Sram X9, BB 3 pieces FSA, FSA handlebar and stem, Hayes Purple brakes, etc etc etc | | Bottom Line: | Won several hardtail DH with this bike.
10 years of warranty!!!
Cool paint color | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pele
a
from Brazil
Date Reviewed: July 18, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Brazilliabikes | | Strengths: | Sooper strong frame. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy frame but that's it. | | Similar Products Used: | Huffy Scorpio, Murray Bootleg, Next Trail. | | Bike Setup: | Judy TT fork, Tecktro rim brakes, Shimano Alivio drivetrain, Bilbo Wheels with 36 spokes, Performance Tires(2.1) | | Bottom Line: | Bike is way to heavy and I am surprised that the bike performs so poorly because I have really good kit. It feels like a slug on the climbs but it is ok on the downs. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bobito
a Downhiller
from calgary,canada
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | a bike shop | | Strengths: | it isexcelleny, and is super strong | | Weaknesses: | bit of weight but whatever | | Similar Products Used: | norco 125, brodie brute, norco sasquatch, kona stuff, norco six | | Bike Setup: | banshee morphine frame, 2004 boxxer race, dx32 rims, | | Bottom Line: | i really wanted a hardtail that would be tough cause i like DH and freeride, but dont like fully's, and thi bike does it excellently so far. got a lime green color though which i need to spraypaint. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt wilhite
a Downhiller
from wausau
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$3000.00 | | Strengths: | this is a really solid frame its amazing | | Weaknesses: | takes getting used to at first | | Similar Products Used: | gt ruckus hardtail | | Bike Setup: | z1 fr eta fork race face diablos crank hayes hfx mag's with 8' rotors xt rear derauiler race face diablous stem race face handle bars haro grips demolition bmx seat mavic 317 rims hookworm tires (yeah i built her up real nice) | | Bottom Line: | the best i've seen yet if you have the money build it up yourself you won't be dissappointed its everything they say it is it has an awesome spot for wheelies and manuals and its just a solid all around good bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
scott nield
a Weekend Warrior
from london
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | esher shore | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | |
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