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Submitted by
aaron98433
a Weekend Warrior
from pacific northwest
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | any singletrak/mountain | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came stock with bike | | Strengths: | Better than no suspension
Great if you are just messing around
| | Weaknesses: | Rebound kicks you in the arse, literally
Head seperates from piston repeatedly
| | Similar Products Used: | This was my first full suspension bike | | Bike Setup: | IronHorse Sinister purchased in '04; upgrades to everything except frame and wheels | | Bottom Line: | I used this shock for almost 4 years and technically it has held up but I have finally killed it; no problems for the first year but the attachment head kept seperating from piston and is impossible to tighten well even using loctite; pretty annoying when you come off a big jump and your bike falls apart underneath you; threads are completely stripped out. I am upgrading to FoxShox ASAP. If you are looking for a rear shock, look much further and dig deeper in your wallet. If your new bike comes with this, use it while you wait for a replacement. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael X
a Racer
from PA
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | State game lands trail No.156 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | the bicycle outlet | | Strengths: | can azorb every thing iv' given it (18 foot no down ramp) | | Weaknesses: | threds on the shock head | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose PRO | | Bottom Line: | I have taken it off of some sweet jumps. I took it off huge jumps for 3 months non stop then one day the shock head sepreted from the shock. I repeletedly fixed it then the threads became so screwed up that it is un fixable and I need to get a new one! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rhys Lennings
a Downhiller
from Australia
Date Reviewed: May 7, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Blackstone | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | REdcliffe cycles | | Strengths: | sturdy, looks alright | | Weaknesses: | stiff, leakes, no rebound, hardly any travel, barely moves, bad quality | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX 970 (now sold) | | Bottom Line: | Don't like it. Hardly moves, leaks, has no rebound and its not very good quality. All i can say is that it lasts. it has put up with 9 years off abuse including downhill and jumping and it hasn't broken | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
stavros
a Cross Country Rider
from Greece
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | many | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | it's ok. I have been using it for almost 5 years and it's still ok. It was already "assembled" on the bike. I have tested it quite hard (crazy downhills, taking big air...) | | Weaknesses: | "small" travel. Also, it's hard and doesn't absorb big bumps well | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Raleigh MAX LITE FS3 (1999 model). Front suspension Sr Suntour DC80, rear RST22, disc brake Diatech Twin Cam, transmision SRAM 9.0 (9 sprockets), aluminium 7005 frame. | | Bottom Line: | Buy it only if you don't want to spend lots of money. If you go serious & aggresive mountain biking, buy something else better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
TJ
a Cross Country Rider
from Brunswick, me, USA!
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | wherever my tire is | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Ok shock, doesnt bottom too easy. Seems like it will last, lasted 450 hard miles so far | | Weaknesses: | No dampning adjustment, pretty stiff | | Similar Products Used: | cheapo walmart junk | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn Moab DS3, pretty much stock, FOR NOW! | | Bottom Line: | Ok shock, works alright. Had the spring off and compression dampning is almost zero, rebound is pretty tight.
Its a pretty good shock, I will probably swap it out if I find a good shock thats adjustable.
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Submitted by
Bart X
a Weekend Warrior
from NC USA
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Had fairly good damping feel when new. When adjusted right it took 6 foot drops ok. Came stock on my X-10. Would probably be fairly cheap to buy if you could find anybody that actually sells them. | | Weaknesses: | Not much damping after 3 months of moderate punishment.Not much travel. Spring seems a bit short and too strong. Looks cheap. Wouldn't recommend it as an upgrade unless your bike came from Wallyworld. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Stock Diamondback X-10. | | Bottom Line: | If you don't ride over anything rougher than cracks in the sidewalk this thing would probably last a long time. After a few months of rooty trails the thing feels kind of squishy. This is the first thing to go in favor of a Fox Vanilla. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ricky
a Weekend Warrior
from st john's newfoundland
Date Reviewed: July 12, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | clovelly trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | sport chek | | Strengths: | ummmm it didn't break and it has a fair bit of travel. | | Weaknesses: | it is a bit springy on the recoil so you have to losen it a lot before that stops. It also keeps on getting lose from my frame. | | Similar Products Used: | none yet | | Bike Setup: | 20001 nakamura cliffhanger with easton handlebar and salsa grips with rock shox judy tt's | | Bottom Line: | this sock is a good shock for crosscountry and ok for rocky trails and up to 5 ft drops it takes it well . | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jools
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Sydney North Shore | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Warranty on old frame | | Strengths: | Hasn't broken yet | | Weaknesses: | Cheap and nasty
Rebound doesn't work
uses a 900 pound spring to make up for the pathetic oil dampening
Heavy | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Vanilla and Float | | Bike Setup: | Diamondback X-Link Pro frame - marzocchi mxc front - all XT stuff | | Bottom Line: | My old Diamondback V-Link snapped and they replaced it under warranty with a new X-Link however the old fox vanilla I had on the V-Link didn't fit on the new bike so they just gave me the RST instead. I'm saving for a new shock as this one is not responsive to small bumps or big hits. Its very soggy and clunks a lot. At least I've had a bike to ride for the past 3 months while I save up money for a nice fox or cane creek shock. I wouldn't recommend that anyone actually pay money for this unless you are in the situation where its an RST shock or no riding for months while you save for a new one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anson Koh
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | East Coast Park. All the way | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Might be cheap. not sure about the price. It's a simple suspension. | | Weaknesses: | Can't take big shocks. | | Bike Setup: | Haro Extreme X0 2001, marzocchi Dirt Jumper II, WTB moto Raptor 2.4. | | Bottom Line: | It's average, used it for 3 mths on my bike and it seems normal, can take all bumps, but not big ones. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris wuilleme
a Weekend Warrior
from ontario canada
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | anything rough and gets you in the air | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | spokeskis | | Strengths: | cheap so i've heard, seems solid enough i ride hard adn have not bottomed it out yet over 4'+ drops, though i am a light rider (145lb) and the spring is a 750lb. | | Weaknesses: | no dampening adjustment | | Bike Setup: | haro extreme x0 with rst 381 tl and deore derailler | | Bottom Line: | good enough for now but i want something with more stroke mainly to increase my travel if it comes with the bike use it but don't buy it get something better if you are putting out the cash. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe Momma
a Weekend Warrior
from Staunton VA USA
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Big Levels | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10000000000000.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo (stock on univega 950ds) | | Strengths: | its got a good price apparently. decals dont fall off. | | Weaknesses: | it sucks. its really bad. | | Similar Products Used: | rock shox coupedeluxe | | Bike Setup: | stock cept for the rear shock. | | Bottom Line: | this isnt really a good shock. rst should stick to stocking bikes that you buy at wallyworld. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pat Murphy
a Weekend Warrior
from LaPlata MD
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Bike Doctor | | Strengths: | It works great for small downhills and hoping roots | | Weaknesses: | The thing broke | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Haro extreme X-O 2000 | | Bottom Line: | The c clap which counteracts the pressure of an impact broke off. I contacted the manufacture and the guy told me that this was not a common occurancce but he had seen it before. I noticed the piece missing after bombing off a 3 fter so if this is normal riding for you I would not recommend. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Ant Cullum
a Downhiller
from Welford Northamptonshire UK
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | layby (welford) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | x-mas gift | | Strengths: | good over small jumps and bumps . cheap to buy so i have beentold. newcomers should get this . any better dont do it | | Weaknesses: | Not enough travel for the bigger jumps . or for the more nutty riders who just about jump and drop off every thing | | Similar Products Used: | RST 53 this is great | | Bike Setup: | giant atx 970 . planet x bars . vp 550's .rioggi rims rst mozo comp 3+ half inch | | Bottom Line: | good for small jumps and lumps . i whould go for nothing less than rst 53 if you wont rst rear shock | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
SEAN D
a Downhiller
from SAN dIEGO
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | BIKE SHOP | | Strengths: | sOMEWHAT PLUSH, ABSORBS SMALL JUMPS AND BUMPS WELL. bETTER FOR SMALLER RIDERS LIKE ME.cHEAP EASY TO REPLACE | | Weaknesses: | nOT ENOUGH TRAVEL-nOTHING COMPARED TO THE fOX FLOAT SHOCK | | Similar Products Used: | FOX FLOAT SHOCK | | Bike Setup: | GT i-Drive 5.0- rock shox judy c fork-shimano deore drive train. | | Bottom Line: | Good for smaller riders, and or begginers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick newman
a Weekend Warrior
from stocton, england
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | hamsterly forest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | skinnergate cycles | | Strengths: | it works | | Weaknesses: | not much travel
heavy | | Similar Products Used: | stratos | | Bike Setup: | stxrc/lx drivetrain judy tt
deore discs | | Bottom Line: | good shock for price nothing like fox or rock shox deluxe but works quite well | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tha Killa
a Cross Country Rider
from Warsaw, Poland
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | It's a shock instead of hardtail. 550 lbs. spring | | Weaknesses: | We'll see through the coming winter. | | Similar Products Used: | It my first rear shock | | Bike Setup: | Merida CObra + miscellaneous (front RST Beta TL) | | Bottom Line: | For me it works great as it's my first full frame. As far as now I don't know what damping really means but it seems to have a good one. Looks solid and as many peapole say coil is much more interesting than air. To tell the truth if you are to buy a rear shock choose RST 22A (with return damping adj.) or RST 56, 58 if want to spend some more money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nick Hector
a Downhiller
from martinez,ca,usa
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | annadale(long loop) 100 best rides | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | cheap | | Weaknesses: | spring way too small, flexes when a lot of pressure is place on it, mainly on drops | | Similar Products Used: | first | | Bike Setup: | gt i-drive 5.0 all xt rock shock judy tt, xtr wheel sets | | Bottom Line: | I am basicly waiting for the shock to go boom, although i do ride preaty hard, once it brakes i can buy a fox vanilla | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adrian Miller
a Weekend Warrior
from Glasgow, Scotland
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Nice and cheap
Quite plush (compared to my last shock) | | Weaknesses: | Kind of weak
Spring is too small | | Similar Products Used: | Shockworks thing (OEM on my '98 Saracen Blitz) | | Bike Setup: | '98 Saracen Blitz with '99 RST-22 shock,'00 Marzocchi Z1 dropoffs | | Bottom Line: | This is an OK shock, good for someone on a budjet. I like it more than the other thing I used, but that was like having a pogo stick shoved in the frame. The only real problem with it is the strength, I've noticed it flexes a little bit when stress it put on it. Also, the spring I got with it is too short by about 1/4 of an inch | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luis Rodríguez
a Cross Country Rider
from San Juan, PR
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Cambalache and Susua Forest | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | I really dont know. I broke mine before finish my ride. | | Similar Products Used: | ROCK SHOX Deluxe (actual) | | Bike Setup: | HARO Extreme 2000. Rock Shox Judy, Shimano XT, XTR components, Avid Arch Rival 40, Mavic CrossLink and Panaracer Firepro 2.1 | | Bottom Line: | What????????????????? The shok itself.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
alex spencer
a
from england
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | bond lane | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | cheap
easy to strip | | Weaknesses: | ugly
| | Bike Setup: | univega ram 900 d/h chain ring ,buckeled wheels,odessey twsited pedals wobbly b/b | | Bottom Line: | bounces
takes big air without much fuss
p.s. if you get chance fly down mt snowdon | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex Spencer
a Weekend Warrior
from england
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | cheap
copes well with small hits\jumps | | Weaknesses: | not enough travel
very ugly | | Bike Setup: | univega ram 900 | | Bottom Line: | copes fine until u try 12 foot drop off in quarry | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Garan Sink
a Cross-Country Rider
from roanoke va
Date Reviewed: December 22, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
works pretty well, nothing compare to fox vanilla r | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
many | | Bike Setup: |
souped up ds 900 univega | | Bottom Line: | works great for people on a budjet | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grisha Strashnij
a Cross-Country Rider
from Moscow, Russia
Date Reviewed: December 17, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Parks, hills, forests, show roads | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Price = 60 USD in
Moscow. Big maintainabity (possible
repair without special
tools). | | Weaknesses: |
Full death negative step after only 1000 km (~600 miles) and 1 month
racing. | | Similar Products Used: |
AMP B3 shock '97
Fox Vanilla ALPS 5 '98
Stratos Shock Pro '98
Many Ballistics. | | Bike Setup: |
Carbon OCLV Y3 Trek
frame 1997 year.
Full XTR set. Wheels
Ritchey OCR WSC +
Ritchey Z-Max.
Front Manitou SX-R 1998.
Rear RST-22. | | Bottom Line: | Unfortunatelly no ZERO point :-). I say 1 point.
Is very big. After 1000 km and 1 mount, I repair
this device (change oil and the middle piston)
about 2,5 hour. I made new middle piston from
poliuretan lining from skateboard track. Really, I made new device.
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Submitted by
Chris Jackson
a Downhiller
from N Wales
Date Reviewed: September 2, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Llangwyfan DH | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Good strength - good on routy sections - soaks up the shock | | Weaknesses: |
Cheap, not much travel, looks shite | | Similar Products Used: |
many | | Bike Setup: |
Raleigh Max Lite Zero-G with rst 381dh | | Bottom Line: | great for those on a budget | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MRT
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ont, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 15, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Dagmar | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Price, good dampimg (although not adjustable), reliable so far. | | Weaknesses: |
A little heavy (but expected for the price), pre-load adjustment only. Spring occasionally shock rubs on body if the preload is to slack. | | Similar Products Used: |
DSM rear air shock on a 1999 ATX 970. Fox RC on a Can. V-400. | | Bike Setup: |
Giant ATX 970 all w/VP 135 clipless. Pretty much stock. The STX RC crank is going soon, it stinks. The middle chain ring on the 4 arm cranks bend under tourqed climbs! My LBS confirmed that this is a fairly widely reported problem. Shimano claims it is not...yea right boneheads! | | Bottom Line: | It does a good job of sucking-up the bumps, while providing good damping. Mine came with a 350 lb. spring and seems OK. I wouldn't go buy one of these new, as there are much better shocks out there. However, for a box stock set-up, it's OK until it dies, providing that's at least a year or so into some serious rides. I'm giving it four for ridability Vs real low cost. If mine breaks in the next few months, I'll revise my rating. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Garan Sink
a Cross-Country Rider
from Roanoke, VA
Date Reviewed: June 12, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Explorer Park | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Great rear suspension for the deal, good rebound, similar to rock shox deluxe | | Weaknesses: |
cheap stickers, not rbound adjustable | | Similar Products Used: |
rock shox deluxe | | Bike Setup: |
Univega DS 900 | | Bottom Line: | Performs great | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Victor
a Cross-Country Rider
from Washington
Date Reviewed: June 2, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Down the toilet | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Every thing was fine. Great rebound and a responsive feel. cheep OEM | | Weaknesses: |
After two mounths it broke. The teeth on the coil adjuster smushed apart. | | Similar Products Used: |
RST 53 | | Bike Setup: |
99 IRONHORSE G-SPOT WITH A Z1 BAM AND A SET OF 9.0 SL DRIVE TRAIN | | Bottom Line: | THE RST 22 SUCKED AND DON'T BUY ANY RST REAR SHOCKS THAT HAS A NUMBER LESS THAN 53 | | Overall Rating: |
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