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Submitted by
felipwalker
a Downhiller
from scotts valley, ca, united states
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | all santa cruz trails | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | forget... | | Strengths: | great fork, really plush and super beefy. great adjustments and love the floodgate feature, very light fork | | Weaknesses: | nothing so far | | Similar Products Used: | some crappy forks that didnt do it for me | | Bike Setup: | x-o derailleur, totem fork(obviously), juicy 5s, romic shock, gamut chainguide, nitro dh crankset by azonic, all on an azonic eliminator 2. | | Bottom Line: | awesome fork, never blown the seals EVER, i dont know what everybody else is talking about cuz it has great seals on it, really light and very neat 40 stanchions, flood gate is very adjustable and is really cool and same as all the other stuff on the fork, its well worth the money so if your thinking about getting a single crown for you know, dh/fr, get this one!!! the biggest single crown on the market! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tetonlarry
a Downhiller
from jackson, wy
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | lithium | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | came with demo 7 | | Strengths: | stiffness. Buttery smoothness after a fresh rebuild. Super adjustable. | | Weaknesses: | Felt awesome at first, but had to send it in for a rebuild after 1 month. It was leaking like crazy, and the dampening felt weird. Also, the low speed compression knob stopped turning. 2 weeks off the bike, and rockshox sends it back to me STILL BROKEN. I had my bike shop call them to see what the deal was. They said to just try and force the low speed compression knob. I did, and it worked....for about another month. So, I brought it in again. Apparently, the mission control unit had become unthreaded and all the oil had leaked from the uppers to the lowers. Luckily, there is a suspension guru at my shop. He was able to fix it for $40. Funny thing is, when he called Rockshox, they told him this was a new problem they had just become aware of. That's why they missed it when I had it rebuilt a month earlier. I know for a fact that was an outright lie. This problem has been an issue on totem's since they came out. (trust me, i've done a lot of research on this.) So now the fork is running pretty smooth again (but not perfect. It is leaking a lot of oil too, but I've come to accept that. Every Totem I've seen leaks oil. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Sherman, Marzocchi 888 and 66. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Demo 7. Pretty much stock except for atomlab aircorp pedals, Maxxis Minion front tire, Intense DH rear tire, and wider bars. | | Bottom Line: | If you ride hard every day, this fork will ruin your life. The only days off I have taken this year were due to this fork. I have 4 friends who have this fork, and every one is the same. Do yourself a favor and buy a 66. You will not be dissapointed. Even the Sherman I had 3 years ago lasted longer than this fork. Rockshox customer service people are very rude. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
arran
a Downhiller
from north wales
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | i loved nannerch rip | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$1800.00 | | Purchased At: | rutland | | Strengths: | attention .....!!!!!!! please scroll down and read crazy boy kilerns review it is awsome, u will not be dissapointed lol lol lol | | Weaknesses: | what awaits | | Similar Products Used: | single crown shivers 05, 66s 06, 150 drop offs with silver paintjob 05. dorrados 04 jnr ts 03. shiver dcs 04/05 monster ts 02 03 04s all mountains 07 | | Bike Setup: | marin quake 7.3 07 with solo airs it arrives tommorrow, cant say it looks plain sailing. | | Bottom Line: | iv had all kinds of bikes i love em i do, i do. i love a bit of bike i do i really do i dont know what it is yeah? i just love bikes,lol sorry anyway where was i,
all you young lads out there that think your only as cool as your bike!
grow up
iv seen kids shred on horrible cheap nasty things and show supposed good riders on top end kit how its done. as you can see iv wasted alot of money over the years trying to have the best there is but if u stop hunting and look at your riding you might just realise what it is your looking for skill!!!! i flow better now on a cheaper bike than im used to and faster than i ever was on all my expensive kit really not sure what to ecspect tommorrow hope they work well. my all mountains were ok axle was a bit sh1tty mazzocchi should well be beyond axle issues how much money have we sent them god sake lol.
find what suits and stick with it keep hammering away even when its wet and you have a nasty off. make sure you get the last run in before home.
1 last thing chain it up lock it up dont let thieving chavs get the better of you lads we work tooooo hard for them to get a free ride word up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
justin Carson
a Downhiller
from davis, ca
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | pacifica so far | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | local deal | | Strengths: | everything.
plush, stiff. very adjustable and it feels like a dc fork | | Weaknesses: | the floodgate on lockout can stick up and hit frames if u have an integrated headset but i dont have that problem
and the seals arent all that great but it leaks so little oil i dont even care | | Similar Products Used: | fox 40 | | Bike Setup: | yeti asx, dhx 5 totem coil azonic outlaws juicy 7 | | Bottom Line: | its the best fork ever made in my opinion. it can be adjusted for big drops or for dh shredding. and all in the advantages of a single crown.
i got it brand new for that price and u cant beat that
and all the people with broken totems. the 2step air totem has a de-fect and im assuming thats the fork you own with all those problems cause i know of no one who has had problems with totem coils and solo airs | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tommy
a Downhiller
from Sydney
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt Hutt | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | JT cycles - Adelaide | | Strengths: | Plush, great fork when it works | | Weaknesses: | Reliability and durability | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Demo 7 (07) - Came with bike | | Bottom Line: | Any reviews by owners who have had this fork for less than 3 months should be ignored. In the longer term, this fork is crap. In the last three months mine has needed (approximately 10 rides, as 1 month was waiting for repairs)
2 x bushings re-fit
1 x crown + steerer + inner stanchions replace
1 x seals + damnper cartridge rebuilt / replace
Its now effectively a new fork from all these replacements and is still going wrong.
Works well out of the box, but doesnt last.... which is a shame because it could be so good. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Solecki
a Downhiller
from BC canada
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | smells like bacon | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | koops bike shop | | Strengths: | very adjustable. looks good. great feel. soft. it is very bouncy(if you like that.) nothing has gone wrong with mine yet. | | Weaknesses: | bottoms out pretty easily and i only weigh 135 pounds.
| | Similar Products Used: | spinner ammo | | Bike Setup: | fox 6.0 on iron horse yakuza aniki frame with totems on front | | Bottom Line: | These forks have been very reliable for me. I am more of a freerider than a downhiller and they seem to work great for me. The lockout is a great feature for climbing hills but i am fearing i might forget it and ruin my forks. overall they are awsome. wouldnt have bought anything else.
if your big you can get stiffer springs and such. for me when they bottom out i dont even notice. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dominik
a Weekend Warrior
from port coquitlam,bc,canada
Date Reviewed: March 23, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike. | | Strengths: | It a awesome burly fork very progressive it has like 2 inches of its travel for absorbing little bumps and the rest gets use for drop and and squared edge obstacles. | | Weaknesses: | Its a little squeaky and oil rings form when you use them. | | Similar Products Used: | Drop off fours 66 super t, 888 world cup ,dirt jumper 1,drop off triple | | Bike Setup: | Shore 2, avid codes, dhx 3.0. totem coils. | | Bottom Line: | Very good fork fun to ride love the proggresivness and the lock out feature. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Young
a Racer
from UK
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | They work out of the packet, that is about it!
oh, I don't like Marz so have no choice...
| | Weaknesses: | Reliability. Seals, manufacturing quality, spring rates, oil leaks etc. etc. | | Similar Products Used: | Everything but Manitou's | | Bike Setup: | Vp free. | | Bottom Line: | I have a few reviews of these on here now, each time I give them less chilis.
If you want to take your fork apart after every ride, have the front end look like it has 1" forward to back movement, pack up when it runs dry (and it will), have some strange dive feeling every so often etc. then get them.
I wish the RC3's from Marz were lighter. I have a Dh bike (224 with 40's) these are for the play bike, they are nice when they work, but they just don't work for long enough!
Oh, and I now have a 1cm2 worn patch on one of the sliders! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lyle
a Downhiller
from Jasper
Date Reviewed: September 25, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | All of them | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Freewheel | | Strengths: | Well, it's kinda stiff. | | Weaknesses: | Where to start? It has leaked and knocked since day one. It has a noticable amount of play. I sent it to Norco, and they said it's supposed to have that play, and that nothing was wrong with it. Soon after getting it back, I made the mistake of going off a drop with the compression lockout on (it just shouldn't even have one) and blew up the whole mission control assembly (yeah, that's my fault, I know). It's very hard to work on, the oil needs to be injected through the bottom of the legs with a special syringe that until now I've used for Avid brakes. | | Similar Products Used: | Old Jr. T, Marzocchi 66 (far superior) | | Bike Setup: | Demo 7, the Totem came on it. | | Bottom Line: | No one should buy this fork! At least not until Rock Shox gets a few more Guinea Pigs to work out the bugs for them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john
a
from troy
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | absorbs almost everything, very plush out of the box, great high speed reactivity. Oh yeah and its about the most rock solid single crown i have ever ridden as far as lateral and torsional siffeness goes | | Weaknesses: | a bit soft for riders over 150lbs, needs to have better bottom out control. | | Similar Products Used: | totem air, marzocchi jr t, 888, manitou stance 150mm | | Bike Setup: | cannondale perp 1 | | Bottom Line: | the totem coil is supposed to be rockshox big hit and aggresive freeride fork but it seems to be set up more for all mountain riding. Not too much of a problem due to tunability and range of compression settings. if you are looking for a nice plush monster fork that can handle more than just 15 foot drops go with the totem. its good on the climb and super compliant on the downhills. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Downhiller
from BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | pipeDream | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | maxle is easy to use. Compression Adjustments are way better than the air version. | | Weaknesses: | high speed compression is not as good as I would like, even cranked (ie: it doesn't ramp up hard enough). | | Similar Products Used: | fox 36, nixon, revelation, lots of double crowns. | | Bike Setup: | glory dh - with totems. | | Bottom Line: | Bizarre set up with the 7" up front and the 9" in rear. It actually promotes a fun style of riding. I find that through rough sections i can pop the front wheel up off of rocks and manual through, touching the front down where there is a lane. It is a fun, and pretty fast, way to ride. Then the added bonus of having an easy to pop bike. I run lots of sag in the back making the bike really really low and jumping feels balanced because the rear is so compressed on take off.
Good fork for relatively smooth riders - if you like to hammerstomp landings, get yourself a marzocchi and stay away from this fork. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a
from Aberdeen, Scotland
Date Reviewed: August 13, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Strengths: | light, supple when working | | Weaknesses: | reliability in wet weather | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 36, boxxer team | | Bike Setup: | 07 SC Bullit | | Bottom Line: | Unreliable in wet weather. 1 week in the French Alps and 3 sets of Totem Coils were stuffed!
3 sets had the damping lock on like described by someone else earlier, and another set was leaking oil.
3 sets were on SC bullit hire bikes, one bike was out of action as the forks were leakign so we took the other two out, both forks lasted one ride before locking up almost solid. This was their second outing since a full service!!! My mates VP Free also fitted with Totems (less than 2 months old) also has a damping failure on the last day of our trip.
When working they are great, but killing 3 sets of forks with the same issue in 3 days is no good.
4 flaming chillis if it gets fixed under warranty and replace faluty parts with upgraded units, if not, they get a 1 or a 2. £600 fork that lasts a week of riding? No thanks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stuart
a Downhiller
from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | goats gully | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1150.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | - Its stupidly burly with the 40mm stanchions and bulged lowers
- Super stiff
- Plush and responsive (see weaknesses)
- Adjustable for climbing
- Fairly light
- Single crown!!
- well thought-out cable guide for front brake
- SPEEDLUBE!! | | Weaknesses: | The lockout (mission control) locks your fork in the tallest position, which on most bikes screws your geometry up. I've also had some problems trying to get my floodgate adjustment knob to work. Its fused to the larger knob its attached to so they rotate together... Im not too sure how to fix that.
This fork also has really poor dust seals that not only take in quite a bit of junk (moisture & mud), but they're also damn near impossible to pop out so you can service your fork. This fork has a pretty long break-in time as well.
Last problem is the spring selection. The stock springs that came with the fork are pretty soft. Not stupidly soft, so I'm not complaining about their choice for a stock fork, but I'm a pretty average sized rider at 180lbs and I bottom this thing out pretty often. I know....new springs, right? Well try finding a firm spring kit for a totem. EVERYBODY bought them and theres none left!! Now Im screwed.
| | Similar Products Used: | marz super t, shiver, 888r.... tried my buddy's 66vf a few times but this is waaay better. | | Bike Setup: | banshee scream w/ totem, Dhx5 coil, code/juicy(awesome),maxxis rubber... | | Bottom Line: | This fork is awesome for anyone that's trying to bridge the gap between downhill and freeride. Its wicked plush and stiffer than my 04 super t by far. I can dial it in for a trail ride or a day at whistler by playing with the preload spacers and the many compression choices. As soon as I find a firm spring kit Im sure I'll be more than pleased with this fork, but the stock spring is waaay too linear for me. For any potential buyers, know this: You have to be willing to care for your fork or else it wont work properly. You also need to know for sure which spring kit works for you. Find someone else with a totem coil and ask to test it out.
The whole motion control thing is cool and all, but I don't think its all that useful because when we're climbing we want our front ends low, not skyscraper tall. On the other note, it works very well how it was designed to.
Last thing - Rockshox has been the leader in several new breakthroughs in technology, like the awesome new maxle system and lightweight DH forks, so I suggest people check them out before racing over to Manitou or Marzocchi for business. Ive owned all three brands and its hard to tell which one's my favorite.
All in all an awesome fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rob
a Weekend Warrior
from london, england
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | -strength of fork yet light enough to use everywhere
-stiffness of fork under braking or across rough ground
-damping system handles everything you throw at it
-adjusters have wide range of control
-excellent design features
-Maxle axle
-speed lube system
-free sticker kit! | | Weaknesses: | -destroyed the mission control damper after hitting a bump on a fireroad with the floodgate on "efficiency" mode (i.e. near lockout)..the floodgate did not open and the mission control damper snapped internally
-creaky crown/steerer (csu) after 6 months
-stock spring rate is very soft, firm spring rate feels harsh: this means the stock spring was too soft / linear for hucks, yet the firm spring feels very harsh over small bumps and rough ground (sore hands). I weigh 11.5stone would be nice to find a spring with a rate between the stock and firm ones? | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 32, Fox 40
Marzocchi 888RC | | Bike Setup: | Banshee Chaparral | | Bottom Line: | a great fork but some first season teething troubles with crown / steerer
and don't leave the floodgate "on" when you hit something hard!! (the floodgate may not blow open as it is supposed to)
the creaky crown / steerer was dealt with quickly and efficiently under warranty, interested to see if the replacement parts develop the same problem
otherwise, very impressed, in terms of the damper, the general burlyness of the fork and the confidence it gives to pull off the biggest freeride moves | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tyler lamb
a Downhiller
from maple valley, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | snoqualmie ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$666.00 | | Purchased At: | black diomand bike and back country | | Strengths: | this fork is really beefy and will eat up almost anything you throw at it. i love its floodgate and easy to use compression and rebound. | | Weaknesses: | either i am not landing right or this fork bottoms out really easy because i alomst bottom out on small drops so you really need to pull up hard when you have this fork | | Similar Products Used: | marizoochi bomber, 888, 66 | | Bike Setup: | DEMO 7 BABY!!!!!!! | | Bottom Line: | this fork it awsome but its pretty heavy so make sure you pull up when you go off drops to help prevent bottoming out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
beda epres
a Downhiller
from quezon city, philippines
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | patiis, licao-licao | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$730.00 | | Purchased At: | john wilkie bikeshop | | Strengths: | it,s very big stanchions can definitely absorb the nastiest drops | | Weaknesses: | the downside is its weight | | Similar Products Used: | marzocchi z1 fr | | Bike Setup: | intense uzzi vpx, totem coil, mavic deetrax, sram rapidfire shifters, shimano xt hydraulic brakes, dangerboy levers, truvativ holzfeller cranks, blackspire dewlie chain guide, raceface diabolus stem, handlebar and seatpost. | | Bottom Line: | the best fork for those with limited budget but who wants the performance of the boxxer world cup minus the weight issue. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Young
a Downhiller
from Forres, UK
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | On My Bike | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | TF Tuned | | Strengths: | They are great when they work | | Weaknesses: | One spring is to hard, the other to soft! | | Similar Products Used: | As Before | | Bike Setup: | VP Free | | Bottom Line: | As a follow up to my previous review, my Totem's have lasted 3 months and the damping is dead!
Will find out what has happened, but did not help me at a race, thought things felt funny, and there was a reason, the damping was packing in.
What has gone....
High Speed Compression
Low Speed Compression
Floodgate
Rebound.
Apart from that, they are fine!
If they are fixed under warranty, or there is something silly worng, why is there no fault finding in the manual!
Still can't get my race runs back, no matter what happens......
Giving 3 chillis, as they are good when working.
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Submitted by
alan kurčić
a Downhiller
from pizda
Date Reviewed: May 15, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | od pupka do pičke | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$666.00 | | Purchased At: | pička materina | | Strengths: | Hi, the man who wrote before me is an idiot, because he doesn't know what he's talkin' about... This Fork is a pure sex on two wheels!!!:-) | | Weaknesses: | To long travel for uphill! :-( | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi drop off 1, III | | Bike Setup: | haro werx 7 (06'), maxxis high roller 2.5 60a, truvativ shiftguide | | Bottom Line: | Buy it and you wont regret it, if you buy it for the right purpose! Loschbyeee!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kilern crazy boy
a Downhiller
from kilern
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | the fort dh | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | they snaped in half and they are totaly expensive omg! (£600) | | Similar Products Used: | rst,sr suntour and zooms | | Bike Setup: | raliegh max | | Bottom Line: | i am a crazy boy whoy likes fast downhill these totems were just not up to my raleigh max's standerds
i am not a happy man | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Downhiller
from Forres
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | TF Tuned | | Strengths: | Silly question | | Weaknesses: | No external preload adjuster, a little heavy with a 1 1/8th steerer but that is it! | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 40RC2, Fox36Van,Talas RC2, Marz 66RC2X,66SL, Z1, Z1 light, 888. | | Bike Setup: | SC Vp Free, XTR drive train, Easton Carbon bars, Avid juicy carbon brakes, Thomson 50mm Stem, DMRV12 Mag/Ti or Crank Bros Mal MAg pedals, SLR or WTB SLT saddle. CK headset. Hadley/823 (Race), Hadley/WTB Lazer (Play), Hadley/Sapim CX-Ray/719 (AM), Azonic outlaw (Hack) wheelsets. Either a Ave Woodie with Ti spring or a DHx Air. | | Bottom Line: | Ace fork.
Not as fast down a hill as the 40 on the VP, not as fast up a hill as the 36 on the VP. But the 40 is not use for climbing and the 36 way to short for going down, the only fork that works for everything on the VP.
Just add external pre-load adjuster and a 2 stage ti spring and the fork is sorted.
I ride everything from 50+mile AM to DH racing, these forks can do it all, AM=Normal spring, DH=Firm spring.
The mission control lock out is not a lot of use on the VP as the bike sits to slack for climbing with it on. Still an ace fork though.
Come on RS where is the external pre-load adjuster? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crombie
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Blue Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | camee with bike at Pedal Performance | | Strengths: | Looks super cool. Very strong and the suspension is very plush. the missin control is so nice for long rides. the 40mm stanchions are huge | | Weaknesses: | stock spring is a little soft. Came with too many stickers, don't know were to put them | | Similar Products Used: | Rockshox Boxxer team, Marzocchi Z1 fr 2 | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Demo 7, Totem coil, sram x9, juicy 5, holfeller parts | | Bottom Line: | this fork is the best fork ive ridden. It has so many external adjustments. it makes all types of riding doable. the fork lockout is one of the best features. The maxel is very convienent.
in conclusion go out and get on | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pedal Shop
a Cross Country Rider
from Ashburn
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | something dry... | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | www.pedalshop.com | | Strengths: | love those meaty tubes! - fork's super stiff where it needs to be. helps the bike track like a champ - 20mm QR Maxel, nice touch - I like the direct mount post mount - silly easy to adjust - pretty light for amount of travel you're getting - I can blow through full travel without ever feeling like the fork has bottom'd out - did I say the fork was beefy? | | Weaknesses: | cosmetic: not a huge fan of the tribal paint job they got there. Stock spring is too soft for Joe 195lbs | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi 66's | | Bike Setup: | 2007 Kona Coiler Deluxe super modified...aka buy the whole bike, strip it down to the frame, rebuild with a completely different build kit. by the way, need any parts from a 2007 build kit? | | Bottom Line: | Right out of the box, I changed the spring from stock to one weight level up. SRAM & Rock Shox have really turned these forks around. To be quite honest, 2, 3 years ago I was pretty turned off by Rock Shox products but ever since SRAM has been part of the game, Rock Shox forks have gotten much better. The Totem rocks... I have tried my darndest to slam the forks hard enough to feel it bottom out (without of course busting my wheels). So far, I haven't flet that hard THUNK!!! you feel when you bottom out a fork. Looking at the dust marks, you can tell I went through all its travel but I didn't feel that THUNK!!!! For rest of it: slow hucks, chittery bumps, drop offs, it's all good, love the fork. well done | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Natw
a Downhiller
from Nebraska
Date Reviewed: February 15, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$995.00 | | Strengths: | An actuall 180mm of travel, Mission control make adjustments super easy and effective. Super stiff laterally and super plush. The 203mm min rotor made it super easy to mount the brakes with no adapter, made the brakes feel alot stronger. Maxel makes thru axel problems a thing of the past. | | Weaknesses: | So far none except gained about half pound to the bike but completely worth it. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Sherman, it was great for hucks and drops but when it can to small bump absorbtion and adjustability it was very disapointing. Was a good option when I built the bike. | | Bike Setup: | 2006 YETI AS-X, Totem Coil 1.5, DHX 5.0, Race face diablous stem and cranks, Tompson seat post, Hope M4 brakes, X.O. Shifters and Rear Der, Mavic Crossmax SX wheels with specialized enduro 2.4 tires | | Bottom Line: | Any one looking for a fork in the freeride market or even beefy all mountain should buy this one. Super stong and the stiff feel of a double clamp. This fork took my AS-X from a bike I already loved to an unbelievable feel and performance. It alows the bike to be ready for anything from riding from town in moab to porcupine rim and back or taking the lifts up at your favorite dh trail. It is an expensive upgrade for anyone but worth every last penny. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scooty Boy
a Racer
from scotland
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | whistler | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Good fork with great ajustiblity. It has good 40mm stantions. Good forks for a person who is looking for freeride with ajustiblity. not for lidht use though | | Weaknesses: | don't thik it looks good with stickers | | Similar Products Used: | Fox van rc2, mazorochi 66, mazorochi 888, rochshox boxxter world cup | | Bike Setup: | orange patriot. hope m4,fox 36, manitou air 4 way, e-13 drs | | Bottom Line: | Good forks with a good plush felling and great look (without stickers). The new quick relise thru axel is a good idea because the screw ones take a long time to get off. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Scott
a Downhiller
from Glasgow
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Fort Bill DH | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Trossachs Cycles | | Strengths: | Very Robust with the huge 40mm stanshions. plenty adjustability with the mission control. very plush and looks good with stickers | | Weaknesses: | The price but apart from that nothing yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Single Travis, Fox Vanillas RC2 07 and lyric | | Bike Setup: | Bike: Trek Session 7, shram xo, sexy whight WTB saddle, e-Thirteen BR, 2.7" Maxxis Minnions,Hays Mas 8" and Manitou 4-way coil everything else standers. | | Bottom Line: | The Fork is out standing with the huge stnashions and the 1.5" head tube i have it is mare likly that my bike will brake befor the fortk. In the futchuer when it gets cheeper i think more and more will get it. its just superb. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bryan Miller
a Weekend Warrior
from Jacksonville FL
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Garbanzo zone | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$860.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride | | Strengths: | Fork is rock solid, and can be ajusted to accomodate any type of terain easily, and from the top of the fork. | | Weaknesses: | took a while to get the preload spacers set up right for my riding stlye/weight. | | Similar Products Used: |
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