Submitted by
Keran
a Downhiller
from regensburg - germany Date Reviewed: October 7, 2002
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$300.00
Strengths:
Great performance. Easy change of compression/rebound without stopping. Quite cheap.
Weaknesses:
Did not last more than 8 monthes. Broken in two parts after a five steps drop.
Similar Products Used:
Rockshox coupe deluxe
Bike Setup:
steppenwolf with z1 fr.
Bottom Line:
Do not buy! at least not the one from the NB series!
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Submitted by
Mark
a Downhiller
from Les Arcs, France Date Reviewed: August 21, 2000
Favorite Trail:
singletrack/downhill
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1500.00
Strengths:
Very good damping and control through the range of travel. Consistent performance even when hot.
Weaknesses:
Blew up after only 3 days. All of the rebound control is at the end of the rebound knob's range.
Similar Products Used:
None
Bike Setup:
1999 B-17 Marin bought in a sale.
Bottom Line:
Worked well but blew all its oil out on the third day that I used it. Marin UK were unhelpful about a replacement as I had bought the bike in the UK and they refused to send any replacement to France where I live. I am not going to drive 1500 miles just to get a shock replaced.
I'm now looking at a replacement bill of lots of money for a damping unit that I have only had about 5 hours use out of. The only way to get a rebuild is to send the unit to the UK where they have a jig to re-pressurise it and lose out on the lift ticket that I had just purchased for the next 15 days. I only hope I can source another shock that fits out here in France.
Crap.
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Submitted by
MIKE SEYMOUR
a Downhiller
from KNOXVILLE , TN Date Reviewed: February 20, 2000
Favorite Trail:
NARLEY ones
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
I LIKE this shock- IT gets the job done.MINE has rebound, and preload using the spring..Came stock on 1999 B-17.
Weaknesses:
NONE yet
Similar Products Used:
TRIED my friends FOX with comp/reb adjustments red spring--I LIKED my shockworks better..
Bike Setup:
B-17 MONSTER-T HOPE 04 MAVIC 321's
Bottom Line:
I hope it doesn't ever fail on me especially at a race.I might get a spare just in case-I'm confident It won't give me any problems..I ride pretty dam hard- no huge dropoffs though,so ya never know how much it can take...
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Submitted by
Dingo
a Downhiller
from Canberra Date Reviewed: November 5, 1999
Favorite Trail:
all!
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
This is for Shockworks NB coil over rear shock. Reasonable price. Awesome performance.Very adjustable with compression and rebound damping. seems durable
Weaknesses:
none yet!
Similar Products Used:
I bought this to replace my multiple blown Rock Shox.....arrrggghhhh
Bike Setup:
Avanti Moto Pro....same as Norco VPS etc
Bottom Line:
These shocks rule! I've seen some not so happy reviews about the lower spec Shock Works rear shocks (in the forks section!) But these higher end models are excellent!
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