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lionelds69
a Cross Country Rider
from Great Falls, MontanaDate Reviewed: May 10, 2009
Strengths: Felt smooth on harder bumpsWeaknesses: Seals failed too soonBottom Line: I did not like the way this felt once I set it up seemed way to stiif at first but worked ok once a big bump jumped out at me. This was nothing compared to the dt swiss that I replaced it with. no true adjustabilty
Favorite Trail: Souther Helena
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: E Bay
Similar Products Used: Noleen spring and dt swiss
Bike Setup: Gt team I drive 4 2.0 volenta rims with xtr center locks sid front and xtr disk brakes
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Jason Yoo
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from Daly City, CA, USADate Reviewed: March 30, 2005
Strengths: Shock seems to work fineWeaknesses: Shock bushing came loose quickly. Customer service is a joke.Bottom Line: After some use, the shock bushing gave way and there was play between the frame and shock. The problem was that the fixing bolt threat was biting into the aluminum spacer which did not have a matching threat. Contacted Noleen Shock service by phone and e-mail. At first they tried to avoid any customer service saying that NR-2 was manufactured by DNM in Taiwan. Yeah, but it has Noleen tag!!! Igave them the size measurements of the bushing aluminium spacer because they promised to try find a similar spacer and call me back (about $10). But they never called back, and did not resond to e-mail so far. I am sure they would respond if it was $100+ shock service. Customer service is a joke, so beware whatever you buy from Noleen! Next time they might tell you their component was manufactured in Taiwan and has nothing to do with it!!!
Favorite Trail: White Rim Trail, Moab UT
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: REI (Came with the K2 frame)
Similar Products Used: Manitu rear shock, The 5th Element
Bike Setup: K2 disco monkey
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phill
a Downhiller
from salem, OR, USADate Reviewed: July 28, 2003
Strengths: great ride when every thing works. - i like how responsive the forks are and how the tail sticks to the ground. it rode as smooth as my cadillac.Weaknesses: *NR-2*. headset. gripshifts. crank.Bottom Line: i loved the way it rode until i was on a routine ride and the NR-2 began spaying oil all over my rear wheel and my legs. i took a look at it and tightened a few things, i really didnt know what i was doing but thought it would work. after a few more days of riding with no oil i went off a curb and heard a pop ! i thought my seat had broke but to my suprise the shaft that goes in the shock had snapped off right next to the bottom of the adjuster knob.
well, i saw that coming riding a NR-2 but i dont know if i should avoid noleen and K-2 all together and upgrade to risse or somthing. the previous owner had tried to get ahold of the illusive buy-out company for me and still no help. all i can say is f--k all you guys at K-2 and keep bitting balls you rat basterds. so far ive missed 3 competitions waiting on K-2. these guys want nothing to do with you except your money up front and then they turn their harry @$$ed backs on you when you need their help. die you spaz bite goat mouths! now i have to do this on my own you K-2 f--ks!
Favorite Trail: northshore, and silver falls, oh and my freinds backyard
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$650.00
Purchased At: freind
Bike Setup: proflex 855. girvin elite shocks. Azonic bars. mavics etc
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andrew plant
a Weekend Warrior
from new zealandDate Reviewed: June 6, 2003
Strengths: trying to get information on what other kind of rear shock ican put onto my pro flex 857 as one i have is blown and shops in new zealand dont deal with noleen shocks or pro flexs bikes at all .any help would be great thanks
Weaknesses: n/aBottom Line: help
Favorite Trail: cross and down hill
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$500.00
Purchased At: got bike off a mate
Similar Products Used: n/a
Bike Setup: pro flex 857
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Lou Marino
a Weekend Warrior
from Wilkes-Barre, PADate Reviewed: December 13, 2002
Strengths: Great for beating the crap out of until you need K2 to help you out with parts or warranty service.Weaknesses: K2 can suck my ass. They are worse than Haro for warranty. I have recently been blacklisted by Haro and am working really hard on K2 now. Bike companies SUCK!!!Bottom Line: I fart in the general direction of K2. The bike is great....the shock seems to be made from the crap of tree jungle sloths instead of cheese. The creaking coming from my shock is so bad that the biggest, baddest frog in the swamp can't hold a candle. I guess since I can't seem to get K2 or a dealer to help me out, It will sound like I am laying ass all along the forest trails forever.
Favorite Trail: Plattekill, NY
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$359.00
Purchased At: ediscountbike.com
Similar Products Used: Haro Extreme X3 (Broke that frame in a few months)
Bike Setup: The kind that will break and the manufacturer will not stand by. K2 Disco Monkey.
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balooga
a Cross Country Rider
from edmonton alberta canadaDate Reviewed: September 12, 2002
Strengths: Great shock so far. no problems with it, gives a smooth ride, looks good too.Weaknesses: none so farBottom Line: good shock, love it.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: came with bike
Similar Products Used: RST something
Bike Setup: K2 attack 2.0
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Hadrian
a Cross Country Rider
from Newtown, CTDate Reviewed: August 23, 2002
Strengths: -Fully adjustable
-Rebound adjustable
-Plush
-Light weight
-SILENTWeaknesses: -Spring ring is a mess. Adjusting the coil is impossible because the ring always comes out of place.Bottom Line: I have found this shock pretty reliable and durable. I'll post another review later on once i have taken the shock on more trails. The rebound adjuster is great and the shock itself runs silent. No squeeking or funny noises. the spring ring could be better but it can be managed with. I keep the damper clean and free of dirt. I find this helps a lot with keeping the shock from wearing out quickly. If you abuse it and dont take care of it, you'll get what's coming to you. Otherwise this is a great shock. Worth buying.
Favorite Trail: Bunker Trails- Sandy Hook, CT (my own)
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: Northeast Bicycles
Similar Products Used: Fox Vanilla RC, Fox Float
Bike Setup: k2 Disco Monkey
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Doug
a Weekend Warrior
from New Milton, Hampshire, UKDate Reviewed: February 17, 2002
Strengths: Fairly lightweight, apparently good build quality, damping works well.Weaknesses: Built from cheese, continually snaps where the shaft joins the base.Bottom Line: This shock works great until it breaks which seems to be far to often.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: local nike shop
Bike Setup: proflex, girvin forks, lx/xt, maguras with mavic/lx wheels.
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TiM
a Cross Country Rider
from Kingsville, Maryland, USADate Reviewed: October 25, 2001
Strengths: Very stong and durable. Nice rebound and compretion. Very easy to maintain. Lots of usable travle!Weaknesses: nnoneBottom Line: The bottem line to this shock is that is is very nice. I have never had any problems with it. In my preferance it is one of noleens best shocks.
Favorite Trail: Anything with big air and long rides
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Purchased At: Ebay
Similar Products Used: Fox RC
Bike Setup: 1999 k2 Oz-m
All XTR, and nice raceface stuff. Full carbon frame, Smart fork
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Hugo
a Cross Country Rider
from San Antonio, TX USADate Reviewed: July 16, 2001
Strengths: Smooth controlled dampening. Up until last weekend, no problems.Weaknesses: A bit heavy. Mine blew up.Bottom Line: Up until now, I haven't had any problems, butI had always been itching for an air shock so as to loose weight. Now that it blew up and is out of warranty, I'll be trying a Risse Genesis. I'm not sure what happened to this shock. The day it blew, I wasn't doing anything different than on any other day. I guess it just wore out. It wasn't a bad shock, but for the money, I think there are better ones (and lighter ones) out there.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Purchased At: Came with bike.
Similar Products Used: Rock Shox SuperDelux Fox Vanilla Float
Bike Setup: 16" Proflex 856, Noleen Carbon Crosslink
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Long Ranger
a Cross Country Rider
from Grapevine texasDate Reviewed: June 12, 2001
Strengths: I ride itWeaknesses: I ride itBottom Line: I really dont understand the lot of you, Ive NEVER broken anything on my bike. I weigh 205, and set the rear with lots of sag and all it does is work. Maybe I have good karma. When I first got my OZ, I looked here and everyone said what a bad shock the N2 is.I had already picked out a air RISSE model so I could replace the N2, but it just doesnt break - matter of fact I dont even think about it. Iam not riding on smooth trails, its rock base and rough as hell. Maybe I just have the good parts,,,or whatever
Favorite Trail: Rockledge
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At: not paid to advertise
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: K2 4500 "OZ" carbon fiber frame and gogeous EASTON carbon
fiber swingarm, MOZO XMO fork, "REAL" hub on rear,
trick after trick after trick
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Bam-Bam
a Cross Country Rider
from Bedrock, USADate Reviewed: April 22, 2001
Bottom Line: This is an update to my review of 3/7/00.
If you buy a K-2 bike, you should make a tube of K-Y jelly your first accessory purchase. Dealing with K2/Noleen/ProFlex, it's a dead-nuts certainty you'll eventually need it. Can you say, “BOHICA?”
I have owned 2 ProFlexes and loved then both . . . until something broke. The problem isn’t that they broke; everything eventually wears out or breaks. The problem is and has been with the manufacturer's support . . . or rather their lack of it.
I could say their customer service sucks but that would be a brash assumption. Which is to say I’m assuming they have customer service. I’ve seen no evidence of it yet.
I should have learned from dealing with the old ProFlex after buying a 755. But I got suckered into a deal on a closeout 857. And I’m finding that K2, if anything, is worse.
My Noleens blow regularly about every 6 months. Times two shocks, that means about every 3 months I’m down for a shock repair. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Sometimes they have the good manners to blow simultaneously, so at least I can get em' both done at once.
In my previous post I wrote that I’d had a local motorcycle shop rebuild both Noleens. K2’s bean counters apparently got wind that I’d located a sympathetic parts guy there who'd sold parts directly to my MX shop, hunted him down and had him drawn and quartered (sorry, bruh!). Now it is easier to get spare parts for a Tomahawk cruise missile than for a Noleen shock. And Noleen -- their bicycle shock division is owned by K2 -- no longer sells the NR2. So when your Noleen shock blows – and it will – you have only two choices:
1) Sell the broken K2 and buy something for which you can get parts.
2) Launch your NR2 into the K2 repair black hole.
K2's turnarounds have been 3 weeks to 3 months, are about twice as pricey as the local MX shop but only last half as long. Plus I can't get K2 to leave my tuned washer stack alone; I always have to disassemble their rebuild to correct their meddling.
Would I recommend the Noleen as an aftermarket buy? Sure, so long as you can afford to buy them by the dozen, and your brother-in-law works in their rebuild shop. Otherwise, try Risse or Stratos.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Bike Setup: Pro-Flex 857 w/Girvin fork
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Kev
a Racer
from reno/tahoeDate Reviewed: April 6, 2001
Strengths: This is one of the best handling bikes I've had, the problem is with support from Noleen on the shocks.Weaknesses: Sent both shocks into Noleen beginning of January so I would have them back in March to race. It's April, no shocks back, and they don't even return my calls. My local shop says their K2 rep is nearly invisible and they can't even get hold of him. Thing was, the shocks didn't need to be rebuilt, I was just doing normal maintenance by sending them in.Bottom Line: Not sure the shocks were all that great. I understand that if you have anything with the Smart Shock you're really screwed. I've had to spend over $600 to replace the front fork and rear shock since Noleen has failed to return mine. At least I have other bikes to train on.
Favorite Trail: Flume Trail
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Bike Setup: Pro-Flex 857,xt,xtr
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Beast Boy
a
from Melbourne, AustraliaDate Reviewed: March 4, 2001
Strengths: It worked well at firstWeaknesses: It doesn't work nowBottom Line: I have had this bike for about 5.5 months. I have put it through a beating but I didn't expect this. First I was riding down some stairs and I blew the seals (Not the shocks fault), then today I was casually riding down a blue stone alley way near my house and BANG!!!! I thought a rock had hit my frame. Then I realised that the spring had snapped in half. I have been jumping recently but I didn't expect this to happen. Does anyone else know of this happening? If you do can you e-mail me. Is it my riding, the spring being too soft or is it just bad luck. Other than this, when it isn't at the bike store getting repaired it is a great shock. I just can't give it 5
Favorite Trail: Our Jumps
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: '98 K2 Beast
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Submitted by
ian
a Cross Country Rider
from NJDate Reviewed: November 5, 2000
Strengths: um.... worked better then a hardtailWeaknesses: stiff even at the most plush setting
BROKE after 6 months of ridingBottom Line: I think the bottom line is that the frame geometry is bad on the bike, and being that this rear shock isn't top of the line, it breaks easy. All the weigh of the person is on the shock. I would reccomend looking at another brand of shock.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: bikesale.com
Similar Products Used: Risse
Bike Setup: K2 Proflex 3000
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