Submitted by
SuperbMan
a Cross Country Rider
from The Wooded Hills of Western, MA Date Reviewed: October 5, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Purchased At:
Bicycles Unlimited
Strengths:
Very Rugged, adjustable, great feeling xc fork. Maxle is the easiest to use, and most functional Thru-axle system to date!
Weaknesses:
Air Pressure (positive and Negative) settings can be a little finicky-though the fork chart recommends equal pressure in each-I've found that unless the neg presssure is 10-15 psi below the positive, the fork loses about 5-10mm of travel (gets sucked down).
Similar Products Used:
Fox Float
Bike Setup:
Sinister Ridge Hardtail. Spinergy Enduro Wheels
Bottom Line:
If you are looking for the stiffest, most adjustable, sharpest looking burly XC fork-well, this is it. Northeast hard cores-(where pitted rocks and deep root wells abound on every trail) this is your Excalibur. I've had no problems, the motion control adjustments (progressive compression dampening) works great. It's just a fantastic fork and a real testament to how far Bike suspension technology has evolved.
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Submitted by
AlasdairMc
a Weekend Warrior
from Scotland Date Reviewed: October 2, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Laggan black
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$500.00
Purchased At:
Winstanleys
Strengths:
Coil forks, piece of cake to set up. Supremely plush, the travel is very smooth and small bump sensitivity is amazing. They literally eat up the trail, I'm yet to have them bottom out on me and they remained plush throughout. Wound down to 95mm is adequate for climbing, and opened right up to 140mm for DH - they're very versatile. I tend to run them at about 110mm all the time unless I'm hammering it down something rocky that warrants the extra travel. Maxle is stiff and very easy system to use.
Weaknesses:
Compression circuit is noisy at certain settings.
Similar Products Used:
Talas 125mm - RS trump Fox on reliability and consistency of use. My Pike doesn't require a service every 25 hours, whereas Fox do, and aren't easily user serviceable either.
Bike Setup:
2004 Enduro Expert, Hope Pro2 hubs on DT5.1s. Hope stem, Easton bar.
Bottom Line:
Great value coil forks and better than Fox forks costing double.
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Submitted by
biker94
a Downhiller
from altadena Date Reviewed: September 24, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
every thing
Weaknesses:
none
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
full suspension all air shocks
Bottom Line:
great shock for all mountian
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Submitted by
Terrie
a
from Calif Date Reviewed: November 12, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Bunker creek
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
lbs
Strengths:
Handles like a dirt bike.Improved overall ride quality of my bike.20mm thru axle.Adjusts to any type terrain.
Seven years as a Fox fan now I dont even want to ride one.Slight weight penalty offset by great performance.After setup ride taking a couple hours and tinkering with positive air 125 psi negative air 115 psi travel at 128.I have finished six more rides including weekly buddy ride (so called friends try to kill each other)I am so impressed.The fork and axle smooth downhill section.High speed cornering rails. I weigh 180 and bike weighs 26lbs even. Yes I am a weight weenie.
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