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Stacy Triplett
a Cross Country Rider
from Katy, Texas USADate Reviewed: April 5, 2007
Strengths: This thing awesome! It has unbelieveable travel and is extra soft on the areas! Wish I would have bought it years ago.Weaknesses: Trying to fit it to my TREK Y26! I did some engineering to fit it to the frame with the frame bolts but what a mess. The ones that come with it do not fit the frame so use your old one's.Bottom Line: This is an awesome addition to your bike for those long hard rides! I ride hard and long and don't have to worry if it will stick to the bottom. It doesn't!!!!
Favorite Trail: anthills
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1800.00
Purchased At: Bike Barn
Similar Products Used: Fox
Bike Setup: TREK Y26, Duke Front Shocks, Acera Shimano gear, Salsa, Easton
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Shaun Hensher
a Weekend Warrior
from Sudbury, ON, CanadaDate Reviewed: April 5, 2002
Strengths: Good travel, good reboundWeaknesses: Structuraly weakBottom Line: It was good while it lasted, but after one season of not-that-rough riding, the top seal broke and I lost all my damping. Now it bounces like a pogo-stick.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Purchased At: Came with bike
Bike Setup: Brody Reactor with dual-crown Judy XL fork, Shimano XT derailers and brakes, Shimano LX crankset, Mavic 221 rims, Axiom Amoeba riser and handlebar.
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Tim Tucker
a Racer
from Winter Park ColoradoDate Reviewed: March 15, 2002
Strengths: Climbs like a champ. Takes this 8ft drop I do all the time. This shock is six years old has no problem and I punish it every day.Weaknesses: you have to prelode the spring to much. I wish it had more tavle.Bottom Line: It make for a good trale bike. I would recomend this to a light weight rider who is on there game. If you are over 160lbs replace the ciol spring with one out your car. If the shock is to heavy for you, you must be a pro xc racer. If you are Joe Blow free rider the extra grams just do not matter.
Favorite Trail: all of them
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$25.00
Purchased At: friend
Bike Setup: Diamondback V-link. with custom made billet extentions for more travle.
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Jonathan Hartman
a Downhiller
from San diegoDate Reviewed: February 1, 2002
Strengths: Good damping control and good travel. It is good on climbing up hills without taking all your energy.Weaknesses: To short of a spring. If it had a bigger spring it could get a lot more travle for your money.Bottom Line: A really good shock that doesent need very meany fix ups. It could do better on spring size dut that it. Overall it performs really good up hill.
Favorite Trail: Noble cyn
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: Bernie's Bike Shop
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Hank Chinaski
a Cross Country Rider
from Hank, Chinaski, HankDate Reviewed: November 24, 2001
Strengths: Plush, adjustable reboundWeaknesses: OEM setup was bad - see belowBottom Line: My bike always sounded like it was coming apart on bumpy downhills & it was nearly bucking me off on large hits - until I figured out the shock was topping out. I replaced the very thin (like water) fluid in the shock w/ some 10 w motorcycle shock oil, & now the bike is quiet & the shock is very plush & consistent through its travel.
I can't imagine that the more expensive "upgrades" to this shock are much better, because this shock really works well for XC riding. I've hit a lot of big bumps with this thing, & it keeps on asking for more.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Purchased At: came w/bike
Similar Products Used: Risse air/oil
Bike Setup: Mongoose NX 8.3
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Ian
a Cross Country Rider
from Rotorua New ZealandDate Reviewed: August 2, 2001
Strengths: I have the 2000 model its very stiff but can be easily softened, easy to adjust, good for cross country riding, good rebound. I can do climb hills without it bouncing around
then go down hill and get an exellent rideWeaknesses: None for the type of riding I do except that would like a lockout but you can't have everything.Bottom Line: I think this shock is exellent value for money, you can get better shocks than this but you also pay a lot more
Favorite Trail: Rotorua
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: Rock shock delux rear shock which I think is not that good as it's to soft.
Bike Setup: Moongoose NX 8.3
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Al
a Downhiller
from Oxnard, CADate Reviewed: July 19, 2001
Strengths: well.. it came on my V-link back in '96. It has never leaked oil, though it's heavy as all get out. rebound and compression suck.. have to run a lot of preload to keep from bottoming outWeaknesses: umm well.. it's not dampened very well.. i'm gonna get either a fox air vanilla RC or a stratos helix shortly..Bottom Line: well it's good as a OEM el cheapo shock.. a step up from the POS on the murray FS bikes you see at walmart. after 4,000 miles offroad with decent use the nut on the link finally snapped off the piston rod.. 3 flamin chilis as indestructible POS
Favorite Trail: Emma Long MX Park
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Cycle Scene
Similar Products Used: RST Delta HL, speed springs, slick honey
Bike Setup: '96 vlink, 5" travel linkage (custom - email me for one if ya want it)
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CAMERON ALLEN
a
from north carolinaDate Reviewed: June 7, 2001
Strengths: ITS GOT GOOD TRAVEL ITS STIFFWeaknesses: HAVENT RIDDEN IT ENOUGH TO FIND A WEAKNESSBottom Line: ITS A GOOD SHOCK FOR SINGLE TRACK TRAILS AND A BIT OF FREE RIDING. It want brake i know that much
Favorite Trail: pee wees mountain bike park
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$75.00
Purchased At: dicks sports store
Similar Products Used: RST CANE CREEK SID
Bike Setup: MONGOOSE PRO ZERO G3 JETTS IN THE FRONT
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Adry Alauddin
a Weekend Warrior
from Subang Jaya,Selangor, MalaysiaDate Reviewed: March 31, 2001
Strengths: Durable, rebound damping, cheap..it was free( for me )Weaknesses: Don't know yetBottom Line: Great shock if it comes OEM. Good replacement shock if you're looking for a cheap and reliable one.
Favorite Trail: Kiara.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: a friend gave his to me when he got a newer one
Similar Products Used: undamped rear shocks on my freeride bike
Bike Setup: dual sus bike with 4 inch read travel. rock shox judy XL up front, grip shift plasma , FSA afterburner cranks
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Vince
a Weekend Warrior
from Palm Beach Gardens, FLDate Reviewed: January 15, 2001
Strengths: The unit is simple and performs it's intended function for a shock in it's class.Weaknesses: I weigh over 200 lbs and the shock has 2 problems:
1. The spring tension has to be set extremely tight that --
2. it overcomes the stock unadjustable rebound valve dampening.Bottom Line: OK shock to use in a light duty situation or if you're light in weight (130-170 lbs). Sharp impacts rebound with abrupt force almost throwing me on a few occasions.
However, I do note that this IS an entry level shock and cannot be compared to the expensive units.
Duration Product Used: 3 months
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Mika
a Weekend Warrior
from FinlandDate Reviewed: July 26, 2000
Strengths: A basic rear shock with very effective rebound adjustement (from no rebound at all to almost lockout). Affordable. Spring rate was suitable for me. Works as promised.Weaknesses: A bit heavy, but so are all coil shocks. Check that you have the coil centered around the shock body if you have carried your bike and moved coil by unintentionally - it might not be centered and will rub your shock body and scratch it (if that happens, you'll hear it).Bottom Line: Replaced the original shock of my bike because it blew with this Fastrax RL rear shock. A good basic rear shock comparable to basic coil shocks from RockShox and other brands with rebound adjustement.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: Stratos, Cane Creek
Bike Setup: Orange X-1 Pro (Pace in front, XT&LX parts)
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Alexandre Johnson-Chalifour
a Weekend Warrior
from Montreal, CanadaDate Reviewed: May 8, 2000
Strengths: I guess it is cheap...no maintenanceWeaknesses: No adjustments, heavy, weak and NAMEBottom Line: I don't know if you can buy that aftermarket. If you can, DON'T! If it came stock on your bike, change it before it blows up!
Favorite Trail: Bromont
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Similar Products Used: Fox Vanilla R, Cana Creek AD-10
Bike Setup: Mongoose 8.1, modified to make a bomb out of it...
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Josh Pelland
a Cross-Country Rider
from Williamsburg MADate Reviewed: August 6, 1999
Strengths:
Quick (good when going fast)
Light for a coil
ReliableWeaknesses:
Way underdamped
No damping adjustabilityBottom Line: Not good for riders over 135 pounds, since it is way underdamped it will bottom out on big hits. It works pretty well on fast DH but bottoms on drops. Its hard to find a point on the preload that is plush but won't bottom out alot.I'm replacing it with a Stratos Strada Pro in a couple days, along with an XMO up front.Since this shock probably only costs about $75 to buy new, and it is reliable and, dispite its lack of advanced features, not THAT bad... I'll give it three well-done enchiladas.
Favorite Trail:
Amethyst Brook
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Similar Products Used:
Fox Vanilla
Fox Alps 5r
Fox Air Vanilla
Stratos Strada Pro
Stratos Helix
Rock Shox Deluxe
Girvin/GT ODS
Bike Setup:
Diamondback V-Link 3.0 (same exact frame as Jm reviewed, I bought it from him)
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Jm
a Cross-Country Rider
from OkDate Reviewed: May 16, 1999
Strengths:
Light.....um...light?Weaknesses:
Not enough rebound damping, not ajustable.Bottom Line: Fairly lame shock overall. No ajustability, the damnping sucked for me, cause I'm heavier, so on low speed impacts it tended to rebound pretty wildly, threatening to throw me from my bike. It was ok at fast speed and climbing. Two starts, one for lightness, one for high speed preformance. Needs ajustablility, more rebound damping, Any ajustable shock is an upgrade from this.
Favorite Trail:
12MOH
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Similar Products Used:
Fox Vanilla R, Rockshox Superdelux, Risse Terminator a few others I can't think of right now.
Bike Setup:
Diamondback Vlink 3.0
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Jeff wu
a Downhiller
from Hsin ChuDate Reviewed: May 2, 1999
Strengths:
Cheap.
Compression damping adjuster is effective.
Replacement was free.Weaknesses:
No rebound damping adjuster.Bottom Line: Great Shock for the price. I blew the shock once after two years of use. Wish the adjuster was for rebound rather than compression.
Duration Product Used:
more than 3 years
Similar Products Used:
RS Super Deluxe
Bike Setup:
Fastrax F-1, RS Judy SL
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