Similar Products Used: none realy, used rs dart 2 but its not anything similar...
Bike Setup: nothing special...shimano lx, avid juicy 3 brakes, on a nakamura summit disc bike...
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Micho
a Weekend Warrior
from Cracow, Poland
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2009
Strengths: It's a very stiff, plush and light fork. Many adjustment. Very sensitive for small bumps through the two air chamber. U-turn is a great idea for All Mountain ride.
Weaknesses: Not recognized yet. Really.
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Yeah, I don't wanna buy another fork. RVL is greatest fork I've even ride.
Bike Setup: Cannondale Jekyll, RVL, Fox Float RC, XT group
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sbmac
a Weekend Warrior
from Huntington LI
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2009
Strengths: Amazing forks. Plush, stiff, adjustable and quick to fine tune. Motion control with pop-lock.
Weaknesses: The adjustable pop-lock doesn't dial in the "between" compression very well...I never use it unless it's open or locked. That's all anyone needs anyway, so no big deal. Planning on changing the pop-lock to a push-loc for that reason, since I have an extra.
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I HATED the coil spring Pike that came on my bike. I tried switching to the lighter coil, then it was too soft. I was stuck inthe middle with it with my weight. I swapped out the Pike for the revelation =/- air shock. Damn, what a difference. In addition to making the front of the bike lighter, the bike handles better, jumps better, and for trail riding, soaks up everything I can throw at it
from roots to 3 foot drops.
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Yeti Guy
a Weekend Warrior
from Calera, AL USA
Date Reviewed: June 24, 2009
Strengths: Plush, infinite adjustments with the positive and negative air chambers. High quality knobs and paint, the white fork looks awesome.
Serviceable by Push Industries!
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
Excellent fork for the money. This review is for the Revelation 426 U-turn air fork. I've ridden this fork around 1000 miles during the 1-1/2 years I've had it. A couple of rides ago I started noticing some harshness up front,(actually soreness in my neck and arms) never even thought about the fork being the culprit but it was. I ride it in the 130mm setting and the fork wouldn't compress any deeper than the 100mm mark, compression and floodgate adjustments made no difference. I figured the fork just needed service so I sent it to Push Industries for service and their magical upgrades.
Got it back within a week and it's even better than when I got it new!!
Excellent fork in stock form and even better after service by Push. Very please with the fork and Push and highly recommend both.
Similar Products Used: Fox 36 Talas RC2, RockShox Recon
Bike Setup: Trek 6700 with many mods
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5.5Pilot
a Cross Country Rider
from Asheville NC
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2009
Strengths: This if for the Revelation Dual Air No U turn...Lite, Stiff, Infinately adjustable. Tough As Nails. Serviced anywhere and upgradeable by severaly aftermarket suspension houses I.E. Suspension Experts, PUSH Ind. Dirt Labs
Weaknesses: Still Looking...I know this seems unobjective but seriously I keep looking for a reason to upgrade or spend more cash on somthing "Better" I cannot find a reason to pull this form off my bike. YES ITS THAT GOOD!
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I am a bit of a techno junkie. I am always looking for the latest bit of "KIT" to "Improve" my toys. Honestly I have no reason to move to another fork. Not even the 2009 version. This is the BEST fork I have ridden. BAR NONE! Hangs with other forks that are MUCH more cash intensive. Feel good when its new...but feels GREAT once it breaks in a little. 30-40 miles and you are good to go. For the type of riding I do XC, Trail riding and All Mountain this fork is spot on. I cannot break it. I thrash it and it just keeps on giving back. Great job Rock Shox!!!!
Similar Products Used: RS SID, Judy...Other assorted Eurotrash.
Bike Setup: Intense 5.5 EVP, Fox RP23, Mavic Crossride, Jucy 3's SRAM X7 ETC.
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Schmurtz
a Weekend Warrior
from Srbija
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2009
Strengths: -very stiff
-super light 1720g (100-130 u-turn/air)
-infinitly adjustable
-perfect lock-out system, floodgate is the sweetest little thingy ever
Weaknesses: -developed a knocking sound within first few milimeters of travel when u-turn i used (no problems in 130 or 100 positions)
-lost about, ... , hmmm let me measure, 1/1 000 000 of an inch of travel
-stupid iso disc mount, wish it had post...
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i havent tried the fox, so i can't say for sure; otherwise i would,
!!!this is the best trail/am fork your money can buy!!!
downhill performance is unmatched, 130mm is 130mm, not 90mm with 'super smart bottom-out resistance' or something... , it's a real dh bomber, yet it's crazy light
i'm a bit of a jump monkey (185lbs) and still it works great
brake diving is minimal
the knocking sound realy doesn't bother me because, ...
!i don't use u-turn! i think it's ridicilous! ... compared to marzocchi eta
yeah, right... like i'm going to set it at 117,19657mm of travel...
even without it my bike is positioned perfectly for climbing and descending (thinking about getting me one of them 'on the fly hight adjust seatposts')
travel loss (if you have so sharp eyes to be able to notice, 'good for yoooou!!! ^^ smug...!) is a price you pay for having the plushes fork and is understandable if you know how dual air works
floodgate is an excelent climbing tool; set it - a bit, lock it out, and you got your self a 50mm fork that dives very easily to the lockout position when you shift your weight to handlebars and go for an uphill sprint, and it's very efficient driving platform overall
buy this thing
Similar Products Used: Rockshox, Dart 1, 2, 3. Rockshox Reba.
Bike Setup: Giant Yukon FX, full XT.
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justjoshnya
a Cross Country Rider
from Lake Ozark, Missouri
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2008
Strengths: This Review is for Revelation Dual Air (no U-Turn). Stiff. Plush. Sexy. Highly Customable with positive and negative air chambers, rebound, motion control, poplock
Weaknesses: None
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I am a professional bike mechanic and have worked on and ridden lots of bikes and forks. Believe me when I say this is the best 5" travel FOrk I've ridden. WIth so many settings it takes a while to dial in, so be patient. Once the seals break in you have to change them a little again. ITs all worth it, this fork is bad to the bone. I had a Reba before this fork on my other 4" bike and it was bad to the bone too. I love the poplock remote lockout and motion control knob. It allows you to take the pedal bob out of the fork but yet keep it super plush. I recommend a lower shock pressure than recommended by Rock Shox. They say for me to run 130PSI for my body weight(180), but really the fork has to be set at 100 PSI to use all travel without bottoming out. FUrthermore I set the negative chamber at 5psi higher tham positive (105) to add a slight more bit of plushness. Then I turn the motion control knob on poplock lever about 1 turn to take out pedal bob. RIdes sweet. Love ROck Shox forks. MY last Rock Shox Judy lasted 8 years and was still working great when i sold it. My secret: Put a couple drops of try flow on stansion seals every other ride. Wipe stansions clean.
Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Reba, Fox Float RL130. Rock Shox Judy Race.
Bike Setup: 08 Trek FUel EX 8
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slowandlow
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2008
Strengths: Price reliability tuning
Weaknesses: Need indents for ebound adjustment
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Super plush, never have worry about air seals with coil spring. Hard to beat for the price. I'm clyde at 225 and run it at the 120 setting and it's perfect.
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Geovanni
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2008
Strengths: Everything.
Weaknesses: None so far. Except the damper adjuster knob on the bottom should have a length lower than the axel tab. Also need to include a star nut for the price and better documentation. Otherwise a 5 chilli.
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Well I upgraded the fork and wheels at the same on my cheaper XC bike. Holy smokes all I can say is night and day! I never knew that I could float so fast across all those rocks and bumps. Was a little nervous about the price and the Easton AM wheels were pricy too. I'm a crazy XC rider doing some AM stuff and these shocks make all the difference.
Strengths: Nice fork with light weight n runs smooth. Lock out is easy to reach and useful. Cross Country down hill is excellent, it gives you 100% control and shock absorb! single trail is the best!! tuning is pretty easy too. they are cheap and reliable as well
Weaknesses: u need to pump twice (dual air, but i'm not saying dual air is bad .. they are GOOD!)
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Well, I love this fork because its my first AIR fork and they provide brilliant control and performance. The 08 model looks better than the new 09 and cheaper as well (but 09 has 140mm travel). Its quality can compare to Fox! Recommend to xc riders who like a bit more than xc
Bike Setup: XT full, Magura Louise bat, Mavice XM 719, P.O.G hubs, Geax Saguaro, truativ...
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Daveooo
a Weekend Warrior
from Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2008
Strengths: Light, Stiff, Responsive, Easily adjustible, Good value for money (although slightly pricyer were i bought them)
Weaknesses: As someone else mentioned the brake cable route/fixing is a bit funny. The stock spring would have been to light (but buying them from TF ment the change of spring {to a hard one} was free {and the 1st service will be half price}, warenting the extra cash at the point of sale
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I used to ride mostly jumping/DH but have moved more towards extreme XC; ie. playing riding everywere and putting most effort in to the downhills and making the most of the jumps/drops on any route!
Snapping my Z1's (so old I couldn't get replacement parts!) ment I need a new set of forks, the were the most apealing due to the adjustability and uturn giving me the option of riding at the 100mm travel I'm used to (most 100mm travel forks are now aimed at xc rather than jumping/dh). Also it was one of a few that heavier duty forks that still runs quick release (upto 08 modle - I was told 09 will be maxle!). and a plus point for me is even with 130mm travel setting it has not advesley effected the handeling of the bike (designed for a 100mm fork), and if anything brought the bike alive.... so much fun on technical single track, it tracked and performed so well (but that said I was used to a 9year old set of Z1's)
Similar Products Used: Marzocchi '99 Z1 BAM's (I snapped them and needed a replaicment!)Fox 36's (on my full sus)
Bike Setup: Curtis Super X, Hopes f&r, Mavic 521 on Hope Pro f&r, Azonic double wall bar and shorty stem, DMR cranks with single (42t) ring, 8speed Shimano XT rear end.
Super reliable and taake considerable punishment with my (17 stone) piling down the hills.
I love the coil set up as its so plush
I can't recommend them highly enough but sadly they are a bit short for my Enduro so I'm selling them.
Hope the Lyrics are as good.
I swore id never go back to RockShox after having my old Marzocchi, but this fork really impressed me. Im 6'4" 220, and it doesnt flex at all. im very happy with it and highly recommend it to others. I typically run it at 100-115mm. Running it at 130 slows my handling down too much.
