Submitted by
ceaneysd
a Cross Country Rider
from San Marcos, CA Date Reviewed: September 1, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Daley Ranch, Escondido, CA
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At:
Performance
Strengths:
Adjustability, weight, and price
Weaknesses:
The product has locked out after less than 6 months of riding on it (no more than 30 miles per week)
Similar Products Used:
Marzochi and Manitou Forks
Bike Setup:
Marin Team Ti, with a combination of SRAM and Shimano componentry.
Bottom Line:
I am quite displeased with this fork. I never had any issues with my marzochi nor my manitou. I rode them for years and I am probably going to go back to them shortly. They were bulletproof. I would not buy this fork again and probably won't buy another RockSHox product!
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Submitted by
pierocapredoni
a Cross Country Rider
from Mendoza, Argentina Date Reviewed: March 28, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Singletracks
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
NeoBike
Strengths:
Weight, Adjustability, Quality
Weaknesses:
Leaks Oil when in inverted position (not only MY fork, all the others REBA Ive seen do the same)
Bike Setup:
Giant Anthem full XT
Bottom Line:
This fork is really good deal. I'm in the heavy side of riders, at 220 lbs. So I think I use this fork rough. Pumped at 140lbs pos and 145 lbs neg, its a dream on rough terrain. Not very stiff but enough.
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Submitted by
eexo
a Weekend Warrior
from Russia Date Reviewed: December 7, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$450.00
Strengths:
very lite, works great, great flexibility.
Weaknesses:
fork started leaking oil within 4 months, developed knocking sound
Similar Products Used:
rst gila t7
Bottom Line:
Great product when it worked. Have to fix it now. It's a disappointment when not-so-cheap fork gets broken that soon.
Advice to a buyer: make sure that there is no oil at the bottom of the fork and the lockout works, otherwise you'll have problems with oil leaks.
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Submitted by
boogievoogie
a Cross Country Rider
from ukrain Date Reviewed: November 4, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$450.00
Strengths:
very lite, a lot of ways to adjust, working great
Weaknesses:
none so far
Similar Products Used:
RS tora, RS recon
Bottom Line:
I definitely recommend this fork, and sure buy it with poploc
good work on low speed, great work on fast movement. Really increases speed on bad surface
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Submitted by
azDcab05
a Cross Country Rider
from phoenix,az Date Reviewed: October 27, 2008
Favorite Trail:
somo
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$450.00
Purchased At:
online
Strengths:
great flexibility.
Weaknesses:
product broke in less them 2 months of riding. Fork seems permanently locked out. Sending it back under warranty.
Similar Products Used:
manitou splice
Bottom Line:
Great product when it worked. I'm a concerned how soon the product failed. Hopefully the repair will be smooth and i just got a bad apple.
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Submitted by
petiot
a Weekend Warrior
from Montpellier Date Reviewed: September 1, 2008
compression damping system paired to lock-out systems, a pain to set up correcly
Similar Products Used:
SID team
Bike Setup:
BMC FS01(scandium), race face, hayes, mavic ST
Bottom Line:
I had an giant anthem and bought this because I wanted something stiffer. And it was a lot stiffer, but the anthem geometry doesn't take 100 mm forks very well. When i changed frame, i really appreciated the potential of this fork: stiff, plush but not lazy. You can adjust it the way you want, but you ll need to spend some time for testing settings.
I don't really like the compression damping system which is linked to the lock out / flood gate systems: makes it awkward to set up and almost unusable. Just consider that this fork has no compression damping system and you ll be fine.
Apart from this, this is a really great fork, and a lot better than more expensive alternatives.
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Submitted by
Paul Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from Ukiah, CA USA Date Reviewed: May 17, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Low Gap/ Masonite
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$420.00
Purchased At:
Ebay
Strengths:
Extremely adjustable. Pushloc remote works flawlessly. Lockout still provides .5 inches of wheel travel. Great attention to detail by Rockshox
Weaknesses:
Would like to see an integrated front brake cable attachment. Don't relly like the zip-tie method
Similar Products Used:
Fox F80 RL, Fox Vanilla
Bike Setup:
2007 Giant Anthem 0 w/ Panaracer 2.1 Fire XC Pro tires
Bottom Line:
The Rockshox Reba Team w/Pushloc was a woderful upgrade to the Giant Anthem. The low speed compression harshness of the Fox F80 RL is gone! I'm sure the Fox RLC is much nicer with the stutter bumps. With the Reba set up @ 100mm the steering is a bit slower, but the plushness of the Reba is sweet. The Pushloc lockout is awesome. No more reaching down to the fork crown to actuate the lockout ( Fox now has a remote lockout for '09). Reba tracks beautiful after getting the positive and negative pressures correct. There are a ton of viewpoints on this subject! I'm 180lbs. Pos. 110psi / Neg. 120psi
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