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tim Davis
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin TexasDate Reviewed: May 13, 2011
Strengths: SR SUNTOUR M7600Weaknesses: Hard bumps take very easyBottom Line: Great Bike for beginners to some medium off road. Handles well jumps good, and with the seat I installed it rides well as I installed the gel pack seats with shock absorber. Very light and comfortable to ride. Quickly changes gears and easy to go back and forth from gears. Stops on a dime and good balance.
Favorite Trail: Austin bike Express
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$600.00
Purchased At: Bucks
Similar Products Used: Schwinn
Bike Setup: Cushion seat, shock forks
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Taylor Shea
a Weekend Warrior
from Tauranga, New ZealandDate Reviewed: May 29, 2006
Strengths: Nothing maybe the fact that they hold the bike up so you can ride.Weaknesses: Everything, These forks are the cream of the crap, The springs are stiff in the cold and pathetic in the heat i weigh 52 kgs and i can bottom them out on a downhill ski jump, every one of them i know of has loosened off around the seals and ive just blew both seals on a recent mtb tournement doing xc.Bottom Line: These forks are dangerous if you have them and they are realativly new then you might not see any problems but soon you will.
Favorite Trail: Exit Trail, Redwoods Rotorua
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At: Penny Farthing Cycles
Similar Products Used: Um a road bikes forks.
Bike Setup: Scott Voltage yz2 stock forks buying rock shox setup for street and dirt jump.
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Dustin Seib
a Weekend Warrior
from Battleford sk. CanadaDate Reviewed: November 8, 2005
Strengths: Adjustable.Weaknesses: Everything from bottoming out to squeeking.Bottom Line: This fork ia not very good and I wouldn`t recommend it to anyone.
Favorite Trail: PEEGeeMan
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Similar Products Used: Cheap zoom fork.
Bike Setup: Norco scrambeler.
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Tom
a Cross Country Rider
from South East MADate Reviewed: May 2, 2004
Strengths: I would recommend buying a bike with this shock on it if you are just starting out and ride the streets and trails equally. It hanldes 95% of bumps that a less experienced rider throws at it.Weaknesses: It recently developed a painful sweek that I can not get rid of. I have bottomed out in warm weather and I am only 160 lbs. soaking wet!Bottom Line: Great shock for beginners and all around use. If you are planning on becomming really serious, these are not for you.
Favorite Trail: Vietnam
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: Sirois
Similar Products Used: SR Suntour M7700 actually
Bike Setup: I have a Raliegh M50 basically stock. I soon plan to upgrade, probably shocks first.
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Enoch Gray
a Cross Country Rider
from polk city F.l.Date Reviewed: May 5, 2003
Strengths: -cheap
-smooth
-durable
Weaknesses: -soft springs
-not for heavy peopleBottom Line: Good fork for beginers the factory springs suck!!
I Upgrade the springs and was ok till I hit big jumps
This fork is cheap aka not made for big jumps or big rumps
in the end you get what you pay for!!!!!
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: Came with bike
Similar Products Used: Getting new fork for heaver riding
Bike Setup: hard tail LX grearing
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Pedikab dude
from NYCDate Reviewed: February 15, 2003
Strengths: It seems like a good fork for road and city use under a light cyclist load. Anyone that won't ride on the mountain doesn't need anything better than this, whatever the big buck cyclists say. You don't want full suspension if you get off the bike to bring the bike down from a sidewalk.Weaknesses: It squeaks. It freaking squeaks. I tried WD-40, and it made it worse. I don't know how to get rid of the squeak. It drives me crazy. The bike looks good, but the squeak really bothers me.Bottom Line: If I could make it stop squeaking, I'd be really happy.
Favorite Trail: road!
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: Bill's cycles
Similar Products Used: None at all. Installed a rockshocks fork on my cousin's bike, and "dazit".
Bike Setup: Specialized. Came with plastic pedals and gripshift shifters on an ugly handlebar, but upgraded to a nice handlebar with salsa grips, extensions, rapidfire shifters, a computer, a loud horn and toeclips. Oh, and a nice alluminum rack too.
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Todd Webster
a Weekend Warrior
from New ZealandDate Reviewed: December 19, 2002
Bottom Line: I got a GT Idrive with one of these on it and it has been fine....it has handled 8 foot drops and big jumps fine....and cross country I have had no trouble....and the first ride on the new bike it went through a river......dunno what all the stress is about....
Favorite Trail: woodhill - big mumma
Duration Product Used: 3 months
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kingcaesar _0
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver, B.C.Date Reviewed: August 16, 2002
Strengths: Looks alright, absorbs enough of the mild trail bumps, and hasn't malfunctioned yet. Haven't bottomed it out yet, though.Weaknesses: Too expensive, bends under heavy braking.Bottom Line: Too crappy. Alright for riding on streets, roads, and easy trails though. If you have a hundred bucks to buy a shock, just save another hundred for a Rock Shox, Manitou, or RST! Since I live in Vancouver though, I haven't had any problems with cold or hot weather. No good for hardcore bikers or road biking.
Favorite Trail: Hayward Lake Railway Trail
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$140.00
Purchased At: Edmond's Cycles
Similar Products Used: RST 281R, RST 281, Rock Shox Judy C, and RST Capa CL.
Bike Setup: Phoenix Legacy - hardtail, cromoly frame, and weighs around 36 pounds.
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matthew bowden
a Downhiller
from maesteg,mid glamDate Reviewed: July 20, 2002
Strengths: same colour as bikeWeaknesses: @6months fork stanchions started moving forward and backwards as well as up and down. last weekend the right assembly bolt snapped its retention nut rendering the unit totally uselessBottom Line: does anyone know where we can get the forks repaired?????
Favorite Trail: afan argoed penheeth trail
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$320.00
Purchased At: with bike motorworld swansea
Similar Products Used: chili(equally crap)
Bike Setup: full suspension used on xc weekend rides
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Andy
a Weekend Warrior
from SheffieldDate Reviewed: April 5, 2002
Strengths: Cheap, looksWeaknesses: most things realy apart from looksBottom Line: this fork came on my friends bike, it's cheap and stops your arms from huting after long trials but that about it, don't buy it inless it comes on a bike. it's o.k untill you can aford to upgraid
Favorite Trail: common
Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only
Purchased At: Halfords
Similar Products Used: i've got Manitou Magnum R much better (cost more too)
Bike Setup: sacercen transverse
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BAG
from Ottawa, CanadaDate Reviewed: March 12, 2002
Strengths: cheap, maintanance free, relatively bomb-proof, great for commuters, Just enough travel to take the edge off potholes; not bad for $20 (canadian).Weaknesses: kinda heavy, not much travel, they don't work in the cold, they seem to steer kinda funny,Bottom Line: A great fork for a commuter bike, if you don't want to worry about leaving your bike outside all day.
Not recommended for serious mountain biking, but if you're just into casual riding on bike paths or on roads, you can't go wrong with these, they will last forever and they don't cost much. If you spend more than $65(canadian)on them, you got ripped off.
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$12.00
Purchased At: canadian tire
Similar Products Used: Marzocchi Bomber Z1 Drop-off, RST Aerosa, Noleen Cross-link, Manitou Spyder
Bike Setup: Raleigh Rocky II frame; Shimano Exage Mountain components; Alivio brake levers; SRAM Gripshifters; Kenda Bear Klaw tires.
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Dave
from HebronDate Reviewed: February 8, 2002
Strengths: um.. its ok for a beginner forkWeaknesses: its just kinda cheapBottom Line: its alright for a fork, if you just want a shock fork, a good starter, ive ridden it for a year and had nothing wrong yet, plus i ride a trail for an hour every day when i get home from school. is alright, it keeps me happy
Favorite Trail: anything fun
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: not many
Bike Setup: stock giant rincon se '01
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Alec Levet
a Cross Country Rider
from Perth WA AustraliaDate Reviewed: December 18, 2001
Strengths: Suntour, strength? heh heh heh!Weaknesses: every single thing about it!
-sticky when hot
-hard when cold
-bottems out far to easily
-damn ugly
-suck assBottom Line: never, i mean never! upgrade to these forks
lame ass
but cheap
Favorite Trail: any
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: Came with bike (Purcase Suntour?)hahahahahaha
Similar Products Used: Judy SL 2002 (although nothing is similar to suntour products!)
Bike Setup: Giant warp DS 3
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Drew Humphries
a Cross Country Rider
from Windsor,Ontario,CanadaDate Reviewed: December 1, 2001
Strengths: good for the new rider,once you get into the bigger jumps or harder trails ,you should upgrade to a better forkWeaknesses: Leaks oil,too plush,heavy.Almost rigid when it gets cold out.Bottom Line: If your a new mt biker I wouldn't recommend this fork ,because it will probably put you off the sport.But if your on a really tight budget it might be ok.
(Bonus you get a rigid fork in the winter)!!!!
Favorite Trail: Two Creeks
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$35.00
Purchased At: off my friend
Similar Products Used: manitou,marzochi,rock shox
Bike Setup: I rode these shocks on a CCM Heat(hahahaha)!!
But my real bike is a Santa Cruz Super 8,some iam kinda bias towards higher end forks and bikes
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bob
a Cross Country Rider
from VaDate Reviewed: October 3, 2001
Strengths: Actually I have the M8040
gets job doneWeaknesses: rigid in coldBottom Line: If you buy a bike with the m8040 shock it will last you a good while, but eventually you will desire a plusher ride. The shock works for me and I weighed 200 when I bought the bike, now 190. Shock takes stairs, logs, and jumps. I am about to purchase a noleen with a k2-smartshock to replace this. This m8040 shock is like a hyundai, it may not be the best or most comfortable, but it gets the job done and it looks okay too. Rarely ever bottmed out on me. Do not buy this if you are replacing your fork though, especially if you are a serious rider.
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: 2000 giant warp
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