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Submitted by
Mark
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: 11/14/2007 7:42:37 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Looks neat, adjustments work well, plush feel. |
| Weaknesses: | Lacks the bottom out adjustment which i would find useful as i like to have a more progressive stroke, though this can be overcome with more air in the boost valve which affects the progressiveness, and compensating the effect of this by lowering the pro-pedal setting. Rebound adjuster knob is a little small and fiddly |
| Similar Products Tried: | Van R, vanilla RC, DHX 5.0 (carpark test only), fox vanilla, 5th element (carpark test only) |
| Bike Setup: | Patriot 66, domains, sram, hayes etc |
| Bottom Line: | Feels plush with great small bump sensitivity on my patriot but for those who prefer more of a platform, the propedal or boost valve settings can be upped. Smooth action too, no stiction and i've experienced no spikes. the rebound adjuster is fine but its very thin so i find it a little fiddly, but how often do you need to adjust it? the only better thing to this is the DHX 5.0. It's OEM so please ignore value rating) |
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Submitted by
John
a Downhiller
from Munich
Date Reviewed: 10/10/2007 3:03:14 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Geisskopf |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | OEM |
| Strengths: | This Shock is tough, durable, never bottoms out but uses all its stroke, has plenty of adjustments that work brilliantly and its pluuuushh. |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Similar Products Tried: | none compares, Fox Van, Equalizer (sucks) |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized SX Trail, X.9, Avid codes... |
| Bottom Line: | This product is simply awesome. Its simply the BEST shock for DH/FR out there. Get it if you can. Fox Shocks all the way. |
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Submitted by
kris
a Downhiller
from holly springs nc usa
Date Reviewed: 9/29/2007 8:31:45 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | come on bike |
| Strengths: | all the ajustments work well. propedal is a saver.nice shox what is not from fox |
| Weaknesses: | could use a 450 lbs spring but taht is just me |
| Similar Products Tried: | maitue split rpa ,fox float r, cloud nine |
| Bike Setup: | gaint glory, fox 40 rc2,dhx 4.0,mavic 723 rims, ringle hubs,sram x9,e.thirteen crank |
| Bottom Line: | nice shox, but if you can buy a 5.0 with bottom out ajust |
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Submitted by
J-Man
a Weekend Warrior
from Vermont
Date Reviewed: 7/14/2007 9:02:05 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | looks good on my bike, havnt bottomed it out yet its taken a good 10 foot drop and didnt even come close to it, propedal and rebound adjustment |
| Weaknesses: | could use a better spring but for me it works, and it doesnt fit on a lot of peoples bikes because i tried to sell it once and everyone said it was too big but i got my giant ac and it fit so i took it off the market |
| Similar Products Tried: | manitou 4 way swinger |
| Bike Setup: | giant ac, white bros. dh2 fork, fox dhx 4.0 rear shock, 24 in. halo combat rim rear, 26 in mavic 321 disc front with 3.0 tires and hayes hydraulics |
| Bottom Line: | nice shock, works great, plush, good travel. good buy, anything made by fox is good is my opinion, but i want to try the dhx 5.0 but i will when i get a new bike |
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Submitted by
Shaker666
from Vancouver, BC
Date Reviewed: 5/3/2007 4:50:45 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | anywhere |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | Has both compression damping (ProPedal) and rebound damping adjustments, plus preload with the air adjustment. Easy to tune for climbing vs. serious DH. Very plush when setup for DH. ProPedal is very functional and worth it. |
| Weaknesses: | Possibly weight, but I've grown bigger muscles to compensate for that now. :) |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox Float |
| Bike Setup: | '06 Devinci Ollie: DHX 4.0 rear shock, tubeless setup on Mavic XM819s, Hadley hubs, 888RC2 fork. |
| Bottom Line: | This shock shines. Very linear damping quality with just the right amount of adjustment. I'm very impressed, but would you expect any less from a Fox product? |
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Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland
Date Reviewed: 3/14/2007 4:37:25 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Pro Pedal |
| Similar Products Tried: | DHX 5 / DHX Air 5 |
| Bike Setup: | Stinky Dee-Lux |
| Bottom Line: | Rides just as good as my DHX 5. Great shock. If your not bothered by the lack of bottom out then this this is a great shock |
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Submitted by
fatcat
from pasadena, california
Date Reviewed: 2/10/2007 11:44:55 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | great shock better than a fox vanilla, love the pro pedal adjustment |
| Weaknesses: | doesnt have the bottom out adjustment but no biggie |
| Similar Products Tried: | manitou 6 way, 5th element |
| Bike Setup: | 2004 1/2 cruz bulllit |
| Bottom Line: | buy this shock sucker |
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