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Submitted by
biker
a Downhiller
from utah
Date Reviewed: 10/15/2006 4:51:47 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Purchased At: | play it again sports |
| Strengths: | good adjustment. dosnt bottom out. |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Bike Setup: | big hit spec, sherman |
| Bottom Line: | this is a great shock. i reccomend. I love it especialy for the price i paid. I am surprised at how well it worked. Great for light to moderate downhill freeride, that is all i use it for. |
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Submitted by
Endre
a Weekend Warrior
from Hungary
Date Reviewed: 7/17/2006 3:13:31 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Large variety of adjustments is available, nice stuff while it works: pretty sensitive, nice rebound characteristics, doesn't weight a ton and all the stuff that make a rear shock good. |
| Weaknesses: | Broke after 1 year of light use... The lockout died in about 1 month. |
| Similar Products Tried: | 5th Element, Rock Shox Super Deluxe, Shock Works DH |
| Bottom Line: | It's really disappointing... No one should buy and no one should manufacture weak products like this. |
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Submitted by
Tommy
a Downhiller
from Santa Cruz, Ca
Date Reviewed: 6/6/2004 5:10:24 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Top of the world |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | It looks like a back shock. |
| Weaknesses: | Rebound is way to fast. Rebound control doesn't work. IT SUCKS! |
| Bike Setup: | 04 Jr.T fork. |
| Bottom Line: | I hate it. I tried to suck up a jump I was goind off and the shock sent my front down and my back up. I went over the bars and cut every part of my upper body. I am calling Fox Racing Shox and buying a different shox once I heal. Stupid shox. |
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Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Maine
Date Reviewed: 12/2/2003 2:54:34 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Purchased At: | came stock |
| Strengths: | It does what it supposed too |
| Weaknesses: | Zero.... suprise suprise..... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox shocks |
| Bike Setup: | KHS Fetish |
| Bottom Line: | After reading all the horrible reviews I was expecting to get a P.O.S but to be honest the shocks works quite well. I'am happy with it eats the small stuff and it doest bottom out on the jumps I'am taking with it. The Lock-out is a nice touch 45lbs of downhill bike, makes for a far better climber. |
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Submitted by
Dropman
a Downhiller
from PG
Date Reviewed: 4/4/2003 10:34:06 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | total crap |
| Weaknesses: | it's crappy |
| Similar Products Tried: | romic, fox, 5th |
| Bike Setup: | fetish |
| Bottom Line: | warranty within a week? damn i've been waiting 6-7 months already to get mine back, i went and bought a romic instead. I really dont care if it ever returns now it's the biggest pos shock i've ever seen, lockout quit, snapped it in half. ya it's a pos |
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Submitted by
Evan
from Australia
Date Reviewed: 3/24/2003 4:45:06 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Strong, smooth stroke |
| Weaknesses: | under dampened |
| Similar Products Tried: | rock shox super deluxe(blown to bits) |
| Bottom Line: | I don't know what you guys are conlpaining about, I've put this shock through some of the roughest terrain you'll find round here, as well as a bunch of big drops and only ever had one problem which was solved by warranty within a week. This shock kicks ass especially for the price($250aud) |
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Submitted by
Bryant Rudy
a Weekend Warrior
from Kingston, New York, U.S.
Date Reviewed: 1/11/2003 6:49:56 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Local |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | it came on my KHS DH-50 Fetish |
| Strengths: | None, the spring is the only thing worth salvaging. |
| Weaknesses: | Everything. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Nothing, anything is better, even a stick would hold together longer. |
| Bike Setup: | 2001 KHS DH-50 Fetish stock exept 2003 Jr.T with Marzocchi QR20 hub. |
| Bottom Line: | I went to hit a drop on my bike and the stroke arm SNAPPED. I now have 2 busted ribs, a brokes ass bone, a broken leg and arm (6' drop). I am calling KHS and telling them I want my money back. |
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Submitted by
colin ace
a Downhiller
from belfast
Date Reviewed: 1/1/2003 1:07:22 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | leadmines |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | none...less than none........... |
| Weaknesses: | everything you can think of |
| Similar Products Tried: | Rockshock |
| Bike Setup: | dh8 frame, jrt, xtr |
| Bottom Line: | You might as well mold a shock out of warm fudge......it would be more useful....the lockout died after 3 trips out .thats less than 4 hours of extremely Light use.....absolute rubbish.....the shock, sorry fudge stick, came with my CLUBROOST DH8 FRAME. I think Club roost are supplying a different shock with this frame now......not hard to see why |
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Submitted by
kris rasmussen
a Downhiller
from Decatur, IL
Date Reviewed: 9/30/2002 7:35:53 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | north shore |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Piece of sish |
| Weaknesses: | Everything |
| Similar Products Tried: | anything you can buy from wal-mart |
| Bike Setup: | Custom KHS Fetish, hayes dh pro 8in rotor, raceface northshore crank, 36t chainring, mrp system 1 chainguide, rhyno lite rims, marzocchi shiver 20mm axle, chris king headset, azonic shorty stem, kore freeride riser bar, xt rear derailleur, intense dh tires 2.35. Everything is solid expect for the DMN suspension |
| Bottom Line: | DON'T BUY IT!!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR RIDE SWITCH TO FOX OR STRATOS. SOMETHING WITH MORE TRAVEL |
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Submitted by
Aron
from PG
Date Reviewed: 8/9/2002 9:46:38 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | is there any? |
| Weaknesses: | Lockout/rebound/shaft |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox/Romic |
| Bike Setup: | Custom KHS fetish, nothing stock except the shocks which is the only peices i'm having problems with. |
| Bottom Line: | this shock is a POS if u ride moderate to hard dont buy this shock, first off the lockout slowly began to gain more bounce the longer i used it till it stopped working, than a couple weeks after that my rebound adjustments start to only work occasionally, sometimes i'd have rebound control sometimes it wouldn't, a couple weeks after this problem the entire shaft just snaps in half. Dont buy this shock if u plan to jump more than 1 foot in the air, the shaft snapped when i didn't even get to make it to a jump that particular day. |
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Submitted by
Nate James
a Weekend Warrior
from Denver, CO, USA
Date Reviewed: 8/5/2002 8:51:05 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Porcupine Rim |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | Came on frame |
| Strengths: | Absolutely None |
| Weaknesses: | Extremely poor quality No warranty or service available |
| Similar Products Tried: | Stratos Helix Pro Other DNM junk |
| Bike Setup: | 2000 Viking Thor LS :), Rock Shox Psylo SL, XT Drivetrain, Raceface stem, bar, seatpost, Stratos Helix Pro Shock, Mavic 517's, Selle Italia Flite Gel Ti |
| Bottom Line: | Obviously, ths is a very poor shock. This shock broke on my frame the night that I finished assembling all the components. I didn't even ride it 10 feet!! The worst part is that I had a friend that bought the same frame, and he was kind enough to allow me to use his shock, and that one broke the same day that I installed it!! I e-mailed everyone that I could find at DNM and there was absolutely no positive response. They just told me to "take it to the LBS for repair." If someone wants you to have this shock, make sure that THEY are paying YOU, and not the other way around. This doesn't even deserve one flamin' chili. |
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Submitted by
Peter
from Mammoth
Date Reviewed: 7/20/2002 4:31:42 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | velocity, bullet dh |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | reservoir, lockout |
| Weaknesses: | range of adjustment is low and is only rebound no separate compression adjustment, the shock fell apart after three days of riding. The shock piston stripped out of the rebound adjustment assembly - poor manual |
| Bike Setup: | khs fetish dh |
| Bottom Line: | The shock is a POS. I really can't put it any other way, sorry. |
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Submitted by
Will Gaertner
a Downhiller
from delta bc Canada
Date Reviewed: 3/25/2002 8:55:11 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | bear mountain bc cup DH |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | freind new |
| Strengths: | its got a lock out for those greuling ride up( i can't drive yet) light i guess. CHEAP |
| Weaknesses: | i blew the seal after 2 weeks of riding |
| Similar Products Tried: | fox vanilla |
| Bike Setup: | norco vps 2 with jr t's and mavic 519 rims with race face cranks and mrp chainguide |
| Bottom Line: | i cant beleive i dfestroyed this shock in like 2 weeks and i'm only 130 and i wasn't even doing any downhill yet cause it was winter DNM stands for DO NOT MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Submitted by
Steven
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: 12/20/2001 5:04:21 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | 6 Foot Track - Blue Mountains |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $140 |
| Purchased At: | Not applicable |
| Strengths: | Well constructed, compression lockout (unusual for a coil-over), plush, good rebound adjustment range |
| Weaknesses: | Compression lockout still allows some (undampened) movement |
| Similar Products Tried: | DNM A0-1AR, Fox Vanilla R, Rockshox SID |
| Bike Setup: | '99 Giant ATX970, DNM STC12RC rear shock, everything upgraded (XTR/XT/Titec/Sun Rhyno Lite, etc) |
| Bottom Line: | After the previous DNM A0-1AR damping circuit blew for the second time (and was declared economically irreparable) I was offered an upgrade to the ST-12RC at a great price. Only excellent comments about this shock - great adjustment range, plush, very well made & has a compression lockout feature for riding to the trailhead. The only issue I have is that the compression lockout allows a small amount of (seemingly undampened) rebound control - you must pedal smoothly to eliminate a small bouncing sensation - no big deal. Oh - and you'll kill the damping circuit if you forget to unlock as there's no blow-off protection as per Fox, etc. |
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