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Submitted by
Benny
a Downhiller
from Melbourne
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | The Streets | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Super smooth, very little lateral flex, good range of adjustment. Travel adjustment is really a good feature. | | Weaknesses: | Travel adjustment knob is had to turn (on mine at least), forks must be turned over to return to 150mm travel mode if the forks are in short travel mode. (okay my forks are stuffed, note to self: stop being cheap ass and get a service) | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi DJ IIIs', SRs', Drop offs' | | Bike Setup: | Street Weapon | | Bottom Line: | Very nice feeling forks. Although the springs are a little soft, they provide a very smooth supple feel and resbond really well to small roots and imperfections on the trail.
I have used them on both a 6" dual suspension FR bike and now on my street bike, and on both they have performed great. I have hit 8'+ drops on them and they have never creaked or put up any fuss. The rebound adjuster really does work as does the preload adjuster, unlike on some other forks *cough* Marzocchi
Manitou FTW | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Downhill Biker
a Downhiller
from Boulder, CO, USA
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Keystone | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$280.00 | | Purchased At: | forgot | | Strengths: | !Everything! this is one of my favorite forks ever. It feels so nice to do a jump and know that a excellent fork is on your bike. It does not jar you if you mess up when going of a 3 foot drop and it works excellently if you go of a 7 foot drop. This is a very confidence inspiring fork and it would be very dumb of you to not get it because it will not let you down. This fork has been used on a KHS that's chainstay broke and on a Azonic steelhead. See my review of the Azonic Steelhead at: http://mtbr.com/reviews/Freeride_Hardtail/product_127239.shtml.
The sherman is one of the best forks out there. | | Weaknesses: | !None At All! | | Bike Setup: | Azonic Steelhead, Easton EA50 handlebars, ZUZU pedals, Truvativ Hussefelt cranks, Maxxis Holyroller, Maxxis BlingBling, singlespeed(works well with a Sram X9), pig headset | | Bottom Line: | This is the best fork out there! It is light, beautiful, strong, confidence inspiring, and is one of the best forks out there. This fork can handle anything you throw at it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin Crestly
a Downhiller
from Rjngwood, NJ
Date Reviewed: December 22, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | The Jack | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA.com | | Strengths: | Well made, super stiff, best dampening on the market, full compression and rebound adjusability, strong, reliable, looks great (if that matters), EASY to use 20mm axle design, designed and manufactured in the USA, only requires a brake adapter if using 8" rotors, decent tech support... | | Weaknesses: | Well, the even though bottoming is never harsh, the springs feel too soft and there's no way to adjust preload. Springs on this fork (considering it's intended usage) should be set up for a bit heavier rider, since most of us enjoy hucking and also have an additional 10 lbs of armor, full face helmets, etc.........and two minor problems that showed up after using the fork for about a month; the left leg makes a clicking sound (my Jumper does this too) and the travel adjust requires turning it 2-3 times before it ever works. Neither bother me, since the clicking hasn't affected the dampening or created any other problems and I never use the "Rapid Travel II" feature, even when climbing because it messes up my geometry too much. | | Similar Products Used: | About a dozen different Marzo freeride and downhill forks, Rock Shox Psylo XC, Sherman Jumper, and now this one... | | Bike Setup: | SC Bullit - 6" travel frame, with 8" Hayes, Sun Ringle' wheelset, Fox RC, XT, Hussefelts, etc........basic freeride set-up. | | Bottom Line: | Even with all the weaknesses I've mentioned, this is STILL the stiffest, best dampened, most usable single crown fork I have ever ridden. Marzocchi has GREAT tech support and builds a super strong/reliable fork........but on the trail, this fork just does the job better. It sucks up everything on the trail. This fork will inspire the confidence that you usually only gain with bigger triple crown forks, and at under $300 shipped, there is no better single crown fork for freeriding. At least, not one I've tried. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from St. Albert
Date Reviewed: December 15, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Alternate Flight Pattern | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Strengths: | Plush, seemed stiff enough to me. The adjustability is nice, especially if you need to pedal up the hill, dropping the travel to 110 helps the pedal effeciency and geometry. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Black, Rock Shox Judy U-turn, Junior T | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Giant AC2 | | Bottom Line: | Great fork. Nice and plush through the rough stuff. My set up probably would have been too soft for big hits, but just change springs and your set. No reliability issues, the fork ran great for the summer that I rode it, about 7 days of Freeride plush a a dozen or so times XC around the Edmonton river valley. This fork would be ideally suited to "light" freeriding/"heavy" all-mountain. The weight is reasonable, it has the adjustability to pedal up if needed, and with 150mm, it seemed to handle everything I could throw at it comming down the hill. Heavier freeriding might want to consider a bigger fork, but this fork is a great for what it is. 4 chilis for value cuz I'm cheap, 4 chilis for overall because it could be a little lighter. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Goldman
a Weekend Warrior
from Raleigh, NC
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | cuzbone1@bellsouth.net | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Plush, Plush, Plush, travel adjustment | | Weaknesses: | With QR they are a little flexy under my 275 lb hide. | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse Yakuza Bakuto | | Bottom Line: | Bottom line, for the money when they are on sale as leftovers they are a really great deal, I am a fat dude so I switched to the X firm ride kit right away. My sag is almost perfect with the X firm spring and the fork is very plush in the top part of its travel. It firms up nice and gradually as it nears the bottom but I have never bottomed it. I am not an x treme rider but I am heavy and I hard on parts and I havent had any leaks or breakage after a year of use. I ride rocky and rooty NC single track atleast twice a week year round so this fork has been well used. When it is turned down to 110mm it firms up alot which is cool if I am climbing alot but I usually just leave it at 150mm. I just bought a Travis for my new build and if it works at least as well as the Sherman I will be happy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
reece beach
a Weekend Warrior
from lethbridge, alberta, canada
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | mojo | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | greenfishbikes.com | | Strengths: | Very plush and smooth, eats up almost anything up to 10 feet, but it can also handle anything else above that too.
Ability to switch from 110 to 150 is very convenient. | | Weaknesses: | Too soft is it's down fall, get firm or even xfirm springs and you're set. | | Similar Products Used: | DJ3, Dirt jam pro, drop off. | | Bike Setup: | specialized p.2 urban rider | | Bottom Line: | Great fork, if you're looking at getting a fork that can handle dirtjumps, trails, drops or freeride, this is the fork for you, very good deal for the amount paid. Very plush, but if you're heavier than 180, I would recommend some firmer springs, other than that, it's all good, so go out to you're local dealer, or log onto a website and buy it, NOW! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MAX
a Weekend Warrior
from Mass USA
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Lynn Woods | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Price, Performance | | Weaknesses: | Stock springs are way soft. | | Similar Products Used: | Sherman Slider Plus | | Bike Setup: | Turner Six Pack | | Bottom Line: | A real good value at 289. Swap out the stock spring for a heavier one and you are good to go. If you plan on doing 8ft+ on a regular basis, than perhaps this is not the fork for you. I am very happy with it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric Perrin
a Weekend Warrior
from Ontario
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | Really good freeride fork, its really smooth and the travelle settings are perfect | | Weaknesses: | Leaks a lil too mutch oil | | Similar Products Used: | Dirtjumper series | | Bike Setup: | 04 norco fuse | | Bottom Line: | Its a really good fork for free ride and u could do pretty mutch enything with it, but the only thing that i hate is that theres a lil too mutch oil leaking out and i have to stop and clean out the dirt soo i could clean of the dirt and the dust | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kyle Pierce
a Downhiller
from Cupcake, Westbank... CANADA
Date Reviewed: May 7, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Gillard | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | CinkPath | | Strengths: | Everything. | | Weaknesses: | Nothing. | | Similar Products Used: | Everything. | | Bike Setup: | Nothing. | | Bottom Line: | Everything. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Weekend Warrior
from Fort Collins, CO
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Bottom Line: | this is a follow up review. i was bottoming this thing too easily so i went to the firm ride kit. no luck. this resulted in the fork loosing its plush feeling but still bottoming on any drop higher than 4 feet. oil levels / weight all checked out. as a side note, the compression and rebound dials spin all crooked-like and the seals leak after about 8 months of use. granted i ride pretty hard but i'm not a hack and this thing is supposed to take it. (isn't freeride what a sherman is for? this fork looks "freeride" but certainly doesn't perform.) high speed hits feel just horrendous. really fast rocky stuff will beat the hell out of you. i guess that's a problem with plain ol' tpc.
sorry but i find 12 foot drops with this fork hard to believe. get this if you want to look like a bad@ss but not actually ride like one. maybe finding a tpc+ damper to put in this thing would make all the difference... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ian Kennedy
a Weekend Warrior
from Louisville, KY
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | cherokee trails | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson usa | | Strengths: | Has lots of plush travel and is amazingly soft and doesn't bottom out either and can choose between 150-110mm of travel depending on the trail. | | Weaknesses: | sometimes to soft and can leak oil easily | | Similar Products Used: | my first fork was a marzocchi mz comp which didn't even come close to this fork. | | Bike Setup: | north face pumori hardtail with hayes mag, sram x-7, and sun rhymo lite wheels | | Bottom Line: | an amazing fork at an amazing price. you should definently get it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Neil V
a Weekend Warrior
from Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$243.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Strong, Adjustable travel, everything. Come on its a Sherman!!!! | | Weaknesses: | spring a little soft but not a problem. | | Similar Products Used: | Marz dropoff, Dirtjumpers, dirt jams, manitou splice and a bunch more but none compare | | Bike Setup: | Giant STP-1 | | Bottom Line: | This fork is amazing and it is even better with this price. It makes your bike so much better. Just get it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Downhiller
from Mansfled, Ohio
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Mohican wilderness | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$243.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Wow, im only like 115 pounds so this fork is amazing for me, its a soft,longer travel fork than my old DJ3's,A huge step up for the price the low travel setting makes it so easy to pedal. Buy em | | Weaknesses: | i got it and the box was soggy with oil from the forks but thats about it and emblens fell off | | Similar Products Used: | dirt jumper 3 | | Bike Setup: | 2003 haro extreme x1, avid juicy 5's, alex rims,maxxis tires | | Bottom Line: | Bottom Line buy tham, amazing for prcie and it takes flatland drops like a champ cuz thats just about all wevgot in ohio | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
austin
a Downhiller
from sunnyvale, CA USA
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | braille | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$325.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson | | Strengths: | good value,6 inches of buttery smoth travel | | Weaknesses: | lock out is semi-defective | | Similar Products Used: | marzocci 66, z1 | | Bike Setup: | 04 hardrock pro, 8 in avid mechs, hussfelt crank, azonic stem and bars, ect. | | Bottom Line: | this is a great fork. if you have the money buy it. The only thig i didnt like about it is the lockout isnt working on mine anymore. overall great fork, handels 12' drops like nothing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tungsten
a
from washington state
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | anything fast and technical | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | can be found for cheap now, torsionally stiff, smooth and burly | | Weaknesses: | fore and aft movement is a little flexy, requires frequent maintenance to keep it smooth, a little heavy compared to the '06 forks, tpc is not as good as tpc+ (obviously) | | Similar Products Used: | firefly,marzocchi mxr, black, vanilla 125rl, amp | | Bike Setup: | turner ab/rfx 6" front & back, light freeride setup, about 35lbs. | | Bottom Line: | This is a good fork for the money. it's burly, smooth and can handle fairly decent sized drops. it's torsionally stiff and the fore/aft flex I mentioned earlier isn't really noticed on the trail (I may just need to replace the bushings, not sure. I have a 5" firefly that doesn't do this). it's very simple to work on, change oil, lube semi-bath, etc.
if you live in wet weather like I do, you'll be overhauling and adding semi-bath oil every 3 months at the least to keep it smooth.
get this fork if you want a reasonably priced all-duty fork that can handle big drops and you're not afraid of taking things apart.
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Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Ocala, FL, USA
Date Reviewed: January 30, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Santos | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$280.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | This fork is extreamly smooth, has little flex and is light compared to other forks in its class like the Marzocchi 66s. | | Weaknesses: | Stock springs are too soft. | | Similar Products Used: | Psylo | | Bike Setup: | Trek Bruiser single speed with Sun Mammoth rims | | Bottom Line: | This fork is amazing after you replace the stock springs it is a great buy especialy for its price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
eric
a Downhiller
from fall city, wa, usa
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | snoqualmie ridge trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson usa | | Strengths: | 6 inches of travel | | Weaknesses: | every time i spin my bars and wheel hits the ground,it clinks
all badges fell of immediately
springs soft
rebound dead feeling
| | Similar Products Used: | 05 drop off comp, 05 fox float RL(buy one, screw the stinken reviews, this is the best xc/trail fork ever) | | Bike Setup: | 05 kona stuff, | | Bottom Line: | save your pennies and buy a fox talas or fox 36 this fork is not really worth all the money its worth | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan Pounder
a Weekend Warrior
from Parksville, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | A-Line | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | Arrowsmith Mountain Cycle | | Strengths: | strong, good travel adjust, plush, nice for drops. | | Weaknesses: | too dang weak springs!!! get stiffer ones. | | Similar Products Used: | 2004 Marzocchi Dj 3 | | Bike Setup: | 2004 norco Sasquatch with diabolus headset, nevegal tires, and dmr jumping seat. | | Bottom Line: | Awesome fork but get stiffer springs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
get it if you ride a hardtail and like freeride, dj or even some trails and xc.dont get it if u are a heavy downhiller or xc racer only. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Lyons
a Downhiller
from Hillsboro, OR.
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Post Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$384.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Great fork highly adjustable, very nice | | Weaknesses: | kinda soft I am going to need to get a stiffer spring soon | | Similar Products Used: | manitou splice comp(does not even compare) | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse yakuza bakuto | | Bottom Line: | This is a very nice fork for free riding and downhilling, and in the lowest travil setting can be used for cross contry. very very nice, I got it because I broke the fork that came on my bike, and I am enjoying every minute of it.
its also got some looks | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris
a Downhiller
from burnaby/bc/canada
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | adjustments, appearance, | | Weaknesses: | Travel adjustment side clicks everytime fork compresses. also compression doesnt do anything...? i tried but i dont feel it ramp up near the bottom. also it feels sticky as a result fork isnt so smooth. | | Similar Products Used: | Dirtjumper series | | Bottom Line: | overall its a good fork however.. fork may feel really sticky through its travel especially when you are sitting on a bike cruising.. and I find fork not sensitive to bumps. For those ppl who said rebound dont work.. it does work if you turn the blue know counter clock wise(your point of view from sitting on a bike) it will slow ur rebound and clock wise.. fast. you cannot tell the difference until you go out and push the fork down while u rideand you weel feel the difference. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Downhiller
from Fort Collins
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Light, low axle-to-crown, really smooth, fairly stiff | | Weaknesses: | Spring way too light, no "clicks" on rebound or compression, rebound seems to do nothing. Overall not very adjustable. Travel adjust stopped working. | | Similar Products Used: | Z1 | | Bike Setup: | Brodie Thumper, setup for freeride | | Bottom Line: | Can't complain too much cuz I got it for two bills brand new. Thought it was a great deal at the time but you do get what you pay for...
Anyway I only weigh 145 and the stock spring is a noodle. Makes no sense as this thing is supposed to be freeride, right? I have a firm spring on the way so we'll see what that does. Right now I bottom on anything over four feet. It doesn't bottom harshly, at least.
I'm not sure why there's no preload on the thing, or any sherman for that matter. I hope the firm spring is perfect. The compression adjustment should help in that regard, but the range seems really small.
I would like to know where my settings are - why no detents on the adjusters? I guess the rebound doesn't do anything anyway.
Travel adjust broke within two weeks, and I never used it, so it ain't my fault. Speaks to the somewhat poor build quality.
All in all this is a cheap fork. Not bottom of the line, but cheap. I'll go back to Marz when I break this thing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay
a Weekend Warrior
from Abilene, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: November 1, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$260.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Stiffness, damping. Thru axle. | | Weaknesses: | Springs too light. Badge immediately fell off. (I don't care but others might) | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi, Fox, Rock Shox | | Bike Setup: | '04 Haro X2, Azonic Outlaw wheelset, Juicy 5 brakes etc. | | Bottom Line: | I wanted a multi-purpose fork to better match my do-it-all Haro so I upgraded the stock EXR Pro with the Flick+ and it completely transformed my bike. The Manitou Flick+ is the ideal all-purpose medium-duty freeride fork. It gives a super plush ride, gobbles up baby heads and soaks up 10+ drops (to tranny) with ease. I have the thru-axle version and for slow technical rockgardens, the forks stiffness shines. The axle to crown height is one of the lowest of the 150mm forks availabe (which was an issue for me). I weigh 200+ and got the X-firm springs but can still bottom on slow speed drops to flat (like most forks). When it does bottom, it's not harsh. The compression and rebound adjustments work like they're supposed to. The only thing this fork lacks is bottoming control but hasn't been much of an issue for me. At $260 a killer deal from Jenson. Bender wannabes look elsewhere. Everyone else, get one while you can. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron
a Weekend Warrior
from Rainier, OR
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Post Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Lightweight for a 6 inch travel fork, Reasonably stiff considering my weight and the fact that I'm using a QR, As always, the best dampening on the market, Durable, Plush | | Weaknesses: | Weak ass stock spring (those Manitou guys must be skinny dudes) | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Drop Off Triple-durable but dampening on it sucks!, no adjustments (except changing oil weight). | | Bike Setup: | '04 Kona Stinky | | Bottom Line: | I have always felt that Manitou has the best dampening on the market. Their forks aren't always the best, but their dampening is. This fork is super responsive and just sucks up everything in its path. I wish they'd stop putting springs in for 140 lbs riders, its not like this is a XC fork! But an extra $20 is a small price to pay for a stiffer spring since the fork is such a smoking deal. If you can afford a new front wheel, I'd recommend the 20mm drop-outs. I got it with the QR because I couldn't afford a new front wheel, and there is definently some flex, though its not that bad. I use it on up to 6 foot drops, with transition landings (medium Post Canyon stuff) and it works great for that. I also XC my Stinky (its about 36lbs) sometimes and the travel adjustment is nice for long climbs. Overall the value is killer and it is a nice fork for medium freeriding terrain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Lyons
a Downhiller
from Hillsboro, OR, United States
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | skibowl mount hood | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonUSA | | Strengths: | It is very nice, extreemly plush and has lots of adjustments, and a very good amount of travil. THis is the best manitou fork ive used very nice | | Weaknesses: | too soft it botoms rather easy and if you have it in the low travil setting youll blow a seal. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou splice comp | | Bike Setup: | Iron horse yakuza Bakuto, I bought this fork becaseu I brok the stock one. | | Bottom Line: | This fork is great if you are a light free rider buy it!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
michael
a Cross Country Rider
from boise id usa
Date Reviewed: September 17, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$282.00 | | Purchased At: | ep | | Strengths: | hex axel.adjustable travel. | | Weaknesses: | flexes a lot. stiction. | | Similar Products Used: | rock shox marzochii dual crown. | | Bike Setup: | 5.5 or 6.5 in rearwith 4 way e 13 drs. 24-36 rings. flat pedals. xt shifters and derailers. hayes 9 sun wheels. xt rear. generic front hub. internal headset. | | Bottom Line: | the fork felt incredible for the first two rides. it got really sticky really quick. even with the dampening wide open it still takes a nice size hit to move. there is no small bump compliance. rebuilding makes it feel like new again but it doesnt last. when it is in 150mm of travel there ia an incredible amount of flex in it. if you can afford it go for the 36rc2. the fork is good for what i paid. i would never pay retail though. its a great long travel xc fork. good for hucking if you used to be a bmxer. then you at least know how to stick a landing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed Churchill
a Weekend Warrior
from Salem, Oregon
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Bonzai Downhill | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | 6 inches of buttery smoove travel. The fork is light enough for a fat arse like myself to take along on a 12 mile XC ride. | | Weaknesses: | Too dang squishy, but just gotta upgrade to stiffer springs. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi MZ Comp(crappy stock fork) | | Bike Setup: | Haro X1, stock except for Manitou Sherman Flick Plus, e13 bash guard and a Sun Ringle Single Track front wheel | | Bottom Line: | If Jenson still has 'em, get one. For $289 this is a hell of a deal on a GREAT fork. If you are an aggressive rider at all this fork is for you.
Seriously, stop readiing and go get one! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Downhiller
from Phoenix, AZ
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Good Looking, Strong, Smooth, Climbs very well when set at 110 mm travel setting.
| | Weaknesses: | Comes with medium springs | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Black Elite, Rock Shox Psylo, Marzocchi EXR Pro | | Bike Setup: | 04 Haro Extreme 2 w/Sherman Flick, XT/Sun Ryhno Disc Wheelset, Panaracer Fire DH Tires, LX Drivetrain, Hayes Mechanical Brakes, etc etc. | | Bottom Line: | Excellent fork for the price. If your over the 200 lb mark, buy some xfirm springs, you can't go wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Hutchinson
a Downhiller
from Glastonbury CT USA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Manson Downhill | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$289.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA.com (awesome site!!!) | | Strengths: | Has never bottomed out, even off a 6 footer, lots of adjustments that actually work, etc. Really hardened my front end. | | Weaknesses: | A little too plush at first, but new springs solves the problem beautifully. If you dont want to buy new springs, fiddle with the compression and rebound adjustments till you find a better setting. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Shift R7, SRAM, Hayes, etc. | | Bottom Line: | Don't throw any drops or even hard bumps with the travel adjust on a low setting, your seals will blow and it will ruin your day, trust me. Otherwise, the extra inch and a half really makes a difference on climbs and you get almost no bob at all. Awesome fork! Also, It is safe to use the QR version off of big drops. the 6" travel reduces the stress on the skewer. (Big Drops=up to and including six feet, higher and youre pushing it a bit) Dont buy it if you beat the hell out your bike for long periods of time. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
$@m
a Downhiller
from Madison, WI
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | downtown | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | greenfish.com | | Strengths: | lots of adjustments, looks awsome (i have the urban camo version) | | Weaknesses: | I had the same problem as Kevin down there, but in this case, the travel adjustment busted when I hit a bump in the road... CRAP! | | Similar Products Used: | dj3 | | Bike Setup: | tricked out stp | | Bottom Line: | its an awsome fork. but the travel adjustment can't handle much | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Maik
a Weekend Warrior
from Prague
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | - | | Weaknesses: | - | | Similar Products Used: | Black, MX Marzocchi | | Bike Setup: | Norco, Hayes, ... | |
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$ 549.95
