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Submitted by
Roman
a Cross Country Rider
from Israel
Date Reviewed: 10/18/2007 11:00:06 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | cheap, easy to setup, light, have lockup- feeling like riding on hardtail. |
| Weaknesses: | looks mooshy, when the shock gets dirty it`s a little bit hard to adjust rebound (it stuck), and you have to clean it; not usefull for jumping! |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | mongoose otero elite |
| Bottom Line: | It`s chip, everage shock for cross country and singles, but not agrassive AM. I tryed to jump with it more than 1 meter (3 feet), didn`t felt good. For Xc it good choise, in lockup position there is none bobing at all even at steep climbing. |
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Submitted by
Jorge Sanz
a Weekend Warrior
from Madrid, Spain
Date Reviewed: 1/26/2007 7:26:35 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | Came stock with Prophet 3 |
| Strengths: | Well built, seems to have sufficient adjustments for me (compression, rebound, block, light and cheapish. |
| Weaknesses: | The blocking feature failed within 5 hours of purchase! I faced my first ride (40+ miles of steep climbs and descents down snowless ski pistes) with no block whatsoever, so the climbs got really painful. On the fun bits, it didn't disappoint though. |
| Similar Products Tried: | None |
| Bike Setup: | Cannondale Prophet, Pike 454 fork, Sram derailleur, juicy 5 brakes |
| Bottom Line: | I was a bit disappointed with the problem. The distributor is sending a replacement one, but no riding with my new bike this weekend! |
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Submitted by
Rex
a Cross Country Rider
from Los Angeles, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 12/4/2006 5:12:56 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | I don't discriminate. |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $75 |
| Purchased At: | Found it on MTBR.com |
| Strengths: | Lockout, Cool name, it fit my bike |
| Weaknesses: | Manitou's proprietary B.S. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox Float R; Fox Vanilla |
| Bike Setup: | I like to go uphill and then go downhill. This usually happens between 3 and 4 times a week. |
| Bottom Line: | They use a smaller diameter eyelet than Fox and Ventana, so you are forced to jump through hoops to procure the hardware needed to install their product. You have to talk to your bike frame company to get frame measurements, talk to Manitou to get part numbers, talk to your local bike shop to order it, then wait a month to get it when it is back-ordered @ Manitou. What a racket. I can see how Fox and Manitou might need to resort to these tactics as they are competing suspension companies, but I couldn't use the hardware that came with my rockers from Ventana either. The bottom line is: Make it easy for people to put your product on their bikes. Otherwise, they might not use your products or they will give skeptical reviews of said products because they were such a pain to install. |
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Submitted by
solo rider
from san diego
Date Reviewed: 4/7/2006 2:50:16 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Light, no stiction, lockout |
| Weaknesses: | Overdamped rebound damping, typical air shock spring rate ramp up |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox Float R, Fox Vanilla RC, Fox proprietary Maverick, Fox AVA, Fox Alps 4, Fox Alps 5R, Rock Shox SID, Noleen NR1, Cane Creek AD10, |
| Bike Setup: | '01 Santa Cruz Bullit |
| Bottom Line: | This is your typical non-platform air shock. It has very little to no stiction, the lockout is very effective, and the construction looks to be top notch. I primarily put it on my Bullit for the lockout feature, but the overdamped rebound and non-linear spring rate will force me to go back to the Vanilla RC. A good product if you're in search of a basic air shock w/lockout. For those who crave the feel of a good coil spring, look elsewhere. |
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