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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: | |
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