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RockShox Tora 302 2006 Front Shocks
Product DescriptionStiff 32mm tapered wall steel upper tubes mated to U-Turn or Solo Air make Tora the perfect choice for today’s high value All Mountain bikes.Key Features: -Stout new chassis design, travel up to 130mm -Weight saving tapered wall 4130 steel upper tubes -Disc specific or bossed lower leg options -Forged 6061 hollow aluminum crown -Solo Air and U-Turn coil spring options -Motion Control Damping (318) -Compatible with all PopLocs -External rebound adjustment
User Reviews
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excalibur1200
a Weekend Warrior
from Florida Date Reviewed: February 28, 2011 Strengths: stiffness. no twisting under loading, stable even on stoppies, low maintenance. Weaknesses: On the heavy side, long break in period. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Markham Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: online Similar Products Used: RST Gila , Rock shox Dart 1 Bike Setup: XC  
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bike rider
a Weekend Warrior
from australia Date Reviewed: June 2, 2009 Strengths: good cheap fork quite soft Weaknesses: rebound not very effective lockouts stop working after a few months of not very much riding Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: came on felt q920 Similar Products Used: rst gila t4 Bike Setup: sram x9 juicy 3 felt q920 08
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roguetrooper
a Weekend Warrior
from Wales Date Reviewed: April 30, 2009 Strengths: Bought for an absolute bargain!! 99 british pounds! It has been strong and reliable so far... Weaknesses: Abit crunchie when new...got smoother with use. oh, and abit heavy! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Brechfa, Wales Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: Merlin cycles Englan Similar Products Used: Had dart 2 previously. Bike Setup: GT hardtail with Deore drive train... Tough do anything bike!!
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Diomedes
a Cross Country Rider
from Pensacola, Florida, USA Date Reviewed: November 11, 2008 Strengths: Design of body is strong (heavy too, but strong). Relatively little flex, even at 130 mm. Put a good fork oil in it, and get the levels right, and it will be fairly plush. The design is pretty universal, so parts from other forks can be used to fix this when it breaks. (and it probably will) Weaknesses: The internals are crap. Plastic, plastic everywhere. They break, too. I fixed the rebound damper three times (plastic piston slid down the shaft), and it broke again each time after only a short time in use. Finally, I broke out the hacksaw, and cut a groove in the damper shaft, then safety-wired the piston so that it could not slide anymore. This effectively eliminated the ability to adjust the rebound, but that didn't really matter, since the adjuster knob fell off in the first few weeks of owning the fork. Oh, and it leaks from the bottom of the damper leg. I've replaced the seals three times, and it still seeps oil. Not a lot, but it is FRUSTRATING. The lockout is not very durable either-all plastic. It broke within 4 months of normal use. Found a motion control damper on eBay for $10 to replace it. A world of difference! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $180.00 Purchased At: Elite Cycles Similar Products Used: None for any long period of time. I've worked on Darts and Judy forks though, and this is definitely better designed than they are. Bike Setup: Leader 526 frame, this fork, Sram x7 drivetrain, etc. Basically a 30 lb trail bike. 
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Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from Bunbury, WA, Australia Date Reviewed: November 9, 2008 Strengths: Performed flawlessly for first six months. Weaknesses: Hasn't stopped Leaking oil from rebound adjustment since Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Mt Lennard Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: LBS as bike package Similar Products Used: none, previous fork on old bike was a RST capa Bike Setup: Stock 2008 Specialized FSR XC Comp.
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justinwug
a Cross Country Rider
from grandrapids, mi, usa Date Reviewed: September 6, 2008 Strengths: price,good for big roots and small drops, bad for any thing else Weaknesses: weight, lock out broke first week. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $160.00 Purchased At: online Similar Products Used: reba, marzhui r1 
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Mbirds
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Rita, Guam, USA Date Reviewed: April 19, 2008 Strengths: Price, rebound damping, strength. Weaknesses: Weight Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Channel 10 Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: RS Pilot XC, Dart 3 Bike Setup: 2007 Giant Trance 3 frame, components from 2006 Reign, hence this fork
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Some guy LOL
a Weekend Warrior
from Forgot Date Reviewed: October 13, 2007 Strengths: it is good untill the spring hits u in the face Weaknesses: Well The Spring side of the forks blew out and hit me in the fac eleaving me with 50 stiches broken nose and bits of missing floating around Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: mount dandneongs Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: GOld Cross Similar Products Used: A peice of wood Bike Setup: Cross Country
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Griffin
a Downhiller
from Massachusetts Date Reviewed: September 13, 2007 Strengths: Good for a few weeks Weaknesses: breaks easily Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Heartbreak Ridge Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $250.00 Purchased At: Belmont Wheel Works Similar Products Used: sr suntor crap Bike Setup: Rockhopper Comp Disk w/ bontrager gel seat
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Andrew Palliser
from Leeds,Yorkshire,UK Date Reviewed: September 4, 2007 Strengths: Sucks up eveything,not too heavy and the rebound,compression and pressure really do make a difference (unlike my old dart 1's). Weaknesses: The poploc broke but that was my fault Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Meanwood Park Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: Friend Similar Products Used: Rockshox Dart 1's, some rigid carbon forks and some lovely forks on my old (and very dead) apollo excel Bike Setup: Giant XCR frame, Shimano STX groupset,DT Custom Wheels, Tektro IO brakes.
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Randy
a Cross Country Rider
from MOAB UT Date Reviewed: April 17, 2007 Strengths: Cheap Weaknesses: Cheap. Worked on this fork as a mechanic. Sold to customer, fork failed on first ride. Took apart fork to find that rebound assemble had moved down on the rebound shaft and was covering the rebound slot. On older forks this assemble was held buy a C-clip. On this fork the shaft was knurled and the parts are just pressed on. I repressed the parts on the shaft, fork worked again untill the first hard compession moved the rebound assemble back down the shaft. Put in a call to Rock Shox/sram and was given the same reponse as every time you call them, which was that they had never seen the problem before. Returned the fork, the rebound assemble and shaft was replaced, but they were unable to tell me why it had failed and/or why it wouldn't fail agian. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Secret squirull Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only Purchased At: Chile Pepper Bike SHop Similar Products Used: Worked on all brands of forks as a professional mechanic for the last 18 years.
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Ben
a Weekend Warrior
from England Date Reviewed: March 31, 2007 Strengths: Looks good, works extremely well, the U-turn travel settings is a great idea, great for an upgrade Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $200.00 Similar Products Used: Marzocchi mz or sumthing Bike Setup: GT Avalanche Frame, Rockshox Toras, and some crap bits that came with my GT
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max penti
a Weekend Warrior
from bonita, CA Date Reviewed: March 19, 2007 Strengths: Didn't break when I peeled off the 1.5 mil shipping tape. Weaknesses: design of air seals. After five or six rides the left air seal let go. In trying to refasten it, I discovered that the seal is grooved for screw insertion but the tube has no grooves. Don't see how the seal will EVER hold. I don't do jumps and the shock has not been mistreated. I don't overinflate the shock...probably underinflate a tad for my body weight: 183. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Mt. Laguna Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $220.00 Purchased At: randall scott Similar Products Used: marzocci...for nine years with no problems Bike Setup: K2 Lithium 4. Replaced the Hayes gizmos with BB 7's, XTR shifters and brake levers, cassette. Should have replaced the shocks
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jason smith
a Weekend Warrior
from Woodstock, Ga USA Date Reviewed: October 28, 2006 Strengths: For me the strength of this shock lies in its adjustability and value. It sucks up the big stuff and seems to handle the small bumps just as well. Weaknesses: A little squeaky but this could be because it is almost brand new Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Blankets Creek Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $214.00 Purchased At: Performance Bicycle Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: A little bit of this, a little bit of that. WTB, Shimano XT + LX, Mavic, Ritchey, Time, and Sette, Frame is an old hardtail, Overall its a parts bin bike built with friend's hand-me-downs
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Chris da man
a Cross Country Rider
from Hampshire England Date Reviewed: October 23, 2006 Strengths: Lightweight, strong, durable. Great rebound adjustment. Solo air is amazing. Brilliant Weaknesses: Have to buy a shock pump to adjust solo air Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Four Marks-Alton Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $160.00 Purchased At: Merlin Cycles Similar Products Used: CRAP! RST gila plus T-5, rock solid and i hated it. Bike Setup: Specialized Hardrock disk 05(a few new titbits added on)
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