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Description:The top three spots of the Men's overall Downhill World cup in '04 were on the Motion Control damped, air sprung BlackBox Boxxer.
Updates for 2006
-Motion Control Damping with External Floodgate
-New BlackBox Speed Stack
-Solo Air
-Aluminum control knob damping adjustments
Key Features
-Sub 6lbs (2722g)
-Upper crown with direct mount stem options
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Submitted by
GK
a Downhiller
from Phoenix
Date Reviewed: September 17, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | now?...shoots and ladders (sunrise, az) | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Smooth travel, adjustable, and weight. | | Weaknesses: | Can't take repeated abuse. | | Similar Products Used: | none. | | Bike Setup: | Same as before...VPFree. | | Bottom Line: | This is a follow up to the review earlier.
Since my riding has progressed, I have started pushing the fork harder including 40mph runs down the ski resort, general freeriding on South Mountain including 10ft+ drops, and many, many shuttle runs.
After about 8 months it was leaking oil so I took it to the shop and they had to send it out for service. When it came back, they said there were plently of things broken internally and they were charging me about $300. Ouch! But, it was rebuilt and it was great afterwards.
Now, none of the dials do anything, compression dampening and rebound are non-existent. Now, I am not the best rider so I could have been easier on the fork, but its a triple crown...Come-on! I have not done anything beyond what my riding buddies have done with their 888s, and they are not having to rebuild like this.
I am debating on rebuilding it again just so I can sell it, because it is garbage at this point.
If you are a racer and don't plan on hucking this thing, it would probably be a great fork and last a little longer. But if you plan on hittin' drops, decent jumps, and don't always land smoothly, then it would be cheaper to go for a burlier fork like the 888. I'm going to go get one now.
If anyone wants to buy a gently used (ha!) '06 Boxxer Team, contact me. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Sam
a Downhiller
from Blue Mountains, N.S.W, Australia
Date Reviewed: August 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Vario | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Torpedo 7 | | Strengths: | Ubber smooth, ramps up beautifully, very active over small bumps whilst still soaking up all the big hits, quiet. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 40rc2, manitou sherman. | | Bike Setup: | Giant DH comp. | | Bottom Line: | I had this fork on my old bike so I cant give a direct comparison between them and my current fork (40rc2), however I will say this.
For the money these are a much better fork. In the year that I owned them I had no problems whatsoever. They took all the abuse I could through at them and still delivered the sweetest 8" of travel I have ever felt.
If I had them on my current bike I may be able to give a better review as my glory is a much faster ride so, to be fair I have probably gone to another level whilst riding with the 40s and so cant be too direct in my comparison, though I still feel the Boxxers would be on par.
Buy this fork if you want the best value DH fork around. Also suitable as a freeride fork. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Downhiller
from Nelson, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | Super plush forks, mint looking takes all the hits | | Weaknesses: | None apart from my seals busted 3 weeks after getting it but it was fixed | | Similar Products Used: | 888s, 40s... | | Bike Setup: | 2006 sunday team | | Bottom Line: | Cool looking super plush feel bottomless, they are quite light, picks up all the bumps big and small. good race fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Downhiller
from Seattle WA
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Fluidride.com | | Strengths: | Pretty darn light for a double crown. Looks pretty darn cool. Quite adjustable. | | Weaknesses: | cant think of any | | Similar Products Used: | none. i bought this to replace my crappy ass stock fork | | Bike Setup: | iron horse yakuza sohon bucho. saint cranks. azonic xtension pedals. boxxer team. | | Bottom Line: | I read the reviews for this fork and they sounded good enough to buy one. I emailed fluidride to ask if they had any in stock, turns out they had one left on sale 200$ off. Pretty much one of the best investments ive made since i bought the bike itself. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam H.
a Downhiller
from Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Rock Shox | | Strengths: | It's so smooth...great for fast downhill...little bumb~big drop you name it...it suk it all up
With a super thick sticker on the side...that shox will NEVER, EVER GET SCRATCH | | Weaknesses: | there really isnt a weakness...just that it's motion control is a little hard to adjust(so i pretty much just leave it on the bunny side...) | | Similar Products Used: | None(Reba Team 06'?) | | Bike Setup: | Boxxer,5th element,e-thirteen B guard,WTB Razer,above all...Iron Horse SGS Pro | | Bottom Line: | Sweet looking shox,pretty stiff,great shok for DH beggingner.
IF,u have enough money,you should get the BOXXER world cup. just because one of the guy from rock shox told me that i need an EXTRA LIGHT spring for that shox...but im only 15...im gonna get heavier...so why not get an world cup if i could decide how stiff the shock i want it to be by pumping in air instead of changing the spring?
thats just me...great job rock shox!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Sam
a Downhiller
from UK
Date Reviewed: March 13, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Crans-montana | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | fanatykco | | Strengths: | Easy to service, easy to get parts, cheap, good performance, nice axle system, reliable. | | Weaknesses: | Mabye not as stiff as some of the competition. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 40RC2, Manitou dorrado, Avalanche DHF | | Bike Setup: | cove shocker | | Bottom Line: | This fork has 95% of the performance of my 40, but it half the price and much more reliable.
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Submitted by
Dave B
a Downhiller
from Kamloops
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Steam Shovel | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | stock on 06 vp free | | Strengths: | super stiff, tonnes of adjustability and way better than 888's
| | Weaknesses: | can see the excess oil on stantions(not blown seals, had it checked out) | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | o6 vpfree(orange! sweeeeet!), 07 spxFR kit and dhx rear shock with 07 boxxer teams | | Bottom Line: | WAY BETTER THAN MY 06 888 VF2's. they are stiffer, more adjustable but don't look as beefy but still r awesome
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Submitted by
G.K.
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | National/Mormon | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | Santa Cruz Bikes | | Strengths: | I think that the biggest strength so far is that I have had no problems with it. Smooth, quiet, and durable. | | Weaknesses: | Looks wimpy next to all of my friends 888s, but then again, its not all about looks...or is it? | | Similar Products Used: | None, really other than the 2005 Team that origionally came on the bike. This is my first dual crown fork and I am relatively new to shuttle runs and downhilling. | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz VP-Free, Fox DHX 5.0 coil, XT rear derailleur and Saint in front with dual rings. | | Bottom Line: | When I first ordered my bike in January 2006, it came with a 2005 Boxxer. I should have noticed right away, but didn't and rode with the '05 for about a week. Once I realized, I contacted Santa Cruz and they said they would send me the '06 if I hadn't ridden the '05 yet. Damn. So I had to buy the '06 and eBay the '05. I ended up making a few buck on the deal considering they sold it to me at cost.
Anyway, the 2005 felt horrible and cheap by comparison once I got on the 2006. The '05 sounded like old matress springs when it compressed and I could feel a notchy sensation as it went through its travel. Also, there were no adjustments other than rebound.
The 2006 was just the opposite. It is nice and quiet, feels smooth, and has more than enough adjustments. I use my VP for trail riding now-and-then when my trail bike is out of commission and being able to ramp up the stiffness and make it more cross-country-friendly is really nice.
Again, I am new to dual crown forks so I don't have much experience but my friends who have 888s have been impressed and the shop guy who swears my his Marz Monster was more than a little impressed when he rode it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lukasz Kopaczynski
a Downhiller
from Wroclaw, Poland
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Spindleruv | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | DC | | Strengths: | Motion Control damping really works, smooth travel, easy to operate Maxle, stiff, fully tunable damping | | Weaknesses: | None, maybe not too smooth for the first time | | Similar Products Used: | Boxxer Race 2003 with Blackbox tuning | | Bike Setup: | Duncon Cane Corso with Roco RC, BoxxTeam, Novatec hubs, Sunrims, Truvativ stuff | | Bottom Line: | I have a 2007 Boxxer Team which is totally the same as 2006 model. Got it straight from the factory, at great price. Supplied as a frameset with DC Cane Corso. Team needs like 2 weeks to work out it's proper smoothness. Plush, yet impossible to bottom out, even when standard coil spring is slightly too soft. With Motion Control you get rebound adjustment, low & high speed compression. I give 5 chillis overall, but if you can spend more bucks on World Cup, treat this as four. WC is simply even better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Downhiller
from Tahoe, CA
Date Reviewed: July 24, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Northstar.... not this year though | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Online | | Strengths: | Great adjustability, stiff, plush, responsive, lightweight, and they look mmmm mmmm good | | Weaknesses: | None that I have come across | | Similar Products Used: | Boxxers (race, wc) 888, Shivers | | Bottom Line: | These forks are really nice! Very stiff overall in the lower legs, crowns, etc. The adjustability (low speed compression, high speed compression, rebound) are all very nice to dial in your specific needs. Very wide range of adjustability. I'm running 3 clicks on my low speed compression, 5 clicks on my high speed, and with fast rebound... this set up seems to be perfect for rocky, bermy, fast situations. I used one spacer that Rock Shox provided in the box to get my preload where I want it. I weigh 170 lbs and the stock springs are basically perfect for me. The fork is very lightweight, a pound lighter than my old Marzy. These are very responsive forks that will greatly improve the feel of your bike... unless maybe you already have the World Cups. Anyway, you will like these forks. GO GET THEM | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam Black
a Downhiller
from Telluride CO
Date Reviewed: July 17, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Sasquach | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$675.00 | | Purchased At: | Nomad Cycles | | Strengths: | Very plush, many adjustments, pretty light, looks great and rides better. | | Weaknesses: | None yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Boxxer Race ('04), Jr. T, Dorrado | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse SGS Pro, upgraded rear linkage, '06 Boxxer Team | | Bottom Line: | The fork works great on everything you throgh at it from 12' drops to rocky, rooty sections. When dialed in works perfectly. Haven't bottomed it yet. I use 3-4 clicks of compression from wide open and 10-15 clicks on the floodgate from wide open. I would reccomend this fork; seems to be the best one out there for the money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Billy Anderson
a Downhiller
from Newfoundland
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Canary Cycles | | Strengths: | light weight, amazing adjustability, plush | | Weaknesses: | nuthing yet | | Similar Products Used: | 888 rc | | Bike Setup: | 05 sx trail, 06 boxxer team, saint breaks, 729 rims, e-13 guide, king head set.... | | Bottom Line: | love this fork! Wicked for Dh, holds up to everythign i through at it. Can not complain one bit about this!! Bottom Line GET ONE! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joel
a Downhiller
from Sacramento, CA
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fontana | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$530.00 | | Purchased At: | not telling | | Strengths: | - light weight
- amazing adjustability
- low stack height
- plush
- stiff | | Weaknesses: | - no comment | | Similar Products Used: | 888, travis, older boxxers | | Bike Setup: | SWD Racing Crazy 8, Boxxer Team 06, MRP, Maxxis rubber | | Bottom Line: | I was hesitant to get these forks just because I was unsure that they would be strong enough. However, after watching Steve Romaniuk for the past few years huck big big stuff on Boxxers (and not to mention all of the downhill pros running the World Cups) I decided to go for it. They are so much more adjustable than my old 888 VF2s and so much more responsive. I saved almost a pound on my front end and my bike just feels more lively all together. The fork is very stiff all around and the maxle axel is very stiff and strong as well. Even out of the box they feel very plush and smooth. Go try these forks and see for yourself how nice they are! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Keithio
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: February 3, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Light weight, buttery smooth, better value for money than 888's, adjustability, the list really does go on! | | Weaknesses: | i can honestly say none so far. | | Similar Products Used: | 888 rc's, 04' boxxers. | | Bike Setup: | 04' kona stinky primo, saint cranks, hope 6-pots, mavic... | | Bottom Line: | i havnt had this fork for long, but its easy enough to see that it will win over peoples views on whether to go for 888's or boxxers. Rockshox have definately sorted their old damping problems and these are the puppies to have for 06! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon
a Downhiller
from Indiana
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | schwinn cycling | | Strengths: | The damping system is incredible, makes the old boxxers feel like a rst. The adjustments are amazing, I can completely lock it up or make it soft as butter. Its smooth as hell too, the damping is soo amazing. The floodgate adjustment is crazy too, changes high speed compression without changing the low speed. Beleive me when i say it is soo much better feelign then the new 888. Also extremely light and good looking. | | Weaknesses: | I have yet to find one honestly. | | Similar Products Used: | 888, 6o7, dorado dh | | Bike Setup: | 04 giant dh team, 06 team, swinger 6 way. | | Bottom Line: | An amazing fork. And the boxxers arent the high maintenence race forks they used to be. Havent been since like 03. Awsome for freeriding since it is very light and adjustable. If you thniking about either the 888 or this, go with this and you will be amazed. It feels bettert han the qworld cup too because the air spring on the WC feels sticky and isnt as progressive as it needs to be. Get this fork, it feels so mcuh better with the Blackbox system. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J Town
a Downhiller
from Kamloops
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | rose | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | from a friend | | Strengths: | super plush, great adjustability, super light | | Weaknesses: | none, cmon its 6.8 pounds | | Similar Products Used: | 888rc | | Bike Setup: | giant faith 1, dee max rimes, hope mono brakes, saint cranks | | Bottom Line: | best fork i have tried by far sooo unreal u have to try this fork out. 10 times better than 888rc. its really really light and it can take huge hits. go buy this fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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