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Cannondale
Headshocks P-Bone M
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Submitted by
Dana Nickles
a Cross Country Rider
from Sarnia, ON
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | any trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | very good at first | | Weaknesses: | wears out fast; keep it dry!!! If water gets in behind the boot it will rust out your needle bearings. | | Bike Setup: | stock superv 400 | | Bottom Line: | junk, not worth the money. I'm 150 lbs and wore out the shock in less than a year. I'm upgrading to a rock shox duke. Good fork if you want to look at it in the garage but don't actually ride!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Devin Samuel
a
from Toronto, Ontario
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | um...Don Valley I guess... it's close | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Strengths: | I bought the C'Dale Terra. The small size frame is totally different from the medium or large. I basically bought it for the frame. Cool frame | | Weaknesses: | I'm new to Cannondale so I've been looking for reviews about their Headshoks. Opinions are all over the board. I'm going to need a fork with way more travel REAL soon! | | Similar Products Used: | I was riding an entry level Trek 4500 with a Rock Shock Jett before. P-Bone Headshok is way more cushy | | Bike Setup: | Um.. I'm using XT components, Hutchinson tires. I changed the seat right away, it was crap. Everything is stock at the moment. | | Bottom Line: | The bike is nice and light, especially compared to my Trek 4500. It was a tank. I love everything about the bike except the travel on the bottom of the line P-Bone Headshok. I will be making calls to upgrade it real soon. I'm not as hardcore as alot of riders out there, but this P-Bone Headshok will bottom out with ease! Only 60mm of travel...good for Sunday stroles through the park... that's about it. Definate good value for the money though! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a
from Corvallis
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | South Side Slip | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | 300.00 ( closeout sale) | | Strengths: | Shock will take a three foot drop at 20 mph and not bottom out
Stable as hell
| | Weaknesses: | Too little travel for real aggresive downhillers | | Similar Products Used: | First and only shock ever had | | Bike Setup: | Factory setup F500 1995 | | Bottom Line: | The bike is great. Shame on all the other people who think otherwise. This shock is not a downhill shock, it is a cross country shock. But this thing will take a beating and keep going. If it continuosly bottoms out, then tighten the spring.
REAL EASY. Again, this is not designed as a downhill shock, but it will take a but load of crap without giving any problems | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BOB
a
from FLORIDA
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | RAZORBACK | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | ADVENTURE CYCLES | | Strengths: | JUST ABOUT MAINTANCE FREE | | Weaknesses: | HEAVY-CAN NOT ADJUST-NO ENOUGH TRAVEL ONLY 60MM | | Bike Setup: | STOCK F400 | | Bottom Line: | THE HEAD SHOCK/BIKE IS OK FOR BEGGINER AND AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE. I WOULD RECOMMEND SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN A C-DALE, THEY MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO UPGRADE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT THEY SUPPLY WHICH COULD BE A SET BACK WHEN IN A PINCH. BUT THE BIKES WILL HOLD VALUE. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay Hawranik
a Cross Country Rider
from Stead, Manitoba, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Birch | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Olympia | | Strengths: | Lockout
colours
Simplicity
great stearing
| | Weaknesses: | needs some more travel for dropoffs | | Similar Products Used: | RST 281 | | Bike Setup: | 99 C-dale F600, rolf rims added | | Bottom Line: | Great fork for racing and trailriding. If you do a little freeriding I would upgrade to a Fatty or even better a Lefty. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
luke
a Weekend Warrior
from maine
Date Reviewed: May 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any with bumps | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | matheus | | Strengths: | colors, decals, steering,price, good for pulling wheelies- happens whenever you hit a rock, pebble or boulder | | Weaknesses: | not enough travel, bottoms out, rebounds like a pogo stick, weight, headshok, wierd sounds.....not enough travel | | Similar Products Used: | fatty(OK), jett(sucks), manitou magnum(OK) Z5(kicks @$$), indy(my god!), Ballistics(dangerous) rigid..... | | Bike Setup: | C-dale super-v 400, STX(need upgrade as soon as i pay off Z5), fox vanilla X....
| | Bottom Line: | p-bone is ok for beginners, pavement and gravel roads, but if you are looking for a serious hardcore shock for a modest budget, go with a marzocchi Z-5.......you won't regret it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ed
a Cross Country Rider
from northville, michigan
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | potowatomi | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | purchased used | | Strengths: | absorbs a lot of terrain.
feels nice and strong.
no pogo effect | | Weaknesses: | paint rubs off easily. | | Similar Products Used: | rockshox | | Bike Setup: | cannondale f500 | | Bottom Line: | works out great for me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom Sylvia
a Weekend Warrior
from Auburn , NH USA
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | NH powerlines | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$730.00 | | Purchased At: | Goddales bike and ski | | Strengths: | -Plush
-Great idea
-stears great
-soaks up all smaller bumbs | | Weaknesses: | -not enough travel | | Similar Products Used: | stock - 2000 and 2001 Judy xc
2000 z5 and z4
After upgrade kit- 01 judy sl on a moab 2
| | Bike Setup: | 2000 Cannodale f-400 w/ p-bone w/ air-sprung DL performance and xt fr. derailer | | Bottom Line: | It is a great shok , but could use some more travel . The upgrade kit should defently be bought , it really makes a big inprovement . After buying a upgrade kit it is a little price that why i give it 4 for value . | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JJ Zwack
a Cross Country Rider
from Atlanta, GA USA
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Very solid and dependable cross-country fork. I weigh 180 lbs. and have had no problems with the fork since purchasing it over 3 years ago with my F700.
It's smooth, predictable, has no slop whatsoever and is very easy to maintain.
This is a solid product that will last many years (as my 3+ years of use can attest). | | Weaknesses: | For cross-country use only due to limited travel. | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Mag-21, Quadra 21, Judy XC. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F700 with LX components, Mavic wheels, IRC Mythos tires (the BEST!!). | | Bottom Line: | If you are a cross-country rider that wants solid reliability, ease of maintenance and a smoth, consistent front end ride, this fork is for you. The needle bearings do a great job of giving a smooth ride and the location of the fork internals in the modified head tube give the fork very true tracking in tight, twisty singletrack. Downhillers, look elsewhere. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy B.
a Cross Country Rider
from NY
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt. Snow VT.(NORBA Course) | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Cannondale | | Strengths: | Soaks up the small to medium hits well.
The tracking is also very good.
Pretty stiff and some what light.
| | Weaknesses: | Just not enough travel, could also be more adjustable.
| | Similar Products Used: | Judy SL, Judy XC | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale SuperV500 Mavic 517/XT rims and hubs.
Sram composite levers/ XT vbrakes
XT crank and Sram 9.0sl drivetrain.
Fox rear shock and Answer Pro Taper Riser bars/ Avocet saddle. 636 pedals..... | | Bottom Line: | The fork is a good XC fork for small to medium hits.
Its been very good for me and very plush too.
Considering it was a replacement for my other MC60, which by the way froze up on me, its an upgrade. All things considered Cannondale should have upgraded me to a Fatty because of the situation but Cannondale though otherwise.
So 4 flames for the Fork, and 1 flame for Crackondale.
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Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from AZ
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Smart Design, Easy Maintaining, Better Tracking on Turns(point and shoot), Looks Great, Easy Upgrades | | Weaknesses: | Not enough travel, MCU$ | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Jett/Judy | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F400 99, LX/RF+, P-Bone M | | Bottom Line: | Went straight from Rigid to Headshok and have never thought that other bikes I have ridden measure up. I do think that the design makes sense for XC use, high and enclosed, never really liked motorcycle designs translated to bikes. Bottoming out happens, but rarely if set up properly. Yes they cost more, but it's worth it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Drew
a Cross Country Rider
from Stead, Manitoba, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Grand Beach | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | -Very stiff, and good at steering.
-Soaks up small to midsized bumps extremely well
-Looks awesome
-Doesn't copy the ideas of other fork manufacturers'. Instead, Cannondale/Headshock comes up with a whole new concept for forks that works great. | | Weaknesses: | -Not enough travel
-More travel would really help on big bumps/drops
-Could be more adjustability (rebound or compression) | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Jett C, and a RST 281 | | Bike Setup: | '99 Cannondale F600, with Shimano 747's | | Bottom Line: | If you want a fork that looks great, performes great, has its own concept, and don't want to pay a fortune for it, the P-Bone is great. The P-Bone is suited for beginning riders and trails that aren't to rough or don't require lots of travel. If you use one, and are into racing, you might want to get a Fatty, which has more travel or adjustability. At least Cannondale/Headshock doesn't copy everyone elses ideas (Can you say Rock Shox, Manitou, or Marzocchi?) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Prince
a Cross Country Rider
from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Snakes n' Ladders | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Light weight, Plush, cheap for what it is. | | Weaknesses: | Not enough travel | | Similar Products Used: | Bomber Z-4, Z-5 | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F-700 | | Bottom Line: | Great shock for it's price, I love it. Don't know what everyone elso is BSing about | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ROBERT LOVETT
a Racer
from AUSTRALIA
Date Reviewed: December 14, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
? | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
real plush
smooth lightweight
interesting look | | Weaknesses: |
too little travel easy to bottom out | | Similar Products Used: |
MANITOU LT | | Bike Setup: |
'98' CANNONDALE F-500 | | Bottom Line: | great small travel cross country fork,
excellent quality bargain pricefive chillies | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jack
a Weekend Warrior
from Graysville, AL
Date Reviewed: December 3, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Oak Mountain | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
None | | Weaknesses: |
Many | | Bike Setup: |
Cannondale Y2K F-400 | | Bottom Line: | P-Bone shock was bad right out of the box. Took the shop placing a call to technical service to get repaired. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ray Black
a Cross-Country Rider
from Charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: October 31, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Very responsive.
Absorbs nearly all of the small bumps easily.
Great feel! | | Weaknesses: |
Just not enough travel. | | Similar Products Used: |
Not many, just my friends '96 Judy XC (or C?) and his '99 z2 BAM. | | Bike Setup: |
F400, added 636s, & Cannondale shipped my LBS a new, longer stem when I bought the bike. | | Bottom Line: | What's up with these reviews below that put this fork on Huffys and Pacifics? What kind of nonsense crap is that? Feel free to ignore those BS reviews.This fork is great for what it is. It is a small travel fork which eats up all of the small stuff, but it just doesn't have enough travel to be really comfortable without bottoming out when you really hit it. The 70mm upgrade kit might be worth looking into, but I don't know the pricing on that (and yes, I am going to look into it for myself). But, for the most part, it rides exceptionally well, and leaves you able to use your hands at the end of the day, but it's not the best ever. Four torched tampons. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chad allen
a Weekend Warrior
from mi
Date Reviewed: October 23, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
popopo | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
none that I know of yet | | Weaknesses: |
They heavy(yea)and day expensive!!(yess) | | Similar Products Used: |
all girvins and shocks at Toys'r'us | | Bike Setup: |
'93 pacific, It's so awesome!!! | | Bottom Line: | Let's just say I'm surprised they don't sell them at Toys'r'us...They suck!!!!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Petey Klasimov
a Cross-Country Rider
from GA, just moved from Russia
Date Reviewed: October 23, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Vlasinov'srun(russia) | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
They aren't too heavy | | Weaknesses: |
Not durable, I went off a 1/3 meter, sorry, 1 foot jump and now there is acrack on the left side | | Similar Products Used: |
Rst 180 | | Bike Setup: |
My family and I all have them on our Huffys | | Bottom Line: | I don't think they sell they sell these in Russia, Russia's lucky! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john macdonald
a Racer
from MI
Date Reviewed: October 18, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
My backyard!! | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
They look different(not necessaraly good) | | Weaknesses: |
mostly everything, I hate 'em | | Similar Products Used: |
Girvins and white bros. | | Bike Setup: |
Pacific, Yeaaaaaaa | | Bottom Line: | Um, not much I can say that is good about 'em. They stiff, they ugly, they cheaply made! I would not recommend this Cannondale junk to anyone, not even beginners. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay Prescott
a Weekend Warrior
from Holland
Date Reviewed: October 16, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Riley Trails!!!Awesome!! | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
They are heavy!!!!! | | Weaknesses: |
They feel like you are on a trampoline!!!!1 | | Similar Products Used: |
All Manitous and Rock Shoxs | | Bike Setup: |
Huffy | | Bottom Line: | I was ridin' along and I hit a lil' sticklin and me just flew right over these-here handlebars.
That ol' sticky just jumped right 'n' front 'o' meee!!! mE doN't like 'da colour eider!!@#$^%@$#%^ (YEA, that's it!!!!)
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Submitted by
Stuey
a Weekend Warrior
from Washinton state
Date Reviewed: October 3, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Geat shock for the price. Lite weight(sort of) | | Weaknesses: |
Needs more travel, to easy to bottom out. | | Similar Products Used: |
Marazochi Bomber, Manitoe spider, Rock shock Indy S & X,Judy X & XL. | | Bike Setup: |
Cannondale Super V 500 | | Bottom Line: | Great shock if you dont got a lot of money. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stevo
a Cross-Country Rider
from Burington, VT
Date Reviewed: August 23, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Killington | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Very Plush, light, comfortable small and medium hit protection. I have never bottomed it out. Best bang for your buck. | | Weaknesses: |
Rebound damping would be nice... | | Similar Products Used: |
Fatty's
Manitou SX | | Bike Setup: |
(Surprise) F500
9.0sl
Avid Arch 50's | | Bottom Line: | A great shock for the XC rider on a budget. Unparelleled stiffness. So ugly,it's pretty.
Five plops. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bob
a Weekend Warrior
from darien CT
Date Reviewed: August 16, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
adjustable springs
angle of legs | | Weaknesses: |
little travel
looks | | Similar Products Used: |
jett c
jett t2
jett xc
judy c | | Bike Setup: |
f400
GREAT BIKE | | Bottom Line: | good shoc very responsive even on small bumps
five flamin turds | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
S. T.
a Cross-Country Rider
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: July 29, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Very good tracking, light | | Weaknesses: |
pain to adjust, i am too light for the default springs | | Similar Products Used: |
Rock shox judy (sl?)
Whatever comes on a Mongoose IBOC sx | | Bike Setup: |
97 or 98 (not sure) Cannondale F-500 | | Bottom Line: | It is light, it works well on small and medium sized bumps, and it is pretty much the only thing availible default on a cannondale f500 and below | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pacman
a Cross-Country Rider
from Anchorage, AK
Date Reviewed: July 24, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
weight, cost, flex. | | Weaknesses: |
not all that plush
(whatever that means) | | Similar Products Used: |
Many Rock Shocks | | Bike Setup: |
Cannondale F500
-SRAM 9.0SL, STX-RC
-TITEC/CODA cockpit
-pretty nice stuff. | | Bottom Line: | This is a really nice small-travel shock. It doesn't have the most travel in the world or anything, but at 3.2 lbs. I'd say it's a winner. (As a note, the P-Bone M is the lighter than EVERY fatty except the Fatty SL, which is 1/10 of a pound lighter.)It steers incredably well, too. No flex. Don't be put off because it's Cannondale's lowest-end shock. It still beats any Judy! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Twiggy
a Cross-Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: May 11, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
It kicks alot of ass! Smooth as silk and Very hyperactive! Takes small and large bumps superbly! I like it more than my friend's Atom Bomb which costs about 400$ more! | | Weaknesses: |
None ! Well..... It's onluy weakness is that it kicks so much ass that everyone else will bug you to let them ride your bike! | | Similar Products Used: |
All judy's, Bomber Z4, Z5 and Atom Bomb, Manitu Spyder& spyder R | | Bike Setup: |
C'dale F400 (Kick arse bike) | | Bottom Line: | Buy this shock , you won't be disappointed. Don't be put offjust because it looks different than conventional forks, because it is superior to them! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ADAM
a Cross-Country Rider
from Kitchener, Ontario
Date Reviewed: May 10, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Boogieman | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
The fork rules because it's stiif and responsive | | Weaknesses: |
never had any | | Similar Products Used: |
1998 sid | | Bike Setup: |
Cannondale F500 | | Bottom Line: | The fork was awsome. Very Stiff and responsive. | | Overall Rating: |
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