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Submitted by
cameron
a Cross Country Rider
from knoxville,tennessee,usa
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | street | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | my neighbor gave them to me..... | | Strengths: | cheap,sturdy,good travel | | Weaknesses: | none really | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | saddleback gt | | Bottom Line: | prolly the good shiz nit..good for road runners and begenors. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Mark
a
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Silent Sports | | Strengths: | Never broke. No maintenance. It works. | | Weaknesses: | Stiffens in cold weather. | | Bike Setup: | 1997 Rocky Mountain Oxygen Race | | Bottom Line: | They came with the bike. I've been ridig on them since 1997. I've never put one once of energy on maintaining them. I've rode them in awful conditions and they are still going. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MTB Rider
a Weekend Warrior
from Northern CA
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$145.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Simple, durable, cheap on Ebay. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, limited travel. Stiffens in the cold. No damping. | | Similar Products Used: | Judy T2, Manitou FS-Ti, Quadra 5. | | Bike Setup: | 1997 GT Timberline, stock setup. | | Bottom Line: | I bought this fork to replace the rigid fork on my GT. It has worked well for street riding, but is not very plush for the trails. If you can find it cheap and ride on paved trails only, it would be a good choice. Otherwise go for something with damping if you're going to go off-road. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nash
a Weekend Warrior
from newport news
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | maintence free, simple, reliable, plush even though elastometer. they do not work well in cold weather. | | Weaknesses: | out dated, but excellent for being olds skool forks. | | Similar Products Used: | indy s, judy | | Bike Setup: | 98 rockhopper, deore mix, selle italle, STX, panaracer, cane creek, kore | | Bottom Line: | great shocks. sure they're outdated now but i never had any problems. i swapped out for more travel. awesome trail shocks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrés Advis
a Weekend Warrior
from Santiago, Chile
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$170.00 | | Purchased At: | Importadora Caupolicán | | Strengths: | Rigidez, aspecto, buena en grandes saltos | | Weaknesses: | Ajuste muy mal (diales no sirven), ninguna sensibilidad en pequeños saltos, viene sin ningún kit de ajuste a tu peso. Muy rebotona. | | Similar Products Used: | Sr Sakae (Hecha en Japón) | | Bike Setup: | GT Ricochet 1997 (originalmente venía con una RS Indy C), Alivio, STX, Mavic 238, etc.. | | Bottom Line: | Es una suspensión muy cara para lo que ofrece. Me parece que al comprar esta supensión estás pagando la marca. Creo que mejor sería juntar más dinero y comprar una Marzocchi, he recibido muy buenos comentarios de ésta última. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tommy Sutcliffe
a Cross Country Rider
from Poland ohio
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | vultures knob | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | cycle sales | | Strengths: | its work almost flawless for 6 years. travel is great. moderatly easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | flexes (alot)...ticking noise when climbing...definatly comes from the fork | | Similar Products Used: | many | | Bike Setup: | old | | Bottom Line: | Well ive had it for 6 years...and yes there have been some problems...but for a low end fork....it has stood the test of time. and to me that is really important. I have the long travel version of the fork so travel is no issue....you can adjust the spring tension and it performs well in most xc riding....in an insane dropoff it might not be the best...but for xc riding this fork will get the job done....but they dont make them anymore...ebay has alot of used ones though | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Barry
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria Australia
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Cam on bike | | Strengths: | It goes up and down, doesn't want to break | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't work in cold weather, very flexible, top caps round off easily, heavy | | Similar Products Used: | 00 Manitou Magnum, 98 Marzocchi Z2 Flylight, 02 RS Judy TT, 01 RS Judy C, 02 RS Judy SL, 00 Marzocchi Z5 Qr20 and Air, RST Hi5 (aaggh), 01 RS Sid 100, 02 Fox Float 100RL, 02 RS Boxxer, the list goes on... | | Bike Setup: | 99 Raceline Expert hardtail set up as light duty freerider | | Bottom Line: | These days its a cheap fork, on warm days it will take the edge of trail buzz. Extremely flexy but doesn't seem to want to break. I have video footage of me riding through a big ditch and you can actualy see the fork bending backwards... It is a simple fork so it is easy to maintain if you have a huge long hex key. Looks ok if you like the minimalist look, it sort of looks like a sid in build shape/size but weighs about five times as much. It does have a XC feel to it but have done 2m drop off on it and it survived (not recomending it though!). So yeah, if it's on a cheap second hand bike and is still in decent condition buy it, it's better than a lot of alternatives... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick
a Weekend Warrior
from Honolulu, Hawaii
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything in Hawaii | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | McCully Bikes, Honolulu | | Strengths: | 1" threaded steer tube. Good luck trying to find one these days. | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Bike Setup: | '95 Cannondale F200 hard tail | | Bottom Line: | Went riding the other day only to find my '95 Manitou 4 was completely hosed. No replacement parts available anywhere. Thought I was going to have to junk the bike. But I found a new '98 Indy XC in the back bin. Threw it on, replaced my cantelievers with "V"s and now my mount feels nearly new. Lot's of travel, bouncy, pogo-fun, compared to what I was used to. What a diff. from my original fork. Though I must admit, that pearl yellow, $2,500 Cannondale with hydralic disks and extreme suspension was talking to me, romancing me....LOUDLY. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Saratoga
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bike Setup: | GT Karakoram | | Bottom Line: | Just bought this fork, well it came with the bike. Sort of pleased but I wanna know if it's broken because I can't control the travel. I would also like to know if it has a lockout feature?If you have any suggestions please email me at COOP742@aol.com | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
greg
a Cross Country Rider
from FL go gators!
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | all | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | mt. constance in wa. | | Strengths: | light, used to match my paint | | Weaknesses: | really flexible | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 97 klein pulse race. | | Bottom Line: | original fork. thrashed on for past 5 years. hasn't broke yet. grey plastic caps rounded off quickly. my fork set up: soft spring and stock mcu in right leg only. that's right. i said i only use one spring and mcu stack. preload is at zero. rebound is really high. still not plush enough. feels like pogo stick. i still don't bottom it out. i weigh 165lbs. i think i've finally outgrown this fork. money's burning hole in cycling shorts. upgrading to marzocchi mxr.
stock weight: 3.8 lbs
stock travel: 63mm
four nukes falling on bin laden for never leaving me stranded.
three nukes for putting up with this pogo for so very long.
seeing the light and getting a marzocchi: priceless. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Ann Arbor
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | ummmm, it works? | | Weaknesses: | I got this bike when I was in the 6th grade (in 10th now). It was very stiff for me, and not very responsive. Hard to get it to go into its travel. | | Similar Products Used: | Indy C, Fox Float | | Bike Setup: | old bike was a 1998 Trek 7000 stock. New bike 2002 specialized SJ comp. | | Bottom Line: | Didn't like this to much at all. Still kinda hard for me to get it to go into its travel. Now I am about 40lbs more, and about 8 inches more in height. I still think that it sucks. Alright for e begginers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pascal
a Racer
from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Powerline | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Bertrand | | Strengths: | Light, low maintenance, cheap, nice stickers :) | | Weaknesses: | Crud adjustment, flexy, opposite of plush etc etc... | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Jett XC, Judy XC, Sid XC, SL, Judy TT, Z2 Dropoff, Z5, Z3.5, Monster T, MXC | | Bike Setup: | Kona Fire Mountain (for winter), Kona Pahoehoe w/ Hayes Disc and MXC air | | Bottom Line: | This is an OK entry level fork but not a bargain for it's performance...
Looks kinda cool though :) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff Elliott
a Racer
from Calgary,Alberta,Canada
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | The Pretzel | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Bow Cycle | | Strengths: | I have had these for a while and i find they are very good.
they can do quite a bit for a xc rider or free rider, but i am looking for something else because i am going to do some down hill. | | Weaknesses: | has none really | | Similar Products Used: | none. | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher
Full Suspention | | Bottom Line: | i think their good shox but there are better out there | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lauren
a Cross Country Rider
from Asheville
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Has lasted 3 years with minimal maintainance, good travel, easy adjustment, easy to break down | | Weaknesses: | Can get a little stiff when cold or dirty, boots don't stay on well. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 1996 Fisher Aquila | | Bottom Line: | I have ridden on the fork for more than three years and have been incredibly pleased. I am a 215 pound rider and have absolutely abused this fork without the first hint of a problem...and it is still going strong! I know they don't make them anymore, but if you get a used bike or something with this fork, count yourself has lucky!
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Submitted by
Dr. Love
a Cross Country Rider
from Orono
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Ganaraska | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Bicycles Plus (oshawa) | | Strengths: | 80mm of travel (long travel), doesn't flex much, takes a beating, low/no maintance! | | Weaknesses: | Pretty Stiff at first (softens up nicely in time tho) | | Bottom Line: | This fork is great for what you pay for it! I've beat the living hell out of it for the past 2 years without hardly any maintance (other than keeping it nice and clean)! It definitely outperformed my expectations. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Evan Fedorko
a Cross Country Rider
from Morgantown, WV, US
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Tsali, NC | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Slightly used. | | Strengths: | This is an XC fork. Period, end of story. If you are reading this because you want a fork to blow down the side of a mountain in Tibet doing giant acid drops and 45 mph wheelies, go read something else. However, this fork will thrill you to death if you are looking for a mid grade XC fork for a mid grade XC bike. The rice is right, it does the job in spades, and it will add a lot to your setup. It is dependable and will increase control if used correctly. It made it through Tsali without any errors! | | Weaknesses: | Not the most adjustable fork on the market. | | Similar Products Used: | Old crappy no-names. Couple of Manitous and other Rock Shox. | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose Rockadile SX circa 199- Old, but heavily upgraded, customized, etc. But alas, it will be dead soon, I feel. | | Bottom Line: | If you ride XC and you're on a budget this is a hell of a deal. I honestly don't think you can beat it for the price. But remember, this ain't a Marzocchi! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
reid macdoanld
a Weekend Warrior
from burlington ontario canada
Date Reviewed: February 25, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | kelso | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | - | | Strengths: | none really goes down more than rst but not much | | Weaknesses: | everything not enough travel, nothing good about it would probably break if i did huge drop offs | | Similar Products Used: | rockshox jett | | Bike Setup: | mongoose pro nx8-3 upgraded everything except shock | | Bottom Line: | this shick is junk though you cant buy it in stores anymore if you think you want it dont get it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay Bolhuis
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Kelso | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Braun's | | Strengths: | Low Maintenance
Relatively light
Durable
Simple
Never bottoms
Good value | | Weaknesses: | Low travel
Not the plushest
Flexes a little too much | | Similar Products Used: | Tried just about everything | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Hammer, RF crankset, Syncros stem/post/bar | | Bottom Line: | Came with the bike, I thought, "I'll get a new one the second I have enough $"; never had to get the new one. For my purposes it works just fine. I threw on a brake booster to rigidify it a little more, and I have no complaints. Probably wouldn't want to go crazy on it, but if you're sane then you won't be held back by this fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john johnstone
a Cross Country Rider
from Raleigh, NC
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | New Light | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikes USA | | Strengths: | Still working after two years | | Weaknesses: | Tons 'O' Flex | | Bike Setup: | Trek 7000 | | Bottom Line: | My bike came equipped with this fork. I figured I would replace it when it wore out and it's still going after 2 years. They don't make these any more and I'm just now replacing it but I had to give credit where it is due. I weigh 190 lbs.and I have beat the living hell out of these shocks on the tightest most technical single-track in this area for almost two years. 0 maintenance, 0 failures, 0 upgrades. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan S
a Cross Country Rider
from Kirtland, OH
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Stock on Bike | | Strengths: | Affordable and decent performance | | Weaknesses: | Stock spring/elastomer stack set up for 135 lb rider. | | Bike Setup: | GT with STX-RC and LX components | | Bottom Line: | A lot of posts regarding the Indy XC indicate that the fork is too "flexy". While I agree that the stiffness could be better, the XC is not that bad. In the June '97 issue of Bicycling magazine, they compared this fork with others from White Brothers, Answer/Manitou, RST, Girvin and Marzocchi (priced from $170 to $699). One of the tests was for stiffness. Of all of the telescoping forks, the XC was tied for being the stiffest. That's not bad at all -- especially considering the price range of the forks involved.
The stock elastomer/spring stack is set up for a rider weighing less than 150 lbs -- if you weigh more, I would suggest changing the stack. Most good bike shops can help with this and there should be minimal cost involved. I actually went a step further and opted for Eko (Englund) air cartridge inserts. These are tunable, save some weight and offer better damping control than the stock stack. The combination makes an average fork a better than average performer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Weekend Warrior
from Kelowna, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | dr.KNOW in Crawford | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | a friends house | | Strengths: | Takes a lot beating and is still working quite well, quite light, and holds up against 7' drops!!! | | Weaknesses: | the crown bottoms out on a 2.25 tire!! springs wear out really fast, flexy. | | Similar Products Used: | quadra 21 r, some rst forks | | Bike Setup: | Head heavy metal, nothing stock on it | | Bottom Line: | this fork is invinsible, i've done 6' and 7' drops and it hasn't hardly bent. i would not recommed this fork for anybody over 160 lbs (too flexy). But if you want a reliable fork that is light this is the way to go..and they are really cheap (and available in 1") | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ronen
a Cross Country Rider
from Sydney NSW Australia
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Bayside Extremeties | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Maroubra Cycles :( | | Strengths: | Good All-round shocks. Great for begginers. Have that "hmmm these are my babies" feel to them. | | Weaknesses: | No oil dampening, the INDY range shows quite a lot of flex.
Shocks soften at an exponential rate. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Z3 Atom Bombs, Manitou Magnum R, Rock Shocks INDY C, RST 281's (CRAP) | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose NX 7.3, Manitou Magnum R forks. WTB Laser beam rear rim, LX- STX RC setup, Oury Grips, Kore Stem
WTB Velociraptor tires All the way | | Bottom Line: | Good Shocks, Good Price, Nice feel....for a while. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon
a Downhiller
from england
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Bottom Line: | awful forks.they are sh*t.next time u are out on them hold the front brake and push forward and watch the brace flexing.they flex way too much.if you dont have a lot of money for forks by some of the marzocchi z5's.they are amazing for the money. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
petrol
a Weekend Warrior
from richmond, va
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | dirt, ruts & rocks | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | cheap, durable | | Weaknesses: | travel, rebound | | Similar Products Used: | to many | | Bike Setup: | hardtail | | Bottom Line: | a great fork for the beginner / intermediate / occassional rider. you can take this fork anywhere and it will work, it will have it's limits but durablity is not one of them.
i rode mine hard for over two years without so much as cleaning it much less lubing it. i replaced it 3 months ago with a SX-R (way nice, $199) but the budget minded could get another indy XC for $60, what a deal. i would recommend any one with an old ridged fork ride to step up with the very few bucks this cost and get into the 19 century | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Ivoryton, CT, USA
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Great value for an overall good fork. Very easy maintenance. Fairly light. | | Weaknesses: | No damping. Small bit of flex in the fork. | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose Zero G-SX. Shimano STX-RC - XT parts. | | Bottom Line: | A very good fork if you treat it well. I've taken it EVERYWHERE even on technical downhill courses and worked great. When removing the plastic top caps, though, be careful not to slip and ruin the grip. They're cheap to replace but a pain to remove. As long as you use Slick Honey to lube them up occasionally, you will always have a good ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Tehachapi
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Various in SoCal & Marin | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Price (value); ease of routine maitainance. | | Weaknesses: | Flexy legs; hissing sound (even with fresh lube). | | Similar Products Used: | Original "Rock Shox" & Judy | | Bike Setup: | Steel hardtail | | Bottom Line: | Since this fork isn't made anymore and there aren't any left for sale (that I've seen), this late review isn't going to help/change much. I wanted to write it though, because after reading a bunch of the negative reviews, one thing is painfully clear: these people didn't fit their Indy XC with the right internals, and they didn't set up their shock well (probably at all). If you're not in the standard weight AND riding range for the stock fork, you have to get the right elastomer/spring/preload adjuster to make this thing work right. I weigh 185 and had to get new springs (free from RS) and set the whole thing up from scratch. Now it works pretty well (for an inexpensive, basic fork). It's pathetic to not take the most basic responsibility for your own gear and then blame the gear. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alec Mackenzie
a Cross Country Rider
from Bowdoinham, Maine, USA
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Any hard riding XC trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Cheap
Relativly long travel
Little maintance
Adjustable
Rugged | | Weaknesses: | Idependant shock movement - the two shocks move indpedantly slightly, if you have crappy hubs and ride on hard trails, you will bend your spocks horible and destroy your wheel as I did. However this takes a lot of hard trail riding, and could be avoided by using something like a brake booster. | | Similar Products Used: | Jetts, SIDs, Man. Magnum. | | Bike Setup: | It is (or was :) and old LL Bean Aproach. For those of you who don't now what that is, it is an older bike that LL Bean used to make that is decent for riding on the road, and fire roads, but nothing to hard. | | Bottom Line: | This is a very durable cross between the low end jett and the higher judy, basically offering the travel of the judy with the price slightly more then the jett. Its not the plushest of shocks, but they will take a beating with little or no maintaince. Worth every penny. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Morris
a Weekend Warrior
from Stamford, LINCS, England
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Street | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Light, good dampning, look cool | | Weaknesses: | Elastomer, no disc mounts, | | Similar Products Used: | A bomber fork | | Bike Setup: | Done up Radford commanche | | Bottom Line: | Good stuff | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam Williams
a Racer
from Peterborough, lincs, England
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Hinchingbrooke Park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Ultra light, amazing value, good dampening, easy to use preload adjusters, long travel, great looks | | Weaknesses: | no disc mounts, elastomer | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Bomber Monster T | | Bike Setup: | Marin Mount Vision Pro, full XTR | | Bottom Line: | AMAZING!!!! I've never rode a better fork, and take it from me, i'm a pro racer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jiveturkey
a Cross Country Rider
from turkey
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | cheap cheap cheap |
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