Submitted by
jalapeno104
a Cross Country Rider
from Shropshire Date Reviewed: September 13, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Haughmond Hill
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
Dave Mellor Cycles
Strengths:
Cheap, Good Looking, Lockout, Plenty of Travel
Weaknesses:
A little spongy under braking
Similar Products Used:
None
Bike Setup:
2008 Giant Terrago (As stock)
Bottom Line:
This fork came as a standard fit on my bike. At the time, i'd spent a lot of time reading reviews and had pretty much decided that I would look for a bike with something better but my budget was only around £400, so there were no other alternatives. I've returned to MTB'ing after about a 10 year break, previously riding a rigid bike. I weigh 15 stone (210 pounds) and have found this fork to be much better than reviews lead you to believe, perhaps because I have nothing to compare it to. I have ridden cheap (sub-£100) toys/hardtails and this is nothing like the nastiness fitted to those. Probaby will replace this fork with something more upmarket when it gives up the ghost, but for now, I can live with it.
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Scott Farr
a Weekend Warrior
from Renton, Washigton, USA Date Reviewed: February 23, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Black Dimond
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At:
Cycle Therapy
Strengths:
Works fine for Very slow riding and easy X-country. Very Light.
Weaknesses:
Shock Fails in cold weather, Freeze up at any temp of 45 and lower. Seals are bad give out quick. Fork tends to freeze a lot. I have personaly had to fix it 8 times in the 6 months of use.
Similar Products Used:
Marzocchi Jumper 3, Rock Shox dart 3
Bike Setup:
Hardtail 19in Frame all Sram
Bottom Line:
If you are doing anything more than riding around your Neighborhood then DO NOT BUY THIS FORK. Look at Name brand and save up.
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Submitted by
Djivo
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from Zagreb Date Reviewed: November 14, 2007
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$150.00
Strengths:
Very strong legs, lock-out
Weaknesses:
Coil spring doesnt work. Fork freezes and becomes rigid on the cold weather. Very slow reaction time on the small bumps and goes too deep on the bigger holes. Lock-out/Coli spring knob problems.
Similar Products Used:
RST C6 63mm - much cheaper and weaker but it seams reaction much better.
This is very bad fork for any kind of downhill driving especially during cold weather. Fork reactes to slow which means it is too rigid on the holes in the pavement but again if you drive off the pedestrianize you sink too deep.
I hope that biggest asset of this fork would be long life expectance since it has a bit wider legs then a competition forks.
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Submitted by
Glenn Bearry
a Downhiller
from Austin TX USA Date Reviewed: August 23, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Urban Assult
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
It came with my Mongoose
Strengths:
Beautiful looking, good gloss all-black finish can turn heads. The pop-lock on mine is worth putting up with the weaknesses for now. The mushness is great for jumping curbs where the back wheel takes most of the force...almost feels like full suspension.
Weaknesses:
Super mushy. I accidentally hit a full curb head on and fast...and the fork actually allowed me to mush over it without wrecking! It was good that time, but usually is a bad thing
Similar Products Used:
Marzocchi MZ comp, Rock Shox J1
Bike Setup:
2007 Mongoose Tyax Super with 2.4 Maxxis Holy Roller freeride tires, WTB rims.
Bottom Line:
To be fair, ther small print on the web page says that this fork is for "leasure riding" only. I am attempting to get stiffer springs via my bicycle dealer, but am still unsure if they make them. The pop-lock is worth the problems, a super feature for urban riding as means of transportation. However, if I can't get stiffer springs, I will end up replacing it with a longer travel heavier-duty fork like the Rock Shox Tora that has a pop lock as well.
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Submitted by
Josh
a Weekend Warrior
from Indiana Date Reviewed: July 28, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Home
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
Bike smiths Bloomington In.
Strengths:
None that I could find.
Weaknesses:
Too soft for my weight, bottoms out easily... find my self doing endos alot. I am a heavy boy, so this fork may work well for lighter riders.
Similar Products Used:
First front suspension bike worth mentioning, have ridden Rock shock Recon, Fox racing Talas, and some Balistic POS.
Bike Setup:
Stock Giant Youkon.
Bottom Line:
any of you little guys wanna buy a fork?
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Submitted by
danilo rimich
a Weekend Warrior
from latvia Date Reviewed: December 13, 2006
Favorite Trail:
wood&town
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
east bike shop
Strengths:
Look´s nice and maybe good for childrens.
Weaknesses:
Almost everything
Similar Products Used:
Rock Shox Indy S
Bike Setup:
Norco Kokanee
Bottom Line:
It bottom´s out during normal braking like there is no springs inside the fork!I weight 230 lbs and I know that is much,but this fork is really rubish.
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Submitted by
danilo rimich
a Weekend Warrior
from latvia Date Reviewed: December 13, 2006
Favorite Trail:
wood&town
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
east bike shop
Strengths:
Look´s nice and maybe good for childrens.
Weaknesses:
Almost everything
Similar Products Used:
Rock Shox Indy S
Bike Setup:
Norco Kokanee
Bottom Line:
It bottom´s out during normal braking like there is no springs inside the fork!I weight 230 lbs and I know that is much,but this fork is really rubish.
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Submitted by
Grant Boysen
a Cross Country Rider
from Castro Valley, California, USA Date Reviewed: November 15, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Lake Chabot Loop
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Purchased At:
Came with bike.
Strengths:
Gives a sense of a plush ride, even over small ruts. It even takes the occasinal large drops. I Love the lockout! ( I havnt experianced any knob problems??
Weaknesses:
Under heavy braking they tend to sag, needs alittle more rebound pressure.
Similar Products Used:
Friends Rockshox on an Ironhorse. Fox Shock on friends bike.
Bike Setup:
2006 Commencal Combi Disc, M525 pedals, Hayes 9 Brakes. Preaty much stock
Bottom Line:
These are some preaty decent shocks, are they 1k Fox Shocks? No... But they do a preaty good job in my opinion. For the money they are preaty decent, you dont find lockout on many other shocks that are inexpensive. I gave them 5 chilies for value because for the money they are awsome. My friends only wish they could ride my bike. Over all 5 because they smooth out any kind of riding I can dish out, especialy the small stuff soaks it up like I dont know but it does a kick @$$ job.
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Submitted by
Cornel Pristoreanu
a Cross Country Rider
from Cluj Date Reviewed: November 14, 2006
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Strengths:
Sucks up bumps nicely
Weaknesses:
No rebound - when I lift the front wheel off the ground it makes a creepy noise and sends shockwaves through the bike, very scary. Too soft - bottoms out during normal braking. Compression adjustment doesn't make any difference and it got completely stuck after 1 month.
Similar Products Used:
RockShox Tora 318 U-turn - oh yeah!
Bike Setup:
Merida TransMission Sport 2006
Bottom Line:
The most frustrating thing is that it effectively bottoms out under normal braking. Compression adjustment doesn't do any difference, and after 1 month the adjustment knob got completely stuck and it's now useless. The scariest thing is that it makes a loud noise when I lift the front wheel of the ground, because it has NO rebound adjustment. Also, some dirty oily stuff keeps appearing from inside the fork. This is a "toy" fork, good for riding in parks, not real XC.
it matches the hill and also the springs feel grovey and funky like burnt hamburgers.the decals are stickers too instead of metal stinkers it also came with extra springs and the shop took me out for lunch now with this i can skim the banks of sand
Weaknesses:
it is racist to indian people and mexicans and the stereo inside it is only fm no am jjjjjjjjeeeeeeeeeeppppppperrrs also i took in apart and there was a nest of spiders and some old mcdonalds fries YYYYUKKKKKKK remember too always take this thing apart and clean it outand it rust so easy like i live in the dessert
Similar Products Used:
ridged forks and shivers donkey kong theme music
Bike Setup:
dessurt cruisers sand blasted period red with electric saddles raceface diaboulous seatpost rst rear shock spray painted crimson yellow ,camo bars,v brakes,tires,watermelon diablo stinkers egipitan style pedals,underground spokes,hairy undergarments,donky sneakers and cassete made out of play do
Bottom Line:
there is no line on the bottom of it and wat r the chilis for like those dont taste like the fries
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Submitted by
Yoda
a Weekend Warrior
from La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines Date Reviewed: August 28, 2006
Favorite Trail:
BSU
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$80.00
Purchased At:
Glow
Strengths:
Cool designs, Soft
Weaknesses:
Harsh top out, i prefer the old XCP 95
Similar Products Used:
RST's
Bottom Line:
Good for XC's
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Submitted by
Anthony willetts
a Weekend Warrior
from australia Date Reviewed: July 25, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Mt leonard
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
cameon bike
Strengths:
resposive, fairly long travel, has a nice feel form larger drops
Weaknesses:
preload adjuster, makes sum strange noises as they compress while cornering
Similar Products Used:
rockshox Judy XC, Marzocchi Junior T, Marzocci Bomber, Spinner Grind(dont really compare at all lol)
these forks would be great for any XC rider looking for sumthing that can handle a few LITTLE jumps, but if big air is your game then maybe go sumthing more desighned for the game. I have ridden these forks on everything from city commuting to 1.5m drops and even used them for DH and they feel great 2 me but i know they arnt really made for that kind of riding so im looking at upgrades. As i mentioned earlier the preload adjuster is weaker and broke after only 2 weeks of riding, now it can only be adjusted soft-medium but i can live with that. Overall these forks arnt anywhere near as bad as a lot off people think and personally i like them alot!!!
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