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Kris Boni
a Cross Country Rider
from Peutie, Belgium
Date Reviewed: 4/27/2008 10:00:11 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Overijse |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $580 |
| Purchased At: | Ebay |
| Strengths: | Very light, super plush, REAL adjustability, takes every shock from small to huge |
| Weaknesses: | price, especially in Europe...got one off Ebay at reasonable price from USA. Thank you cheapass $ |
| Similar Products Tried: | Stock Manitou Splice Comp |
| Bike Setup: | Trek Fuel 80, Fox F100RLC, DT Swiss SSD210L rear shock, Formula Oro K24 200mm front, 180mm rear, XT hubs + Mavic XC717 rims, XT M770 crank, Ritchey carbon riser bars |
| Bottom Line: | Excellent fork. Got tired of that stupid Manitou Splice which you could better replace with a rigid fork. You immediately feel the difference with this Fox! Can ride much faster DH now, this fork ROCKS! |
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Submitted by
Sam De Cuyper
a Cross Country Rider
from Belgium
Date Reviewed: 4/5/2008 2:10:47 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Houfalize (belgium) |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $1050 |
| Purchased At: | Barracuda online |
| Strengths: | Stiff, reliable, plenty of adjustment possibilities |
| Weaknesses: | Lock out/ compression/ rebound adjustment buttons!!!! |
| Similar Products Tried: | Marzochi Grand Fondo1 |
| Bike Setup: | Granville U6 Evo-R. |
| Bottom Line: | This is a fork for a demanding rider who,likes to focus on riding and not on Locking/unlocking this fork. It takes a while to set up the right adjustments (4 to be exact). then you don't have to touch it any more and it reads the track. The real bonus is the lockout threshold. it is adjusable in 12!! positions. this makes it easy to find your specific threshold. When i'm training on concrete i click back the lock 3 clicks then it is all stiff when i'm climbing standing on the pedals and still it takes up the bumps. this is important for me because i ride on slicks whith 5bar ait pressure. Just one stupid problem: when you turn the lock you adjust the compression sometimes. 3 buttons on a 1cm space is really to much!! I'm riding mostly XC so the lock is almost always on. I don't want to mention the price. when you buy this, you just want the best. |
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Submitted by
Andy
a Cross Country Rider
from Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: 2/2/2008 10:23:00 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Anything Squamish |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $800 |
| Purchased At: | Steed Cycles |
| Strengths: | Light, stiff and smooth |
| Weaknesses: | None. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Many shocks from the original Manitou onward. |
| Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight |
| Bottom Line: | This fork is the bomb!!! I weigh in at 200lbs and this baby handles it with no problems. Super stiff for such a light for. OGC service here in Vancouver is stellar!!! I had a lockout ring/compression ring issue and the lads at OGC fixed it the same day! If you live in Vancouver Fox has just added a really good reason to buy their product...best service I've ever had. |
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Submitted by
Bill
a Racer
from Richmond, VA
Date Reviewed: 1/6/2008 5:34:29 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Tsali |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $550 |
| Strengths: | Very plush without being too plush. Light for a Fox fork. Good adjustability. |
| Weaknesses: | Poor quality control.....loose bushings. Price. |
| Similar Products Tried: | F100RLT, F80X |
| Bike Setup: | S-Works Epic |
| Bottom Line: | Well the fork works well but it's not built well. I have only about 150 miles on the fork and the bushings are so loose it feels like my headset is barely tightened. Also, one of the fork sliders is anodized darker then the other. I am very disappointed that Fox doesn't put much effort into quality control anymore. I am sending it back to Fox so they can fix the bushing issue. I'll write again once I get it back and put some miles on it. |
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Submitted by
John Kars
a Cross Country Rider
from Sterling Heights, MI
Date Reviewed: 11/21/2007 5:26:13 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | PLRA |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $600 |
| Purchased At: | Macomb Bike |
| Strengths: | Biggest pluses are brake bosses, stiffness, lock-out, adjustability. Honestly a great fork, hopefully reliability is in line w/ features. |
| Weaknesses: | White is not best color for a fork but it is growing on me. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Judy XC |
| Bottom Line: | Excellent fork well worth the $$. |
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Submitted by
Domski
a Cross Country Rider
from Park City, UT
Date Reviewed: 11/15/2007 9:47:21 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Fairly light. Very strong. |
| Weaknesses: | Not quite the lightest 100mm fork on the market. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Manitou R7, Manitou Black, Marzocchi Bomber. |
| Bike Setup: | Yeti ASR alloy with carbon seat/chainstays. Cane Creek Zonos wheels. |
| Bottom Line: | This fork is light enough that you can race XC with it. There are a few lighter 100mm forks on the market: e.g. Manitou R7, Cannondale Lefty Speed Carbon SL. I haven't tried the latter (serious money, requires exotic frame/headset), but I have ridden (extensively) the R7, which feels flimsier. The F100 feels stiff and smooth. Rode the Porcupine Rim Trail at Moab last w/e. This is about 25 miles of pretty gnarly downhill. On shuttle bus up to the start, everyone else was riding 35+ lb downhill monsters and wearing pads. My sub-24 lb XC bike looked ridiculously skinny. I was nervous at first, but was gradually able to relax, and take the bumps and drop-offs at speed. Absolutely astonished at how well bike and fork held up to the hammering. If your primary focus is XC *racing* (rather than just XC-style riding), you might want to save a couple of ounces with something like the R7. But IMHO, if you want to build a solid, reliable, lightweight XC or enduro bike, this is the fork of choice. |
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Submitted by
Evan Price
a Cross Country Rider
from Cape Town,WC,South Africa
Date Reviewed: 11/11/2007 10:57:36 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Lebanon |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $900 |
| Purchased At: | William's Bike Shop |
| Strengths: | see bottom line |
| Weaknesses: | compression adjusment still gets adjusted when you turn the lockout lever. one day fox will surely start make a handlebar lockout! |
| Similar Products Tried: | 2004 Fox F100X |
| Bike Setup: | Titus Racer-X Carbon; king & ZTR wheels; SRAM, Avid carbons & truvativ goupset, thomson kit |
| Bottom Line: | Super plush over everything (espically the small stuff), stiffness never in doubt, lockout threshold very adjustable so easy to find sweet spot for lockout - and again, seriously plush but doesn't dive through it's travel! only gripe is the lack of handlebar mounted lockout for racing but i knew that when i bought it so i can't really knock it for that |
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Submitted by
romwell
a Cross Country Rider
from Bukidnon, Philippines
Date Reviewed: 9/20/2007 7:44:46 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | bukidnon mountain ranges |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $750 |
| Purchased At: | cyclemart |
| Strengths: | simple yet effective adjustability. rigid,yet plush as a couch! |
| Weaknesses: | price! in my area, availability! had to pull a lot of strings and pay extra to get it! oh, it only comes in white? |
| Similar Products Tried: | Judys (back when they ruled!) boxxers and bombers during my "DH decade of decadence", also tried all the SIDs, etc. |
| Bike Setup: | Salsa El Santo, american racing disc mtb, XT, RaceFace Next Sl carbon low rise bars and post, avids |
| Bottom Line: | its amazing how this fork works! this was my 1st XC fork bought since a decade ago (caught the DH racing bug)so I tried all the SIDs, manitous etc. Performance is a cut above all. Steers like a rigid fork! As plush as you want it to be yet offers innovative lockout settings to make you have best of both worlds. Light enough for epic rides.Rode this fork to light DH trails and it was awesome. Infinite adjustbility. You should get this |
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Submitted by
Todd Rall
a Cross Country Rider
from Raleigh,NC
Date Reviewed: 9/6/2007 9:24:50 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $600 |
| Strengths: | Stiff and smooth |
| Weaknesses: | Standard model does not have the new post mount for disc brakes, only IS. |
| Similar Products Tried: | 2004 Fox 80 RLT, Marzocchi forks, rockshox |
| Bike Setup: | TiSport Gman, XTR, Mavic, Thomson, etc. |
| Bottom Line: | I can really tell a big difference in how this shock performs vs. my RLT. It reacts to small bumps better and is just a bit stiffer. Worth the money. |
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Submitted by
RideOregon
a Cross Country Rider
from Bend, Oregon, USA
Date Reviewed: 8/22/2007 9:49:47 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Mrazek |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Extremely smooth, buttery. Perfect for fast, even aggressive XC riding. |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Similar Products Tried: | Marzocchi MX Comp (bushings wasted after 2 months), RockShox Judys (mediocre at best). |
| Bike Setup: | '02 Trek Fuel 90 with standard upgrades |
| Bottom Line: | When riding, I don't know that the fork exists. I don't feel it, I don't hear it. The fork just operates perfectly, smoothly - I don't have to think about it at all. It is light and stiff, and does what I need it to do - before I even realize what I need it to do. For the '08 models, Fox fixed the lockout so that you won't accidently mess with the rebound when turning the lockout switch. And it's lighter. You will not be disappointed. |
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Submitted by
Rich
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Clara, CA
Date Reviewed: 7/12/2007 10:27:16 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $700 |
| Purchased At: | Sunbike (LBS) |
| Strengths: | Adjustablility, weight, lock-out |
| Weaknesses: | NONE |
| Similar Products Tried: | FOX shocks all the way.. Never tinkered with the rest. |
| Bike Setup: | 07 Intense XVP Spider |
| Bottom Line: | Bottom line is that this fork rocks. Lock-out is amazing. Originally built my bike with an 07 model but unfortunately had some quality issue with it. My LBS quickly reported the problem to FOX and in turn replaced it with an 08 model instead. Even Sweeter. A must to own. |
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