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Submitted by
Jane Thomas
a Weekend Warrior
from Hobart
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Jeffries Track, Crabtree, Tasmania | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Treadlies | | Strengths: | Longevity
Colour
| | Weaknesses: | Weight
Lack of travel for a light rider
| | Similar Products Used: | Fox F100 | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX 860 | | Bottom Line: | These forks have been great for a novice rider. They are now 8 years old, never cleaned, never serviced and until several months ago were still coping with the rigours of Mt Wellington. Have now upgraded to higher spec bike with Fox forks but the Spyders will live on (having totally seized), on my road bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob Leobald
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: November 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Fairly strong, longevity, fairly plush, doesn't seem to bottom out. | | Weaknesses: | Some flex, no control of rebound, damping etc.
Cold weather seems to affect it a bit (not as bad as some people make it out to be though) | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Bomber, | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Kaitai - mostly stock. | | Bottom Line: | I am 5'11" and 150lbs and I found that this was a very decent shock. I did mostly X-country riding and it worked fine. I bought it used about 6 months ago (the shock is now 5 years old) and it still works great! Doesn't bottom out, but instead doesn't seem to go through full travel. It's a good beginner shock, but I wouldn't recommend it as an upgrade shock. (not that anyone would consider this old a shock an upgrade unless they're riding a huffy). | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
stuart bennett
a Weekend Warrior
from new radnor
Date Reviewed: December 18, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | radnor forest | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Strengths: | lasted two years just! | | Weaknesses: | not particularly good in the cold (and it's always cold)
requires regular maintenance and not that good value for money. | | Similar Products Used: | manitou sxti, pace rc36 | | Bottom Line: | pay for something else | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Hatch
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | the next one | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | simple, cheap, easy to maintain, relatively well mannered | | Weaknesses: | almost no adjustment, temperature has a substantial effect on suspension stiffness | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Judy XC 01, Manitou SX-R 01 | | Bike Setup: | GT Tequesta hardtail | | Bottom Line: | Surprisingly good for such a primitive fork. The damping characteristics of the elastomers is suprisingly good. Not much travel, but a nice complement to a XC hardtail. Becomes noticeably stiffer once the temp drops below 50 deg F. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jod spring
a Weekend Warrior
from Ayr, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: December 28, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | hardwood hillls Barrie Ontario | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | cycle cambridge | | Strengths: | good beginner shock, low maintence | | Weaknesses: | bottomed out under my weight (180lbs) with medium elastermers, plastic ajuster broke of shock but i got it replaced | | Bike Setup: | 1997 garry fisher kiatia | | Bottom Line: | great shock for a beginner in mountain biking who wants a good but not cheap working shock. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik
a
from Wisconsin
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Works well for a beginner. Dirt cheap | | Weaknesses: | tunning isn't so good
| | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Voodoo Erzulie | | Bottom Line: | Works well good entry level fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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