Lee Lau calls North Vancouver and Whistler BC home. He's had over 15 years experience riding bikes mainly in western North America and in Europe. Unlike many people who learned to ride bikes on North Shore trails, he actually enjoys riding (and sometimes bushwhacking) uphill.

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• David Villalobis says:

  August 19, 2009 at 8:45 am

  Nice review what kind of camera setup are you using?

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• leel says:

  August 19, 2009 at 8:51 am

  Thanks. Some shots were taken with a Canon G10. The trickier shots with splotchy light patterns were taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT with Sigma 17 – 70 lens

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• Tim says:

  September 10, 2009 at 4:59 pm

  do you need special tools to take the rear triangle off the bike? or can it be done with simple allan keys?

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• Lee Lau says:

  September 15, 2009 at 12:41 pm

  Tim,

  Standard set of allen keys should do it

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• Anonymous says:

  September 22, 2009 at 9:30 am

  Great review Lee. I have a 08 SXC50.
  You are right about the tires.
  I changed them after one ride for my old (half worn) Nevegals, and they still perform better than the brand new Prowlers.

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• LeeL says:

  September 22, 2009 at 9:50 am

  yeah. Initially I felt bad about being so opinionated against the Prowlers. I got over that when I realized this review was really all about my opinion (wrapped around objective details like the components and specifications). I’ve talked to more then one person who’ve not been big fans.

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• Mr Gnar says:

  October 7, 2009 at 2:49 pm

  Great review. Many thanks. I ordered an SXC 70 frame. Arrived today. Yuuumm. The Mrs is out so I’ve got all afternoon to make sweet sweet lurve to it. With all this quality time together, it should be built & tuned up nice in a couple of days. Then….SHHHHHHHRED! Sadly, I’m risking an ’09 Marzocchi 55ATA. Probably asking for trouble. I note they dropped the ATA for 2010. Too many issues?
  Great vid too BTW. Best soundtrack to image I’ve seen in an MTB video, never mind a review. Well done.

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• Byron says:

  January 4, 2010 at 8:46 am

  you’re totally right about the tyres, i have the sxc50 and it’s an awesome bike, but i’ve had the front end unexpectedly lose grip while cornering a few times making for some heart stopping moments. i’ve been waiting for the tyres to wear out before replacing them, but think i’ll be doing so fairly soon rather than waiting as it looks like most people confirm that they let the bike down massively.

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