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Submitted by
Agrath
a Cross Country Rider
from North County San Diego
Date Reviewed: February 28, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Basic no frills oil dampened coil. Easy to work on. | | Weaknesses: | Limited on-the-fly adjustment. Not DH level burly, but then again it's not supposed to be. | | Similar Products Used: | Pretty much every shock made...really. | | Bike Setup: | '01 Stumpy FSR XC Disc | | Bottom Line: | Came with the Stumpy and after 4+ yrs was considering just getting a new fork but decided to RTFM and see what I could do with this one. Had been originally set at 80mm and I did experience some bottoming out. Re-set spacers to 100mm, used 7wt in the plunger leg (L), 10wt in the damper leg (R). After fine tuning the limited rebound and preload adjusterments for about 5 min I had what I was looking for. And I didn't have to go buy a new fork.
This speaks to a greater issue of riders who are:
1) Mechanically challenged - don't know how to properly dial in a given component/system/bike
2) Lack of riding skill - just because you bought a $4,000 bike, it doesn't mean you know how to ride
I would have to say the kooks who have negatively reviewed this fork fall into one or both of these categories. If you weigh over 200lbs and have the bike jumping skill of a Sumo wrestler, find another sport...it's not the fork or the bike's fault.
4 chilis across the board for delivering the essentials at such a low price. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jules whistle
a Racer
from mexico
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Venados in mexico city | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | friend | | Strengths: | strong, reliable,tracks down well, does not loose pressure cause it´s a coil shock. | | Weaknesses: | maybe the weight if you race | | Similar Products Used: | sid sl, indy xc | | Bike Setup: | 2001 homegrown pro with xt-lx mix, it´s my "regular" mountainbike i use for training and trashing | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that i`ve had this fork since 2001, i´ve never serviced it or anything, and i´ve used it quite extensively, has never malfunctioned, or leaked oil. I just clean the legs every time i ride and put some oil into it, and still works fine, the most reliable fork i`ve ever had, and it´s a guaranteed product that won`t be sipping air in the middle of nowhere, (like it can happen with a bloody air fork). | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Collin
a Cross Country Rider
from Minneapols
Date Reviewed: November 8, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Rebound and dampening and top shelf.
Light - 3.4lbs
Easy to work on | | Weaknesses: | Could be stiffer | | Similar Products Used: | Fox's
'Zokes | | Bike Setup: | chain, wheels, handlebars and a seat | | Bottom Line: | I sold this to my friend but the other day riding with him I kinda wanted to check it out again. I took it down some hairy singletrack decents and was amazed! Although my 'Zoke is a bit stiffer, this thing felt great and did it's job perfectly. The guy from the last post must be talking about a '02 since the '01's is only coil/oil. No air! Anyway, put some slick honey on these and let it rip! IF you can find one used or something, make sure it's in good condition and buy it! Great lightweight XC race fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed Miller
a Cross Country Rider
from Sun Valley, Idaho
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | City Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | purchased with bike at Bike Farmer | | Strengths: | Looks ok | | Weaknesses: | Very Bouncy, unable to reduce air pressure enough to stop the bounce. Front end wonders ie. it fails to track a straight line. You have to be content to just find the APPROXIMATE line and keep your balance. Can be a problem for a must-make patch of singletrack with limited options. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou SXR | | Bike Setup: | Yeti ASR, Fox RL rear, Judy SL junk on front, xt and xtr componentry, Thompson stem and seatpost, mavic rims, avid mech discs | | Bottom Line: | Bouncy, flimsy, won't track straight!
This is a LOUSY shock! Didn't realize the plain ol Manitou SXR on my previous bike (Klein Attitude) was so good until I got this bike. Wished I'd of known a little more about shocks and I'd have had them switch it out when I bought it for another one. Guess the earlier Judy's were a different shock then the more recent crap. It's pretty bad when they change quality on you within the same models. I'll never even think of Rock Shox again! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Clive, IA US
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | price point | | Strengths: | everything. Stiff, plush, 4 inches of travel, has never bottomed out, even off a 7 footer, great value, will last forever | | Weaknesses: | nothing | | Similar Products Used: | manitou mars elite, rock shox jett | | Bike Setup: | schwinn, lx, race face | | Bottom Line: | If your looking for the most reliable, greatest value, smooth and longest lasting fork out there, this is the one to get. Judys never seem to wear out and it still rides like it is just out of the box, even after years of harsh abuse. In my opinion, this is the greatest all around fork out there, with four inches of plush travel, and fairly light weight for a great price. It is the perfect combination of weight, travel, reliability, and value. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nikolas
a Weekend Warrior
from Greece
Date Reviewed: January 5, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Strengths: | cheap,nice looks,nice works,100mmtravel option | | Weaknesses: | none(so far) | | Similar Products Used: | manitou magnum(no-good) | | Bottom Line: | I have the '02 JudySL Air.So far its ok-nothing to cry about.As for the ones who low-rated it maybe its a matter of not paying attension that this is an XC NOT an downhill fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fritz
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Monica, CA
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$199.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Everything | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi, Manitou | | Bike Setup: | Trek 930 | | Bottom Line: | This fork has little use- you can't eat dinner with it, and you can't ride with it. It's so flexible that it's dangerous, the seals leak oil immediately, the damping cartridge blows out if you ride off of a curb, and even in the first week you use it, before it falls apart, it doesn't have any damping and pogos all over the place. Oh, it doesn't even have as much travel as advertised. This fork deserves -1 chilis- go buy yourself anything but a Rock Shox, save your neck, and be happy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Pasadena,CA
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | El Prieto | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | New old stock... | | Strengths: | This fork holds the front wheel away from the frame. | | Weaknesses: | It only does it for a few months. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi bombers, several RS & Manitou. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized SJ, XT/XTR, Truvativ Stylo cranks... | | Bottom Line: | After riding this fork for about 6 months (looking for a cheap replacement after the last RS fork blew), I've noticed several interesting things about this fork. The first interesting thing that I noticed was that the bushing were destroyed after about two months. After replacing the lowers, the forks lasted slightly longer (4 months). Now, the seals and damping cartridge are blown, and the bushings are once more shot.
So not only did this fork literally fall apart several times over the course of but a several months, but when it worked 'properly', it still was a poor fork. It flexed, bottomed out, had terrible rebound damping adjustment, and I never could figure out why they bothered to put the preload adjusters on - it's not as if they really did anything.
Oh wait. One good thing about the fork. Set up for 100mm of travel, it almost got 80. (At 63, it got less than 50, and at 80 got around 65...)
Overall, unless you are looking for a fork that provides replacement parts to another shoddy RS product, I wouldn't purchase this fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
fedain
a Cross Country Rider
from New York, NY
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Chimney Rock | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Kim's Bike Shop, New Brunswick NJ | | Strengths: | Good progressive action. Very confidence-inspiring. Hasn't broken yet and I ride it very hard. I have not even had to service it! | | Weaknesses: | The adjustments have no conceivable effect. But it works fine without it (I'm 200lbs) | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Z4 | | Bike Setup: | '96 Mongoose Hilltopper SX | | Bottom Line: | I don't know why RS gets such a bad rap. This fork in particular has been very good to me. My Z4 gets similar use and it has already had one rebuild after failing utterly, and now the stanchions are becoming separated from the fork tubes and leaking oil. The Judy SL lets me comfortably pursue that line between XC and freeride that I so love! For the price, you can't go wrong. I should have bought two and ditched the Z4. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
judy
a
from calafornia
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | great paperweightalso also a great and a affordable way to become a paraplegic | | Weaknesses: | i rode this fork for around 9 months and after having it serveced i headed down to a jump park. i went off a small kicker came down and broke the stanction. i was rushed to hospital and i broke my neck. i have never recovered THANKS TO ROCKSHOX FOR THEIR UNBELEIVABLY bad FORKs. | | Similar Products Used: | none are as bad as this | | Bike Setup: | cannot remember | | Bottom Line: | bad fork, bad price and great paperweight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken
a Cross Country Rider
from Wethersfield Ct. US of A
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | The one I'm on | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came on bike | | Strengths: | The color matches the bike. Better than no shock | | Weaknesses: | Where to begin. 1.Clangs and bangs like a Dodge truck 2.Flexes like a noodle 3.Adjustments do nothing 4.Bushing slop is rediculas 5.Way under sprung | | Similar Products Used: | Various Rock Shok and Manitou products | | Bike Setup: | I-Drive 3.0 many up grades | | Bottom Line: | This is a follow up review. At first this fork was OK at best, but after some saddle time the truth comes out. The sounds this thing makes when climbing will scare off bears.It bottoms out real easy on small impacts. I was riding a long fast flat area and when it came time to slow down I happend to be looking at my front wheel and to my supprise I noticed that the fork would flex 2" back when I hit the brakes!!! Bottoline--If you are over 120# you need a better fork | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
clark
a
from canada
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | great value. reasonably plush and light, great xxx seals. | | Weaknesses: | not very adjustable. preload change is noticable, but rebound knob is useless. not very stiff. lots of plastic. | | Similar Products Used: | 2002 manitou mars super (so sweet) | | Bike Setup: | 2001 devinci phantom hardtail, deore/lx/xt, avid, titec, etc. | | Bottom Line: | this fork was great brand new, but has gracefully deteriorated with time, despite regular maintenance. the xxx seals have been amazing - clean oil every time. a very "noodly" fork (as with all rock shox), scary on technical trails, especially around roots and rocks. quite plush, though not great, especially 2 years later. has travel adjustment possibilities (63-80-100 mm), though it only feels nice for me at 80. 100mm was just way too twisty. rebound adjustment knob is for decoration only apparently - it does absolutely nothing. never did. anyway, buy this if its cheap. or go try a manitou and never go back. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Troy Pensa
a Racer
from Atlanta, Ga. USA
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Atlanta Cycling in Vinings | | Strengths: | Can't think of any. | | Weaknesses: | Right cylinder leaks oil, even after the inept technician at my bike shop tried to fix it 4 times over the past year. Company weakness is in the only person who has any customer serivce at the company is a guy named Chris, but because their computer systems were messed up, and because my bike shop is a bunch of total tools, it has now taken 2 months to get the shock fixed, and I've been without a bike. | | Similar Products Used: | If there is one single thing wrong with this shock when (and if) I ever get it back, I'm going to the Marzocchi Marathon SL. | | Bottom Line: | If you live in the Atlanta Area, do NOT go to Atlanta Cycling. They don't listen to special instructions you give them when you're already working with a rep from the company that made your specific component. They, first and foremost, lead to the extreme length of time it took to get my shock fixed by Rock Shox. Go to Freeflite, they know whey they are doing, and I now buy my gear from them. I also bought a great road bike from Freeflite as well. As for the '01 Judy SL. I haven't been satisfied with it since I purchased my Trek 8000, but if Rock Shox fixed this, and the shock performs like it should then I'll be happy. At first I liked it as an Adventure Racer, it's pretty light, but it bottomed out quite a bit on big hits. I've heard great things about the Marzocchi Marathon SL as a GREAT long race/adventure racing fork. I'm very tempted to lay down the cash for one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
adam
a
from pennsylvania
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | valley green | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | cheap, good adjustments for the price (rebound, dual preload, internal travel) perfect for novice xc riders. | | Weaknesses: | flexy lowers and stanchions, i can bend the fork about 10degrees holding the front wheel against a wall and twisting the bars. the rebound adjuster doesnt do much to begin with, and only turns halfway when the fork is in 100mm setting. | | Similar Products Used: | manitou black, judy tt, marzocchi exr | | Bike Setup: | trek 6500 with mavic disc wheels, avid discs, sd7 levers, rock ring, aframe pedals, firex pro tires, judy sl | | Bottom Line: | perfect fork for intended use. however, DO NOT use this fork if u intend doing anything other than xc. u will weaken the fork and develop MAJOR flex! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Coen van Holland
a Cross Country Rider
from Netherlands
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Schoorl | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Just about everything! Stiff, cool looks, no real maintenance required, just keep the seals lubricated.... | | Weaknesses: | Weakness? The only weakness it has is that it's so cheap. Because of that people think that its not worthy or sumthing... | | Similar Products Used: | 01 SID SL, Psylo SL | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC Big Bear, Hope C2 hydraulic discs, SRAM 9.0/7.0, Titec barends, RaceFace steer, RaceFace Prodigy stem/cranks/seatpost/chainwheels, Rigida Taurus 2000 discbrake wheelset, Michelin XL S, Cane Creek Zero-Stack (ZS) headset, RaceFace ISIS-drive bracket, Shimano SPD-M696, Selle Italia Trans-Am... | | Bottom Line: | This fork looks like a SID, feels like a Psylo, and is as cheap as a no-namer! What more could you want?
I've used this fork for the past 1.5 years and it totally suits my needs. And I am a aggressive cross country rider...
Currently i have it dialed in for my needs, i changed the springs to the black ones (heaviest/stiffest) (I almost cant compress my fork pushing on it while standing next to my bike, yet it soaks up everything on the trail including the small bumps), i then dialed the adjuster knobs to about half-way. Rebound adjust? I dont notice much when changing it so i just left it that way.
I don't experience any clickin sound (in the beginning i had that problem but i let my LBS change the fork to a good one) so its quiet, smooth as hell, stiffer than bill clinton, and as good lookin as Pamela Anderson.
Look, it cant compare to the Psylo, but it definetily is better than the whole %$&$$ SID line for about half the price.
Okay ill ride it till it breaks or sumthing (unless i see a Psylo SL like reaaaally cheap) and i will replace it with a Psylo SL, but I now know what RockShox is capable of.
If you want a psylo but youre on a budget , definately get these....NOW! GO! RUN! THE SHOP IS ABOUT TO CLOSE!! DONT REST UNTIL YOU GOT EM!
Anyways im pretty satisfied with these shocks and i hope they'll continu satisfieing me for a very long time.
Grtz, Coen | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken
a Cross Country Rider
from Wethersfield Ct.
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Looks, Travel is adjustable, Rebound and Dampening work well, XXX seals keep the trail gunk out | | Weaknesses: | Sprins are to soft for my size (215#)Squishing and pinging sounds while riding make the bike sound like it has asthma.(or is that me?) | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Jett, Manitou Magnum | | Bike Setup: | GT I-Drive 3.0 Avid Speed Dial 5 Brakes, Bontrager stem, Easton straight bars with Titec ends, XT front derailure, Terry Liberator sadle | | Bottom Line: | This is a very good fork for light weight sissy boys, its not set up for us fat a$$s. If you are over 180# expect to buy stronger springs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Enrique
a
from China
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | any but learning some | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | WL($^$%)Bicycles | | Strengths: | colour, travel, Damping works! | | Weaknesses: | a little soft | | Similar Products Used: | 2000 Judy race, Z3 air 2001, SID xc 2001 | | Bike Setup: | Parkpre Crossmate with self-made 6061 disc brake adaptor, Judy SL, XT groupset, XT disc/Mavic X317/DT 14G, Titec kits, WTB headset. | | Bottom Line: | good XC fork! That's all | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
max
a Cross Country Rider
from knoxville tn
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | haw ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | price point | | Strengths: | light for the money
worked good for a long time
adjustable rebound | | Weaknesses: | clicking noise?
i finally blew it and it now has no dampining
real flexy | | Similar Products Used: | sx-r judy race | | Bike Setup: | diamondback pos | | Bottom Line: | great for the money but it has its weaknesses
i ran mine on 4 in and i weigh 200lb it worked great for 1 1/2 year then i blew it so now i am a proud owner of a fox forx | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
SirRobin
a
from Tidewater
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Bullet proof, light for a coil shock, easy to maintain. does so much so well | | Weaknesses: | not as stiff as large tube designs | | Similar Products Used: | RS SID, Many Manitous | | Bike Setup: | ALU hard tail. | | Bottom Line: | Shock came stock on my wife's ride, I have had it on my bike while my shock was kaput and pending replacement. she almost didn't get it back. It's plush, reliable, responsive, easy to service, eminantly tunable as long as you know which end of an allen wrench to point at your bike. the caveat; KEEP UP WITH YOUR MAINTENANCE, the few I know who have had a problem blew off the care and feeding of their suspension. Shame they don't make them like this anymore! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mako
a Cross Country Rider
from Georgia
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with Bike (Cycleworks) | | Strengths: | Low maintenance, Can take some decent hits (within reason) | | Weaknesses: | None for this price range. You can get them cheap. | | Bottom Line: | This fork came on my bike purchased in 11/2000. It was good then, and I rode about 1500 miles on it without touching it. In the last few months I started riding more aggressively ("cross country" aggressive, not freeriding). Eventually I started to notice oil on the upper tube and soon after that the dreaded "chocking" sound of the fork bottoming out. I sucked it up and spent some time breaking the fork down per RS's instructions. The oil in the right (damping) leg was fouled with water (what oil was left) and some dirt had gotten past the seals. The left leg was fine. I cleaned up the internals and replaced the oil (5wt). I also BTW switched the spacers around to give me 100mm of travel. I was seriously thinking about getting a Duke SL or race since they seem to be a lot of fork for the money. Well, changing that Judy SL to 100mm and replacing the oil has done wonders. It's amazing how much of a difference it made. The moral of the story is service your fork. Even a low maint. Judy needs love once in a while. And while your at it extend the travel. It slacked up the angle on my bike and I decend and jump better, and generally ride faster. Didn't make that much of a difference climbing either. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick Newman
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | VERY SMOOTH, ADUSTABLE AND LOOKS GOOD | | Weaknesses: | SOMTIMES CLICKS ON REBOUND | | Similar Products Used: | JUDY XC PSYLO XC,SL | | Bike Setup: | DBR XLINK LX GROUPSET MAVIC F519 RIMS RST REAR SHOCK JUDY SLS UP FRONT | | Bottom Line: | GOOD FORKS IN EVERY WAY EXEPT FOR THE CLICKING ON REBOUND | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a Cross Country Rider
from Burnaby, B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | North Shore | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | The Bike Cellar | | Strengths: | Great price, great shock, | | Weaknesses: | None that I have found | | Bike Setup: | Kona Hot, XT/DX, mavic rims, and last but not least, the Judy's. | | Bottom Line: | Hey great shock, I have not had any noises or failures and I have ridden it fairly hard (for me). It is a great shock for a xc rider it does a nice job of keeping my fillings in my teeth.
I am not an overly aggressive rider, I like to ride to keep in shape and to have fun. The North Shore mountains have a variety of trails that can surprise, scare, intimidate and wow you, and generally make your day alot of fun. The Judy's have not given me any reason to be concerned, hitting 25Mph on a single track DH on loose gravel the forks just keep the front wheel glued to the ground, cornering and rolling over everything.
When I go down it is because of my own mistakes not the fork having a weakness.
I would recommend it to anyone looking to get a good xc fork, and if you live in Vancouver, go get it at The Bike Cellar, I got it installed with V brakes and a new stem and a new head set for under $300. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
james
a Cross Country Rider
from houston texas
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | any one | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$129.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | everything | | Weaknesses: | sounds like it has a little air in the oil chamber. it goes squish but i can live with that. | | Similar Products Used: | rockshox jett | | Bottom Line: | I don't downhill or drop off my house but for my trail ridding and weekend competition with my friends it is killer. Holds on good in the corners even with simislicks, and coming from that jett trash shock it's like a whole new bike. I recomend it to any normal mtb'er on a budget. It was a blemish that's why it was so cheep but the blemish was some ink on the tube, hair spray took it right off. i also droper about a 1\2 pound and it willies like a croch rocket! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
clint
a Racer
from worcester england
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | 6waysbanbury | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$160.00 | | Purchased At: | halfords | | Strengths: | colour and looks | | Weaknesses: | this product is a danger i have seen 2 pairs (1 mine) that have had a fork leg come away from the crown also you should not just put up with that loud clunking noise it is not supposed to be there therefore doing your fork some serious internal damage just bin these before they blow up
please | | Similar Products Used: | white bros dc110 marzocchi z1 qr20+ | | Bike Setup: | kona roast blackspire z1's esp. 9.0 azonic tioga ect. | | Bottom Line: | im scared for any1 with these forks please change there not worth the money at all (and thier cheap) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Benny
a Weekend Warrior
from Centereach L.I. N.Y.
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Rocky Point | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Colorado Cyclist | | Strengths: | weight,stiffness | | Weaknesses: | sticky noisy | | Similar Products Used: | judyC quads SXR spider Mach5 | | Bike Setup: | 01 GT avalanche | | Bottom Line: | I bought this bike on clearance for a winter beater,the OE judy C worked great but was heavy and twisty. I figured the SL would feel the same only lighter and stiffer.This thing feels as sticky as the Quad 21 that turned me to Manitou seven years ago.Plus the noises just dont sound good! The slight squish from the C didnt make me nervous but the sl creaks and pops.(my SXR makes almost no noise!)The fork does have one up on travel and I wont bash it here until I bash it on some moguls, hopefully it just needs to break in. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
steve stranger
a Racer
from portland
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$285.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Size wieght, stranth | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | bomber | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | Well I though I would hate this after riding on a Zoke Z3 for over a year, but I have to admit this is a good shock. cough, ahem. No really. So far the ride just seems great... very stiff handling - so its very solid when cornering. Really nice smooth, action when descending that is tunable (somewhat) to suit your style.
So far I have done a few super rocky trails in Moab and in the Front Range (Sourdough any one?) and the Judy SL has soaked up everything I have thrown it at. Handling on twisty singletrack is also excellent.
To be quite honest the Judy SL handles almost as well as a Zoke which is high praise in my book.
Will have to see how much maintenance this thing needs - but so far, so good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Coen van Holland
a Cross Country Rider
from Holland
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Woodsy Weesp | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Strengths: | very effective...nice looks with my bike. | | Weaknesses: | a squicking noise... i hope it goes away just like other reviewers told... | | Similar Products Used: | none... | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC Big Bear....Wildgripper Comp (not S), Judy SL, Rockshox XC, SRAM 7.0, Race Face Prodigy crank set, Giant MPH 2 hydraulic discbrakes,Taurus 2000 alu-rim, DT Swiss rustproof spokes. | | Bottom Line: | nothing really bad to tell about this shock... exept for the squirking noise it constantly makes.. but i am told that it will go away after some time...
It has a nice look and it flattens out the road for me just fine so i have no reason to complain :-)
it works just fine for me, no matter what you say....
2x 4 flamin chilles for the shock cuz there are better shocks available...:-) | <
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$ 290.00
