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Submitted by
Mark
a
from Ottawa Canada
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$478.00 | | Strengths: | Very strong fork. Short enough for urban and big enough for trails. Plush. Still feels great after tons of riding. | | Weaknesses: | Close to impossible to find a replacement maxel. Compression adjuster stops to work over time. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Black market mob | | Bottom Line: | It's a great all-round fork that's strong enough for urban riders. It's solid, and won't break easily. Some parts are hard to find (maxel) but other than that it works great. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: September 29, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | 7th secret (shhhh) | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Strengths: | Maxle is brilliant.
Excellent range of tunability, especially for the price.
Smooth operator right out of the box.
Little deflection, even on very hard hits. | | Weaknesses: | I'm not convinced mine actually gets 140 mm of travel, but its pretty close anyway. Disc mount on fork was heavily painted over which made it difficult to line up the caliper correctly. | | Similar Products Used: | this is my first 20mm | | Bike Setup: | Heckler with X9, juicys, profile hubs, 829d rims, fox float R (not impressed with this product!), king deep cup steel | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the 2005 Pike Race with coil springs (as opposed to what? uncoiled springs?) and a steel stearer.
My Pike has taken some good hits and handled them with aplomb. It has a linear stroke which is good and bad. I have bottomed it really hard a few times on lowspeed drops to flat. For those situations I wish it had a more progressive feel. But for trail riding its killer. The U-Turn is nice for dialing the right head angle for the job, and the compression and rebound adjustments have a functional range. I have taken my Pike to Whistler, and North Van, and done plenty of rocky/rooty single track, and it hasn't let me down.
This fork is perfect for technical and demanding trail riding. At 5.8 lbs, its no light weight, but light forks are for sissies anyway.
5 flaming ?¡çk$ for value!
4 flaming ?¡çk$ for difficulty with disc tabs.... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dING bURP
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Barbara CA USA, WORLD
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | The Shizznit | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$270.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | stiff, light, responsive, great progressive feel. very inexpensive alternative to the overpopular and inferior 36Talas. Maxle is great! | | Weaknesses: | the red paint job sucks...might mars camo the thing.. | | Similar Products Used: | 36Talas, Pace RC40 | | Bike Setup: | Tazer VP, works finish | | Bottom Line: | Excellent fork for an unbeatable price...i got these just at the right time from Nashbar, hard to beat $270...but it's red which is lame but it saved me some green. funny how i could have three of these for 1 Fox 36Talas. I had the talas before but sold it as it had very poor small bump sensitivity and felt too linear(also having stiction which you can feel at the handlebars).
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Submitted by
Scott Benson
a Racer
from West Hawk Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$370.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay.ca | | Strengths: | Super Plush, Highly Adjutable, Lookes Cool, Rides Sweet is Pretty Cheap.
Feels like it has 8" off travel. | | Weaknesses: | Weighed more than listed ?(was trying to knock weight off my bike)
Hayes 8" disc adapter for Marzocchi Z.1 FR 2 was too thick. I had to beltsand it for 45 minutes to make it fit. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Z.1 FR 2 & 3, Manitu Sherman, Fox Vanilla, 36, 40 & TALAS. | | Bike Setup: | Cove Hustler - Maxxis Tires, Sram shifting, Mag Brakes, Evolve XC post, stem and bar. | | Bottom Line: | This fork is more plush than a Fox Vanilla and 36!!!
Its the ultimate do-anything fork. Travel can be dropped to 95mm and locked for XC. And it can be rasied up to 140 for downhills.
Its the most adjutable fork I've used, plus its really cheap. It allows you to fine tune everyhting while on the trail. I've taken it off 4 foot drops and it handled it better than the Z.1 FR 2. If it uses too much travel all you have to do is close the floodgate slightly rather than going home and pumping it up like on the Z.1.
Its a great fork for those XC riders who like to go big or AM/FR who like to climb the hills instead of shuttling.
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Submitted by
Derek
a
from Winkler,MB,Canada
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Jump Farm | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$475.00 | | Purchased At: | Alter Ego | | Strengths: | Very plush,Extremly adjustable for any type of rider. | | Weaknesses: | The ARCH breaks EXTREMLY easily | | Similar Products Used: | Dirtjumper 1 and 2 | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Specialized P.3 with full truvativ hozfeller parts.Sun ringle Double tracks,Hayes 9 hydraulic disk brakes 6" Deore drive train. And PINK Rockshox pike. | | Bottom Line: | I would NOT use the fork for DIRT JUMPING.Just wait for the new rock shox argile to come out. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pete
a Cross Country Rider
from walnut creek, ca, usa
Date Reviewed: May 4, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | mitchell canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Perfection Cyclery | | Strengths: | Just changed the spring from medium to ex-firm for my 230+lb rider weight and the fork is FABULOUS!! Thank you Rock Shox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Weaknesses: | Knobs for 05 are disappointing so I have upgraded to the 06 aluminum dials. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Drop Off 150 w/ETA, Z1 FR SL(04) 130 w/ECC. | | Bike Setup: | Weyless 67 with spv 4way coil, pike race, king headset, hope hubs with wtb rim and singletrack rim, avid 8" mech discs, thomson front and rear, sram x9 drivetrain etc. | | Bottom Line: | Great trail, backcountry, epic riding fork for some fun in the sun or rain. I told my brother about this fork now he too has a Rock Shox fork. Cheers!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jack A.
a Downhiller
from Dummas, CA. USA
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Flyin High, Lake Tahoe, CA | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$333.00 | | Purchased At: | Through a friend in the industry! | | Strengths: | This fork can survive anything from 20ft drops to 70 mph downhill runs and also running into trees at 30 mph. Rebound and motion control is superb. That doofas who said the pike sucks probably had a judy instead. | | Weaknesses: | Needs to be a little longer say around 160mm to compete with the Fox 36. I got one of those too. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 36RC, Marzocchi 66RC, Manitou Nixon Platinum and Maveric DUC. | | Bike Setup: | Intense 6.6 with sram x.o kit, pike race fork, gxp crankset, thomson front and rear, dee max wheels etc. | | Bottom Line: | Great product from Rock Shox! 10/10 | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JB
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Nice linear stroke, just get the right spring for your weight. Very stiff. Very adjustable for a sping fork. The motion control and floodgate features are great...
Quick release Maxle is great! Light for a 5.5 inch spring fork. | | Weaknesses: | Don't know yet. Block letters maybe.....but looks great on my Yeti with block letters, haha. | | Similar Products Used: | honestly, none. Been using air sprung forks... | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575 | | Bottom Line: | hey, this is a great fork. Just don't try to make it more then its supposed to be.....if you need big hucking ability then look for a beefier fork! If you are a big time urban rider then I don't know....all I know is I am an aggressive trail ride and this fork is great for that. 3ft drops at speed to flats or slight tranny its absolutely plush. The motion control damping is great. I like to run it at full damping with the floodgate nearly wide open so it reacts to any significant bumps. On d/h stuff I use almost no damping.
And that fool that said the knobs were cheesy b/c they are made of rubber....whatever...the knobs are metal but covered with a rubber overlay so you can grip them better, quick nitpicking stupid stuff.
This is a great fork for trail riding, moderate jumps and fast quick bumpy singletrack riding. Those who don't like it are in the market for a different type of fork, and thats ok just don't hate this one.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Downhiller
from Bratislava, Slovak rep., Slovak
Date Reviewed: November 10, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | Great weight, it works briliant on any travel, good stiffness, great progressive travel, excellent adjustment | | Weaknesses: | haven't recognized any yet... | | Similar Products Used: | all Z1, dorado, shiver, and many dh and 4x forks... | | Bike Setup: | pike, saint, point, FSA, sh. deore, shaman, maxxis | | Bottom Line: | I've been using this fork for 6 months. I'm doing downhill, dual slalom, a little bit dirt jump, freeride. For downhill and freeride i use 140mm of travel and for other riding 95mm. I can adjust harder travel for dual slalom and dirts and soft for dh and fr. The maxle quick release system works better than expected, easy to open, no tools needed. I thing this fork is a great work of rocksox... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pablo Hill
a Weekend Warrior
from Mexico City
Date Reviewed: November 3, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | CabroRoca | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$320.00 | | Purchased At: | Wheel World | | Strengths: | It's all mountain, all condition, all discipline, all all all all type of fork. Unless you are a weight watcher biker and keep your ride either anorexic or bulimic. | | Weaknesses: | Had to change my front hub, spokes and disk brake.
Takes too long to reset the fork once you get to the top of the hill, but man is it worth it.
| | Similar Products Used: | 94' Quadra 5, 96' Juddy xc, 00' bomber, 02' duke | | Bike Setup: | 05 Kona Dawg, Fox RP3 rear Shock, Shimano XT/LX | | Bottom Line: | Is it only 140mm? it feels like 1000mm. It loves drops, It loves roots, It loves rocks, its the fork that keeps on giving. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter
a Weekend Warrior
from Middletown, CT, USA
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | bow and arrow in m-town | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$420.00 | | Purchased At: | cutting edge, ct | | Strengths: | not a whole lot, maxel was easy. | | Weaknesses: | the fork feels horid, cracked maxel made it difficult to remove and use. this is the second one i have had over 6 months. it made me a worse rider. i believe i blew it airing out of a quarter pipe. | | Similar Products Used: | marzocchi: z150, mx pro w/ eta, dirtjumper series, dirt jam, super monster. rock shox: judy tt, psylo xc, pike race, pike race, duke. manitou: axel, nixon. | | Bike Setup: | i have a kona cowan frame with 26' wheels. | | Bottom Line: | the pike was nice size for street but it just sucked, it feels like the worst fork i have ever ridden, it is way to soft even when locked out and with heavy coils. i am 150 lbs and it just doesnt cut it. so if you are 110 lbs and ride hiking trails i would recomend this fork for you, if you are anyone else do not go with it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rusty Nably
a Downhiller
from BC
Date Reviewed: September 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Slinger | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$333.00 | | Purchased At: | ... | | Strengths: | Darn good fork. Best for the money. | | Weaknesses: | Some people complain of a clicking noise from the spring side. This is from the spring binding in the tube.
All you have to do is move the black rubber tube up or down the spring and the clicking will stop.
People also complain of the crown creaking slightly. This is from the stanchion setting itself into the crown, it will eventually go away. Mine did.
Remember DON'T huck the TEAM version! It's not as strong as the SL and RACE (one I have). | | Bottom Line: | Good for up to 10 foot drops to nice tranny if you weigh around 190 lbs. Wouldn't go any bigger than what 140mm will give you. It's a strong fork, but not a 200mm DC.
As stated before, the best settings for the damping system are as follows:
Dirt Jumping - Close compression and give slight amount of floodgate lock, open up rebound to faster. Best setting for max energy off jumps, also helps to lower fork.
XC- Close compression and give slight amount of floodgate, use slightly more rebound than DJ setting.
FR- Dry days, close compression and use full open floodgate. Wet days, use full open compression and floodgate. Use generous amount of rebound.
DH- Full open everything ALL the time for high speed traction. Faster rebound helps at fast speeds.
AM- Heavy floodgate going uphill with compression locked. Downhill, use DH settings.
Bottom line, keep this fork oiled nicely (oil seals every week, it's easy, no excuse for not doing it) and it will last a long time.
Service manual says I should be looking at a Bushing replacement by now (over 200 hours). I can see no sign at all of bushing play, actually holding up better than my last Zoke. I've been hucking the snot out of mine for nearly one year now, not a single issue.
These forks really are strong for their weight. I pile drived my front wheel into a ditch going 25mph and the head tube of my burly FR hardtail peeled right off. Any SC fork that can tear a head tube off a 5.5 lb hardtail is pretty darn solid. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Yomama
a Weekend Warrior
from Irvine, CA
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$290.00 | | Purchased At: | The Path Bike Shop (They rule) | | Strengths: | U-turn, Coil-spring, stiff, and the Maxle (stupid name aside) it's easy and it works. This fork is very stiff, and the price is right. | | Weaknesses: | The Rock Shox stickers | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Z.1 FR, Marzocchi DJ1 ('02), | | Bike Setup: | 03' .243 Racing w/ E.13 SRS Urban, Diety Cranks and BB, and X.9 drivetrain (she's a purty girl) | | Bottom Line: | This fork is perfect for this bike. The U-turn gives the bike unparalleled adjustment and allows me to easily switch the ride characteristics, from a long-travel FR hardtail with a slack headangle to a pimpin' street rig with only a minimal amount of effort (I usually change the tires). The Maxle system rules, 20mm stiffness without 20mm hassle. Also the GATE valve paired with the motion control adds another aspect to this fork which is hard to find on options that are twice the price. This is a serious trail and street fork, apparently SRAM's acquistion of Rockshox was a good thing. This is a quality piece of work and it comes highly recommended. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Saso Bogdanovski
a Downhiller
from Bitola Macedonia
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | kopanki | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Bas | | Strengths: | This is for Pike SL. Looks Cool And Works Great. Easy to adjust. | | Weaknesses: | Loud Clicking Sound in the left leg where the U-Turn is. When it1s in lower position it stops. | | Similar Products Used: | Psylo, Marzocchi z | | Bike Setup: | Sram x7,holzfeler, Hayes 9 HD | | Bottom Line: | Everything exept the clicking is for now OK. If I have any more problems I will lett you knoy. I`ve jumped it quite a lot since i`v got it and it stands up to the chalenge without much fleks. I can do 1.5m to flat without any fear now | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Big Ring
a
from Australia
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Palmers, Cairns, QLD | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$325.00 | | Purchased At: | www.dropnzone.com | | Strengths: | EVERYTHING
THERE IS NOT ONE THING ONE THIS FORK THAT CAN BE BEAT
THEY SAVED MY LIFE | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | FEELS LIKE A FOX 40 AND 36
JUDY TT'S THESE ALSO HELD TOGETHER ON THE KURANDA DROP. | | Bike Setup: | KONA STUFF | | Bottom Line: | WELL THESE ARE THE BEST FORK IN THE WORLD!!!
I WAS DOING THE KURANDA TRACK ON THE KURANDA RANGE STARTING ABOUT 5000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
I WAS CRUZING DOWN THE TRACK WHEN I NOTICED HALF A TRACK SO I FOLLOWED IT AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN SUDDENLEY IT CAME TO THE SIDE OF A CLIFF. I WAS LIKE OOOHH S**T. I COULDN'T STOP CAUSE MY BRAKES ARE S**T MECHANICALS AND I WENT OF THE CLIFF. I'D SAY IT WAS ABOUT A 150FT DROP. I WAS SH*TT*ING MY SELF THINKING I WAS DEAD BUT SUDDENLY I SET MY PIKES TO HARD USING ITS MOTION CONTROL DAMPING AND I HIT THE GROUND. MY WRISTS AND ANKLES BECAME SORE BUT I WAS ALRITE. THE FORKS HAD ABSORBED ALL OF THE FORCE AND DIDN'T EVEN BOTTOM OUT. I WAS ALIVE WITH SORE ANKLES BUT STILL LIVING. TOO BAD I DIDN'T GET IT ON CAMERA.
PIKES RULE.
I KNOW HIT 300FT DROPS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. I HIT ANY DROP I CAN FIND NOW NO MATTER HOW BIG IT IS.
IF U CANT AFFORD SOME PIKES GET SOME JUDYS | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ANDREW
a Weekend Warrior
from BATON ROUGE, LA. USA
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | COMITE RIVER AND HOOPER | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | PLUSH, STABLE WITH 20MM AXLE, NICE ADJUSTMENTS, LIGHT FOR SPRING SHOCK, DURABLE SO FAR | | Weaknesses: | REBOUND ADJUSTMENT KNOB PRECARIOUS, INSTRUCTIONS | | Similar Products Used: | MANITOU SL | | Bike Setup: | STOCK FORK ON 2005 IRON HORSE HOLOWPOINT EXPERT | | Bottom Line: | VERY SMOOOOTH FORK, BOTTOMLESS TRAVEL, NICE PLATFORM, TRAVEL ADJUSTMENT WITH HEIGHT MARKINGS. A VERY LIGHT FORK FOR A 6" SPRING. SHOULD BE LOW MAINTENANCE | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Valdis Urban
a Weekend Warrior
from Riga, Latvia
Date Reviewed: August 23, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Strengths: | U-turn | | Weaknesses: | Creaky crown, crapy ach. | | Similar Products Used: | Rigid XC fork - much stronger. | | Bottom Line: | Crown started to creak after 4 or 5 rides - WARRANTY REJECTED.
Arch snaped afted 1/2 season - WARRANTY REJECTED.
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Submitted by
joe orenstein
a Weekend Warrior
from jerusalim,Israel
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | dont have any yet | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$580.00 | | Purchased At: | my store | | Strengths: | Great feeling, light weight,cool looking(in black),easy travel adjusment and comression and very good price! | | Weaknesses: | a little lack of stiffnes in the innerlegs area, travel knob is made of rubber and the reabound knob at the bottom tends to fall of . | | Similar Products Used: | it reminds a fox vanilla and a sherman fork . | | Bike Setup: | banshee morphine,halo rim,hope mono m4 brakes, blackspire crank, nokian tires and holzefeller pedals . | | Bottom Line: | i got a pike race it's very good and does it's job well. The fork is great for climbing with the gate controll and is a fantastic urban-street fork that can take pretty big hucks. I would give a 5 peppers but the knobs on the fork are kind of cheep and breakable. I have to mention that the maxle qr is great and easy to use and also this fork is not bad for light freeride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter
a
from Middletown, CT, USA
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$420.00 | | Strengths: | it was lighter than my z150 and allowed me to crang down the travel for street riding, maxel made it easy to quickly put in car. | | Weaknesses: | feels horriable, dust cap would kept popping off, sent it into rockshox and they took it in to do "research" since they never had a problem like this. | | Similar Products Used: | marzocchi z150, rockshox psylo, marzocchi mx pro w/ eta, manitou axel. | | Bike Setup: | kona cowan | | Bottom Line: | its light fork but not as good as marzocchi, bad feeling. i weigh 150 and seem to always bottom it out no matter how i set it up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
goRz
a
from Lodz, Poland
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | ³agiesy | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | Dynamo | | Strengths: | stiff, plush, tough, adjustable, not heavy for this type of fork. | | Weaknesses: | could have 160mm of travel :) | | Similar Products Used: | manitou Black, RS Psylo SL | | Bike Setup: | Giant Reign 3 frame, Swinger Air 3 way, Mavic XM321, XT hubs, blah blah | | Bottom Line: | A very versatile fork, I use it for trail riding, all mountain, some jumps, etc...
I am very satisfied with the strength of the fork. Did crash heavily on the front, bending the wheel so that it did not turn, but the fork made it withot a scratch.
Is responsive and does not bottom out.
If you ride street, 'enduro', 4x, want to have a very versatile bike that is a fork for you! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mana Man
a Downhiller
from Denver
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Dertedly | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Pretty strong fork for its weight.
Stiff, duh!
Smooth if setup right.
Very good bottom out resistance from the damping unit. I use full travel but never once felt it hit bottom.
Why don't other forks have the same awesome range in travel adjust? Incredible.
More reliable than the Nixon and Fox 36 competition. | | Weaknesses: | Stanchions are now different colors, no biggy.
Rubber on control knobs peels off.
Wish it had more travel and beef so I could do bigger drops. | | Similar Products Used: | tons of crappy forks | | Bike Setup: | dd | | Bottom Line: | First off, there just isn't a single fork on the market that can even come close to competing to the class of the Pike. Even forks over twice the price are still behind in many ways.
Just read the reviews. Not many problems. This sucker is dead on reliable. I will take a Uturn travel adjust over Fox's TALAS any day.
DO NOT PUT GREASE INTO YOUR PIKE! I know it comes stock with grease, but it actually makes it ride worse. Drain the 15cc of lube oil from each lower leg and then pull the lowers off. Next wipe all of the grease off of the fork seals and bushing and then squirt oil all over the foam rings and bushings. Next put the fork back together and put 20cc of oil back in instead of 15cc.
The grease blocks the oil from reaching parts of the fork. Oil is better at lubing, so getting more around in there is better.
Just keep it oiled in the seals and it will always feel nice and smooth. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bananas inpajamas
a Downhiller
from calgary
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | lantern-canada lolympic park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$620.00 | | Purchased At: | cyclepath | | Strengths: | extreamly easy to ajust with uturn
LIGHT 4.75 lbs
the look
plush
prety much everything about this fork is perfect | | Weaknesses: | price, i no its cheap in america but even when you factor in the exchange rate it still costs more in canada | | Similar Products Used: | marzocchi z1 wedge[pretty good] | | Bike Setup: | custom build devenci hucker, mrp bones guide,trailpinps.,hadley golds,maxxis,diablos stem/bar, sain drive train | | Bottom Line: | this is a great fork for all riding ive done 10 ft or more drops, lots of urban and dj and when you lower the travel with a turn of a nob you can do trials with it!. i recomend this fork fo an intermediate to advanced rider who wants to go big and live to bragg about it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sid
a Cross Country Rider
from Bend, Oregon
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | jucy lucy | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | direct from Rock Shox | | Strengths: | Very adjustable in all catagories-super fork!! | | Weaknesses: | None so far! | | Similar Products Used: | Pilot SL 100mm, Judy SL 100mm, Fox Talas R and Marzocchi Z1 FR 130 with ETA. | | Bike Setup: | Weyless XP Pro(04) good kit but the fork was too flexy so now this bike rocks. | | Bottom Line: | Good fork have had it for a mere 6 months and it has held up so far..................will keep my fingers crossed for longivity. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Smitty
a
from Massachussetts
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | JRA Cycles ... came on bike | | Strengths: | Maxle is awesome. Other forks without a thru-axle feel weak after riding this fork. 95-140 mm travel. Compression, rebound adjustments. Price. | | Weaknesses: | Weight. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Talas RLC, Marz X-Fly, Marz All Mountain 3, and Manitou Black Elite. | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Ironhorse MK3 Expert | | Bottom Line: | Fork is Great, especially at $415. Plush, very adjustable and able to do a wide range of riding: XC, all mountain, freeride, and I've used it for downhill too, which wasn't that bad at all. Weight may slow you down a bit on a steep uphill, but overall it climbs well and is a great descender. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pete
a
from my mind
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | inner self | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$360.00 | | Purchased At: | Inperfection Cyclery | | Strengths: | A very, very, very affordable 5.5inch fork with a stiff front end. The Maxel is so easy peasy one would have to be an absolute twit not figuring it out. Compression, lockout, uturn adjustment and rebound is spot on. Good product so far!! | | Weaknesses: | Have to grease the stantions on a regular basis and a little bit of flex on 15ft drops. Oh what a shame!! | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Z150 drop off(single crown). | | Bike Setup: | Pike Race(red), king headset, Weyless 67 with spv 4way coil shock(7" of rear travel), Thomson front and rear, Wtb power v saddle, Answer pro taper 2" riser bar, XT drive train, Holzfeller crankset with giga pimp DH BB, Hope Biggin hub with Singletrack rim(rear) and WTB DH dual duty 20mm front wheel, Avid mechanical 8" front and rear, Kenda kinetics 2.35 tires and Azonic flats. | | Bottom Line: | Good fork with easy adjustments but I use this bike for a lite freeride trail bike since I am around 230lbs and 6ft 6in tall. The frame is 20" tall and top tube around 24.5 so the Pike fork is a decent product for the money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a Cross Country Rider
from North Augusta, SC
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$324.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Amount of useable and tuneable adjustability. | | Weaknesses: | Really wish it weighed closer to what a Vanilla does. | |
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