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svanen
a Weekend Warrior
from Copenhagen, DenmarkDate Reviewed: November 25, 2009
Strengths: Light weight and flexibleWeaknesses: noneBottom Line: It looks fantastic with the Dual crown and its even Light. On top of that it works like a charm. I have been riding urban and single track with this for for 6 years now and it has never given up on me. It might flex a little when testing it but you don´t feel it at all when hitting the tracks.
Favorite Trail: Single track with a few drops every now and then
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: A friend of mine bui
Similar Products Used: M1
Bike Setup: B1 bombus, sram x.9,
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Brian
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from Mountain View, CaliforniaDate Reviewed: May 23, 2002
Strengths: light, smooth, sweet looking. High pressure capabilitysWeaknesses: Flexes alot. Nagative air chamber leaks alot of air. Pain to pump up every rideBottom Line: The flex in the fork is good for me because I am not sure that my frame is rated for a dual crown. It makes a great freeride/dirtjumping fork.
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: Sid race titanium
Bike Setup: mongoose NX 8-5
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Bob
a Downhiller
from CO SpringsDate Reviewed: May 22, 2001
Strengths: looks cool, does have some travel but not enough for this big of a fork.Weaknesses: what i said above, i have having to put air in shox. Why does anyone like air shox, the suck. It isn't the slightest bit stiff. no plushness. PriceBottom Line: It's not nearly as bad as rear sids. Does have some useable travel. if you can afford it, get something else, you can buy some great forks with a allot more travel for the same price and even cheaper.
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: came with bike
Similar Products Used: rockshox judy C
Bike Setup: 99 homegrown 4 banger all mountain
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Chas
a Weekend Warrior
from West HollywoodDate Reviewed: April 18, 2001
Strengths: Light weight,Weaknesses: Negative spring never holds it's pressure. Rebound and Compression adjustments are non-exsistant. Only get about 3.5 inches of travel. Water leaked through the seal and mixed with the oil causing corrosion on inners of the lower legs. Guy at bike shop said I might have to buy new lower legs, yeah right! As far as stiffness goes, it's no more stiff than my friends single crown SID 100. The top seals that attach the boots to the lower legs keep coming off...POSBottom Line: I liked this shock at first cuz it was way better than my old Mag 20. But now I hate it! I would not recommend this fork to anyone. I'll give it 2 chilis for the fun times I've had on it.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Similar Products Used: Not much experience with other forks except for the old Mag 20's.
Bike Setup: 1999 Schwinn 4 Banger All Mountain
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kai docq
a Downhiller
from nanaimo. bc. canadaDate Reviewed: March 22, 2001
Strengths: it's nice, light, looks cool and really smoothWeaknesses: the colour, i had mine done by a friendBottom Line: even though it is only 4 inches of travel, i think that for what i do so far with my sweet bike, it is just fine with me, even tough that i wish to have a bit more, but i don't think that my frame will be able to take it, but anyway, all i can say is that i'm really satisfied of my suspension.
When i first bought my suspension, the colour was ugly (black) and couldn't match the colour design of my bike, so i had to customize the paint job on the suspension and it looks really cool now. it is sad that Rock ShoX doesn't give a wide range of colour flavour for their suspensions, but that's alright though. My suspension (dual air) is nice and smooth and yet haven't done any rebuild so far, but i think it might due for one soon.
in the bottom line, i love my suspension even though it has been customized painted and i might get it done again later on this summer, But i love my suspension and i won't trade it in for anything else.
Favorite Trail: anything
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$160.00
Purchased At: chain reaction (the realm)
Similar Products Used: Manitou and another rock shox 3"
Bike Setup: go have a look on my site at http://www.adean.co.uk/~aqua/
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Runforcover
a Downhiller
from Savona, BC, CanadaDate Reviewed: March 20, 2001
Strengths: Dual crown
Looks cool
LightWeaknesses: Flexy
Breaks real easy
Only 4 inchesBottom Line: Good for light freeride, don't use it for bigger drops, you'll just blow the seals. It's nice and light but i need a stronger fork.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At: eBay
Similar Products Used: z5, jetts, z1, etc
Bike Setup: 99 trek vrx 200, sid xl (duh), bmx flat pedals, the rest is stock
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Chas
a Weekend Warrior
from West HollywoodDate Reviewed: December 11, 2000
Strengths: plush 102mm of travel. Rigid. Soaks up the big bumps like as if they weren't even there.Weaknesses: top seals come off...always need to check and push them back down. Rubber boots always come off. Need to pump negative spring every other ride.Bottom Line: It's a great shock compared to my old Mag20. I wouldn't buy the shock again, but I would buy another unless I really had too. The top seal keeps on coming off from the bottom tubes, it's damn annoying. It doesn't help for the longevity of the shock either.
The bottom line is, it's a good shock. Not so good on the small bumps but great on big bumps and small drop offs. My next shock is going to be a Zoc.
Favorite Trail: RedBox Gabrielino trail
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Bike Setup: Stock 99 Schwinn 4 Banger All Mountain
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Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from CODate Reviewed: October 30, 2000
Strengths: Very plush and works with a variety of rear shocks.Weaknesses: none yetBottom Line: This fork is incredibly well made. ride it hard without worry. Had a dual crown white that blew up and the sid is 100% better. Makes my schwinn an awesome freeride bike. The c-3 knob on the bottom of the right keg makes the fork very adjustable. Can ride downhill and up hill very easily. Bottom line great fork.
Favorite Trail: vail, beaver creek, hall ranch
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At: universal cycles in Reno
Similar Products Used: white at-4 tested and sid 100, white dc 118 dh
Bike Setup: schwinn 4 banger, hayes disc, Rs super delux rear
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Kenneth
a Racer
from New HampshireDate Reviewed: September 9, 2000
Strengths: Light and adjustable and it came with boots.Weaknesses: The screw in air adapter.Bottom Line: The fork works great with my stock fox coil shock. I have used the fork for urban assault, single-track, and some street riding, no downhilling yet. This fork would be great for someone with just one bike that wants all around use.
Favorite Trail: any and all
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$430.00
Purchased At: Omer and Bob's
Bike Setup: KHS full-suspension w/ 4.5 inches rear travel.
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Ross
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado SpringsDate Reviewed: July 25, 2000
Strengths: Very plush; infinite ajustability; good price (get and older model)Weaknesses: A bit flexy, but not bad since I'm a bigger rider.Bottom Line: Just took this fork to Moab and it performed very well. It's not as stiff as my White Bros., but it is much more plush in its travel. Takes big hits and drops with ease. It's not a DH fork or even a freeride fork, but it should work well for the gonzo trail rider.
Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: White Brothers SC90AT; Rock Shox Judy XC
Bike Setup: Specialized HT, XT drivetrain, Mavic X517, Kore Elite Stem, Syncros seatpost, Tioga 2.1 DH tires, Easton Scandium DH bar
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Erik
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz, California, USADate Reviewed: March 28, 2000
Strengths: Awesome adjustability , very plush, and great response.Weaknesses: A littler flex when it gets hit hard and a littler pricy.Bottom Line: Geat fork for some one who will use all its capabilities as a XC and DH fork.
Favorite Trail: a good rooted single track w/ some dh
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Bulit all XTR w/ Hayey 6 inch disc brakes.
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Anthony
a Cross Country Rider
from So calDate Reviewed: February 12, 2000
Strengths: Super plush, Very easily adustable, It soft enogh for me 110 lbs its great I even get alll the travelWeaknesses: What r u kidding its infintly adjustableBottom Line: Bottom line great fork super light. If it bends lose some wieght. Your the type of people who break spin wheels
Favorite Trail: Xc
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: Judy 97xc
Bike Setup: Proflex 4000 Sid all xtr
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Evan Laudon
a Downhiller
from N Dartmouth MADate Reviewed: November 28, 1999
Strengths:
Great weight to travel ratio with good adjustments. wonderful steering and controlWeaknesses:
The adjuster goes on forever and seems to be a dirt magnet(thats y i put boots on it)Bottom Line: An overall light and squishy(100mm worth) kick ass fork that give that gives a smoother ride and a benz
Favorite Trail:
So many to choose
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Similar Products Used:
Judy XL and Bomber Z1 bam
Bike Setup:
Cannondale super V 700
I used to ride a headshok super fatty d which i'm looking to sell on the sale list of this site so check it out!!!
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Brody
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, AlbertaDate Reviewed: September 24, 1999
Strengths:
It's so light the weight/travel ratio (3.7lbs/4inches) is awsome I am turning my full suspension into an awsome trail bike and this is the best fork for that.Weaknesses:
Price ($1099 canadian) flexes a bit but thats better by far than my old Spyder R's.Bottom Line: This fork kicks ass!!!
Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
I used to have Spyder R's and my bike is a 98 Klein Mantra.
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John
a Weekend Warrior
from south of BostonDate Reviewed: June 19, 1999
Strengths:
the fork is easy to adjust and works wellWeaknesses:
Pumping it up can be a pain and I already had to replace a cap because I stripped it out. sometimes if you look down the tubes while riding you can see them flex front to back a little. there is no clicks when adjusting the comp and rebound so you can never come back to the same place again and if you keep on turning the knob it goes on forever so you really have no idea where a setting is to come back to laterBottom Line: Its a nice fork, a bit pricey, it works well and is lighter than a spring type fork but pumping it can be a pain and you can never get the same amount of air in it because it leaks when taking out the little adapter.
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Similar Products Used:
This is the first suspension bike I have owned and havent riden any others
Bike Setup:
I just got a 1999 gary fisher level betty se
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