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Description:
- Travel: 80/100/130mm / 85-130mm
- Travel Adjust: All Travel / U-Turn
- Spring: Solo Air / Coil
- Damping: Motion Control
- Steerer Tube: Steel
- Crown: Forged, Hollow 6061 T-6 Aluminum
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Submitted by
Dan Gray
a Weekend Warrior
from Inverness, UK
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Came with BeOne 29er | | Strengths: | Stiff, Smooth Travel, Adjustability, Lockout | | Weaknesses: | Supplied at ridiculously low pressure, Should have included shock pump. Mud clearance on 29er version not what it could be. | | Similar Products Used: | RS Indy 'S', RST Mozo Pro | | Bike Setup: | 29er, Maxxis + Alexrims, Deore Hubs. LX/XT Mix, Avid Juicy 3 | | Bottom Line: | Really nice stiff forks, a huge jump from the 1998 technology that I upgraded from. They feel very smooth and when combined with the 29er wheel really soak up the bumps. For everyone with the SoloAir version with complaints about bottoming out, the biggest problem with these when included with a new bike is that they will not come with a fork pump, which is absolutely essential for complete setup of the fork. Mine were pumped up to 90psi on delivery which would only suit a sub 140lb rider (in other words, no-one!). You will need to purchase a shock-pump and adjust the fork pressure to get best results. Riding with too low a pressure in the forks will cause damage to them and you!
There could be more space between the top of the fork and the wheel, I have a feeling that lots of sticky mud could clog the space easily.
These are, apparently, adjustable for between 85mm and 130mm of travel but details of the modification procedure are hard to track down. What is the large cylindrical lump of rubber included with the accessories? | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom H
a Weekend Warrior
from Pleasanton, CA
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | dirt ones | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | stiff, plush, lots of adjustments. | | Weaknesses: | quality control. VERY soft stock spring. Uturn and compression knobs are weak plastic. | | Similar Products Used: | rs pilot, crap rst, old rs quadra, rs dart. tora 302. | | Bike Setup: | 07 santa cruz chameleon, wheels and tires and drivetrain. | | Bottom Line: | pretty nice fork, very comfortable.. at 195lbs the fork bottoms out all over the place, even riding off curbs. the motion control works great and helps balance out the ultra soft spring. unless you're a very light rider, get the air sprung version or expect to upgrade the spring. i never bottomed my old pilot! way too soft for jumping at any weight!
i also had some quality control issues with mine. some plastic stuff got caught between the rebound damper and lower oring and caused a leak that hydrolocked the fork. i had to fully tear it down and remove the offending plastic piece and refill it with oil.. its great now, but stuff like that shouldnt get past QC!
even with that said, id still buy this fork again. tons of value for the money.. cant get another 135mm fork with this many adjustments that work for 200 bucks! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Chengdu
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything but pavement! | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek store | | Strengths: | It comes with all the gismoz you look for on a modern fork, the price is reasonable, looks cool, and it performs very well | | Weaknesses: | It is heavier than my last fork...Manitou Answer Spyder which came with my Trek Y5 1998 model. But it is lighter than all the new forks I tested before I purchased this one | | Similar Products Used: | Tested Reba, Fox Vanilla Float, | | Bike Setup: | Y5 brakes, handle bar and rear shock stock, '07 XTR crank, '07 XTR front and rear derailler, '07 XTR cassett, '07 Shimano HG93 chain, '07 XT Fire shifters, and finally '07 Rockshox Tora 318 fork with lockout remote. | | Bottom Line: | For me this shock is several generations ahead of my last fork, so I must say it is amazing. Compared to the best 600+ dollar forks, let's say it only lags 10% behind their performance, but the price is less than half.
I think it's a great fork! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Stowmarket, Suffolk
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Chain Reaction Cycles | | Strengths: | Very stiff, takes a 203mm rotor/hydraulics easily.
Same as the Revelation, but with Cro-Mo stantions rather than aluminium.
Travel is plush (Coil, U-Turn).
Strong Crown.
External rebound!!!
Excellent steering, no deflection over bumps.
Oil Bath, wonderful swishing sound on compression. | | Weaknesses: | A little bit heavier than most, but stronger.
XC, so warranty doesn't cover All Mountain (Which these are more than capable of!)
U-Turn knob is slippery when wet, but with gloves on is fine. | | Similar Products Used: | Mozo Vibe-R (AWFUL), SR Suntour XCR (Better, stop-gap), MX Pro ETA+TAS (Wonderful, but flexy) | | Bike Setup: | Kona Caldera '06, LX Drivetrain/Brakes, Easton Cockpit, EX729 Rims. The Toras are the '07 coil U-Turn versions. No Bosses. | | Bottom Line: | Excellent. I mean for £150/$300 you can't go wrong. Just for those who want to know, I dropped the air Zokes 'cos these are stiffer and have more travel. Quick note to all, the Solo Air appears to have seal problems, so it's safer to go coil/upgrade to the Revelations. And to the guy with the air ramp up complaints, it's normal, ALL air forks ramp up, it's to do with air compression rates not a fork problem so don't worry about it.
Overall, an excellent fork. Can't complain about weight for the price/stiffness. Coming down from an MX Pro, which is a top grade fork, I have no complaints. External rebound, like the MX Pro. Travel adjust, but better than the MX Pro. Thicker tubes, stronger. Motion control, Compression adust, which on the MX Pro was a guessing game of oil weights/viscosities!
Buy it if you're a Heavy XCer on a budget! Not for Jumpers!
5 Chillis for Value, 5 Overall! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kristina
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Air Sprung
Adjustable Travel
32mm Stanchions
Easily to Service
Simple set up | | Weaknesses: | Ramps up too much towards the end of travel at the 100mm setting (fore a person of 60kg) and as a result not as plush as it should be. | | Similar Products Used: | RS Judy TT, Dart 2 | | Bike Setup: | Trance 3, fork @ 130mm , 1x9 speed, sram X7, Syncros PNC 2.5 tires, bashring & inner ring, race face deus XC bar, Syncros FR 50mm stem, thomson post, avatar saddle, v12mag pedals, oury grips, shimano xt hydro brakes. | | Bottom Line: | I think this is a great fork. The weight isn't so bad if you consider that it's a 130mm travel fork. It's air sprung and very adjustable for your weight, and not too much dialing in to do (just the air pressure & rebound really).
Seemed a bit harsh towards the top of the travel at 100mm setting, I changed it to 130mm and it's great for the riding I do now. I found it pretty easy to service myself and remove that travel spacer. I didn't think that much of the remote pop loc, leg mounted would be better.
Nice Simple & Functional, great to get if it's going to be your first good fork as it hasn't got too many confusing settings to adjust.
It's versatile. Yes having to change the travel internally is a bit of a pain but I have read that u-turn type forks aren't usually as plush as non u-turn ones so I think I'll live with it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Schafer
a Cross Country Rider
from Rockville, MD, USA
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Schaeffer Farms | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$360.00 | | Purchased At: | Revolution Cycles | | Strengths: | Strong design, great durability and amazing rebound | | Weaknesses: | A bit heavy, have to take it apart to change travel. | | Similar Products Used: | None worth mentioning | | Bike Setup: | '07 Trek 6700, '04 Giant Rincon | | Bottom Line: | Fork came with my bike, solo air...its a great fork and i was going to buy it for my rincon but the rincon needed so much work i just decided to get a new bike. The travel isnt as smooth as i expected but i was probably just expecting too much. from the fork that came with the rincon to this...great step up. i only recomend this fork for cross country bikers! when i went up to schaeffer farms, i noticed almost none of the bumps that you would ordinarely feel with other forks. however, if you do get this fork, i recomend u get the u-turn coil version instead of the air. (also saves u money) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Johan
a Cross Country Rider
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | CRC | | Strengths: | Bulletproof function
Easy adjusted
Works realy good | | Weaknesses: | A bit heavie mine is 1950g weighted on my scale | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Reba
RST Omega
Manitou R7
Suntour | | Bike Setup: | Avanti Competition with XT setup and Mavic wheels | | Bottom Line: | So good fork for good money.
I was looking for a Reba when i got my Tora.
Tested and compared several times and found out that ok teh reba is a bit better but not that much better so it is worth the pricedifference not for me atleast | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gerald
a Weekend Warrior
from Orlando, FL, USA
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Jones Trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$270.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria Bike | | Strengths: | Adjustability, looks, travel, pop-lock capability, and price. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy!!! The 318 U-turn only comes in white. | | Similar Products Used: | Judy TT | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Raleigh Ram 2.0; highly modded... | | Bottom Line: | So far this has been a great fork. A little on the heavy side, but can't ask much for the price. Does exactly what I needed it to: travel adjustable, compression adjust, lock-out, and rebound adjust without having to take it apart.
Overall, this is a great budget fork!!!
Oh, the only thing that bothers me is that it swishes under compression... A little annoying... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Montreal
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bromont | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$190.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | - Great value for the price
- stiff handling
- good clean looking fork | | Weaknesses: | none so far. | | Similar Products Used: | RST Gila | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche 2.0...stock except for the new Rockshox Tora 318 | | Bottom Line: | This fork is great, i've only used it a couple of times, but i can already feel the difference when i ride, this is an excellent fork for the price, considering the performance that you get, this fork deserves 5 flamming chillis. By the way...this fork is meant for XC...not downhill...it will do fine on little drops, like maybe 1-2 feet...but don't expect to be able to drop 6 feet with this one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lynda
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | You Yangs | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$370.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Stiff
Strong 32mm stanchions
Looks great
Adjustability
Pop Loc option is very useful | | Weaknesses: | As mentioned, the 318 with solo air needs to be taken apart to change travel.
| | Similar Products Used: | RS Judy 1, Fox 100RL | | Bike Setup: | Stock 2006 Giant Yukon but with RS Tora 318, Kalloy stem & Ritchey flat MTB bars | | Bottom Line: | I bought this fork to replace the Judy 1 that came stock on my bike. The difference was immediately noticeable, and I feel much more comfortable going over all sorts of obstacles on the trail. The bike is so much more responsive now, and there is heaps of compression/dampening adjustability to play with. The Tora feels very similar to the Fox 100RL, but costs much much less. I strongly recommend this fork to anyone who is looking to upgrade their entry level fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed
a Cross Country Rider
from Canberra, Australia
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | sparrow | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Stiff, plush, responsive and reliable. Pretty much everything you could hope for with a lockout to boot. | | Weaknesses: | Tops out up steep climbs making bike wheelie. | | Similar Products Used: | manitou six, black, RS tora 289, recon air, marzocchi gran fondo 3, mz, mx pro. | | Bike Setup: | stock avanti hammer | | Bottom Line: | The best budget fork on the market, and probably the most underrated. It does everything you could hope for and more as an XC/trail fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bujor Vasile Lucian
a Weekend Warrior
from Craiova,Dolj,Romania
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$160.00 | | Purchased At: | Extreme MAC BIKES www.exmacbikes.co.nr | | Strengths: | At this price it gives alot!!! Swaps alot of bumps and makes riding over obstacles easy even at large speeds . | | Weaknesses: | Well...at the money payed I can't have the expectation of a Marzzocchi ALL MOUNTIN 2 or 1 but it sure makes alot of impression. | | Similar Products Used: | Nollen Fork - the paralellogram design with NR4 electronic controlled suspension , MZ COMP AIR 2004 | | Bottom Line: | Grait for everyone that is a starter in all mountin biking discipline . I have rock shock tora 318 U turn coil and it helps in making service easy and it reduce cost . The air thing it is more expensive and not so efective when it comes to extreme stuff . For that I recommend rock shock recon atleast . | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joel Devich
a Cross Country Rider
from Wilmington DE USA
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anything in the woods | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Bike line | | Strengths: | Not to heavy. Solo air is great! Looks good. Poploc!!! | | Weaknesses: | You have to take the fork apart to change the travel. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi MZ Comp, Rocshox Tora 289 (my girlfriends bike) | | Bike Setup: | Stock Trek Fuel EX 6 | | Bottom Line: | I love the solo air. The forks are light but could be lighter with aluminum arms insted of steel. It is set to 100mm of travel but you can adjust it to 80, 100, 130. The draw back to this is that you have to take the forks apart and add or remove spacers. Other than that the forks are great. I have not used them for a long time and have heard complaints that they will blow out on anything abovt a 1 foot drop. I am 190 lbs and i do ride hard and have not had a problem yet, i guess time will tell. I would recommend these for an upgrade if your not looking to spend to much. Only 4 chilis cause it is a pain to adjust the travel. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel Vore
a Weekend Warrior
from Lebanon, OR, USA
Date Reviewed: March 25, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Extendo - McDonald Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$145.00 | | Purchased At: | Stutzmans Stove Co. | | Strengths: | Solid! love the compression adj. and U-Turn. Takes on bumps and looks good. | | Weaknesses: | its no fox or bomber, but good for the price. (I got it cheaper, I work at a shop) | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail with all SRAM/Truvativ stuff. | | Bottom Line: | good fork. I'm new to the sport, and this fork is good for someone like myself. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jose
a Weekend Warrior
from Spain
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Strengths: | Nice looking and good response. Pop-lock is a very comfortable way to control when it has to become alive. | | Weaknesses: | None (price?). Perhaps few adjustment methods (but we're talking aboput a fork, not a shuttle) | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou, Marzocchi (FOX is just a different user level) | | Bike Setup: | XC with aluminium + Deore XT components | | Bottom Line: | It does what it's expected to do. Works really fine with small and medium holes. You can adjust travel if you need more help with that.
Rebound adjustment is nice, but not a great difference when you adjust it (just slight feeling difference... enough for me).
You get the right for the price you pay for it. If you need something more (a better control over the travel... so on) try another kind of fork (with a higher price too). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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