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Submitted by
ace
a Cross Country Rider
from canada/korea
Date Reviewed: 8/16/2002 8:21:06 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | watershed |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | lite..easy to close and open |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Bike Setup: | litespeed |
| Bottom Line: | compared to one in the rear wheel..which i don't know what it is..it's really easy to use it./ no force needed to close or open...and large logo makes sure that everyone notices that i put tons of money into my bike...ha... |
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Submitted by
Roger
a Cross Country Rider
from Spokane, WA USA
Date Reviewed: 7/30/2002 7:30:55 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Lakeshore Trail |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $60 |
| Strengths: | Good reviews on MtbReview.com |
| Weaknesses: | Strength. Feel. Safety. Function. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano XT, LX, XTR, 600, & TiSticks. |
| Bike Setup: | 98 Schwinn Homegrown All-Mountain 4-Banger with Marzocchi Z.1 Bomber. |
| Bottom Line: | These are the only skewers that have ever broken on me. Fortunately it happened when I put the wheel on. The function and feel is lame. When I closed them they would pop back out. I played with the tension a lot and I never felt confident they would stay clamped. The bike dealer warrantied them but said the Ti skewers were not strong enough and gave me steel instead. They worked just as poorly and I replaced them with Shimano LX. The Shimano LX skewers have been on the bike since the Summer of 99 and have worked flawlessly. I would love to replace them if I could find a trick set of skewers that work as good as the Shimanos. |
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Submitted by
Chris
from Colchester
Date Reviewed: 7/15/2002 4:19:21 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | jensonusa.com |
| Strengths: | titanium |
| Weaknesses: | Kore sucks |
| Bottom Line: | Everything I have ever bought by kore has sucked and this is not exception, yea it looks cool, but it is a piece of crap, don't buy it there is a reason kore has all there stuff on closout |
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Submitted by
Mister T.
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: 4/24/2002 2:37:24 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | pricepoint.com |
| Strengths: | Cool cnc logo on the lever, nice feel. Easy in and out. No need to force, hence the delrin washer for "easy" entry and release... |
| Weaknesses: | None, if you don't force like a monkey to put them on! |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano XT |
| Bottom Line: | This is a quote i took from Kore "Delrin Washer For smooth operation and easy opening and closing" HELLO, i don't understand why people have cracked the the delrin washer, honestly, use common sence. geese I agree, go see you're mechanic to smack you in the head... These skewers are awesome, i don't have a problem, they hold perfectly. Only flaw, i couldn't get them red. But still they rock |
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Submitted by
Charles
a Cross Country Rider
from Mountain View, CA, US
Date Reviewed: 3/27/2002 10:41:40 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | PricePoint |
| Strengths: | Looks cool |
| Weaknesses: | Came loose, lost my wheel! |
| Similar Products Tried: | Mavic, Salsa, Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | Seven Sola |
| Bottom Line: | I purchased these when the plastic piece off my front Mavic skewer got ripped off during a crash. I thought they were fine until I put my front wheel on top of the car for the trip down to Sea Otter 2002. I've put a lot wheels on top of cars, but this is the first time a wheel came off after the trip from Mountain View to Monterey. The car wasn't going that fast and there wasn't that much of a wind. Suffice to say, I spent Saturday running around trying to find a replacement wheel so that I could ride my XC race on Sunday. I got a Paul Components hub, and had a wheel built by Sun-Ringle. I had to drive to Joselyns in Monterey to pick up my Salsa skewers that are a tried a true design that are working fine. Now I have an extra Kore and a Mavic rear skewer. I should have read the reviews that said the Kore's come loose. At least I wasn't riding when they came loose! |
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Submitted by
Dan
from Detroit
Date Reviewed: 2/3/2002 11:14:52 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $60 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | Very Strong...Light...Look sweet |
| Weaknesses: | None..as far as the plastic piece breaking..I dodn't think these other fools know how to tighten skewers...mild preassure is all thats needed..I do alot of freeriding, and xc and have NEVER had one problem..and I take my wheels off almost every day..that's ALOT of skewer use... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Salsa,Shimano super heavy crap.. |
| Bike Setup: | It's big, it's rigid, and it's name is Dave...Frame by Kona |
| Bottom Line: | These are great rplacement skewers..IF you break ANYTHING on these...Goto your lbs ,and let the mechanic smack you in the head, and show you the PROPER way to tighten a skewer...IF you thinkyour wheels are wobbly and the skewer isn't holding tight...Check your wheels...Chances are you have some loose spokes.. |
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Submitted by
1500MPG
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: 12/31/2001 5:03:23 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $18 |
| Purchased At: | Pricepoint |
| Strengths: | Looks |
| Weaknesses: | Plastic cam follower on non-release side cracked on both my front and back skewers after 1 year of use. I don't want my wheels comming off at speed! |
| Bottom Line: | I don't know why this product has a 4.2x rating, it's crap. Sure it looks good but I want something that lasts. I have Shimano plain jane skewers that are 15 years old and still going. Now I've got some KORE paperweights unless I can machine out some aluminumn replacements for the plastic crap cam followers. |
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Submitted by
Jason
a Cross Country Rider
from Central Florida
Date Reviewed: 6/27/2001 11:49:24 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | Price Point |
| Strengths: | Looks |
| Weaknesses: | Plastic pieces |
| Similar Products Tried: | Coda |
| Bike Setup: | Cannondale Cadd3, Race Face Cranks and seat post, Chris King hubs,Bontrager Mustang rims, Time ATAC Carbons, Flight Gel seat |
| Bottom Line: | The price and looks is what really attracted me to these but I would not buy them again. The plastic piece broke on the rear. Bottom line is you get what you paid for. |
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Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Boston
Date Reviewed: 5/12/2001 3:26:05 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Strengths: | Machined Logo |
| Weaknesses: | Do not stay tight! They don't seem to lock when you close them. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Some cheap brand. |
| Bike Setup: | Products Skewered: Front: Noleen Crosslink Smart Shock & White Industries Hub Rear: Shimano LX 9 Speed Hub |
| Bottom Line: | The first time that I rode with these, I went to remove my front wheel to put my bike on my roof racks, and the skewer had loosened to the point that I could almost take the wheel off without opening it. I then checked the rear skewer and it was the same deal! I am switching back to the old cheapies that I had on my last bike that worked, reliably, for over 6 years! I have to give one chili for the safety factor. I have seen the effects a faulty front skewer can have on a person's face and teeth, ant let me tell you, it ain't pretty! |
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Submitted by
beer istastey
a Cross Country Rider
from columbia, south cackalaky
Date Reviewed: 4/13/2001 9:14:39 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | price point |
| Strengths: | machined logo. super sassy looks, lightweight |
| Weaknesses: | it doesn't hold the wheel firm enough |
| Similar Products Tried: | xt's, no name stock shimano's |
| Bike Setup: | crossrides, xt's on bonty's asm |
| Bottom Line: | these skewers are worse than the ones that came with my crossrides. even the stock shimano's do a better job(even both are heavier). the stupid things rotate even after insane amounts of pressure closing them. thanks to these poor excuses for skewers, i now have drop outs that have been grinded away on both my fork and bike. remember, there is a reason these are 20 bucks at price point. maybe i received a bad set of front and rear, but i do know one thing: i'm never going to use them again. |
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Submitted by
Nick
a Racer
from Niskayuna, NY
Date Reviewed: 3/19/2001 1:10:34 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | Price Point |
| Strengths: | Look sweet, hold the wheel on, light...they do what they are designed to do, what more can you ask? |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | '98 K2/Proflex 3000 Full suspension w/ noleen ELT, shimano hubs |
| Bottom Line: | For the price i got on Price Point ($20) they are the best skewer for your buck. Cro-Mo/Ti axles, look cool (big and burly, with KORE machined in), flip on and off smoothly, hold the wheel on. They won't make you go any faster, but i guess if your wheels fall off, you wouldn't be going very fast. |
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Submitted by
Rob
a Cross Country Rider
from Louisville,KY
Date Reviewed: 1/24/2001 5:27:14 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $60 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | Well made, and designed. Good cam action. Light & strong. |
| Weaknesses: | Havent found one yet. |
| Bike Setup: | Spooky Pit Boss. Marzocchi Z1 X-Fly100. Race Face NextLP,BB,HS. Kore Elite seat post, Stem, riser bars. XT drivetrain. Sun Rhino LT laced to King's |
| Bottom Line: | I ride about everything from city to trails, but i do it all with a free spirit. Had these on for a year and no trouble. I like big hits and tight single track, so i beat on these real good. No problems, say no more! and by the way chicks dig them! |
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Submitted by
Ryan
a Cross Country Rider
from Kansas City, MO
Date Reviewed: 12/27/2000 11:24:43 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | everything you need |
| Similar Products Tried: | old ringle |
| Bike Setup: | Cris king hubs with Kore elite qr's in black |
| Bottom Line: | these are the closest thing to my stock shimano's only weigh a fraction as much. They have hard clamping that keeps your wheels on when you most need it. They are very trick looking and super light. Thumbs up!! for these qr's |
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Submitted by
Ryan Noks
from University Place, WA
Date Reviewed: 12/7/2000 2:15:03 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Capital Forest |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $25 |
| Purchased At: | Shop I worked at |
| Strengths: | good price (for steel skewers at least) |
| Weaknesses: | Plastic piece broke in 2, making it useless. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Salsa, Control Tech |
| Bike Setup: | Stumpy set up for trials |
| Bottom Line: | IT looks like a lot of people have had good luck with these things, i did for a while until now. I have landed on them pretty hard a couple times, but i'm usung a good old shimno lx one now. |
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Submitted by
Jeff
from Neenah, Wi
Date Reviewed: 11/26/2000 9:51:16 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | Keeps my pretty wheels on tight! Saves my egg from cracking! |
| Weaknesses: | No problemo |
| Similar Products Tried: | Salsas |
| Bottom Line: | I have about $4500 in vested in my ride. Ain't about to let it hit the ground from a wheel coming off. Second cracking my head again like my old skewers failed. Kore has the right stuff in their Elite skewers. I should of had these a long time ago. Buy them period. |
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Submitted by
Jamie M.
a Downhiller
from HB Ca, USA
Date Reviewed: 11/1/2000 9:54:03 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | Jacks |
| Strengths: | Smooth |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Similar Products Tried: | Salsa |
| Bike Setup: | Intense Uzi, White bro hubs, Kore Elite Quick releases |
| Bottom Line: | What can you say about QR's, if they dont hold your wheel on straight-trash them, Kore QRs are solid. No worrys,They are very precisly built witha strong cam action. If your buying Kore, go for the ELITE models. |
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Submitted by
DAN
from NEW JERSEY
Date Reviewed: 10/13/2000 9:58:16 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | NICELY MACHINED AND BEAUTIFUL LOOKING |
| Weaknesses: | BROKE FIRST PAIR AFTER 1 RIDE. DONT HOLD MY WHEEL TIGHT ENOUGH. |
| Similar Products Tried: | MAVIC |
| Bike Setup: | RALEIGH M800, SID, XT, CROSSRIDES |
| Bottom Line: | VERY NICE LOOKING AND MIGHT BE BETTER FOR SOMEONE ELSES BIKE. I HAVE A BRAND NEW NEVER SEEN A BIKE REPLACEMENT SET IN BLACK ANYBODY WANT EM E-MAIL ME |
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Submitted by
Brian Neal
a Weekend Warrior
from Los Angeles
Date Reviewed: 7/31/2000 10:44:31 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | best quick release made! |
| Weaknesses: | zero |
| Similar Products Tried: | Salsa |
| Bike Setup: | Kore qr's through nuke hubs |
| Bottom Line: | I bought these Elite Quick releases over two years ago. Had Salsas before but didn't compare to the Kores. The Kore Elites are smoother and have a better locked feel. They are so nicely made they look like jewelry. K=kore O=offers R=rad E= equiptment |
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Submitted by
Rob
a Racer
from Grand Rapids MI
Date Reviewed: 6/14/2000 10:11:43 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Please singletrack |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | Elite QR's are perfect |
| Weaknesses: | Ti Suspension QR's--washer broke |
| Similar Products Tried: | Kore Ti QR's, Salsas |
| Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz heckler/ R. Shox, all Kore goodies |
| Bottom Line: | I bought Salsa QR's about 4 years ago, they were OK but kept coming loose, so I bought Kore's Ti QRs, I broke the washer in half about three years ago, Kore replaced it with no problem. I upgraded to the Kore Elite QR's, (not shown in picture above) now I wished I had bought these to begin with. I was told the "delrin cup washer is undestructable" that was three years ago and they were right! MY Elites are still going strong!!!!!!!!!! If they ever do break now, I will buy Kore Elites again but not purple this time. Kudos to kore for a fine QR. |
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Submitted by
mike chen wei han
a Weekend Warrior
from alor setar,kedah,malaysia
Date Reviewed: 5/26/2000 8:46:44 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Mike Chen's VIP only! |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | Great products. Lightweight. Great anodized finish!! Great clamping power. |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | shimano LX,XT |
| Bike Setup: | mongoose carbon fiber/aluminium |
| Bottom Line: | GReat products!! Value for money. |
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Submitted by
brad
a Cross Country Rider
from il
Date Reviewed: 2/11/2000 4:04:21 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | oakmont |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | look good, keep the wheel on |
| Weaknesses: | the delrin washer split on the front |
| Similar Products Tried: | control tech, all shimanos |
| Bike Setup: | santa cruz superlight w/ mostly lx/xt mix sid xc - ct2 bars and post / white-hugi wheelset |
| Bottom Line: | good cam action, secure fit, that is until the delrin washer on the front started to split after about 6 months. the washer is now completely destroyed and kore is being a pain about replacing it. |
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Submitted by
matthew
a Cross Country Rider
from vienna va usa
Date Reviewed: 2/11/2000 8:26:29 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | gros ventre |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | seem bombproof. i hardly remember when i even got these things. seems you cant go wrong with KORE stuff. |
| Weaknesses: | anodization is starting to fade (after 3 years) |
| Similar Products Tried: | stock shimano |
| Bottom Line: | great value, great investment. |
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Andy T
a Racer
from morr, NJ
Date Reviewed: 1/24/2000 6:23:39 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | chimney rock |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Strong, look incredible. |
| Weaknesses: | None so far. |
| Similar Products Tried: | XT skewers. Salsa skewers. |
| Bike Setup: | IBIS with pretty things, wheels= bontrager valients w/ck hubs and DT revolution spokes. |
| Bottom Line: | I really didn't like how the salsa's looked (cheezy) and they didn't feel quite as solid to me as the KORE elite did. Overall you get what you pay for, perhaps the best XC skewers around... |
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Submitted by
Mike Brandosy
a Weekend Warrior
from Beverly, MA.
Date Reviewed: 1/6/2000 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Everest roll |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | strong, no BS |
| Weaknesses: | price was when I bought them, now they are realistic |
| Similar Products Tried: | Ringle twisters-junk, salsas-ok but rod pulled out |
| Bike Setup: | konakula,kore stem,kore bars,maxxis,wtb,xtr |
| Bottom Line: | What can you say about QRs. these Elite QRs are by far better than all the rest and i should know. I went and bought the other ones first. The kores are machined well and you can feel the clamping power. They have never come loose in over two years of hard service! |
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Submitted by
Pup
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: 12/10/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | 911 |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Light I suppose |
| Weaknesses: |
Expensive Rear skewer self-destructed almost immediately |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Salsa flip-offs (great!) Specialized stock skewer |
| Bike Setup: | FSR, Real/Valiant wheel |
| Bottom Line: | This is for the KORE Ti QR:The rear skewer started to self destruct almost immediately. It would not grip the rear dropout, and began eating away and sanding off the knurling there as well. Very soon, every time I put serious torque on the rear wheel, it would rip out of the dropout altogether and pull forward.Tightening the skewer did not help either, and the plastic bit under the cam quickly fell apart (split in half). I had to re-file the knurls into the face of my rear dropout. Bleah. I had an extra Salsa Flip-off so I put that on and havent had a moments trouble since. One chili since the front skewer seems to have worked fine. |
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Submitted by
Gary Marcus
a Weekend Warrior
from Sant Cruz, Ca
Date Reviewed: 11/27/1999 |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Excellant workmanship |
| Similar Products Tried: | Salsa |
| Bottom Line: | I had salsas for about a year and a half, good skewers but I felt the cam action was a little weak compared to my friends Kore Elite skewers. So I got some last Christmas, these are definetly much better built and stronger as well. I would go with the kores if un decided |
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Submitted by
Marc
a Weekend Warrior
from SF, CA
Date Reviewed: 10/11/1999 |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: |
Light weight, Great Grip |
| Bike Setup: |
Santa Cruz Heckler XTR |
| Bottom Line: | Love em!!! Have never had any problems and they are a great improvement over the XTR skewers I had. It's one of those products that you don't appreciate unless you have had skewer problems. I had also had great experiences with the Kore customer service dept, as well. Props to Kore!!!!! |
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Submitted by
Shawn
a Cross-Country Rider
from Albuquerque
Date Reviewed: 10/5/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | FingerLakes Trail - Mt Morris, NY |
| Duration Product Used: | less than 1 month |
| Strengths: |
Great Finish Better than Mavic Light Weight (compared to Mavic) |
| Weaknesses: | None that I can think of |
| Similar Products Tried: | Mavic, XT |
| Bike Setup: |
GT Avalanche w/Z-2 Mavic Crosslinks Kore Stem, Bar, Skewers Thudbuster Seatpost R-XTR, F-LX, Shift/Brake-LX Wellgo Pedals Ti-Race Liberator Saddle |
| Bottom Line: | I purchased the Mavic Crosslinks about 3 months ago and the crummy skewers that came with them were heavy and the front broke. Looked at Salsa and Syncros, but settled on the Kore. Very light with an excellent design and finish. They have a strong clamping action compared to what I have used in the past, and Kore Kustomer Service was excellent in sending out a rear replacement nut with the chromoly insert. |
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Submitted by
Martin Schmit
a Downhiller
from Gaithersburg, MD
Date Reviewed: 5/28/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | sceinic pass |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: |
very well machined strong clamping better than stock XTR |
| Similar Products Tried: | XTR, Salsa |
| Bottom Line: | I have the Elites in Black. I h |