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Micah Radnich
a Weekend Warrior
from Norco, CADate Reviewed: December 8, 2008
Strengths: Did what I needed, Great lockout feature for a 37 lb. bike.
That's about it.Weaknesses: Drove all the way out to this Kona ride park in Fort Collins, CO and the rebound gave out and the shock stayed sucked in. Could not turn the +/- knob and eventually just rode the shock in lock out position. Don't know if it was a big drop but I also bent both mounting bolts and cracked the shock mounting gusset. May not have been the shocks fault since the bolts share a similar fate. You get what you pay for. Don't be cheap, go with a race quality shock.
Bottom Line: Thought I got a good deal, worked good for a long time. If you really like stupid drops, this shock will cut your trip short.
Favorite Trail: Fullerton Loop
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$75.00
Purchased At: bike store
Similar Products Used: stock equipped, don't remember. Coil over oil.
Bike Setup: Giant Warp DS3. 2.7 Kenda DH, bike = 37 lbs rider = 185 lb
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biker
a Downhiller
from utahDate Reviewed: October 15, 2006
Strengths: good adjustment. dosnt bottom out.Weaknesses: noneBottom Line: this is a great shock. i reccomend. I love it especialy for the price i paid. I am surprised at how well it worked. Great for light to moderate downhill freeride, that is all i use it for.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$10.00
Purchased At: play it again sports
Bike Setup: big hit spec, sherman
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Endre
a Weekend Warrior
from HungaryDate Reviewed: July 17, 2006
Strengths: Large variety of adjustments is available, nice stuff while it works: pretty sensitive, nice rebound characteristics, doesn't weight a ton and all the stuff that make a rear shock good.Weaknesses: Broke after 1 year of light use... The lockout died in about 1 month.Bottom Line: It's really disappointing... No one should buy and no one should manufacture weak products like this.
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: 5th Element, Rock Shox Super Deluxe, Shock Works DH
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Tommy
a Downhiller
from Santa Cruz, CaDate Reviewed: June 6, 2004
Strengths: It looks like a back shock.Weaknesses: Rebound is way to fast. Rebound control doesn't work. IT SUCKS!Bottom Line: I hate it. I tried to suck up a jump I was goind off and the shock sent my front down and my back up. I went over the bars and cut every part of my upper body. I am calling Fox Racing Shox and buying a different shox once I heal. Stupid shox.
Favorite Trail: Top of the world
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Bike Setup: 04 Jr.T fork.
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Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from MaineDate Reviewed: December 2, 2003
Strengths: It does what it supposed tooWeaknesses: Zero.... suprise suprise.....Bottom Line: After reading all the horrible reviews I was expecting to get a P.O.S but to be honest the shocks works quite well. I'am happy with it eats the small stuff and it doest bottom out on the jumps I'am taking with it. The Lock-out is a nice touch 45lbs of downhill bike, makes for a far better climber.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: came stock
Similar Products Used: Fox shocks
Bike Setup: KHS Fetish
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Dropman
a Downhiller
from PGDate Reviewed: April 4, 2003
Strengths: total crapWeaknesses: it's crappyBottom Line: warranty within a week? damn i've been waiting 6-7 months already to get mine back, i went and bought a romic instead. I really dont care if it ever returns now it's the biggest pos shock i've ever seen, lockout quit, snapped it in half. ya it's a pos
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: romic, fox, 5th
Bike Setup: fetish
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Evan
from AustraliaDate Reviewed: March 24, 2003
Strengths: Strong, smooth strokeWeaknesses: under dampenedBottom Line: I don't know what you guys are conlpaining about, I've put this shock through some of the roughest terrain you'll find round here, as well as a bunch of big drops and only ever had one problem which was solved by warranty within a week.
This shock kicks ass especially for the price($250aud)
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: rock shox super deluxe(blown to bits)
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Bryant Rudy
a Weekend Warrior
from Kingston, New York, U.S.Date Reviewed: January 11, 2003
Strengths: None, the spring is the only thing worth salvaging.Weaknesses: Everything.Bottom Line: I went to hit a drop on my bike and the stroke arm SNAPPED. I now have 2 busted ribs, a brokes ass bone, a broken leg and arm (6' drop). I am calling KHS and telling them I want my money back.
Favorite Trail: Local
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: it came on my KHS DH-50 Fetish
Similar Products Used: Nothing, anything is better, even a stick would hold together longer.
Bike Setup: 2001 KHS DH-50 Fetish stock exept 2003 Jr.T with Marzocchi QR20 hub.
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colin ace
a Downhiller
from belfastDate Reviewed: January 1, 2003
Strengths: none...less than none...........Weaknesses: everything you can think ofBottom Line: You might as well mold a shock out of warm fudge......it would be more useful....the lockout died after 3 trips out .thats less than 4 hours of extremely Light use.....absolute rubbish.....the shock, sorry fudge stick, came with my CLUBROOST DH8 FRAME. I think Club roost are supplying a different shock with this frame now......not hard to see why
Favorite Trail: leadmines
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: Rockshock
Bike Setup: dh8 frame, jrt, xtr
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kris rasmussen
a Downhiller
from Decatur, ILDate Reviewed: September 30, 2002
Strengths: Piece of sishWeaknesses: EverythingBottom Line: DON'T BUY IT!!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR RIDE SWITCH TO FOX OR STRATOS. SOMETHING WITH MORE TRAVEL
Favorite Trail: north shore
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: anything you can buy from wal-mart
Bike Setup: Custom KHS Fetish, hayes dh pro 8in rotor, raceface northshore crank, 36t chainring, mrp system 1 chainguide, rhyno lite rims, marzocchi shiver 20mm axle, chris king headset, azonic shorty stem, kore freeride riser bar, xt rear derailleur, intense dh tires 2.35. Everything is solid expect for the DMN suspension
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Aron
from PGDate Reviewed: August 9, 2002
Strengths: is there any?Weaknesses: Lockout/rebound/shaftBottom Line: this shock is a POS if u ride moderate to hard dont buy this shock, first off the lockout slowly began to gain more bounce the longer i used it till it stopped working, than a couple weeks after that my rebound adjustments start to only work occasionally, sometimes i'd have rebound control sometimes it wouldn't, a couple weeks after this problem the entire shaft just snaps in half. Dont buy this shock if u plan to jump more than 1 foot in the air, the shaft snapped when i didn't even get to make it to a jump that particular day.
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: Fox/Romic
Bike Setup: Custom KHS fetish, nothing stock except the shocks which is the only peices i'm having problems with.
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Nate James
a Weekend Warrior
from Denver, CO, USADate Reviewed: August 5, 2002
Strengths: Absolutely NoneWeaknesses: Extremely poor quality
No warranty or service availableBottom Line: Obviously, ths is a very poor shock. This shock broke on my frame the night that I finished assembling all the components. I didn't even ride it 10 feet!! The worst part is that I had a friend that bought the same frame, and he was kind enough to allow me to use his shock, and that one broke the same day that I installed it!! I e-mailed everyone that I could find at DNM and there was absolutely no positive response. They just told me to "take it to the LBS for repair." If someone wants you to have this shock, make sure that THEY are paying YOU, and not the other way around. This doesn't even deserve one flamin' chili.
Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: Came on frame
Similar Products Used: Stratos Helix Pro
Other DNM junk
Bike Setup: 2000 Viking Thor LS :), Rock Shox Psylo SL, XT Drivetrain, Raceface stem, bar, seatpost, Stratos Helix Pro Shock, Mavic 517's, Selle Italia Flite Gel Ti
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Peter
from MammothDate Reviewed: July 20, 2002
Strengths: reservoir, lockoutWeaknesses: range of adjustment is low and is only rebound no separate compression adjustment, the shock fell apart after three days of riding. The shock piston stripped out of the rebound adjustment assembly - poor manualBottom Line: The shock is a POS. I really can't put it any other way, sorry.
Favorite Trail: velocity, bullet dh
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Bike Setup: khs fetish dh
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Will Gaertner
a Downhiller
from delta bc CanadaDate Reviewed: March 25, 2002
Strengths: its got a lock out for those greuling ride up( i can't drive yet) light i guess. CHEAPWeaknesses: i blew the seal after 2 weeks of ridingBottom Line: i cant beleive i dfestroyed this shock in like 2 weeks and i'm only 130 and i wasn't even doing any downhill yet cause it was winter
DNM stands for DO NOT MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite Trail: bear mountain bc cup DH
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: freind new
Similar Products Used: fox vanilla
Bike Setup: norco vps 2 with jr t's and mavic 519 rims with race face cranks and mrp chainguide
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Steven
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, NSW, AustraliaDate Reviewed: December 20, 2001
Strengths: Well constructed, compression lockout (unusual for a coil-over), plush, good rebound adjustment rangeWeaknesses: Compression lockout still allows some (undampened) movementBottom Line: After the previous DNM A0-1AR damping circuit blew for the second time (and was declared economically irreparable) I was offered an upgrade to the ST-12RC at a great price. Only excellent comments about this shock - great adjustment range, plush, very well made & has a compression lockout feature for riding to the trailhead.
The only issue I have is that the compression lockout allows a small amount of (seemingly undampened) rebound control - you must pedal smoothly to eliminate a small bouncing sensation - no big deal. Oh - and you'll kill the damping circuit if you forget to unlock as there's no blow-off protection as per Fox, etc.
Favorite Trail: 6 Foot Track - Blue Mountains
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$140.00
Purchased At: Not applicable
Similar Products Used: DNM A0-1AR, Fox Vanilla R, Rockshox SID
Bike Setup: '99 Giant ATX970, DNM STC12RC rear shock, everything upgraded (XTR/XT/Titec/Sun Rhyno Lite, etc)
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