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Description:Stiff 32mm tapered wall steel upper tubes mated to U-Turn or Solo Air make Tora the perfect choice for today’s high value All Mountain bikes.
Key Features:
-Stout new chassis design, travel up to 130mm
-Weight saving tapered wall 4130 steel upper tubes
-Disc specific or bossed lower leg options
-Forged 6061 hollow aluminum crown
-Solo Air and U-Turn coil spring options
-Motion Control Damping (318)
-Compatible with all PopLocs
-External rebound adjustment
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Submitted by
Mbirds
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Rita, Guam, USA
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Channel 10 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Price, rebound damping, strength. | | Weaknesses: | Weight | | Similar Products Used: | RS Pilot XC, Dart 3 | | Bike Setup: | 2007 Giant Trance 3 frame, components from 2006 Reign, hence this fork | | Bottom Line: | This is a review of the Tora 302 Solo Air. It is a tough fork, and very forgiving. This one came set up for 130mm, and I thought it was too much, but have made a couple of mistakes where the fork used full travel to save my a**. Another fork might have sent me over the bars. I added a lockout damper since I was using it for some races that had a pavement climb included. This fork seems easy to work on and I intend to perform my own service thanks to the excellent and readily available service guides. I may also use a spacer to reduce travel to 100mm because that is what my frame was designed for, and the front gets light on steep climbs. The only downside to the Tora is weight... solo air versions are about 4.8 lbs and the coil versions are like 5.3. For tis reason I am glad to have an air version, though adjustable travel would be nifty. I just don;t want any more weight on the front of the bike. I plan to replace this with a lighter Reba if it ever breaks, needs expensive maintenance, or I get drunk enough in front of the computer. Overall, for the current price the Tora is an outstanding value. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Some guy LOL
a Weekend Warrior
from Forgot
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | mount dandneongs | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | GOld Cross | | Strengths: | it is good untill the spring hits u in the face | | Weaknesses: | Well The Spring side of the forks blew out and hit me in the fac eleaving me with 50 stiches broken nose and bits of missing floating around | | Similar Products Used: | A peice of wood | | Bike Setup: | Cross Country | | Bottom Line: | Get 1 if u want but Dont do anything that wil make ur forks blow up | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Griffin
a Downhiller
from Massachusetts
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Heartbreak Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Belmont Wheel Works | | Strengths: | Good for a few weeks | | Weaknesses: | breaks easily | | Similar Products Used: | sr suntor crap | | Bike Setup: | Rockhopper Comp Disk w/ bontrager gel seat | | Bottom Line: | i jumped a 6" curb and the spring came out with such force it stripped the threads and hit me in the collar bone. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Andrew Palliser
a
from Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Meanwood Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Friend | | Strengths: | Sucks up eveything,not too heavy and the rebound,compression and pressure really do make a difference (unlike my old dart 1's). | | Weaknesses: | The poploc broke but that was my fault | | Similar Products Used: | Rockshox Dart 1's, some rigid carbon forks and some lovely forks on my old (and very dead) apollo excel | | Bike Setup: | Giant XCR frame, Shimano STX groupset,DT Custom Wheels, Tektro IO brakes. | | Bottom Line: | This is a really nice pair of shocks as far as im concerned.It takes everything you throw at it as long as its all set up alright. And for the price I paid for it it was definately worth it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Randy
a Cross Country Rider
from MOAB UT
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Secret squirull | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Purchased At: | Chile Pepper Bike SHop | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Cheap. Worked on this fork as a mechanic. Sold to customer, fork failed on first ride. Took apart fork to find that rebound assemble had moved down on the rebound shaft and was covering the rebound slot. On older forks this assemble was held buy a C-clip. On this fork the shaft was knurled and the parts are just pressed on. I repressed the parts on the shaft, fork worked again untill the first hard compession moved the rebound assemble back down the shaft. Put in a call to Rock Shox/sram and was given the same reponse as every time you call them, which was that they had never seen the problem before. Returned the fork, the rebound assemble and shaft was replaced, but they were unable to tell me why it had failed and/or why it wouldn't fail agian. | | Similar Products Used: | Worked on all brands of forks as a professional mechanic for the last 18 years. | | Bottom Line: | Rock Shox/Sram sells a well marketed, cheap products and has one of the worst service/warranty departments in the industry, which seems to get worse by the day. If you want a product that will hold up and you can trust, dont buy sram. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Ben
a Weekend Warrior
from England
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Strengths: | Looks good, works extremely well, the U-turn travel settings is a great idea, great for an upgrade | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi mz or sumthing | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche Frame, Rockshox Toras, and some crap bits that came with my GT | | Bottom Line: | A good fork for an upgrade, Quite cheap and affordable, I upgraded from some crappy RST's so i can really feel the differance when im out hitting the trails | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
max penti
a Weekend Warrior
from bonita, CA
Date Reviewed: March 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Mt. Laguna | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | randall scott | | Strengths: | Didn't break when I peeled off the 1.5 mil shipping tape. | | Weaknesses: | design of air seals. After five or six rides the left air seal let go. In trying to refasten it, I discovered that the seal is grooved for screw insertion but the tube has no grooves. Don't see how the seal will EVER hold. I don't do jumps and the shock has not been mistreated. I don't overinflate the shock...probably underinflate a tad for my body weight: 183. | | Similar Products Used: | marzocci...for nine years with no problems | | Bike Setup: | K2 Lithium 4. Replaced the Hayes gizmos with BB 7's, XTR shifters and brake levers, cassette. Should have replaced the shocks | | Bottom Line: | Shock came with bike. Love the bike...though with a great frame like this I kinda thought that the components would be a bit lighter. Ever tried to contact Rock Shox? Impossible. You have to go through the dealer. Some customer service! Even the IRS has a help line and a live voice on the other end. I guess Sram is just too busy churning out recycled aluminum can MTB components and banking their profits to care about the customers who mistakenly (never again) purchase their knock offs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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jason smith
a Weekend Warrior
from Woodstock, Ga USA
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Blankets Creek | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$214.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bicycle | | Strengths: | For me the strength of this shock lies in its adjustability and value. It sucks up the big stuff and seems to handle the small bumps just as well. | | Weaknesses: | A little squeaky but this could be because it is almost brand new | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | A little bit of this, a little bit of that. WTB, Shimano XT + LX, Mavic, Ritchey, Time, and Sette, Frame is an old hardtail, Overall its a parts bin bike built with friend's hand-me-downs | | Bottom Line: | So far i love this fork. I get plenty of travel and ive never had as much fun riding (my last fork was a '97 Manitou with maybe 75mm of travel) Hopefully the squeaks will go away soon. I cant imagine you could get much more out of a 200 dollar fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Chris da man
a Cross Country Rider
from Hampshire England
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Four Marks-Alton | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$160.00 | | Purchased At: | Merlin Cycles | | Strengths: | Lightweight, strong, durable. Great rebound adjustment. Solo air is amazing. Brilliant | | Weaknesses: | Have to buy a shock pump to adjust solo air | | Similar Products Used: | CRAP! RST gila plus T-5, rock solid and i hated it. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Hardrock disk 05(a few new titbits added on) | | Bottom Line: | Great 'lightish' fork that is great all-round and you sould definatly buy it for its price and performance. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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P. Pace
a Weekend Warrior
from Abq, NM, USA
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$215.00 | | Purchased At: | Fat Tire Cycles | | Strengths: | Very robust, extreme lateral strength, good looking stiff 32mm stancions. GREAT rebound adjustment, and of coarse the fact you can adjust between 85 and 130mm. THE BEST XC fork you can get for $200. | | Weaknesses: | Way to soft for my style, great softness for mild to aggressive x-country, but too soft for most urban and trials. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi mx comp (clunks bad, no rebound)
OLD school manitou magnum (elastomer shock, way old, but good for xc b/c weight and simplicity) | | Bike Setup: | '01 Trek 6000 | | Bottom Line: | If you are an aggressive XC guy, or MILD DH, this is the best you can get for under $500. If you are mild XC guy, buy something lighter b/c this wasn't build with weight in mind. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Adam
a Cross Country Rider
from Reading
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | shop | | Strengths: | strong, durable, awesome looks! | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bottom Line: | a nice cross country fork with plenty of travel, yet plenty of lock-out at the turn of a switch | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Geoff
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, Tx, USA
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | greenbelt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Discovery Cycle | | Strengths: | Waaaaaaaaay lighter then previous. Adjustability from 85-130mm.....sweeeeeet. turn it to 80 for the street and up to 130 on the trail. Brake bosses and disc compatible. | | Weaknesses: | No lockout but at 80mm it dosent bounce much. | | Similar Products Used: | Spinner Edge(stock on Gary Fisher Opie) | | Bike Setup: | Heavily upgraded GF Opie. | | Bottom Line: | The diffrence between a $100 fork and a $250 fork=huge
The diffrence between a $250 fork and a $800 fork=not much
I havent had it long but i am so thrilled so far i had to post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Fred
a Cross Country Rider
from Lens, FRANCE
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$265.00 | | Purchased At: | local dealer | | Strengths: | good rigidity
not too heavy
simple adjustment | | Weaknesses: | no lock out
no sensitivity to small shocks | | Similar Products Used: | none, it is the first air fork i have | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Lapierre Tecnic Lite hardtail, full Deore, CrossRide wheels, Deore rim brakes. | | Bottom Line: | the reason why i bought this fork is that i wanted a smoother fork. It is good on "light downhill" but not on small shocks.
For the price, it is a good fork. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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