|
|
|
| |
Submitted by
nate
a Cross Country Rider
from mendon ny
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | dryer park | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | inherited from fathe | | Strengths: | makes the front tire not roll away | | Weaknesses: | no travel, what everyone else has said | | Similar Products Used: | k mart bikes | | Bike Setup: | 830 | | Bottom Line: | dont get this, if you have it do yourself a favor and get something else. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron McGraw
a Cross Country Rider
from Oil City, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Oil Creek/ Allegheny/ East Sandy Creek Trails | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Fred Meyer, Fairbanks, Alaska (on bike) | | Strengths: | (update) its still going. I have tried to demolish this fork since 1996, so please keep that in mind when you scroll down and see negative reviews. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy and limited travel. So far the only damage to the fork is a 1/8 diameter hole in one boot and some scratches to the decals. | | Similar Products Used: | 2001 Manitou Sport, 2002 RockShox Judy TT, RST "Mozo" ML-10 | | Bike Setup: | Acera, LX, Specialized goodies, Aluminum frame, Titec and Kalloy cockpit stuff with a JD Suspension Stem and JD bar ends. Nashbar clipless pedals. SDG Comp leather saddle | | Bottom Line: | At this point, you are bound to find this fork on a used bike on Ebay. Don't let it put you off. While it is not the best suspension fork out there, it certainly is amongst the toughest. It will work when you get it--unless someone has abused it beyond imagination. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron McGraw
a Weekend Warrior
from Oil City, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Venango County, Sugar Creek trail | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | fred meyer, Fairbanks, alaska (on bike) | | Strengths: | It's better than a case of Chlamydia, and you can get rid of it unlike the herpes. It's the only thing besides the frame I haven't upgraded...Umm....It works.. Sort of. kind of like me. This fork is an underachiever, and so am , so I like it. | | Weaknesses: | Okay, it's heavy...and to get the suspension I wanted i had to add a JD suspension stem.. | | Similar Products Used: | MOZO ML10. | | Bike Setup: | Eclectic mix. don't ask. | | Bottom Line: | Comes in handy for pounding pesky bike-trail muggers. BUY ONE. SUFFER THROUGH IT. You will be a better person for doing so.You top-end Rock Shok and manitou folks make me want to puke. I scrounge for beer money at the end of the month....hence, I cannot upgrade. If anyone has a longish steerer-tubed fork in 1 inch diamater that will accept cantis at the price of a case of Yuengling Lager, drop me a line. (mcgraw@pennsmart.com) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
theyseemecoming
a Weekend Warrior
from wales
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | added to my custombuild | | Strengths: | Yes, its VERY strong. and it is also very capable of stopping your front wheel from rolling away. | | Weaknesses: | going up and down is definitely a weakness with these | | Similar Products Used: | rigid GT fork | | Bike Setup: | Alpinestars CR500 with lots of nice bits (these forks being the exception) | | Bottom Line: | Well, the nice man at the bike builders told me that the SR Duotrack were an excellent fork, and surprisingly fell right into the budget of the last few pennies i had left over after finishing my custombuild. (but had planned on a rigid, since we're talking 7 years ago)
I thought he was doing me a favour.
that nice man has given me 7 years of thinking I had a nice bike, until I tried a mates GT LTS with real suspension.
Bugger!
These forks, as said elsewhere are utter rubbish, but try as you might you wont break them!
I am going to replace them as soon as I can. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Ritchie
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin, TX USA
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Greenbelt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Dumpster | | Strengths: | Keeps your wife from nagging you about how awesome your bike is. | | Weaknesses: | None as long as their on your wife's bike. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Forks | | Bike Setup: | Front fork pnly | | Bottom Line: | I was dumpster diving a few weeks ago, when I found this descent looking fork still in a box. I thouhgt it was a K-Mart shock, but I guess someone upgraded and just put the Duo Track in the K-Mart box. This puppy is awesome. First of all; my wife thinks that her bike is as good as my StumpJumper now.(No more nagging). Second; it weighs a ton so now my wife can have those buns of steel I've always wanted. Third; you can probably get your wife one free cause I'll bet one out of three dumpsters stock them. So you see, all these guys who are writing trash about this poor shock either are rich, don't have wives or cannot realize that there is good in everything, depending on how you see it. All I can say is, my wife is happy I'm happy and my wallet is happy. By the way, I'd rather pay a measly $125 than $600 to make my wife happy. Two thumbs up from me. SINCERELY... Cheap a** Husband | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bob hunt
a Downhiller
from the shore
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | flying circus | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Some hobo | | Strengths: | It was my lucky day I was riding my Foes DHS Mono down flying circus (a shore trail ) and I see this hobo on the trail ,he says he found this fork lying in the bush and he wanted to know if I had a use for it . That was the best day of my life because I got an awesome fork for free . The first great feature of this fork is the ajustability you can change the travel from 1/5 of an inch to 1/4 , to 1/2 just buy letting some air out of your tires , also the ease of maintenace and lubrication , just ride in the rain , enough water will seep into the fork to eliminate all stiction . I'm also in way better shape since buying this fork , I get a real workout just riding on pavement because the fork added like 40 lbs to my bike !, finally my brakes were way to powerful before , I was always going over the handlebars , but now this fork flexes foreward so much that my brakes are like 1/10 as powerful as they were before so I have no more problems . I think every hardcore rider should buy one of these forks today if you want all of the great features I mentioned ! | | Bottom Line: | you decide | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Thorsten Lauer
a Cross Country Rider
from Germany
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Fränkische Schweiz | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Bernds Radlschmiede | | Strengths: | It looks good and came with the bike i bought 1994. Still not falling apart after seven years and lots of miles (mostly forestroads not really heavy duty). | | Weaknesses: | No real suspension work visible. heavy. | | Similar Products Used: | some "modern" forks tested in the last weeks | | Bike Setup: | Touring MTB | | Bottom Line: | Does it realy work as a shock absorber, or is it only a kind of heavy rigid fork? is there really elastomere inside? I would never buy such a fork anymore, even when it is fixed to a cheap but good bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerry Giese
a Cross Country Rider
from Irving, Tx, USA
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | the park | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Strengths: | cheap | | Weaknesses: | 1 inch of travel. Too Heavy. Bottoms out over rough sidewalks, small sticks, and everything else. | | Similar Products Used: | K-mart bike shocks. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Rock hopper | | Bottom Line: | This is the cheapest, worst piece of Šhit that I have ever used!!! I have used rigid forks with more travel than this. The Fork has no noticable travel. It has too much play. In fact, the fork moves farther forwards and backwards than it does up and down. Everytime I put on my brakes it feals like the fork sways about 3 inches. This fork is so Šhitty that i would give it a negative 5 chilies if I could. I mean this fork is crap. This fork even looks as bad as it preforms. If you are stupid enough to buy this fork for $100+, then throw your bike away and just give up! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mr. Wizard
a Cross Country Rider
from the Pacific Northwest
Date Reviewed: April 22, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | (stock on Trek 830) | | Strengths: | It still hasn't spontaneously fallen apart...
It takes a little bit of roughness out of gravel paths. | | Weaknesses: | The arch flex is so extreme that it robs most of the front braking power (you can pull the lever to the bar even if you start with the pads rubbing the rim).
Shock absorption is no better than a fat tire and cushy grips, while steering and feel are much worse than a rigid fork! My confidence level while riding on this fork is very low.
On an otherwise nice looking bike, this thing is rather ugly, and obviously cheap. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing this bad! | | Bike Setup: | This fork is on an old Trek 830 that was sitting in the garage until I recently cleaned it up for someone to ride. | | Bottom Line: | This is the worst component I think I've seen used on a "real" MTB.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | We don't have many trails here... | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Came with my bike. | | Strengths: | It can travel about 1" !!! It is heavy, makes u work harder, and provides good exercise. | | Weaknesses: | Stupid name, looks like... well... faeces. About as effective as a rigid iron fork, but heavier and more dangerous to use. | | Similar Products Used: | A Rock Shox, dunno what model | | Bike Setup: | An aluminium rig with shimano Altus. Wish i had a better fork. | | Bottom Line: | It's still working after 4 years! Even then, it's not worth buying. Get a Rock Shox or something that works as suspension. If someone gives it to u, regard him/her as an enemy. Alternatively, he or she is hinting that u need to lose weight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a
from mike UT
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Catamount, VT | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Yeah right, you think this product has strengths? | | Weaknesses: | Oil bath? Try sand bath! I actually took a look inside, it didn't even have elastomers. Inside was a piece of styrofoam. If you want to throw your money away, by all means by this shock! | | Bottom Line: | NEVER, EVER, EVER BY THIS PRODUCT. A RIGID FORK IS BETTER! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | I kinda like the "club" idea...atleast it's nice to know they are good for something...Well, I guess you could get them just to say you have full suspension and impress your friends.... | | Weaknesses: | Ok...first off, 1 inch of travel doesn't do squat. Truthfully, my arms shake a lot more on this than on my old rigid fork. They came with my bike, so I'm not sure about how they measure up price wise. | | Similar Products Used: | None, this is my first front suspension fork; but I have tryed some rick shox on a friend's bike, and they were a lot better :) | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that these shocks are good for two things:
1) Hitting people.
2) Trying to impress your friends.
But in all seriousness, if you aren't gonna race for a living or seriously, who needs incredible, $600 shocks anyways? These are ok for a first pair, I guess. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tu madre
a Cross Country Rider
from never never land
Date Reviewed: March 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | lost boys trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Strenghts? what strengths? Are they even shocks? I could have sworn that they were filled with sand. | | Weaknesses: | At like 1/2" of travel, you might as well ride a rigid fork. Too expensive at $125. I would make someone PAY ME to even sit on a bike that had them. Oh yeah, Did I the sand? | | Similar Products Used: | any rigid fork. And maybe then you will have more travel. | | Bike Setup: | Well, back in the day (7th grade), the nishiki blazer was my first full suspension bike and I loved it. Till one day I took the fork off and went to a creek and threw it in and left it there for some 8 year old to find (and ill bet he did the same thing as me after riding it too.) | | Bottom Line: | If you are a serious biker and you are riding these things, take them off your bike right now and piss and POO all over them and then they will at least smell better (and ill bet that they will look better too.)
In all seriousness now, I dont like this shock. If you are thinking about getting this thing, please do yourself a favor and go buy a Rock Shock Indy C for cheap. That fork at least has some travel.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
a Weekend Warrior
from Mass
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | too expensive for $125, $1.25 maybe. This is the worst that ive ever ridden on. | | Weaknesses: | Everything the shocks are made of suck, not one strenth in them. like someone said before, the only thing these shocks are good for is beating someone with, id give them a 10 for that because they're so heavy. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek VRX 300, Specialized FSR, (demoed) | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | These shocks have no use, are they supposed to be used for bikes? Don't buy these for this kind of money, buy a marzocchi or a rock shock. The first time i rode on the shocks, i went over a rock, and the frame broke in half. These shocks have no travel, 1 flamin chili | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthew
a Racer
from lunenburg,ns,canada
Date Reviewed: December 28, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
indain path | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
are yo kiding me what a peace of junk i wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole | | Weaknesses: |
opps..... said it in the strenghts | | Similar Products Used: |
no name depatment store shocks | | Bike Setup: |
a velosport | | Bottom Line: | i wouldnt give it a 1 hot pepper for a rating but its the lowest you can,,, what is it made from a block of old tooth paste and sliding curtan rodsif you wont a shock just for the sake of it get a low end brand name shock,,rock shox, manitou,...
not this junker | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cam
a Racer
from Ontario
Date Reviewed: November 15, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Devils Glen | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Well... its the cheapest and quickest way to add 5 pounds to your ride while losing performance over your rigid fork, which likely has more travel. | | Weaknesses: |
All or just a few?? Here's a quick few... just to keep you entertained... for starters. Suspension forks have travel, or, are supposed to. This thing only moves if your fat ass mother sits on it. The other thing that was rather funny was that it flexed side-to-side over the lawn!! *lol* I was scared. I didnt want to take it to the extreme and jump off of a 6 curb or anything... so I jjust left it in my shed...and the other weakness was the seals... or lack of.... what a fork... | | Similar Products Used: |
Fatty SL
Bomber Z-1 (97, 98, 99)
Bomber Z-2 (97, 98, 99)
98 SID, 99 SID SL, XC, XL... well.. lots of forks.. I have owned most... | | Bike Setup: |
This beauty of a fork was on a CCM Aluminum.. my aunts bike.. but I had to ride it to the bike shop one day to get some parts, cause I was just visiting... | | Bottom Line: | *lol*
Yeah.. stay away... not for the extremists | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Cross-Country Rider
from blah
Date Reviewed: November 15, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
down, ... up i guess as well | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
my brain hurts, lets move on... | | Weaknesses: |
*swoosh swoosh swoosh THUNK!* yeah they are noisy, soft, allow water inside the body, etc... very good.... | | Similar Products Used: |
98&99 sid sl, 98 bomber z1... (these arent similar... but they are forks) | | Bike Setup: |
ccm shockwave (it was my friends i swear!!) | | Bottom Line: | I urge you not to buy/ride/touch/look directly at/demo or anything this fork. step away, and keep use of stuff below your neck. They are just built piss poor, thats it. They let water and any other SH*T in under the seals, and then they make an even louder noise of air swooshing out through the seals under compression. they have like and inch of travel, and i know you cant expect a lot from something at this price... but when it is this bad at performance... how safe is it!?! id stay away... i would stay away from all dept store bikes... at cdn tire the other day i saw a bike with no stem cap, and the star fangled nut thing was in at a 45 degree angle, and half in half out of the stem. not to mention the jungle of cables, no air in tires, disgustingly adjusted brakes etc. STAY AWAY!!! buy a cheap bike at a bike store you know, those things that have only bikes... if your interested in a bike and a non stick pan and want to find it all at the same store... be my guest. peace out, ride hard. (on a safe bike... good god) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from SE IOWA
Date Reviewed: October 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
geode state park | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
came with my bike so I didn't have to pay for it | | Weaknesses: |
doesn't do anything to help my riding at all | | Similar Products Used: |
Rock Shox Judy T2 | | Bike Setup: |
'98 trek 830 shimano decked | | Bottom Line: | i couldnt wait to get this thing off my bike and dont know how I lasted so lond with it on there. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
phil
a Downhiller
from BC
Date Reviewed: August 19, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
all of em | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Building them creates jobs. | | Weaknesses: |
They are hard as rock. They look like poo. They don't work. They wiegh as much as a horse. | | Similar Products Used: |
like 20 REAL forks | | Bike Setup: |
fisher johsua, Judy XL | | Bottom Line: | they are useless. Might as well go to a rigid fork or a stick glued on to the wheel. For weighing 5.5 lbs and having 5/8 of rock hard travel and instand rebound, they sure flex a lot.
The internals are probably leftover scrap elasomers, spring parts, scrap sawdust and some sewage waste for a inconsistently working fork. In winter they freeze up. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Al
a Racer
from newfoundland
Date Reviewed: August 18, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
-Cheap | | Weaknesses: |
-Doesn't work
-You can't adjust it | | Bottom Line: | Do these things actually compress? I guess You could if you're heavy enough. I had like two shock injuries in my arms when I had my old bike with this fork.
Now I have me a Judy C
I'd give it zero stars, but they say i must give it at least one. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Billy
a Racer
from who cares
Date Reviewed: August 9, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
you know that trail that's like cool | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
cheaper than shit, don't smell as bad, better than the RST 281's my dad Bob the no eared man's got, if you take them off your bike you can hit your friends in the head with them when they're asleep | | Weaknesses: |
not a supple, or smooth as shit, ugly, heavy, if you weigh more than 50 lbs. they'll probably bottom out when you get on the bike, if your friend gets ahold of them he'll probably hit you in the head with them when you are asleep | | Similar Products Used: |
all of em' | | Bike Setup: |
Kona King Kahuna(with z.2 superflys, not these things you moron) | | Bottom Line: | they're heavy so that when you hit your friend in the head with them it'll probably knock him out so then you can hide them and run away, they suck, dont buy them unlessyou need something to whomp your friends in the head with. check out my dad's reveiw of the RST 281's( i only gave them a five because of their very effective whopping powers) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bob
a Cross-Country Rider
from bobs place
Date Reviewed: August 3, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
who the f@#$ rides in -35 degrees celcius | | Bottom Line: | der | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Internation Superstar
a Weekend Warrior
from GE
Date Reviewed: July 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
JURA | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Bike Setup: |
Altus/Acera X (not my bike) | | Bottom Line: | There is something I don't understand. How do people with a bike with XT or Race face get a fork like this? most people test them with that equipment... I just don't get it.
Better get a rigid fork, it's cheaper, works better and is lighter... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
People with better forks
a Weekend Warrior
from Kanada
Date Reviewed: July 6, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
cheap as shit | | Weaknesses: |
bottom out off curbs and bunny hops, not enough travel for anything. | | Similar Products Used: |
manitou comp (Old fork), indy c, rst 387l, 381s, mag21, zzyzx free ride, girvin elite. | | Bike Setup: |
modified specialized rock hopper a1 fs with zzyzx,magura, xt, Haro extreme ex1 with a girvin. | | Bottom Line: | This fork is truely the biggest load of shit I have ever see and ridden. It licks. And to other wanker that thought it was good enough to get four chillies, well someone must have played a very crule trick on you. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
your mom
a Racer
from your house
Date Reviewed: May 27, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
the on i ride | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
cheap,looks good | | Weaknesses: |
non adjustable,shit in cold weather -35 celcius or lower | | Similar Products Used: |
chep sst | | Bike Setup: |
ritchey with race face parts | | Bottom Line: | buy it cheap and works decent | Overall Rating: |
| |
|
Photo Caption Contest
(sponsored by Maxxis)
|
Enter here
|
|
|
$ 125.00
