Submitted by
jimziky
a Weekend Warrior
from san diego
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2009
Strengths: lockout, travel, strong
Weaknesses: none yet, i will repost if any occur
Bottom Line:
so far so good. bought them of a guy who did an instant upgrade to his bike so they were in new condition. reading these reviews may have put me off, but i own 2 bikes now and the judys were about done on the rockhopper, so for a $100 i couldn't go wrong. if they do leak or fall apart i will repost, but so far i'm sold on them. heavier than my sids, but then most other forks are.
Submitted by
dbruning
a Cross Country Rider
from Minneapolis, MN, USA
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2009
Strengths: Stiff, lockout, u-turn, 100-130mm
Weaknesses: Heavy (~5 lbs).
Bottom Line:
I am not installing this fork! It arrived covered in oil and after ready the multiple bad reviews about it leaking oil, I'm not even going to mess with it! I'm surprised RS hasn't pulled this fork and is allowing it to still be sold.
Submitted by
bummed rider
a Weekend Warrior
from Liverpool, NY
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2009
Strengths: Black color matched the black of my 08 fisher tassajara
Weaknesses: can't hold oil for anything. just another similar story, leaking oil out of the rebound adjuster. I thought it was just a bad crush washer. tore it all apart, replaced o-rings and washers with the service kit. put back together and filled with oil - and it starts leaking again. must be coming down through the rebound damper. goodbye fork, goodbye rockshox.
Bottom Line:
product weaknesses say it all. it was fine until it lost the oil - I thought maybe the garage it sat in over winter got too cold (only reasoning I could come up with) until I saw the other reviews on mtbr. now I know it's just a pizz poor product.
even if it was free, I'd still give it 1 chili cause really it's just a worthless pile that made me waste money on service parts, oil and a bunch of paper towels from sopping up all the lost oil.
Similar Products Used: looking for a good replacment from another company
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Submitted by
ABRAHAM
a Weekend Warrior
from Puebla, Mexico
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2009
Strengths: Stiffer than my old Psylo SL due to 32mm legs and bigger crown. Good range of travel adjust (85mm-130mm) you will love it on steep climbs, effective lockout (I have no poploc on the bars) and decent rebound adjust. It offers a wide range of configurations in order to prepare your next attack to your favorite trail.
Weaknesses: A little bit heavy, noisy during the first rides, you can even hear the U-Turn spring working.
Bottom Line:
I bought this fork without reading the whole claims you find here, but even after this short period of time, I have realized the fork works fine and the noises are less than before.
Certainly I put lots of kilometers on it (150Km in two weeks) and I think this helps the fork to adjust internally in order to work better.
Weaknesses: Everything: flexy, heavy, leaks oil, doesn't really do anything ..its almost a rigid fork
Bottom Line:
By far and away and without a shadow of a doubt the worst forks I have ever owned.. In terms of performance they don't even match up to Manitou 3's that I owned some 15 yrs ago..ok they had v little 'rubber' travel but at least they smoothly went up and down, the stiction on the puppies is terrible. I have emailed uk to see if they can recommend anything to improve, but no response.
Furthermore, they started to leak oil after a couple of months, fixed under warranty, but following posts here im fully expecting it to happen again.
Ok these are much cheaper than most of the forks I have owned (these are on my 2nd 'hack' bike) but they are all but useless...complete pap, thats it. I can't honestly recommend them to anyone, im sure there are better forks out there for less money.
Similar Products Used: Fox Float 100R
Mazzocchi ?? Z3
Pace RC36
Manitou 3
RS Judy SL
Bike Setup: stock Spesh rockhopper (rest of bike is great by the way)
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Submitted by
wicked
a Cross Country Rider
from allentown, pa , usa
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2009
Strengths: easy to install
Weaknesses: The adjustable travel initially looked impressive, but turned out to be a gimmick. That was just before it started to leak oil (in less than 3 months)... yes, lots oil all the time. I seemed to be constantly dabbing it with a tissue thinking to myself what an idiot I was to buy it.
Bottom Line:
I came into some dough and bought a Jamis XCR Expert. Fox front and back. Nice, what a difference. A riding buddy has a Rip 9 with Rock Shox Reba upfront. Less than a year old and he's been complaining about it leaking oil too and not holding air. Maybe just coincidence, but when you're spending that type of cash, you just expect so much more.
Bike Setup: K2 came with a crappy Suntour fork that I wanted to "upgrade", is why I bought the Rock Shox. Big mistake. Should have stuck with the crappy Suntour.
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Submitted by
Uncle John
a Cross Country Rider
from Limpopo
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2009
Weaknesses: Absolute rubbish ! Leaking oil. Loose its stiffness......
Bottom Line:
Already returned the shock for repairs twice. The last time retuned from repairs the shock is worse, the rebound settings (slow or fast) is removed! with oil leaking from the lockout at the top.
Why don't SRAM just acknowledge they have a reject product and replace all faulty shox ! Instead I suffer, because my bike is more in for repairs.
Submitted by
disasterous
a Cross Country Rider
from South Africa
Date Reviewed: February 6, 2009
Strengths: fair travel for a X-country fork & its fairly cheap in this country. Nothing else bad has happened yet......except in my weakness column
Weaknesses: Leaks oil from rebound adjuster - have sent this in to my LBS so that they can fix it seeing as though i bought it 2 days ago & havent even ridden the bike yet - It was meant as an upgrade to my bike - feels downgrded in a serious way to me from the rubbish spinner grind fork - they even worked better & thats the stock crap that came on the bike
Bottom Line:
Dont buy this fork unless you want endless headaches oh.... & of course oil pissing out everywhere from the rebound adjuster. SRAM your products are kak to say the least. This is the 1st pair of RS ive ever bought & will definately be my last. You will never get another cent from me & youre a useless company - where are your contact details (cowards it would seem cause they make such an inferior product).ill give it 5 for value cause it looks good from the outside & thats how they con you in to buying this piece of rubbish but overall you get dog .......so SRAM whats that telling you. You are POOOOOOR
Submitted by
Moodrid
a Cross Country Rider
from Ft Worth
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2009
Strengths: Only thing that I can say is they look pretty good.
Weaknesses: Leaks oil,Rebound quits working.
Bottom Line:
Blew the rebound knob out within 20 minutes on first ride.Sent in to RS and they fixed it under warranty.2 moths later leaking oil and no rebound.Sent in and once again they fixed it under warranty.They are still seeping oil.Check the net and you will find this is a pretty common story.Wish I had my money back.
Submitted by
Big Mo
a Cross Country Rider
from NorCal
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2008
Strengths: Felt good at first (60-70 trail miles). Look solid.
Weaknesses: Leaking oil (bad), lockout worked for a little while. Basically they are sold as a xcountry fork, so if you ride aggresive or intend to ride alot of rock gardens or rooty trails then stay away. Wouldnt trust these on anything over 3' unless a perfect transition.
Similar Products Used: none - its my first suspension fork.
Bike Setup: Giant talon. standard setup with Larson TT's
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Submitted by
Rayzor
a Weekend Warrior
from Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Date Reviewed: October 25, 2008
Strengths: Worked for about 2 months
Weaknesses: Leaks oil
Bottom Line:
Waste time and money to take bike back to shop of purchase to get fixed. Rock Shox knew there was an issue but did not notify user or dealers to alert buyers. Oil leaked on my new carpet!
Bike Setup: Front Suspension only on a Specialized frame
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Submitted by
sierrak
a Weekend Warrior
from Upper Valley, New Hampshire
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2008
Weaknesses: I've ridden this fork less than 10 times, mostly short rides (<10 miles), and it's leaking from the rebound adjuster. The cap comes off really easily, but fortunately I haven't lost it.
Bottom Line:
Is it too much to ask to make an oil cap that screws on, rather than just sliding on without threads? This is probably the least expensive piece of this fork, but once it's gone the fork is useless.
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