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Submitted by
timm
a Weekend Warrior
from ruhrpott, germany
Date Reviewed: 4/17/2006 7:13:34 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $120 |
| Purchased At: | friend |
| Strengths: | none |
| Weaknesses: | very poor quality |
| Similar Products Tried: | x-fusion vector pva |
| Bike Setup: | www.vortrieb.com enduro frame( looks like a kona), manitou black fork, hs33 |
| Bottom Line: | i've bought this shock from a friend who is selling bike parts. after 10 km flat street with a few stairjumps the shock gets hard as rock. i sent it back to the wholesaler and he returned the x-fusion vector pva with the comment that they stopped making deals with dnm because of the "quality problems". |
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Submitted by
lucy
a Downhiller
from Slovakia
Date Reviewed: 4/4/2006 7:26:13 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | e-bay |
| Strengths: | Good adjustment |
| Weaknesses: | short life:-) |
| Similar Products Tried: | my first rare shock, before only two air schocks of very low quality. |
| Bike Setup: | light freeride frame, Z1, hayes, tektro, and famous DNM. |
| Bottom Line: | My review may be short, but also life of my rare shock was short. Is dead after 5 light and short downhill, 1 enduro trip and some drops about 1 meter. I rode it only 3 days. Oil is flowing from it and my bike is like swing. (But first two days it works grate:-)) |
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Submitted by
nard guics
a Weekend Warrior
from Laguna, Philippines
Date Reviewed: 7/20/2005 10:37:36 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | La Union Trails |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $120 |
| Purchased At: | a friend |
| Strengths: | Good adjustment function, good looks and lite for its kind. |
| Weaknesses: | Adjusting knobs are hard to move, somewhat like it's stock, you will use extra power.Being a DNM only ( this sucks ) |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox float |
| Bike Setup: | XXtension, with LX05 gruppo |
| Bottom Line: | This is a good rail rear shocks that can be used also on mild downhills. It's more versatile, strong yet economical than other branded rear coil shocks. A nice good buy that will get your money's worth. |
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Submitted by
Marten
a Downhiller
from Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
Date Reviewed: 7/10/2005 12:48:37 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | at a friend of mine |
| Strengths: | Very good rebound... just a great rear shock |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | Rock shox deluxe coupe |
| Bike Setup: | Be One Arron (Totally Rebuild to a DH BIKE) |
| Bottom Line: | Just a great shock |
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Submitted by
Nelson Fung
a Cross Country Rider
from Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: 8/2/2003 1:12:52 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Mount Kiara |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | ABC bike shop (Kepong) |
| Strengths: | this product is build for high impact drop. DNM rear shock have a lock-out mechanism to harden and soften the effect. |
| Weaknesses: | some how, when i harden the shock. it will effect automatically. but when i shift back to soft mode, it need some to soften the shock. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | shimano 2000 LX groupset, Univega 1999 DS-900 frame, Rockshock Judi 2000. |
| Bottom Line: | first grade will be FOX, second will be DMN. Is a worthy bike investment. |
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Submitted by
Chris Rigano
a Downhiller
from Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Date Reviewed: 9/15/2002 6:09:21 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Oceania |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | Queensland Cycle Supplies |
| Strengths: | Sweet shock. I used to have a DNM AO-22 Air Shock, and that POS decided to die for me in no time on a free ride. So under warranty i got the ST8-RC and i love it. It loves the fast tracks and the technical tracks. Easly adjustable preloader and reboud makes track riding heaps better. Once I got the right spring weight, cornering and dropping are sweet as. |
| Weaknesses: | Haven't really found anything yet. Don't think i will either. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox Vanilla, Rock Shox Pro Deluxe. |
| Bike Setup: | Merida 01 Nighthawk, XT Drive, Azonic Risse Bars, Manitou SX 100 Forks, DNM ST8-RC RS, V Pedeals |
| Bottom Line: | This shock is a good effective shock. Its response rate is fantasic when set right. Will make a complete judgement after I put some Darado's on to finish the bike off. But to this point, LOVE THE SHOCK, IT GOES HARD!!!! |
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Submitted by
Luke B
a Weekend Warrior
from England
Date Reviewed: 3/23/2002 1:51:32 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Any Thing Off Road |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | Two Wheels |
| Strengths: | The shock seems strong and is handling alot of abuse with ease. |
| Weaknesses: | The spring which with the shock was only a 450lbs which was way too weak for my weight (80 kg) I changed the spring for a 550lbs and it totally wicked now. |
| Bike Setup: | Scott Octane 2002, Marzocchi Z1's, Hope Enduros etc. |
| Bottom Line: | This shock came stock on my bike and has performed excellently, and is evan beter now I have put the correct spring in. If your after a good value Shock then this would be a great choice as long as you get the correct spring. |
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Submitted by
andy zitny
a Weekend Warrior
from slovakia
Date Reviewed: 3/19/2002 3:53:28 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | everything, if a nice downhill is following |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $150 |
| Similar Products Tried: | RST 22, RockShox Deluxe |
| Bike Setup: | Merida Dominator Pro, Marzocchi Z1 Wedge, Magura Louise, LX/ESP9.0... |
| Bottom Line: | i've upgraded my rear shock after i've ruined the RST shock. the rebound damping works very good, the adjustment was very easy in my case. the dnm works very sensitive under every trail conditions and gives me enough reserves on some bigger jumps and drops. (but that depends on the right spring for your weight) i have to mention, that in my case it's the dnm ST8AR - same as the ST8RC, but without adjustable compression damping - you do not need such a thing on a freeride bike. it is a very good rear shock for the money! |
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Submitted by
Jim
a Downhiller
from UK
Date Reviewed: 3/19/2002 12:19:59 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $400 |
| Strengths: | reasonable price, cheapest of its type (I think) |
| Weaknesses: | - difficult damping adjustment - seals burst within a year of not-to-harsh riding - piston cylinder burst open after 1.5 years |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox Vanilla RC, Fox Alps 5. |
| Bike Setup: | Univega RAM9DH, Shivers |
| Bottom Line: | The damping is very difficult to adjust.. it's either on fully or there's none at all. I'm also dissappointed at the quality of the seals; I only rode it one year, and not frequently at that, before the seals burst. Now, after a year and a half of riding the piston cyclinder split down the side. I ran a Fox Alps 5 (AIR SHOCK!!) on my old Kona U'hu for longer and under harsher conditions with no problems, so this shock has really let me down... |
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Submitted by
tim slehofer
a Weekend Warrior
from wa aus
Date Reviewed: 2/11/2002 9:26:38 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $600 |
| Purchased At: | hi ways |
| Strengths: | looks good has Rebound and damping adjustments |
| Weaknesses: | spring went softer after leting bike sit for 2 weeks |
| Similar Products Tried: | some pro shock |
| Bike Setup: | race line extreme sports xc |
| Bottom Line: | all round good shock |
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