Mongoose Impassse

The suspension works very good. For $500. It’s a good bike. I took it on some nearby jumps and it works pretty good except for the chain pops off often on the gear shifting part. Otherwise, I really enjoy it.

The hanger that holds the derailleur in place is aluminum and it broke in two after the first dozen rides. I'm a beginner to mountain biking so not aggressive at all. I called the manufacturer to see if they had replacements made of steel but no luck. I received a replacement hanger and it broke in two after the second ride.

Bike is honestly really nice looking, I had hopes it would be as good as it looked and was excited to get it, but unfortunately for a $500 bike it has some issues that started to happen shortly after I took it on a few rides. If you don't know anything about how to manually fix mountain bikes or adjust things and take things apart to fix it, I would not recommend this and just get yourself a bike from a shop or something where it's already been tested and adjusted. I put everything together myself, but from the start I had issues installing the handlebars because the piece that holds the bars onto the frame of the bike had 4 screws and one of them was on so tight it was nearly impossible to get off without extreme force and me wearing a padded glove so I didn't hurt my hand on the Allen wrench. Brakes are not properly aligned and slide to a stop more than letting me stop fast and my rotars on the wheels are slightly uneven and bent and causing my brake pads to slip while I brake, the brakes themselves were really loose when I first rode which I noticed and watched YouTube tutorials on how to fix these specific type of brakes and when I tried to adjust them the cable now just slips even though I tightened the screw on the caliper near the wheel as much as I could, and adjusted the one on the handlebar t To be more responsive so I don't have to pull on the handle fully to stop but the cable will not stay put after I adjusted it and tightened everything, huge safety issue if I can't stop quickly or at all. Both brakes need full force to stop and even then they are more of a slow sliding stop than instant. The frame of the bike itself seems to be a bit squeaky and noisy , sometimes sounding "cheap" like it'll break in half and not sure why that is, I am only 137 lbs and 5'1 and not that heavy. I will say the tires are really nice on it, overall it rides very smooth, I did change my seat for a different one I bought so it's more comfortable since I have back issues but this bike really isn't good for people that expect a bike out of the box that is ready to ride soon as you put it all together..

The bike looks nice and rides fairly nice for the price but the front end is just dangerously weak and my bike has several damages from the factory when it showed up. Just got it today we will see how it goes

I ordered two of the impasse 1.0 but I got totally different bike the impasse dual and I got the impasse 1.0 and the derailleur broke the next day and It came without the seat and seat post luckily I had already bought a different seat and I got a next seat post