Shutdown riding!

Great review guys, I think it was well balanced and informative. On the subject of the Emipre failing on the road gap, was his a prototype or a production model? To be honest though, for people to say that you are always getting peace of mind with a larger brand is incorrect. Sure they may have more money for quality control but I seem to remember a lot of older Specialized Demo's cracking due to fautly manufacturing. I have personally cracked marin's and many giant's again, both "big" manufactures. I think that empire will need to reduce their prices to make this frame competitive though.