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Submitted by
Superpilot
a Cross Country Rider
from Raleigh, NC USA
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Syllamo Trails, AR | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Came on Trek 4500 | | Strengths: | Cheap, Good beginner fork before you know what you really need. | | Weaknesses: | Never could leave it "Plush" because I could bottom it out and I only weigh 150. Gets real stiff when it gets cold due to elastomer type suspension | | Similar Products Used: | Judy, SID, Spinner Aeris Sport (awesome, light) | | Bike Setup: | Was on Trek 4500 | | Bottom Line: | It's a good starter fork before you really know what you need. Now a days I wouldn't pay over $15.00 for one. There is a little adjustment on it and no one I know who had one ever blew it out. It's pretty tough, but there's not a whole lot there to break. I think it's heavier than the 4 lbs it says. I took it off my 4500 and put on a 3lb fork and the front end was always lifting up on climbs. Good for learning what you want, or a replacement for a cheap fork. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tazzer
a Weekend Warrior
from penrith uk
Date Reviewed: December 22, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | glentress | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | aarangons cycles | | Strengths: | the paint | | Weaknesses: | adjusters stop working after three rides out,
dust seals never fit the inner legs there was a 3mm gap between them,
forks seized after 2 months of medium strength riding, | | Similar Products Used: | rst 281 | | Bike Setup: | cross contry | | Bottom Line: | i would rather save up and get a set of 2001 mazocchi z5 air then buy this pile of useless rubish | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Calgary/AB/Canada
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Cox Hill (Jumping pound ridge) | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | From a friend | | Strengths: | This is a great fork for the price. They work really well for a beginner cross country rider. | | Weaknesses: | At 65mm of travel it is fairly easy to bottom out, and dosen't have any disc mounts. | | Similar Products Used: | ----- | | Bike Setup: | GT Tempest with the triple triangle and Deore shifters. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great XC suspension fork and I would recommend it to any begginer. If you are a hard core XC racer then this isn't a fork for you. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Calgary/AB/Canada
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Cox Hill (Jumping pound ridge) | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | From a friend | | Strengths: | This is a great fork for the price. They work really well for a beginner cross country rider. | | Weaknesses: | At 65mm of travel it is fairly easy to bottom out, and dosen't have any disc mounts. | | Similar Products Used: | ----- | | Bike Setup: | GT Tempest with the triple triangle and Deore shifters. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great XC suspension fork and I would recommend it to any begginer. If you are a hard core XC racer then this isn't a fork for you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gerson Lara
a Weekend Warrior
from Tegucigalpa Honduras
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | La bajada de las bestias | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Second Handed from a friend. | | Strengths: | Really sticks the wheel to the ground on raw terrain (rocks, roots) it handles really well the small obstacles. Can take drops of at least 2 feet without any pain. It has an excellent turning ability, it feels safe when turning at high speed over small rocks or roots. | | Weaknesses: | The adjustment knob seems to do nothing. somedays it feel stiff, while others its really smooth. Vibrates a little when braking. | | Similar Products Used: | 2 different Manitou Answer Double Crowns, (120 & 170 mm aprox)(on some Trek VRX frames) | | Bike Setup: | Some brand-less, hand-made frame previously with some cheap sigle wall aluminum rims. recently upgraded to double wall aluminum alloy rims. Has been used with Maxxis tires, Bontrager tires but lately using some Kenda tires that cost less than $5(and they work better than the others) | | Bottom Line: | I have given a very hard use to this fork, using it in raw terrain Cross Country / DownHill but never at racing performance. You cannot hit big obstacles with this fork without being prepared to properly flex your arms. I have never bottomed it, but my highest drop with it has been 60 cm (2 ft.). I recommend this fork for a beginner or a buddy who doesn´t want to spend a lot. You also have to consider your weigth, my friend gave it to me because he bottomed it a lot.( he weights more than 200 lbs. while I weight 170.) The fork in my case worked a lot better when I improved to stiffer rims and changed the straight, short handlebars with a riser, downhill style and wider one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
George
a Cross Country Rider
from Maryland
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came on my bikes | | Strengths: | i have yet to find any. | | Weaknesses: | where do i begin? extraordinarily flexy, wayyyy too soft, i think the preload adjustment knob is only for show. | | Similar Products Used: | i've used 2 of these on trek bikes (came stock). also a couple marzocchi forks, which are far better | | Bike Setup: | 2000 and 2001 trek 6000 and 4500's | | Bottom Line: | if i could give this thing 0 flaming poos, i would. if someone pays you to take this fork off their hands, it may serve well as a paperweight. other than that, i find that this fork is actually a step down from a rigid fork, due to its extremely soft feel. its so soft that i have bottomed it going off a curb. in addition, whenever i try to bunny hop, as it tops out it makes a large clunk, which i know is bad. i guess i should expect this from crappy trek bikes; its taken me two crappy bikes to figure out they're terrible! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Cross Country Rider
from Ellsworthia
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Good price, great transition from rigid fork, climbs well. Can be used to do dirt jumps and hops. | | Weaknesses: | No fast down hill ability. Need to get used to the bottoming when doing dirt jumps and hops. Bottoms on very bumpy trails. | | Similar Products Used: | UBI, RST, SID, DUKE, PILOT, JUDY, Marzocchi MXseries. | | Bike Setup: | Three bikes, many parts shared between them for varied feel and applications. Changed on a weekly basis. | | Bottom Line: | Used on a heavy frame hardtail. It's a do it all fork for XC. Don't hope to compete against elite riders with these forks, but for novice level racing it is usable. Found on my do it all bike, it does dirt jumps, hops, urban stuff and agressive XC. No one wants to steal these forks off my bike. I started out riding MTB on no front suspension, even using steel frame road bikes 20 years back. Just had to write this review to compliment a usable good value fork that does its job - it keeps my hands gripping the handle bar when riding high speed over very bumpy trails strewn with roots. If you aren't able to ride well with these forks, the other up-market forks won't make you a better rider. If you're into comfort on trails, better get something else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mo Elinsky
a Weekend Warrior
from Bethesda, MD US
Date Reviewed: February 15, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | my backyard | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | hudson trail outfitters | | Strengths: | Cheap... i guess it has good shock absorption for riding over things such as speed bumps and maybe off curbs. | | Weaknesses: | no disc mounts, tiny stachions, no adjusments, bottoms out too easily, flexy, cheesy dropouts, terrible damping. | | Similar Products Used: | Judy C, Marzocchi DJ2, Manitou 6, Marzocchi Z.1 | | Bike Setup: | '03 Bullit, 5th element, shiver, mag 30's, hayes 8" XT drivetrain ETC | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a fork to simply smooth out road riding and maybe some unpaved road riding, this is a fork to try out since it is cheap and light. However, i would not take this fork off road, off drops, or off curbs more than 6 inches high. It would probably work well as a winter fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
andy
a Cross Country Rider
from oklahoma city
Date Reviewed: November 8, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | nudraper | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | the bicylce store 2 | | Strengths: | better than rigid that i used to ride good value since it came on my bike | | Weaknesses: | bottoms out way to easily for this 190 lbs. rider. to flexy no external adjustments | | Similar Products Used: | answer other rockshoxs | | Bike Setup: | giant yukon with upgrades | | Bottom Line: | better than nothing but not by much. you might get by with this fork if you are a beginner or do not get off road very much. other wise spend the money on a little better fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave thonburg
a Cross Country Rider
from florida
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | rocky sunshine trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | clarkes cycles | | Strengths: | amazing for dirt ramps and trials biking | | Weaknesses: | could do with a little more travel | | Similar Products Used: | rock shox judy tt | | Bottom Line: | super forks can take any surface with ease.....perfect for trials biking and dirt jumping. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jospeh alvarado
a Cross Country Rider
from dallas, TX
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | flatrock ranch specailized track-Comfort,TX | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Bike World | | Strengths: | Strength/Solid; and they are better than forks | | Weaknesses: | Bottom/Top Out a lot, and make a knocking noise when braking. | | Similar Products Used: | Judy SL, SID race, Manitou Magnum R | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500, '02 XT r. derailleur;Monkey Lite carbon risers/Seatpost, Jett, Conti-Cross Country, Scott Clipless, Selle San Marco seat-Ti rails, XT casette, IG chain | | Bottom Line: | These shox came on my bike. I can't say that they are great, but I've hit the hardest trails in all of TX, and They haven't kept me from taking drops, or the extreme slate downhills of So,TX. I use my bike hard/everyday(weeks-road/weekends-trail), and I weigh 205lbs. So if you have to get them, do so. 2 of my friends have invested 3g's+ in their bikes (MT Tam, DBR carbon, SID's), and when it comes to race time I'm showin them how 2 ride. The rider makes the bike, the bike doesn't make the rider. I will be getting better shox soon, but I really don't need them as much as I want them. They get 4 and 4 flaming chilis because they do what they are supposed to. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pat Spencer
a Weekend Warrior
from Mt Uniacke
Date Reviewed: October 5, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | SportWheels | | Strengths: | i dont think they have any.
Well they say "rock shox"
they are adjustable (well they have adjusters!) | | Weaknesses: | they are skeletal and cheap and bottom out off any thing. | | Similar Products Used: | RST 281 | | Bike Setup: | 2000 GT Palomar with mavic rims and deore,stx-rc and LX components | | Bottom Line: | These shox SUCK ! dont buy them if they come on your bike upgrade them! They bottom out easy for me and all i do is abit of urban assult and cross country riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris lloyd
a Weekend Warrior
from mt uniacke
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | none just like jumps | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | none well they hold the wheel on and better than rigid thats about it! | | Weaknesses: | every thing they bottom out on anything, the things ciesed and the caps were striped so i had to drill a hole through the cap and squirt down wd-40. o and the steer tube bent! | | Bike Setup: | gt palomar | | Bottom Line: | these shox suck they look so skinny when u look down on the front wheel then i rode a bike with judys and they look way fatter and stronger than the jetts, but the jetts stayed together other than the steer tube bending and falling right out! but when they were together they took 6 foot drops well they bottomed out but they suck anyway dont buy them! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seymour
a Downhiller
from Brattleboro, VT, USA
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Any at Mount Snow | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Strengths: | slightly adjustable, very durable, virtually indistructable, inexpensive. | | Weaknesses: | bottoms out on occasion | | Similar Products Used: | Only identicle shocks | | Bike Setup: | Mesa GSX | | Bottom Line: | Ive taken these shocks everywhere, from snow to bumpy dirt roads, and even to Mount Snow Vermont where other bikers had 5000 dollar full suspension bikes, and Ive never had a single problem (at least not with the shocks). Occasionally they will bottom out after a big bump or a drop off, but you hardly notice. I would recomend this suspension fork to any biker, beginner - competition. If you are even a little careful, they will last you for a very long time. I stronly recomend these to anyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthieu Gascon
a Weekend Warrior
from Dieppe,N-B,Canada
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | ----- | | Strengths: | Good shocks for beginners..Adjustable, nice for someone of 150lbs or less. | | Weaknesses: | not that much for the moment..just had them | | Similar Products Used: | ----- | | Bike Setup: | Raleigh Serengeti FPS, RockShox Jett, Deore everywhere | | Bottom Line: | Well..i dont recommend that fork to a cross country biker but for a beginner only..But I would still go with the Marzocchi shocks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adzlan Arif
a Downhiller
from Malaysia
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | aggresive offroad | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$69.00 | | Purchased At: | a friend | | Strengths: | nice and smooth.....for beginners | | Weaknesses: | my damer broke after a few weeks i used it,...it's boingy and flex a lot....feels like you gonna loose your tyres... | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | FSR Specialized | | Bottom Line: | good for starters in this mountain bike game...but for some a little more experience...i suggest you add maybe another 100 bucks and go get your self a duke.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J-Dog
a Weekend Warrior
from Dallas, TX
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Richardson Bike Mart | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Bottoms out in the air. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500 | | Bottom Line: | I have alreay blown these things out once within the 1st year. Good for beginners but bad if you are catching any significant air since it feels like your front wheel is falling off. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Noah Valdez
a Weekend Warrior
from East Lansing
Date Reviewed: October 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Pontiac Lake | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | cambria | | Strengths: | CHEAP! | | Weaknesses: | CHEAP! Bottoms out by yanking the bars up for a cat walk or a bunny hop, but for 40 bucks what should I have expected. Also the lowers wiggle around the stanchions. | | Bike Setup: | '97 Gary Fisher Marlin | | Bottom Line: | Decent fork if you don't go off of pavement at all! I should have bought a better fork, this one is terrible. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason Ottinger
a Weekend Warrior
from Duluth Ga
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Yellow River | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came with mountain bike | | Strengths: | Handles moderate terrain well. Average weight. | | Weaknesses: | Not a good shock for heavier riders. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Magnum | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Diamondback Topanga | | Bottom Line: | For those riders in search of the perfect shock, keep in mind two factors before buying: your weight and technicality for riding. Obviously, a 200 pound technical rider will destroy this fork (Jett). But, for me only toping out at a buck fifty, this shock has been great. Just remember if your a light weight, sport rider you dont have to go all out on suspension. This fork has been outstanding for me so far. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric Wilkins
a Cross Country Rider
from Poestenkill, New York
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Cliffhanger | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$318.00 | | Purchased At: | plaines | | Strengths: | mad awesome shocks, adjustable pressure | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Rockshox Race, rockshox psylo | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Hardrock, stock except for Shimano XTR shifters | | Bottom Line: | sick mad awesome, for moderate trails. I don't think they'd last long on a more difficult trail | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a
from Surrey
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | better than a rigid. takes small stuff ok & small jumps are ok | | Weaknesses: | very bendy, crap seals, has adjusters but is either soft of v hard - nothing in the middle. no good for any big kinda jumping & small bump performance is just like a rigid | | Similar Products Used: | z5s, z2s, z3s indy Cs | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Kona NuNu | | Bottom Line: | Ok to begin with if youre new to biking but my seals went after about 3 months of nmainly XC riding. Go for a Z4/Z5 whihc im getting soon - much smoother & better made | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Billy
a Downhiller
from Alabama
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | north shore | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Worx | | Strengths: | every thingggggggggggggg | | Weaknesses: | dont have disk mounts so i ducktaped some on | | Similar Products Used: | manitou carbons, monster T, Mr. Dirt, Boxxer | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruise-super 8 | | Bottom Line: | I picked this fork up when i was in SC at a shop called Bike worx because i broke the left stantion on my boxxers. But im glad i did cause i found out how tight these jetts are. I mean all those other forks allways ran out of travel. And the 63mm works great with the travel of my super 8. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
FRASER
a
from CANADA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | Better than rigid,
Nothing seems to go wrong with it. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, not good for much else than streets and hardpack | | Similar Products Used: | I had a 98 indy c. It blew too. | | Bike Setup: | It's on my beater, a 2001 Kona Firemountain frame. | | Bottom Line: | For what I need it to do it is fine. For the price what can you expect? I hope to replace the Judy SL on my FSR XC with a SID 100 next season, then I'll throw the Judy on the Kona.
For any type of real riding, the jett sucks. For city riding(I just use it to bomb to work) it works fine.
For drops and big hits, you might as well ride rigid. It would feel the same. For small bumps, it is noticeably better than rigid.
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Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Apex, NC
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | LBS w/ bike | | Strengths: | its a shock (better than nothing), it can suck up some small stuff well | | Weaknesses: | flex, weight, and mine makes this weird clicking noise under hard braking, like the legs move around sideways in the sliders | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | '00 GF marlin, entry level HT | | Bottom Line: | Its better than nothing, but I am working on getting something with some damping by the end of the season | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a
from San Francisco, California
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint | | Bike Setup: | Aluminum GT hardtail | | Bottom Line: | This has to be the cheapest mtb fork on the planet. You can get 'em at Pricepoint for under $50. This is NOT a heavy duty suspension fork so downhillers should look else where. But for crusin' bike paths like what I do 98% of the time it should work just fine. I was thinking $400 Marzocchis when I was lookin' for my suspension fork. The Jett has comparable specs. under 4lbs with 2.5" of travel. Thanks Rock Shox for saving me over 300 bucks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Evan Walker
a Downhiller
from Pima, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: March 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Local | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Cycle Path | | Strengths: | Cheap, good for beginners. You could use it as a good weapon if you wanted. | | Weaknesses: | Poor for heavier people (I weigh 180, and I can't adjust this thing enough to make it not bottom out). | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox SID 100 (2001) - | | Bike Setup: | Trek Y1, all LX, Sun Rhyno Rims, SID 100 and FOX Rear. Ti seatpost/stem/handlebars | | Bottom Line: | If you are a beginner or you aren't going to severelly thrash your bike, this is a nice fork. If you are really into riding, or you ride DH, this is NOT the fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jimmy bob
a Cross Country Rider
from bobtown
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | a mountain bike trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | sunshine cycles | | Strengths: | well, they are shocks, they are dirt cheap, u can adjust them good(u can tell a difference) semi-plush, doesn't bob that much | | Weaknesses: | well 63 mm of travel can never be that great unless u got some sids. bottom out easy if set to super plush, super plush isn't super plush | | Similar Products Used: | indy c's they suck | | Bike Setup: | 2000 fisher marlin, with clipless pedal and a bunch of other upgraded junk | | Bottom Line: | um um um, well jimmy bob likes this fork and he wants to but a psylo xc now cause he's gotten better, get em i guess, but i don't care. but they have performed nicly so they get 5 hot dogs on fire
~~~jimmy bob~~~~~ | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JDR
a Weekend Warrior
from London
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | hardwood hills | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | champoin bicycles | | Strengths: | Takes a beating
Good price
| | Weaknesses: | Bottomed out alot | | Bike Setup: | 1997 GT, all LX components. Bought the shock seperate from bike. | | Bottom Line: | This was my first shock. They worked well and took a beating. But I already got a new fork. They are good for beginners. But get rid if them once you start hitting the drops. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jackson Cox
a Cross Country Rider
from Staunton, VA, USA
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | switchbacks, (or anything with long downhills and jumps) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Came on my new Gary Fisher but I know thats what they cost | | Strengths: | Ummmm.....I havent found any except for they are rock shox brand and that they have 63mm of travel which is ok I guess. | | Weaknesses: | Just about everything else. They are heavy and they dont even have a lot of travel. | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Judy and Rock Shox Sid | | Bike Setup: | I have a 2k Gary Fisher Joshua f4 and it kicks. Cloud 9 seat Specialized Kevlar tires. You gotta try some of those. They stop flats like nothing else. | | Bottom Line: | These shox sux! Spend your money on something else, like a pair of used Judys for the same cost. I never would have used them except for that they came on my bike as stock. Buy these if your a beginner that wants Rock Shox quality without the cost. I'll give them a 2 cause they're rock shoxs, other than that they're a "no go" | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
brian
a Weekend Warrior
from pa
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | durable, semi light weight and easy on the wallet. plenty of travel for the average rider. | | Weaknesses: | no disc brake mounts and that's it | | Bike Setup: | stock 2000 gary fisher marlin | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is it's great but if your totally i mean riding of ten foot drops and doing 60 down hill with heavy brush then the fork is good for you and your wallet. it's light durable, and it's got 65mm of travel where else are you gunna find that for 80-100 dollars? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Timothy Finnegan
a Weekend Warrior
from Baltimore, MD
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | borderland sp, ma | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | cheap, no maintenance, works | | Weaknesses: | generates sneers from biking snobs | | Similar Products Used: | judy tt, indy | | Bike Setup: | 13" specialized hardrock, deore lx rear, xt front, everything else is the same as the day i got it | | Bottom Line: | a perfectly good fork for a 13" bike and a crappy to intermediate rider, depending on who you talk to. if you're a fat ass i can see how it would bottom out a lot. but maybe you should lose weight instead of complaining about a perfectly good fork.
the only thing i don't like is the logo. all the other rock shox forks look presentable, making this one stick out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
SJ
a Weekend Warrior
from Upstate NY
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | -Better than a RST 281 or "Ballistic" Wal-Mart fork(if you've ever ridden one,you KNOW that isn't saying much!!)
-Cheap | | Weaknesses: | -Flexy
-No travel
-Bottoms out like nothing else
-Heavy for the amount of travel involved | | Similar Products Used: | Mantiou Magnum(the benchmark fork in the under-$200 category),RST 281(crap),Ballistic(crap),rigid forks | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Rockhopper A1 FS | | Bottom Line: | To those people who call the Jett a good fork:Don't kid yourselves!This fork is a Taiwanese piece 'o' crap that will die a terrible death if you try to do anything remotely aggressive with it.For recreational street riders with no balls,this may fit the bill...
It performs on the same level as a rigid fork,but with extra maintenance,and more weight.It made a good,well-made aluminum bike(a Mongoose DX 4.0)feel like a K-mart blue-light special.If this fork came on your bike,DEEP-SIX IT FOR SOMETHING THAT WORKS--even a chromoly rigid fork if you can't afford anything better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a
from Eugene OR, USA
Date Reviewed: January 22, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | I'll try anything (so far :) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Paul's Bicycel way of life (local shop) | | Strengths: | Stock on the Gary Fisher Wahoo 2001 model. Nice beginner shock. Been riding for several months both on and off road.
*adjustable
*easy to maintain
*enough for fun (moderate)trail riding (not serious downhill)
*Price
*Durable
| | Weaknesses: | They only have 65mm travel so I they bottom out on me once in a while when I do unwise thing on a bike.
| | Similar Products Used: | ---n/a | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher stock Wahoo 2001, | | Bottom Line: | These suckers are great!! They can take a beating and are ready for more. They are easy to adjust( for light or heavy trails) very easy to maintain/oil/lube.
More travel would be nice. Thank you Gary for putting these babies on my ride.
Nice for the price
I really like them a lot. :) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bawdo
a Downhiller
from Australia
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Price
| | Weaknesses: | A bit to flexy
Not enough adjustability
Not enough travel | | Similar Products Used: | Rst 280, Rst 281TL, Manitou Spyders, Rst 381DH, crap suntours, Rst 381 Tl, Shockworks stuff, Manitou X-Verts. | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Giant Warp DS2, Titec Berserker Seat, DmrV8 pedals, reat stock. | | Bottom Line: | Pretty good forks for the cash l just hope these forks have better luck with me than previous forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
vtfoo
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Ubin | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$180.00 | | Strengths: | Strong, fuss free and great value for money. | | Weaknesses: | Not adjustable. | | Similar Products Used: | Mostly RST and other Taiwan stuff. | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose DX4.0 with full Deore drivetrain and Ground Speed riser bar. | | Bottom Line: | Great product for beginners and the budget conscious. If you are still using a rigid fork, buy this one now and you will wonder what took you so long. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Bridger
a Cross Country Rider
from Batavia
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Deer Grove | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | The bike rack | | Strengths: | The jett fork is very strong and durable. IT flexes alot and dosent bottem out very easily. | | Weaknesses: | The fork is great except it's a little soft at first but that can be adjusted. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Trek 4500 aluminum with shimano componints and bontrager wheels and tires | | Bottom Line: | The Jett Fork is an all around great fork for the money and
you can't get a fork this good for this low cost! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Callum
a Cross Country Rider
from nelson
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | nice and stong ,cheap,easy to keep going good | | Weaknesses: | these forks are a bit hardand a bit heavy other than that nothing | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Magnum | | Bike Setup: | mongoose pro 7.2 | | Bottom Line: | these are a very good fork for a beginner or someone with not to much to spend.I found these nice for xc racing or just for mucking around.these | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron
a Cross Country Rider
from Garden City, KS USA
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | the more technical the better | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | The Bike Rack, Inc. | | Strengths: | everything, this baby is tough, low maintenance, preload adjusters are a plus. Gotta love MCU's | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | rigid, some cheap ass forks that don't even come colse to measuring up | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Specialized HardRock FS w/ Velo saddle, bar ends, clips, soon to have Shimano clipless | | Bottom Line: | This is truly a great fork. I've beat hell out of it on the roughest singletrack, and it keeps coming back for more. There is just no not loving this fork. If youre in the market for a great lower priced fork, this should be your first choice. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dan
a Weekend Warrior
from medfield ma usa
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | mountain bikes | | Strengths: | decent travel, PRICE, durability | | Weaknesses: | weight | | Similar Products Used: | rst junk for the same price, suntour junk, and manitou magnum (much better) | | Bike Setup: | 2000 stock marlin w/ specialized tires, nashbar suspension seat post, selle san marco us postal saddal (AWESOME but kinda stiff, on sale for 40$ at www.bikeworld.com)specialized cyclocomputer (biggest POS) | | Bottom Line: | great shock especially for the money, they've bailed me out many a time when i do stupid things (i.e. jumping off steep rocks while going slow)these are greatr shocks and they are underrated, great for entry level to beginning racers, they'll hold up to all your punishment | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeremy
a Weekend Warrior
from united states
Date Reviewed: November 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | all of them | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | a bike shop | | Strengths: | not many, but it is pretty good if you were to compare it to some of the rst crap out there. not much travel, so not great for real mountain biking | | Weaknesses: | travel, bottoming out all the time, lots of annoying squeaks | | Similar Products Used: | manitou magnum,some rst junk | | Bike Setup: | trek 4500 with hydrolic discs, and soon, some bombers | | Bottom Line: | if your gonna buy some shocks, you might as well buy something that will last and really absorb shock. with the jetts, you can only go so far. i would reccomend marzocchi, rock shox judy, or just about any manitou. if you have only got like 150 bucks to spend, buy some '99 bombers or something that you can really pound the crap out of and nothing will happen | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
josh
a Cross Country Rider
from mooroolbark
Date Reviewed: November 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | mt dandy | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | ringwood bike work shop | | Strengths: | good travel not possible to bend | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | rst 281 but there crap | | Bike Setup: | giant yokon se 200 | | Bottom Line: | good forks good for cross country riding and they look good | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Cross Country Rider
from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 24, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Price, preloads, quality, stenghth (durability) | | Weaknesses: | no dampening, bobing, no disk brake mounts | | Similar Products Used: | RST forks, rigid, suntour | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Gary fisher Marlin | | Bottom Line: | Good fork for the money, but lack some of the features of the higher forks. Bobs a lot when riding up steep hill. would be nicer if it had disk brake mounts, but I guess if you can afford disk brakes you would buy a more expensive fork. Overall very good for the money. Better than department store forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bob bell
a Downhiller
from consett
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | plant pot | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$10000.00 | | Purchased At: | bike place newcastle | | Strengths: | the product has 7 inches of plush travl and air dampning xxx seals made from titnanium alloy and they are as stiff as a board buy them! and ajustable travl 100mm-500mm | | Weaknesses: | none this i the best folk ever made jett 00 | | Similar Products Used: | monster t boxxer | | Bike Setup: | towensed equiliser with lead frame, falcon comonents 12speed and slick tyers this bike is know up for sale phone bob bell on 01207 507266 | | Bottom Line: | this is the best folk on the market it should be used profesonal down hilling i recemend this folk for steve pete
and any proffesional | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Cross Country Rider
from Wakefield, England
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Ones with pubs | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Bombproof. Value £££, | | Weaknesses: | Limited travel, Wheight | | Similar Products Used: | Judy xc100 | | Bike Setup: | Voodoo Erzulie Custom Build. | | Bottom Line: | Great value for money, more likely to suit the heavier rider (im 250Lbs)the heavier you are the better they work, great fork for general trail riding but not suitable for downhill because of limited travel, why pay £200 for a fork when these are great at around £70 fitted ?
Don't be a bike snob !! save your cash and buy Jett's | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Collins
a Cross Country Rider
from Bowral,nsw,Australia
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Gib Track | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Good travel, low maintiance, looks good | | Weaknesses: | bottoms out sometimes, little heavy | | Similar Products Used: | rst 281 99 | | Bike Setup: | Giant Yukon SE 00, axiom down hill hangers, CATEYE TOMO speedo, shimano cranks, ROCKSHOX Jett 00 (with adjusters) | | Bottom Line: | good | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sven bjornson
a Cross Country Rider
from vancouver
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | a little better than a rigid fork | | Weaknesses: | only a little better than a rigid fork | | Similar Products Used: | rst 281, rigid forks. (ive tried lots of other forks but those are the only similar ones) | | Bottom Line: | this is a fork, like the low end rst forks, that is put on a bike so that the manufacturer can claim that they are selling a suspension bike. my bike, with a rigid fork, has a 1 inch steertube witch makes it difficult to find a new fork. i want to upgrade to suspension because ive started riding regularly so i basically need a new frame, one with a 1 1/8 inch steer post. i could have gotten a jett and kept my old bike, but the jett sucks. it barely moves. it doesnt compare to a manitou magnum or mrazocchi Z5, and definitely not to anything higher, from any of the three big shock manufacturers. if you are considering getting this fork, then reconsider and either spend a little more and get something better, like anything. or save some money and get something slightly worse, a rigid fork, which is cheaper and a lot harder to break. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
trey
a Cross Country Rider
from edmond,oklahoma
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | good performance for the money
| | Weaknesses: | not enough travel if you plan to ride anywhere that has dropoffs or big bumps | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500 | | Bottom Line: | This is a great fork for the beginner. But i think it is too easy to outgrow it skillwise. I think it's a piece of crap overral. On the otherhand tho it's better than the shocks that are on toys "r" us bikes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Ramsés
a Weekend Warrior
from Viva Las Vegas Baby, Yah!!!
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Red Rock Canyon, Cottonwood, Mt. Charleston | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, most bang-for-the-buck, great entry-level fork. | | Weaknesses: | what do you expect for the lowest RockShox fork? | | Similar Products Used: | RST's, Jett XC | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500 | | Bottom Line: | it's a pretty good fork, but only on entry-level bikes. this is better quality than the other brands who offer similar forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rafi julius
a Weekend Warrior
from jerujalem
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | takes out bumps on road, trail, and single track.
very simple and reliable.
not expensive. | | Weaknesses: | ?????????????? | | Bike Setup: | haro a7.1 + r.s suspension seat | | Bottom Line: | my bike came with that fork, and after ridind 1000 miles or so, some in rough country, i have no complains at all.
i tried friends bike with judy race, and couldn't find so much difference.
unless your a downhiller or a serius xc - get it. its a perfect bootom line product | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darrell Kelloway
a Cross Country Rider
from Torbay,Newfoundland,Canada
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Shoal Bay | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | It has good rebound and preload ajustment. | | Weaknesses: | It's haldling isn't the best | | Similar Products Used: | RST 281 EL (test drived only) | | Bike Setup: | Rocky MTN Fusion | | Bottom Line: | It is a good entry level fork. If this is your a second year of mountain biking you should get it! D'ont forget, It is a big differance between a rigid fork and the 2000 Rock Shox Jett. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas, Texas, USA
Date Reviewed: July 20, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | low cost, work well | | Weaknesses: | not much travel | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Marlin 2000 | | Bottom Line: | These are the first shocks that I've owned and I think that they are worth every penny of what the cost. I am a beginer and not that serious of a biker which makes these shocks perfect for me. These should be everyones first shocks. I am planning on keeping them for a long time. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BIG D
a Cross Country Rider
from CANADA
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | ALL A DEM! | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Cost, Plush, travel, ability to shoot down RST owners cuz RST's suck! | | Weaknesses: | Get harder in the cold, not clear coated | | Similar Products Used: | RST 281 | | Bike Setup: | trek 4500 w upgraded XTR Drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | Excellent Value and great perfromance for all riders!
I don't know why all y'all are mad at them, they're great for the price and are great cause I'm a heavy guy so they work over any little bump!
The heavier you are, the better they'll work!
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Submitted by
Daniel Koch
a
from Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Fort Peirce | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Weight, Price, Mcu | | Weaknesses: | Not enough travel,not plush enough | | Similar Products Used: | Judy C,Indy | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500, clipless, gripshift,avids | | Bottom Line: | Good for beginners but it could have a little more travel and it wouldn't have to cost much more. But otherwise it is pretty good. I ride trails but more road, and it is just plush enough to make the road feel less bumpy. Rock Shocks needs to make more like this. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rhonda
a Weekend Warrior
from Asheville, NC USA
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Value for the $$$
shock became more plush with increased riding
oil bath | | Weaknesses: | Stiff and rigid at first | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Magnum | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn Mesa 2000, bar ends, clipless pedals | | Bottom Line: | Great fork for a beginner/novice rider, who is out to tear up the trail, not the other riders on race day.
Excellent value for the $$$, it comes stock on the Schwinn, Mesa 2000. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
alexandre diver
a Downhiller
from hull, quebec, canada
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | parc de la gatineau in hull | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | I have not much to say in this section cause theses are the
worst shocks i have ever rode on next to the no names !! | | Weaknesses: | No plushness at all. They are supossed to be adjustable but i think it's more like a stiif or soft thing nothing in between. | | Similar Products Used: | rst shocks | | Bike Setup: | gary fisher marlin all aluminium frame | | Bottom Line: | Im buying a new downhill fork cause this aint worth nothing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike grossman
a Weekend Warrior
from libertyville IL
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | cheap
can be up graded | | Weaknesses: | freezes up in cold weather
can not be adjusted
rock shox customer service | | Similar Products Used: | stx 381 KHS house brand? | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500 w/clipless pedals and bar ends
trek 4500 w/ clipless pedals and bar ends | | Bottom Line: | best for a beginer who wants a suspension fork that can be upgraded in the future.
after three mouths of using the fork stock I am switching in an Englund air system. rock Shox has a hard to use web site and does not provide any good maintiance manuals for their forks. Three chills for value rating and two for overall be cause upgrades for the shock can be reletively cheap.
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Submitted by
Mike
a
from Princeton, NJ, USA
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | cheap
suits a purpouse
| | Weaknesses: | NOT ENOUGH TRAVEL! | | Bike Setup: | trek 4500 | | Bottom Line: | They are shocks and better than nothing. They are cheap.
They don't have much travel but if you want more you gotta pay more! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel
a Weekend Warrior
from Andover, UK
Date Reviewed: March 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Winchester Hill (nr. Bat and Ball pub, south England) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Brand, overall feel, open oil bath, price | | Weaknesses: | Prefer the stickers on the 99 model | | Similar Products Used: | Topgun 006 | | Bike Setup: | Scott Peak | | Bottom Line: | The 99 model Jett had a pathetic 45mm of travel, weighed a ton and cost twice as much as an RST equivilant, yet it was still the best budget fork on the market due to the trademark Rock Shox smoothness and build quality. The 2000 model has a full 3" of plush travel, is very light, costs just £70 and keeps the same level of performance. What I'm trying to say is that this fork RULES!!!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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