Submitted by
Taylor Harrison
a Weekend Warrior
from California, U.S. Date Reviewed: September 16, 2007
Favorite Trail:
livewire
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
came with Kona Shred
Strengths:
Plush travel, cool looks.
Weaknesses:
NO TRAVEL AT ALL, bottoms out after 3 ft drops, tops out horribly after lifting up handlebars, Paint scratches after everything and ruins the paintjob
Similar Products Used:
marizocchi Drop off triple, manitou nixon elite, fox float, marizocchi 66 rcs, marizocchi junior T
Bike Setup:
Kona Shred
Bottom Line:
Pretty good bike for a rider under 120 lbs otherwise this fork is a waste of money. I am at 155 and this fork just doesn't cut it for me it has no travel and scratchesreally easilly. It makes marizocchi look bad.
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Submitted by
sol mason
a Weekend Warrior
from north bay ontario canada Date Reviewed: September 11, 2007
Favorite Trail:
everywhere
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At:
northriders
Strengths:
well these are air shocks and they kick @$$. i have never bottomed these and i've done some intense sh*t
Weaknesses:
a little heavy but wat the hell its strong
Similar Products Used:
some high end manitou's
Bike Setup:
dmr, raceface cranks, dj3, back bb5, atomlab rims
Bottom Line:
these beat the crap out of the new line up of coil shocks. ari is the way to go and if you have the money buy them before there gone 4ever. they really don't make things like they used to
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Submitted by
callum jarvis
a
from australia Date Reviewed: September 25, 2006
Favorite Trail:
dimo trails
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At:
bike shop
Strengths:
looks good air preload. smooth travel
Weaknesses:
the stearer tube bends easily. i only weigh 45 kilos and it still bent.it also bent my new fun sereal killa headset
Similar Products Used:
not much. some 80 dollar rst fork rhat was stronger
Bike Setup:
o5 spesialized. saint cranks husselfelt bar and stem. fsa pig pro dh headset.e thirteen srs guide
Bottom Line:
not that strong but its very smooth, just don;t huck on them or overshoot jumps cos they will bend
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Submitted by
john wolfey
a Weekend Warrior
from ont Date Reviewed: July 4, 2006
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$450.00
Purchased At:
bike shop
Strengths:
dirt jumpin
Weaknesses:
nottin
Similar Products Used:
marozzhi dj urban
Bike Setup:
dirt jumpin
Bottom Line:
sick fork. ment 4 abuse.... sweet
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Submitted by
Daniel DeRusha
a Weekend Warrior
from New York, US Date Reviewed: June 30, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Dirt jumping
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$349.00
Purchased At:
Cyclepath
Strengths:
there is no strength for this product, the only thing i can say is the appearence, and it don't looks good with every bike
Weaknesses:
this fork is weak as 5hlt! looks horrible, tops out so badly and it too expensive and is absoloutly weak. its so hard to re adjust the tension and the valve doesn't work propertly. PANIT CHIPPS LIKE MAD, ONE LITTLE SCRATCH AND THE WHOLE PAINT JOB IS RUINED
Similar Products Used:
pretty much everything
Bike Setup:
norco 125 2004
Bottom Line:
never buy this shock, its small travel, looks weird, the stanctions are SILVER!, YOUR PAYING LIKE 400 AND THE STANCTIONS ARE SILVER?!!!! it clearly shows that marz don't care. never buy this fork not EVEN.
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Submitted by
callum jarvis
a Downhiller
from research victoria australia Date Reviewed: December 17, 2005
Favorite Trail:
mitchell track
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At:
greensbourough cycles
Strengths:
its strong looks good very plush , very usable travel air preload
Weaknesses:
clicking noise but only with tiny impacts
Similar Products Used:
rst gila plus t5 ( not very similar)
Bike Setup:
05 specialized hardrock shimano HG chain and cassette specialized grip geax loboloco front tire kenda kinetics rear
Bottom Line:
if you can get it get its good for downhill ,extreme freeride i haven't used it for cross country yet but in syre it will be good
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