Submitted by
Julio
a Downhiller
from The netherlands
Date Reviewed: 2/25/2007 3:01:47 AM
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| Duration Product Used: |
Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: |
came stock on my bike |
| Strengths: |
everything is so good
Ti spring
ultra ultra smooth
looks beautiful |
| Weaknesses: |
a you kidding me,this shock is amazing,it's the best there is |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Fox dhx5 |
| Bike Setup: |
on a stock session 10 |
| Bottom Line: |
this shock is the most awesome shock out there,the shock has 6 way's to adjust and the damping is unbeleavable way and way better then the dhx5.The shock preforms nothing but awesome and is so unbeleavable smooth,i love it.I'm lucky it came stock on my bike and delivers me 10 inches of travel with a 3.5 stroke.If you are looking for the ultimate rear shock in preformence look no further and buy a revox,it's the best shock you can get your'e hands on. |
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Submitted by
michael Lopez
a Downhiller
from El Centro, CA
Date Reviewed: 11/11/2006 8:11:32 AM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
Any one I can find |
| Duration Product Used: |
3 months |
| Purchased At: |
ebay |
| Strengths: |
Light, and adjustable, probably the best coilshock out their... even over the Fox DHX. |
| Weaknesses: |
None so far. |
| Similar Products Tried: |
manitou 4-way and 6-way, fox DHX |
| Bike Setup: |
Jamis Diablo 2.0 stock specs except for FOX 40. |
| Bottom Line: |
by far the best shock Manitou has ever made for FR/DH. A Massive improvement over the Manitou Swinger 6-way, (which was the biggest peace of crap out there!) I'm just glad Manitou finally got it right... and I'm glad to have it, couldn't ask for a better shock. |
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Submitted by
John
a Downhiller
from Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 10/31/2006 8:01:17 PM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
Mail Boxes |
| Duration Product Used: |
3 months |
| Purchased At: |
Sprockets, Santa Cruz, CA |
| Strengths: |
Pedals amaizingly well, looks beautifull, and has tons of adjustability. |
| Weaknesses: |
None as of yet worth downgrading it for but the compression dampening when set to full min on both the high and low speed still feels a bit firm for what it should be at full min. Although it is still low enough you probably would never want it lower then those min setting anyway which is why its not really a problem. |
| Similar Products Tried: |
DHX 5.0 Coil, DHX 5.0 Air, DHX 3, Six way, rp3, vanilla etc. |
| Bike Setup: |
Trek Session 10 with 888 up front, full saint, and all the other goodies. |
| Bottom Line: |
So I have never liked Manitou products and have even seen (working in a shop which sells manitou products) a decent number of failures in other products of theirs. I went to purchase the new Trek Session 10 and probably would have without even riding it switched it for a DHX 5.0 which i have riden many times before including on my old bike and loved. But for the moral of the story I am sure glad that no one else makes a shock big enough for that frame except for Manitou. This shock functions like nothing you've ever riden before. It function on a speed sensitive valve as they call it which may sound like a bit of crap because thats what they all say (including Fox) but man this thing damn near locks out on the smooth climbs. And yet as soon as you hit the first bump the shock opens up and lets you enjoy all its wonderfull travel. Not to mention its incredibly hot looking with a really nice in house Ti spring standard. And it has adjustable: high speed compression, low speed compression, bottom out resistance, inertia valve pressure, rebound, and preload. All of which are pretty easily accessable and really do there job. Bottom line is i would still never ride a 6 way swinger but i love my Revox and would recomend it to anyone over just about any other shock on the market including DHX 5! |
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Submitted by
Nir
a Downhiller
from LA
Date Reviewed: 5/8/2006 12:39:10 AM
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| FavoriteTrail: |
SoCal any DH |
| Duration Product Used: |
3 months |
| Purchased At: |
www.bike-improve.com |
| Strengths: |
Design, super light, super sensitive, no tools adjustment. |
| Weaknesses: |
Pricey |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Swinger 6 Way, 5th Element, DHX 5, Vanila, Double barrel. |
| Bike Setup: |
Morewood Izimu, Diabolos crank, Saint brakes, Travis 203mm TI, OutLaw wheels |
| Bottom Line: |
Probably the best shock out there. |
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