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Fox Racing Shox Vanilla RC Rear Shock
Product Descriptionadjustable compression dampinadjustable rebound damping Big-Flow reservoir
User Reviews
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JamisonW
a Downhiller
from Poway, CA Date Reviewed: July 23, 2010 Strengths: Soaks up EVERYTHING. Weaknesses: None so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Ted Williams Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: With the bike on cra Bike Setup: GT DHi Race w. Monster Ts  
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Ciaran Mauro
a Downhiller
from St. Helena, CA Date Reviewed: July 13, 2010 Strengths: came free with the frame..? Weaknesses: OOOOLLLLDDD-Not Very Adjustable-Beyond Its Prime Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Lower 4H, Dave's Place FR Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: pinkbike Similar Products Used: Manitou Swinger Coil 4-Way, Manitou Revox IS-X Bike Setup: Iron Horse 7Point7, Manitou Travis Single 180 TPC, and this shock
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Lawman
a Downhiller
from Derbyshire Date Reviewed: January 6, 2009 Strengths: super nice feels, really plush and doesnt need much fine tuning or setting up to get it working well. Weaknesses: standard coils protective coating is not as protective as it could be but small prise to pay. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Cwmcarn oor ultimately Whistler Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: on my bike Similar Products Used: 5th element coil(awfull! noisy and poor feel.) Bike Setup: Big hit expert(03)08 Boxxer teams, Deemaxes, hope m4s, xo gears, mrp g2 etc.
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bxxer rider
a Downhiller
from UK Date Reviewed: October 29, 2008 Strengths: nice shock to ride, confident, any push ungrades avalible so can be a cheap highly plush shock if have a little more spent on it. Weaknesses: i dont no whether it is just me but i have blow un the seals twice in less then 6 months, but stoped when chaged fork after 6 months Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: leckhampton daisy bank Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: came stock Similar Products Used: dhx 5.0 Bike Setup: orange patriot, started with junior t pro's then changed to boxxer ride fork.
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Jacob Hohn
a Weekend Warrior
from Berkely CA USA Date Reviewed: March 10, 2008 Strengths: Materials. Machineing. Clearly indexed adjustments. Linearity of adjustment. Consistant performance. Just so easy to setup. Affordability. Mine is a leftover stock '99 model. Coil version. Weaknesses: Heavyish. Lack of modern trickery really shows the weaknesses of your bike. Not for those concerned with maximum performance. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Dirt. Not mud. Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $100.00 Similar Products Used: Standard Vanilla coil. (also good. can be had for 30 dollars.) Manitou Swinger 5 way. Bike Setup: '99 Element. Rough XC build. '07 Recon coil@110mm. Zero drop bar to saddle. 150# rider. 800# coil.
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Zack
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara Date Reviewed: April 7, 2007 Strengths: Reliable and Strong Weaknesses: obtaining the mountain hardware for ironhorses lol but other than that nothing at all Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Cold Springs Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: MTB Review Forums Similar Products Used: Swinger 4way and 6 Bike Setup: 06Ironhorse warrior se-Manitou Minute fork and Fox Van rc rear shock
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g g
a Downhiller
from th Date Reviewed: February 25, 2007 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $1700.00
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brian h
a Downhiller
from los gatos Date Reviewed: January 17, 2007 Strengths: very ajustable. great for downhill Weaknesses: none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: socal demo Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $113.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: fox vanilla r. 5th element
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Cole
a Downhiller
from Temecula CA USA Date Reviewed: November 8, 2006 Strengths: Very smooth/plush, very reliable, just plain works with barely any maintenence, a classic to go down in history Weaknesses: I have no complaints Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: tunnel Duration Product Used: 2 Years Similar Products Used: manitou swinger 4 way and 6 way Bike Setup: 04 Specialized Big Hit Expert, 06 Rock Shox Boxxer Race
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dor bloch
a Downhiller
from new york Date Reviewed: August 21, 2006 Strengths: very strong! and reliabel... never made problems for me.. good rebound ajustment and stiffnes Weaknesses: bobing.. other then that nothing!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: j-bar double dimond Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: litilton bike shop Similar Products Used: fox vanila r,fox flowt,fox dhx5,manitou swinger,manitou metal,,manitou swinger air,5th element
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Dave
from England Date Reviewed: July 9, 2006 Strengths: Outlasted my clubroost DH8 frame, smooth on drops Weaknesses: Seemed verry bouncy when peddaling and the adjusters didn't do much. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: came on DH8 Similar Products Used: romic on big hit, 5th element on high octane. Bike Setup: Clubroost DH8 2003 or 2004 modle sure
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Brandon Dixon
a Downhiller
from Calgary Date Reviewed: April 27, 2006 Strengths: Everything was great, excellent adjusability Weaknesses: It exploded on a perfect landing. but it did make some cool noises in the process Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: sideshow bob Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: my new dhx 5 Bike Setup: bighit dh, shiver dcs, dhx5
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Eder Savio
a Downhiller
from Florianópolis - Brazil Date Reviewed: January 28, 2006 Strengths: Just ride and forget maintenance. Easy adjustable. Makes the work. Weaknesses: No so sensitive. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: All the forest ;) Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: Comes with bike Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Deluxe, Superdeluxe, ProdeLuve. Romic. DNM air. Bike Setup: Remec DH World Cup. Monster T. Hayes HFX9 8".
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k-dogg the tremendous
a Downhiller
from somewhere out there Date Reviewed: November 14, 2005 Strengths: can take a serious hit, the adjustments work very nicely Weaknesses: just put a heavier spring on it Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: mammoth/anywhere Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $900.00 Purchased At: craigslist.com Similar Products Used: I dont know I just like this one alot Bike Setup: banshee scream, monster T, fox vanilla rc, mrp guide, truvativ bars, hayes 8-inch, maxxis 2.7 mobsters, sun ringle freeride wheels, raceface northshore dh cranks, wtb seat
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Ben
a Downhiller
from New Zealand Date Reviewed: October 20, 2005 Strengths: This shock is mint super plush takes in the shudders and then soaks up the big hits. easy to adjust and set up for your riding style. Weaknesses: The only problem that i have had is after some stair jumps i small rattle sarted but the bushes were replaced and its sweet now Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Similar Products Used: An fox vinilla of 2003 or 2004 Bike Setup: Keewee cromozone. 888vf. mavic/dmr rims. WTB DH hubs. truvativ chain guide RPM cranks. Hayes
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