An excellent starter bike for anyone off road or on. The GT Aggressor is reliable and well designed. The front forks have a handy lockout mechanism which is useful for commuting. I have enjoyed this bike and have enjoyed riding it. great mountain bike for the price.

The Giant Rincon 2007 is mint, abouslty mint. This bike is the best mountain bike ive ever had ! Its smooth to ride, extremely comfortable and really fast on the road aswell as off road, great sense of balance and control and handles really well i would really really recommend this bike!

I thought about spending about a grand for my next bike, since I planned on doing some off road trails. But after listening to the pros on Rush HD and speaking to the guys at the LBS, I decided to go with this bike. I am happy that I listened! I have hit some trails, some jumping, and some mountain riding. I also have a DiamondBack Transporter for commuting and honestly, I haven't road it since. I would strongly recommend this bike. ENJOY as I DO!!!!!!

It was recommended to me that you should never store the bike upside down because the oil form the shocks will settle at the top of the fork causing the fork not to slide as smoothly.

Really great bike overall but try to deal it better than me . I paid 425$ CAN + Taxes for it !!! I hope you will enjoy it and it`s a great BANG FOR THE BUCKS !!!!

After buying the Rincon I bought a boulder for my wife and an animator 16" wheel for one of my kids, the others ride Giant MTX and a raleigh manta ray. The bikes all stand up well, but i was stiffedby the dealer, who removed the standard tyres and fitted Kenda Kwick ones. four flats in three weeks, side wall blow out on the rear, absolute pants.

I was so unimpressed by the service and aftercare from the official giant dealer, having bought the Rincon and Manta Ray there, i went elsewhere for the kids and wifes bike, driving an extra 75 miles rather than give him my money.

Giant Rincon 2007 - I took my time selecting a bike; I had a limited budget and high demands. Good riding over trails as well as riding to work, tough front forks which wouldn't break at the first sight of some rough, comfort, high quality and a manufacturer with good after-sales support. I got all of these for GB£250. I purchased my Rincon through a registered Giant dealer so it was 'fitted' to me properly. I strongly recommend this as the right size bike can make a huge difference to the riding experience.

I moved to Sydney, Australia recently and had to sell my trusty soft tail Saracen before I came. A sad moment to be sure. But onwards to new horizons. Now I didn't have a great deal of cash and settled on a hard tail Giant Rincon 2007 for $629 Aussie dollars (~250GBP). What I wanted was off-road (down hill and cross country) ability at the weekend and commutability to the city during the week. After another great weekend on the fire trails in the bush it has sailed into work this morning with scarce a care.
I wont bore you with a exhaustng list of technical specs here, if you want to know exactly what chainset etc. you get then go to the Giant website.
Suffice to say the standout items are:
Excellent Rock Shox Dart 1 forks. 100mm travel with adjustable damper pre-loading. They managed some big air over rocks and gravel on Sunday without bottoming out. They also absorbed a great deal of punishment on some very high speed downhills as well. Great stability and positive feedback through to the handlebars. Lock out would have been nice for the commute but no chance at this price.
Shimano 6" disc brakes back and front. OK it is probably at the entry level standard of equipment here but they were good stoppers both wet dry when new. After bedding in, you can stop on a sixpence, surface permitting!
SDG saddle. Not too much to talk about here. Comfortable and scuff free even after a bailing a couple of times at the weekend.
The high spec and stiff aluminium tig welded frame gives a the rider a great deal of confidence and control respones are swift, precise and assured..

In all fantastic value multi-mode bicycle. True, dedicated downhillers will want a soft tail and commuters will want to be able to get out of the saddle without the front end absorbing all their effort but in this sort of price range these options are out of the question. If you don't want to own two bikes then I can't see much further than Giant's '07 Rincon as an excellent compromise without compromise.
Heartily recommended.