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Jack Mehoffman
a Cross Country Rider
from San FranciscoDate Reviewed: September 2, 2002
Strengths: Light. Matches color scheme of Trek Y5 '98 (if you like yellow). Better than nothing on jumps.Weaknesses: Many.. Mucho STICTION! Dampens like bouncing on a soft rubber ball (once it overcomes the stiction). Bottoms out easily, even with adjusters all the way tight. You'd be better off with paded gloves on small bumps and fire trails. Dampening is zero in both directions (compression and rebound).Bottom Line: Any shock from Rock Shox bottom of line will be better. Answer should stick to making clothing (IMO). Admittedly, this is an older shock with old technology. I should try some of the Manitou “Black” line to change my opinion of Answer Products as I don’t want to give them a bad rap for just one poor product. I rebuilt the whole thing and cleaned and re-greased it in vein. It still stinks.
Favorite Trail: Del Valle
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$50.00
Purchased At: Pegasus Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Judy & Duke, White Bro's (nice), BOMBER (the bomb).
Bike Setup: '98 Trek Y-5 (I love it). Fox Vanilla R, All XT & XTR.
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Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, CanadaDate Reviewed: February 11, 2002
Strengths: I'm can't belive how strong this fork is for the money.
Great trials forkWeaknesses: Sucks for small bumps and rough downhills, tire clerance.Bottom Line: For the price I can belive people complain so much. I've done 7 footers to flat and 20 foot gap jumps and have yet to hurt this fork. It keeps my wrists from snapping and although it may not compaire to my psylo my psylo cost's a couple hundred more.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Purchased At: came on sister's bike
Similar Products Used: Z3, Indy SL, Judy C, Psylo XC
Bike Setup: Schwinn moab for winter/urban/trials/riding to school
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Gerald Wong
a Weekend Warrior
from SingaporeDate Reviewed: August 13, 2001
Strengths: Looks good, with the plush looking Manitou Sticker. It rarely bottoms out, and relatively light (3lbs).Weaknesses: Plastic preload caps are long gone by the time i got it (previous owner used it on PAVED HIGHWAY GRADE ROAD for one year), hence no adjustability by the time it reached me. No noticeable travel unless I jam hard on the front brakes. Lotsa sticktion. ZERO availability of spare parts. Rebound dampening cannot be readily adjusted, and it is fixed to be extremely slow. It would not be that bad if spares are available to customise and repair it, but there's zip of spares, so i resorted to cutting apart and re-balancing the elastomers on each side of the leg to achieve some level of customisation. I gave up eventually and got myself a new Fork for that bike.Bottom Line: Get a life. Get something that u can fix and customise yourself or get something with a whole range of spares like the Marzochi's. Flimsy plastic should never have been used on front shocks.
Favorite Trail: Mostly Urban Routes in the night
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: 2nd hand, came with 2nd hand bike
Similar Products Used: Rockshox Indy C, Rockshox SID XC '01
Bike Setup: (1) Trek Y5 with Rockshox SID XC 01 Fork, XTR Groupsets, FOX Vanilla R Rear shocks
(2) Mongoose Hilltopper with Rockshox Indy C Fork, STX Derailers
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chris bladgon
a Cross Country Rider
from st johnsDate Reviewed: July 19, 2001
Strengths: Light weight. Practical for a beginner, or intermediate rider. The travel is sufficent for easy riding.Weaknesses: 1) Max's out too easily
2) Doesnt perform up to par on steep downhills.
3) Stiffens in cold weatherBottom Line: What can I say? This is more or less a beginner shock then anything else. If your ready to do some hardcore downhill then I suggest to upgrade to a better shock. It will give you some scence of control and indampment, but on big bad hills the shock wont perform up to par, I gaurentee you. Im only starting to get into downhill biking, and Im only starting to realize how elemtary this shock really is. There is nothing really wrong with this shock, for what it is. But its designed for beinner to intermediate riders.
Favorite Trail: White hills
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: free ride
Similar Products Used: Nill
Bike Setup: Mongoose NX 8.1, Shimano STX RC components and derailers.
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andy
a Cross Country Rider
from atherstone UKDate Reviewed: April 10, 2001
Strengths: light, nice action, adjustableWeaknesses: difficult to work on, plastic internal fittings (including a plastic screw thread that snaps easily when tightend!). one of the seals in mine went a knacker letting oil drain into parts of the fork it shouldn't be in thus making the whole thing rigid - a real pain. (good availability of spares though)Bottom Line: not the best - not the worst, had mine for 3 years with one major failing costing 25 quid to sort (plus a few man hours labour - but i don't charge myself cus it'd be a bit scitzo!) upgrade, we are !?
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At: noahs
Similar Products Used: rst's
Bike Setup: marin east peak
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Olly
a
from PooleDate Reviewed: November 15, 2000
Strengths: Plush travel never had any problems and there light very well dampenedWeaknesses: no major problemsBottom Line: buw mine
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$330.00
Purchased At: Primera Sport
Similar Products Used: Bomber z2's i prefer the manitou the Z2's are a bit pricey
Bike Setup: specialized rockhopper A1 comp fs Azonic world force pro shorty stem and Azonic single wall bars and trials pedals
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Tom Eriksen
a Cross Country Rider
from Stockholm, SwedenDate Reviewed: October 26, 2000
Strengths: Simple, cheap.Weaknesses: Clog up fast and easily. After frequent use during the first winter, the travel turned from smooth but slow to quirky and hard. Even the bike shop was amazed of the frosty feeling of the suspension. The problem seems to be the friction between the pistons and the main body. It packs up very fast.
$80 later I had a restored fork but the suspension has deteriorated ever since.Bottom Line: Don't waste money on this one. Get yourself a real fork like the Manitou SX.
Favorite Trail: Hellas
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: Mantou SX R 98
Bike Setup: Klein Pulse Race
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chris williams
a Cross Country Rider
from High Wycombe, EnglandDate Reviewed: September 4, 2000
Strengths: Light weight. Looks good.Weaknesses: Difficulty servicing. I have broken parts just trying to get them out of the legs. Not so plush in cold weather. Servesing from top of leg is a painBottom Line: Plush light weight fork at reasonable price. Difficult to service (parts get stuck in the fork legs)
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$229.00
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: cross country
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alex
a Racer
from jericho vermontDate Reviewed: December 3, 1999
Strengths:
weight
cost
travel
chicks dig emWeaknesses:
they are a little thin aroundBottom Line: a kick @$$ shock, tons of travel, weight, and the chicks dig em
Favorite Trail:
eastern cup
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Similar Products Used:
rock shok indy s
rock shok judy
Bike Setup:
what ever the store gave me
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Jason
a Weekend Warrior
from Arlington TXDate Reviewed: November 8, 1999
Strengths:
PRICE, color, Does exactly what a shock's designed to do - for a hell of a lot less $ than most others forks.Weaknesses:
Boots don't stay put on the bottom.Bottom Line: This shock is sweet as pie for the price. $120 at pricepoint.com (including tax and shipping). I love the color. I've ridin a lot of other bikes with various different shocks, and to tell you the truth, unless the fork costs $400 or higher, I can't tell a damn difference between any of em'! Works for me...5 flame'n chilie thingies.
Favorite Trail:
Lake grapevine
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Similar Products Used:
Rock shox Quadra
Indy
Jett
Bike Setup:
Schwinn badlands
mostly LX components
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Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Fargo, NDDate Reviewed: November 8, 1999
Strengths:
very light and easy to use. Once you have it dialed in, it takes all of the bumps I have hitWeaknesses:
none that I know of yetBottom Line: I have seen a lot of bad reviews on this product...but for the price I paid, the help I have received, and the performance...this shock wins hands down. I paid only $100 for it...as you will be able to find this price everywhere now! I know it isn't the TOP shock on the market..but if you are going to do just some weekend riding, and not jump off houses with it...this is the shock for you!
Favorite Trail:
all of the local trails
Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month
Similar Products Used:
Rock Shox Jett C
Rock Shox Judy XC
Bike Setup:
Schwinn Moab Elite 95'
upgraded XT components
Manitou Spyder R
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daniel
a Racer
from edmonds WaDate Reviewed: October 12, 1999
Strengths:
soaks up everything once u get it adjusted, pretty lightWeaknesses:
none reallyBottom Line: im surprised to see so many bad reviews on these shox, I LOVE THEM, they are light responsive, and quite stiff. Sure there is better out there, but i havent yet had a problem w/ these. These shox have taken over 1200 miles of abuse from me, from checkin out the local bmx jumps to school the bmxers or ridin pro downhill these things have taken it. Have to work to get them adjusted but once u do they are sweet.
Favorite Trail:
tiger mountain
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Similar Products Used:
rock shox indy xc
rst crap
more rock shox, and some duo track crap
Bike Setup:
rockhopper A1 comp fs
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Andy B
a Cross-Country Rider
from YorkDate Reviewed: October 3, 1999
Strengths:
Light Weight, Cheap, OK travel.Weaknesses:
Lack ridgidityBottom Line: These forks are great as a cheap suspension solution. They generally hold up well whatever the terrain and have enough travel for the average rider. Make sure you keep the shock boots on though or you will have all sorts of problems. In short these are a good fork for the money, but do take quite a while to bed in, so be patient!
Favorite Trail:
N.York Moors
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Similar Products Used:
Manitou Pro C
Bike Setup:
Kona Hahanna 98
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Aaron White
a Weekend Warrior
from Iwakuni JapanDate Reviewed: September 19, 1999
Strengths:
Light weight, PRICE,Weaknesses:
Flex, Difficult to remove lowers (special tools)Bottom Line: For the price, A great fork! I ride every weekend in rain /mud/sand/rocks/trees...you name it, and this thing has held up to all my abuse. Cut the boots off and wipe the slider occasionally and it'll never let you down. I wouldn't suggest it to a heavy rider (200 lbs) but if you're average weight and don't jump off houses with it, the Spyder R will serve well. Just don't pay over 150 for it.
Favorite Trail:
South western Jp with Rain
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Similar Products Used:
Judy XC, RST 280,281,381
Bike Setup:
98 Kona Hahanna (aluminum frame even though hahannas are Chromly!?)
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Shorty
a Cross-Country Rider
from Newark, DEDate Reviewed: September 10, 1999
Strengths:
Good starter shock with low price tag.Weaknesses:
Couldn't get it apart to fix it. Makes rebound noise. Paint is chipping.Bottom Line: This is the follow-up that I promised in my previous review... Manitou gets points for taking care of me when I had my LBS call and rant about the stripped plastic nut. Manitou did the right thing and sent new 99 replacement parts (I used a loner in the meantime so I'm not sore about down time). It's back together and works good for what it's worth. It has an annoying thunk on rebound but I must say that it hangs in there when I mash it and I do mash it. There's too much flex but I knew this was not the shock for me (it came with the bike). I'm looking for a hunky replacement. 2 Chilies for an OK product, 3 more for helping me through my woes (honor wins big with me), minus one chili for thunk, minus one for twist, and minus one because the paint is chipping off.
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Similar Products Used:
See my previous review.
Bike Setup:
Klein Mantra with many upgrades. See my previous review.
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