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Corporal Punishment
a All Mountain RiderDate Reviewed: May 16, 2012
Strengths: Feels good. Looks great (black stanchions, black lowers, black crown). Badass. Cheap. BOMBER!Weaknesses: Developed a creak in the crown.Bottom Line: This would be a 5 chili review except for one thing - the crown developed a creak after just a few rides. I contacted ^oldschool43^ from the review above and we've been having an interesting email conversation. He's sending out his 2nd fork for warranty repair for the same crown creak issue. I'm hesitant to do this until I'm sure its a safety issue. I'm sure I can mitigate the noise, but the idea of the fork coming apart at the crown is pretty scary. It feels solid. The noise shows up with lateral force applied to the stanchions. Flipping the bike, standing on the bars and flexing the wheel side to side produces a loud creaking sound. This is a real shame because otherwise this is an awesome value fork. It performs well and there's very little flex. Before I started getting nervous about the noise I had no problem with 3' hucks and generally riding it pretty hard. I hope this is just bad luck for me and oldschool43, but if anyone else is having the same issue, I would love to hear from you.
Duration Product Used: Cunningham Park
Price Paid:
$275.00
Purchased At: ebay (new)
Bike Setup: AM/HT
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NoVA_JB
a Cross Country RiderDate Reviewed: April 13, 2012
Strengths: Solid fork that competes with Rockshox
Great priceWeaknesses: Only comes with a QR which was ok since I didn't want to upgrade my wheel
Documentation isn't the best.
Not as well known as the big boys like Rockshox and FoxBottom Line: I upgraded this fork on my GT I-Drive and what a difference it made. I didn't realize how bad the Manitou Splice Super was. I've only ridden it twice and the first time I took it easy to make sure I installed it correctly but the second time I put it though it's paces. Took the bumps smoothly with the right amount of rebound and dampening and didn't bottom out as I'm about 200Lbs.
This fork has 140mm of travel and it's 10mm more than the Manitou at it's highest setting, I wasn't 100% sure on how to put the spacer on so I figured I would ride it out of the box to see how it was and I liked the ride and I think I'm better off with the extra travel.
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At: Modernbike.com
Similar Products Used: Manitou Splice Super
Bike Setup: 2006 GT I-drive 5 3.0
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oldschool43
a Weekend Warrior
from Kenosha, WIDate Reviewed: April 9, 2012
Strengths: Looks, Lockout, Performance, travel adjustableWeaknesses: Bit heavy, customer service?Bottom Line: The fork performed weird out of the box. The first ride, the spring rate floated around the middle of the travel and wasn't propressive in the slightest. Called and told them of the issue, the oil level was about 20mm lower than it should have been. Easy fix. Remove air spring cap, fill with fluid to the proper level, done. That call was fine, more to come. The performance was way better. Progressive. Had to scrape the plastic paint off the rebound adjuster because I couldn't turn it. With 2 hands, it was near impossible. Took a few big bumps without fuss. I was very pleased. It was ridden primarly in the thawing mud, so it wasn't pushed hard at all, but it was enough to know the fork will work good when it would be pushed a little harder. On the 6th ride, I started getting a creaking noise from the front of my bike. Being a bike mechanic for 12 years, I figured it was the stem-bar area, and made some adjustments, no fix. When I got home I took off the bar-stem and replaced them with a different bar-stem and it still made noise. I called and was told to send it in. After 10 days and 2 emails on the 10th day, I called to check on the status of the fork, because nobody responded to me. The guy on the other line wasn't very friendly. Almost acted like I was ruining his day. Said he didn't receive my email the middle of the week before. I don't get why companies allow crappy customer service to continuey. It needed a new top assembly. I am glad it was replaced, but this being a brand new fork, you'd think someone would want to keep a potential repeat customer happy. I didn't have to go with this fork, there are lighter forks around, but I thought I would go back to my roots and get a fork from the company that first made me like suspension in the first place. Anyway, it feels like the old fork I remember. Seems fairly tunable. The price is nice. Is stiff even with QR hubs. I'd say it's a really good fork, might be the best fork in this price catagory.
Favorite Trail: South Kettle
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$264.00
Purchased At: Outside Outfitters
Similar Products Used: 90's XC 700, Atom Bomb Z2, Manitou, Showa, Fox Vanilla R and RLC
Bike Setup: 2011 Cotic BFe frame, Hope Tech X2 brakes, headset and Pro 2 EVO hubs, Race Face cranks, stem.
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Firepoint24
a Cross Country Rider
from Maitland, FL USADate Reviewed: January 31, 2012
Strengths: Relatively light, Air shock. Uses standard connection to add air (no adapter needed).Weaknesses: Having the mounts for the V-brake posts is a little annoying when building a bike. The shock does NOT include a pump.Bottom Line: I have 50 miles on the shock at 140mm and I like it. The shock feels good and is responsive. The rebound adjustment has a large range from "fast" to "slow" I am 150 pounds and I am thinking of adding the included spacer to the shock to reduce the travel to 120mm and will post an updated when it has been ridden in the configuration. The triple black is neat too.
I was hesitant to buy a Marzocchi but just after 50 miles I can say I like the feel of the shock. I hope the quality of build is up to par with their competitors. A three year warranty is also nice. I paid $300 for it form pricepoint.com and I think that it is a great shock for that price.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: Manatou Skareb
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