Submitted by
sierrak
a Weekend Warrior
from Upper Valley, New Hampshire Date Reviewed: October 1, 2008
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
LBS
Weaknesses:
I've ridden this fork less than 10 times, mostly short rides (<10 miles), and it's leaking from the rebound adjuster. The cap comes off really easily, but fortunately I haven't lost it.
Bottom Line:
Is it too much to ask to make an oil cap that screws on, rather than just sliding on without threads? This is probably the least expensive piece of this fork, but once it's gone the fork is useless.
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Submitted by
Joe H.
a Cross Country Rider
from Bakersfield, CA, USA Date Reviewed: August 21, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Rancheria Rd.
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
Special order
Bottom Line:
I work in a bike shop and have the story posted under the Diamondback Mission 1 as a review. Ive had two of these bikes come in with the boxs soaked in oil. I had another one from the year before that started as the lockout not working and then became an oil leak. After we shipped the fork off for a overhaul, it came back not leaking but it still doesnt lock out. The two new ones are intransit right now so we will see what happens. I worries me because I have one on my Fuji Tahoe 29er Pro. Ive seen three bad forks but havent had problems with mine yet.
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Submitted by
ProStacks
a Cross Country Rider
from Tasmania, Australia Date Reviewed: August 16, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Purchased At:
Geard Cycles
Strengths:
Good strong fork (takes a bashing and works perfectly), good travel, smooth, good adjustment, pretty good lockout (Poploc).
Weaknesses:
Rebound adjust changes virtually nothing, gets a bit noisy (kind of whooshing air sound), and a bit stiffer after a few months use.
Bike Setup:
Giant Yukon SX '08, Giant Alias '09
Bottom Line:
Pretty good, resiliant fork, excellent for XC and some jumping, good travel and good Preload (I have the coil version). Gets bashed around alot by me and still holds up really well. Gets a little noisy which can be annoying but it feels so good that you hardly notice it anyway. Stanchions are a decent diameter (32mm I think), so not likely to break. Altogether, Good for Entry level Cross Country racing, or just the odd trail or bump along your ride.
Also note, for a price any bike servicer should be able to internally adjust the fork to have about 130mm of Travel (usually it is at 100mm).
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Submitted by
silversavanna
a Weekend Warrior
from Long Beach Date Reviewed: August 11, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
None
Weaknesses:
Oil leak right away, Bad DF, Poor adjustability
Similar Products Used:
Fox
Bike Setup:
STD
Bottom Line:
Do not buy TORA-302!
Worst fork.
Oil leaking sooooooooooo bad. Current forks are my 3RD FORKS.
-1st one, Comes with my brand new Jamis bike.
It was leaking bad before ride. (Replace whole bike, it took while)
-2nd one, Brand new bike came, Ride ONLY one time and start leak from rebound adjuster and lost adjuster knob. (Fork assy free replacement, warranty, takes while to processing)
-3rd one, Ride 10 times start to leaking from rebound adjuster and lost adjuster knob.
I do not want to call and deal those guys anymore!
it takes time to replace, I can not ride till comes another one.
performance is also sooooo poor, VERY harsh no smoothness.
Lack of adjustability.
I can not trust Rockshox anymore.
WORST FORK.
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Submitted by
dukester48
a Weekend Warrior
from SLC, Utah Date Reviewed: July 23, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Pipeline
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
Came on Cannondale P
Strengths:
Takes whatever I can throw at it.
Weaknesses:
None at this point
Similar Products Used:
None
Bike Setup:
Cannondale Prophet 4 stock setup
Bottom Line:
Im new at the sport but love the feel of this shock. I have rode friends bikes and dont think it is near as comfortable as mine.
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Submitted by
joolesp
a Weekend Warrior
from BIRKENHEAD Date Reviewed: June 8, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Llandegla
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At:
MORETON CYCLES
Strengths:
Good lock out easy to set up .10 X better than Dart 1. I think these are good strong easy to use forks ideal for the not too bother about a gram or two type of guy. I weigh 230Ibs so weight means very little to me. These forks are not for people under 11 stone
Weaknesses:
Bit heavy
Similar Products Used:
Judy's Zokes Dart1
Bike Setup:
2001 Muddy Fox Rock n Roll Comp with Fox Vanilla RC rear Mavic 729's Deore chain set and gears Big foot stubby head set high bars. Indistructable Down Hill- Mans mike up hill
Bottom Line:
These are really good forks. I love them
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Submitted by
karsten hansson
a Cross Country Rider
from CA Date Reviewed: May 11, 2008
Favorite Trail:
China Camp
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$160.00
Purchased At:
Mikes Bikes
Strengths:
Good upgrade nice travel easy to tune
Weaknesses:
loud
Similar Products Used:
Dart 2 > SR Sounter
Bike Setup:
2008 hardrock comp
Bottom Line:
Great for the price, good upgrade to any stock fork. The only problem is that it is a bit loud, and it is dificult to tighten the fork you have it all the way loose or locked out.
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Submitted by
Poggiali
a
from Croatia Date Reviewed: April 21, 2008
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
DSG
Strengths:
Great fork, realy adjustable.
Weaknesses:
None for now :)
Bottom Line:
If you need confident fork, for time to time rides i suggest these fork.
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Submitted by
Josh
a Cross Country Rider
from collegeville Date Reviewed: March 12, 2008
Favorite Trail:
french creek
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Strengths:
not to stiff or to plush. lock out is sweet for street riding. asome for trails
Weaknesses:
sometimes to plush
Bottom Line:
good for the money street-offroading
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