I had one back in day. They were always somewhat flexy and heavy (even for the time). I didn't care because they looked great and climbed well. They attracted a lot of attention as they superficially resembled the Boardman bike which was roughly contemporary. I came back to mine parked on the high st one day to find a dozen people looking at it.
The main issue, as others have indicated, was frame failure. I had two replaced and then gave up on it. The second failure saw the bonded in rear drop out on the right hand side snap off while riding down a hill at speed. I rode home with concussion and having to lean over to one side to hold the back wheel onto the frame. Once I had that one replaced, I sold it on as I figured it was untrustworthy for real mountain biking.
Spoke to someone in a bike shop a few years later, and he reckoned they were now replacing them with Dawes Edge frames. Should have held onto it!
The main issue, as others have indicated, was frame failure. I had two replaced and then gave up on it. The second failure saw the bonded in rear drop out on the right hand side snap off while riding down a hill at speed. I rode home with concussion and having to lean over to one side to hold the back wheel onto the frame. Once I had that one replaced, I sold it on as I figured it was untrustworthy for real mountain biking.
Spoke to someone in a bike shop a few years later, and he reckoned they were now replacing them with Dawes Edge frames. Should have held onto it!