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Submitted by
mark b.
a Cross Country Rider
from fort wayne, in
Date Reviewed: 2/24/2007 8:59:25 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | supergo - on weyless sp |
| Strengths: | holds air well, adjustments make a difference, light but sturdy |
| Weaknesses: | rebound & lockout only -- could use compression |
| Similar Products Tried: | swinger 3-w, coilover crap |
| Bike Setup: | weyless sp (on rebuild sabbatical) |
| Bottom Line: | i believe this shock will outlast the frame! never figured an air shock would handle my big a$$, but this one does just fine. lockout works VERY well, and rebound adjustment responds, makes a difference. |
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Submitted by
hcampian
a Cross Country Rider
from Cluj, Romania
Date Reviewed: 9/19/2006 2:26:05 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Solid lockout Good absorbtion |
| Weaknesses: | Sometimes lockout doesn't work, sometimes it does No rebound adjustment (QL version) and the factory rebound tuning is a little too fast |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | B1 Rockbumble frame |
| Bottom Line: | The review is for the QL version (without lockout) It works well, no air/oil losses, but I'd like some kind of rebound adjustment. I can't figure it out why the lockout sometimes failes to activate. However, it never lets me down on trails, only when testing it without riding. It's quite odd. When it wotks, the lockout is rock-solid and helps a lot for difficult climbs. I think I'll keep it until it breaks, and I'll replace it with a more technically advanced RS MC or Ario. |
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Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Arlington, Va
Date Reviewed: 5/2/2006 1:33:58 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Any quick singletrack |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | Gary Fisher bike |
| Strengths: | light, does what's it supposed to. No problems for past year. Has rebound and Lockouot |
| Weaknesses: | none when regular maintenance done to it. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox Float, For Float RL |
| Bike Setup: | Stock 292 GAry fisher |
| Bottom Line: | It's rear shock, I have had no problems with air. When property maintained and cleaned holds air. |
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Submitted by
Big Papi
a Cross Country Rider
from Somewhere, MA
Date Reviewed: 4/19/2006 12:39:07 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | Supergo |
| Strengths: | Works fine for cross country riding. Lockout has worked fine for me, and I use it a lot! |
| Weaknesses: | I tend to hit the lockout switch with the inside of my leg a lot when jumping causing the shock to lockout before I land. Kind of defeats the purpose |
| Bottom Line: | I really can't complain too much about this shock (this is in reference to the QRL by the way). Aside of the occasional bumping of the lockout switch, I haven't experienced any of the other problems that others have with it. |
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Submitted by
Boner
from Uranus
Date Reviewed: 11/15/2005 3:35:24 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $9999999999 |
| Purchased At: | ya moms house |
| Strengths: | well when my boner goes hard it feels real nice |
| Weaknesses: | sometimes it gets bent !! |
| Similar Products Tried: | ur mothers |
| Bike Setup: | its about 12" |
| Bottom Line: | ur mum was a great root... Whenever there was penetration she would scream like a little girl... BTW wtf is a Manitou Q-Air |
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Submitted by
Ned
from buffalo
Date Reviewed: 10/28/2005 2:12:56 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $130 |
| Strengths: | Light, reliable. great on the small stuff. Rebound knob very easy to use (insead of the click wheel that fox uses) |
| Weaknesses: | Havn't had any yet. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox float RL, Flox Float AVA. |
| Bike Setup: | superlight. |
| Bottom Line: | I have had this shock for 2 years now. I have had no problems to speak of. Its a pretty good shock. It is suprisingly smooth, though it does get a little progressive near the last 1/3rd of the stroke. Set up with the correct sag and it does a great job on the little bumps. Was way cheaper than a fox- Good value! |
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Submitted by
Damian Browne
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: 3/6/2005 9:17:30 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | came with bike |
| Strengths: | Nothing stands out, works well though no better than an equivalent RockShox. |
| Weaknesses: | The lockout. On the first QRL I had, the lock out failed after less than 10miles, most of which was on road. The replacement has just given out after about 50miles xc riding. In conclusion, it is obviously very badly designed and a waste of time, don't waste good money on this product!! |
| Similar Products Tried: | Rockshox SID xc |
| Bike Setup: | XT components, Hope M4 disc brakes, Hope XC hubs, Monkeylite bars |
| Bottom Line: | Don't waste money on a Maniou QRL, it will need replacing very quickly!! Buy a Rockshox, quality!! The bike has not been riden hard, no drop offs of jumps, just normal xc enduro riding, and for the second time the lock out no longer works. |
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Submitted by
Lois Rubin
a Cross Country Rider
from Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 2/8/2005 6:25:27 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Purchased At: | came with new Ellsworth bike in Moab |
| Strengths: | Holds air for about half an hour |
| Weaknesses: | This shock lost at 25% to 30% of its air pressure in every 1.5 to 2 hour cross-country ride. Answer Products said that they would "work" with my local bike shop to fix it but all they did was send what turned out to be a permanent loaner of lesser quality with the exact same problem. Over 4 months have passed with no word from Answer as to the status of my shock. My bike shop says that Answer never returns their phone calls. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Just the 2 broken shocks discussed above. |
| Bottom Line: | My new shock will not be by Answer. |
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Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Antioch
Date Reviewed: 12/27/2004 7:05:08 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | When it worked, it worked well. The lockout is nice. |
| Weaknesses: | Leaked oil badly at the rebound adjuster knob after using it on my new bike for < 1 month. Sent it back to Manitou to be repaired/replaced. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none. |
| Bike Setup: | Fisher Sugar 292. The shock was the QRL model. |
| Bottom Line: | Shock may have questionable reliability. Manitou has replaced it with the Radium, which may be telling. Since the shock has been discontinued for reasons unknown, I would go with the Radium instead. |
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Submitted by
Pete
from Philadelphia
Date Reviewed: 7/29/2003 7:05:31 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | Works |
| Weaknesses: | Non Yet |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox Vanilla Float |
| Bike Setup: | Weyless SP shock came with frame |
| Bottom Line: | I've been riding hard this season 4 times a week on very rocky downhill trails and climbs w/logs that are muddy and rocky. I've found this shock to be stiff when climbing, and soft when I need it to be. Lockout works great. Ascending is a ton of fun much faster. 5 for 5 flammers |
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Submitted by
joe phipps
a Cross Country Rider
from eagle river,wi ,usa
Date Reviewed: 2/24/2003 7:55:41 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | hidden lakes |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $1650 |
| Purchased At: | joe'scyclery& repair |
| Strengths: | clean looking ,good customer service at answer. |
| Weaknesses: | never got to use product and lock out stopped working on test ride down driveway.not adjustable enough. |
| Similar Products Tried: | fox float rl,rock shock deluxe,noleen coil over. |
| Bike Setup: | 2003 intense tracer,2003 xtr group,cane creek team issue disc,manitou black elite,max m bar& stem. |
| Bottom Line: | I am very disapointed with the shock this is my first experience with manitou products & hope this is not a sign of things to come |
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