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Submitted by
Dave Bastable
a Weekend Warrior
from W.mids uk
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | wales, lakes | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | l.b.s | | Strengths: | the whole shock | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | cane creak ad10 | | Bike Setup: | univega ram 970 custom built | | Bottom Line: | never had a problem i weigh 14 stone and do 7-8foot drops on this and its sweet. maybe all you guys have bent frames or dont know how to fit your rear shocks or something. i have two friends riding these shocks and no probs so i guess you all just have to suffer. AHH DIDDUMS | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
the fish
a Downhiller
from australia
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | hursty dh & jumps | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | red spring (maybe) | | Weaknesses: | To many | | Similar Products Used: | fox r and rc ,marzocchi boss | | Bike Setup: | giant atx 1,hayes,doublewide rims,dt swiss hubs,fox rear,dmr v12's,RST XXL's | | Bottom Line: | This is the worst rear shock ever created i have seen better rear shocks on kmart bicycles it blew 3 times had a full rebuild then snapped in half and they would not warranty it if you get a bike with one of these throw it away save yourself the time and get a 5th element or a fox rc or something like that as the shock is not fit for concrete cruising buy a real shock. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kevin
a
from Hawaii
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | www.ICYCLESUSA.com | | Strengths: | Spring Strength | | Weaknesses: | Seals are prone to leakage | | Similar Products Used: | RockShox Coupe Deluxe | | Bike Setup: | GT LTS | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is if you have a GT LTS and need a new shock then you either have a RockShox Coupe Deluxe or need one. If you have one the seals will adventually leak. I have found that it is easier to replace the shock then try to rebuild it. The advantage to this is you can get new bushings with a new shock. There is a company on the web called ICYCLES that sells replacements at a ridiculously low prices. Just buy a New one each time you blow the seals out so you can spend your time riding and not wrenching! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | channel 9 Mt Cootha | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | TCs Bike Bar | | Strengths: | Mine has good adjustability for rebound and compression | | Weaknesses: | can't get heavier springs, spring difficult to remove without spring compressors | | Similar Products Used: | Rockshox deluxe, Fox | | Bike Setup: | GT LTS 1000 '98 model | | Bottom Line: | swapped the Rockshox deluxe OEM shock for the super deluxe after I put a bearing kit in and couldn't get a stiffer spring. Can't track down springs anywhere, and had to put a dodgy 2nd hand one on after I snapped my first. The biggest gripe is I can't remove the spring without using spring compressors (or wire and a big vice). The Deluxe didn't have this problem, but the extra chamber for the compression damping adjustment on the super deluxe must take up space. There's also something wrong with the way it mounts in the LTS. based on simple engineering, the hollow tube which goes through the lower eyelet should spin inside the eyelet. Mine is probably bent and certainly doesn't spin. I'll sort it after I break it and have to put something else in - probably a stratos Helix Pro - although the reliability of the stratos doesn't seem great from the reviews on this site - a bit limited though with a GT LTS | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Milee Wormlegger
a Cross Country Rider
from santa Fe, NM
Date Reviewed: March 25, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Borrego, anything technical | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | Never Broke | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, Adjustments do little, WAY underdamped in rebound makes for BAD ride quality | | Similar Products Used: | Alps 5, Helix Expert | | Bike Setup: | GT STS 1, Marzocci Z5 | | Bottom Line: | So underdamped the bike never stops bouncing. Stay seated and it launches you outta your seat often. You will never know whether you have a good bike with this shock. I swapped to a Helix Expert and WOW. Made me so fast I broke my frame (thrice!). But that's another review.
gets extra chili for not breaking in 2 years of use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nad
a Downhiller
from Sussex, UK
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anywhere in Wales | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came with frame | | Strengths: | The spring and thats about it!!! | | Weaknesses: | The rest of the shi**y thing | | Similar Products Used: | None, one and only DH bike | | Bike Setup: | GIANT ATX 1 DH, Custom build. White bros UD150 with stem, Hope Brakes, Mavic Disc rims, Hope Big uns IRC Kujo Tyres the best u can get. Shimano running gear. Raceface cranks. Bout £4000 in total, top spec, all the money I had at the time. | | Bottom Line: | It blown 2 times in the time i had it, and thats only due to the fact I can only get out to ride it properly 2 times a year in Wales, what a waste. 300 miles away, over here thats a big distance. Petrols a rip off. So literally, everytime I have porperly ridden it. Though ti was just me but saw an article in MBUK and said that they had a leak problem. Did a search on the oh so expensive to use internet and found this. Was gonna get it serviced, but I think i will save the pennies and get a new shock. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS????
ITs a crap shock on a good bike. I cant even ride the thing cause the back vibrates and slides out. Who should buy it............DONT BUY IT!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
anthony
a Downhiller
from somewhere, co
Date Reviewed: November 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | excuse me?????????????? | | Weaknesses: | hmmmmmmmmm.... there is not a single f*cking thing on this piece of cr*p that meets ANY minimum expectation. the n*zis at rock shox suuuure did it this time. | | Bike Setup: | 98 sts-xt discs/hubs, judy lx fork, azonic rims | | Bottom Line: | what the h*ll is this all about? hmmmmmm... where to start. ZERO compression damping, bottoms out like a f*ckin rock, after a half-hour of riding, an annoying squeaking noise occurs on every rebound, lack of adjustability. This sh*t is a TOTAL discrimination to all rear shocks. this is my second one, my shop replaced it for free (if they didnt i wouldve never gotten this shock again). on my first one, the coil's retaining washer snapped out and the coil sprung out and locked the back wheel, this wasnt too good considering it was in the middle of a race, 30 seconds later, oil started gushing out of it like crazy.
im afraid to do any drops with this. ive done way bigger drops on hardtails then i would ever do with this cr*p. my next bike is going to be a hardtail again, im never gonna go through the agony of owning a cr*ppy back shock for a while.
customer service???? F*CK THAT!!! trust me, rock shox has no intrest, i mean, if they did, wouldnt the ride on a product first before putting it out in the market.
aarrrrrrggghhhh. this weekend im gonna try to find a dumbass thatll buy my bike, unknowing of the problems thatll come. then ill have cash for my santa cruz chameleon. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ole
a Weekend Warrior
from norway
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | grønliåsen | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Strengths: | red spring? | | Weaknesses: | it broke between the eyelet and oilchamber. until then it required freqent servicing and the rebound adjustment was would often get stuck and had litle effect if the shock was
not just back from service... | | Similar Products Used: | shock works (original shock) and rockshox deluck | | Bike Setup: | marin riftzone,rst mozo4,5... | | Bottom Line: | avoid this produkt | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from California
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Ummm.... | | Weaknesses: | Blows out constantly and the service is slow | | Bike Setup: | 4-banger | | Bottom Line: | This is the second time this piece of junk has blown out.
Go buy a fox/stratos/risse. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean
a Racer
from atlanta
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | When it works (not often) it has a great feel and adjustability. | | Weaknesses: | most everything | | Bike Setup: | 98 GT STS 1000 DS, 01 JR T, hope discs, XT | | Bottom Line: | Stay away from any bike that has a Rock shox super deluxe rear shock!!!!!! Mine has been to Rock shox 3 times for rebuild. It has usually taken 3+ weeks to get it back. It has blown the seals twice and broke in half once, also the red plastic rebound adjuster has stripped out twice. If there were negative chili's this product would get them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Vinicius Marxus
a Racer
from Florianópolis/SC - Brazil
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Morro da Antena-Floripa | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | http://www.bikerspoint.com.br | | Strengths: | The spring is good. Has a nice image. Works well. | | Weaknesses: | All the piece is weak. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Vanilla RC, Stratos Helix Expert, DNM 8RC. | | Bike Setup: | Haro MX3, RST Hi5, Brake Magura Louise, Tires 2.10, Deore | | Bottom Line: | Never buy it. Repeat: take care NEVER BUY IT!
It gone to warranty 3 times in 6 months, and in the last it brake in half. I'm waiting it come back, but I will replace it by a DNM. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Downhiller
from Provo, UT, USA
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | none! | | Weaknesses: | shock blew out on third ride, rockshox wouldn't warranty it. | | Similar Products Used: | Everything. even the shockworks shock that comes stock on some marin bikes was better. | | Bike Setup: | Haro MX3 | | Bottom Line: | the thing's a piece of crap and so is the company. i bought a new haro mx3 that came with a super deluxe. it pulled completely apart during my third ride on it. i then took it to my lbs so they could send it back to rs to get it fixed. three months later i finally got it back and they charged me the $45 to have it rebuilt. terrible warranty and even worse service. i won't buy another piece of rocksh!t. i wish i could give it negative chilis. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cliff
a Racer
from Central Texas & Honduras
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Belton Lake & Tacan | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came with Frame | | Strengths: | It made it 2 years | | Weaknesses: | No lockout, very noisy, Leaks at the rebound adjustment | | Similar Products Used: | Stratos XC Pro | | Bike Setup: | Voodoo Canzo, RS Sid XC, Mavic CrossRide, XT/XTR Shifters and deraillers, Cook Bros Crank w/RF Racerings | | Bottom Line: | The no lockout has been a minor nusance, causing a bobbing when climbing in the saddle. The shock continually creaks during the ride, which is unnerving and embarrassing, and the final straw was when the thing started leaking. The upside is that it did last 2 years, so if you can suffer through the bobbing and the noise, wait till it blows before replacing it. For value, I'll give it a 3 but overall, a 2. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from California
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Supposedly the high end RS rear shock
Works really nice when it works. See below. | | Weaknesses: | umm they blow out... | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | '98 Schwinn homegrown 4banger, Judy XL, hayes, etc | | Bottom Line: | Ok...Interesting story at my local bike park I was ridin' around and jumping jumps etc. On a medium sized tabletop my shock blew out on the TAKE OFF not the landing. Really sucks. So I sent it back to RS to have it fixed (covered under warrenty thankfully) but it took them about 3-4 weeks to fix it and send it back. Now it is really nice, all the adjustments work really well and it is smooth and hasn't blown out right away. I think that when I bought the bike the shock was a bit defective because after the rebuild it works MUCH better, with the compression twisted all the way in it my bike feels like a hardtail and with it all the way out it feels like a downhill bike. Works nice, when it works. RS service is not the best out there. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave
a Downhiller
from MA
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | 'nam | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | everything | | Similar Products Used: | fox air vanilla, fox rc, obsys | | Bike Setup: | 99 Haro MX3, Hayes, Maxxiss, Rhyno-lites, Risse Trixxy, Azonic | | Bottom Line: | After riding the bike around my street for an hour, I sat on the bike and oil splooged all over the place from the rebound adjuster. After riding another hour, all the oil leaked out and it was like riding on a pogo stick. Now I know why I promised myself never to purchase any rock shox product. Negative twenty flaming turds | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lenny Ricketts
a Downhiller
from Durango CO
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Colorado trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1800.00 | | Purchased At: | mtbr | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | blows and breaks | | Similar Products Used: | none yet | | Bike Setup: | giant atx team, white bros, hayes | | Bottom Line: | bought the bike rode it and the shock blew. 3 weeks later it was returned "fixed". The next race it broke in half! the piston then bent my frame. I will call the co. tomorrow and try to get satisfaction. Does anybody know another shock that will fit my atx? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lane
a Racer
from SLO, CA
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | JT Cycles | | Strengths: | When it works? It is a shock, I guess that is good. | | Weaknesses: | The shock blows out easily. I have finished many rides with a pool of oil under the shock. No adjustability. | | Similar Products Used: | Foes DS Tube with fox coil over | | Bike Setup: | GT LTS 2000DS, Z1 QR20, Intense 2.7 front tire, tioga 2.3 DH rear | | Bottom Line: | If you don't touch it and don't ride too hard I recomend this shock. If you like to adjust your shock or ride hard, I don't recomend this shock. You will be very pleased with another shock from fox if you can put it on your bike. I just blew out my 4th shock. Spent a lot of time without my bike because I had no rear shock. That is no good!!! Stear clear of this shock. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Craig
a Weekend Warrior
from Kelowna BC canada
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Rock Gardens | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | friends house | | Strengths: | Man this shock is sweet, plush, smooth, nice!! | | Weaknesses: | NONE WHAT SO EVER | | Similar Products Used: | All other RS, some fox. | | Bike Setup: | Fisher Level Betty, lx, z.1, all kinds of stuff, none stock | | Bottom Line: | This is a sweet shok, i have taken 7 foot drops with it and have ridden it aggressivey for a year. Nothing has happened, all i did was upgrade the spring to a fox one and the shock is soo pimped! i have not been able to bend blow or break anything and i am no xc rider by no means. Myabe you guys tweeqd your frames cuz mine is really nice!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Downhiller
from Orange County CA
Date Reviewed: March 19, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | i cant think of any, but when i returned it, i had no problem with rock shox. i got it back within a week. | | Weaknesses: | It snaped the first time i rode out of my driveway. It makes a weirs noise. I can never get it to feel plush. When the shock comes back up it makes a loud clinky noise. | | Bike Setup: | GT STS DH raceface cranks sun mamouth w/ xt wheelset | | Bottom Line: | I think everyone has the same problem, at least with the people i talk to, this is a p.o.s. it snaps for almost everyone, it makes weird noises and i cant get this damn thing to feel good. i thought it might just be that i had to wear it in, but i have been riding for a while and it just feels like crap. Seriously dont get this thing, even if nothing goes wrong with it, you can get better stuff with your money. good luck if you get this junk. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jkc
a Cross Country Rider
from Auckland, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Rotorua forest | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Seems to work well. Dampening and rebound worked fine | | Weaknesses: | one leak after 3 years use | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Joshua Y, Manitou XvertR, XT/LX, Mavic 121 rims, 636 pedals | | Bottom Line: | I sold this bike after 4 yrs solid use and only had one small oil leakage after 3 yrs from Rr shock as seals were becoming worn. Had it serviced and was fine. It came stock with frame and had too heavy a spring for me so I got a lighter spring for it. It's important to get the right spring for your weight! Also, the frame was not well designed for this shock as it was difficult to adjust rebound and the knob would scrape against frame when wound out. But that ain't the fault of the shock! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
scooter dude
a Weekend Warrior
from PoCo,B.C.,Canada
Date Reviewed: December 16, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | woodlot | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | looks cool | | Weaknesses: | You name it...Man I am on my 3rd shock under "warranty" and I use this term loosely.Every part on this P.O.S. has blown broken or bent. | | Similar Products Used: | FOX | | Bike Setup: | 97 lts-1,JR T's,magura's,race face all over{sweet parts} | | Bottom Line: | WOW I have resorted to a machinist buddy to keep me riding .I guess I'm not alone.Don't they ride before they sell shi like this.Broken spring&retaining ring,no damping,{boing-boing}torn eyelet,etc..thanx Larry for the machined pieces.Sent the 1st 2 back for warranty,what a joke,$170 later,still no damping.the whole rear susp setup sux.I should have bought an aftermarket but have had it with trunnion mounts & delrin bearings{plastic}.When I talked to R.S. in cal. they told me "Vancouver riders dont respect their bikes & warranty is void".Not all of us drop 10 ft but that is their perception of Vancouver.My buddy with a 98 lts is a CC rider &blew his literally to pieces.ROCK SHOX CAN BLOW ME.BOMBERS 4ever, now if only their was a BOMBER rear shock,now we're cooking with gas.............. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Weekend Warrior
from Stamford, CT
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | metro Bicycles | | Strengths: | So far so good | | Weaknesses: | Cheezy sticker covering the rebound adjustment, weird noises | | Bike Setup: | '98 Gary Fisher Rock Shox Judy XL (had warranty work) hayes, panaracer 2.3 | | Bottom Line: | Im anticipating problems after reading all the bad news from the previous reviews. I try to hurt my bike when riding and no problems so far. The Judy XL cartridge did collapse on the 3rd ride and YES customer service at Rock Shox was so bad it almost caused me to mail them a letter bomb. As for the Super Deluxe, it work well to date, just gives off a weird suction noise on rebound. I think Im one of the lucky ones. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
funkirodent
a Downhiller
from cleethorpes uk
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hmmm a few | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | ABSOLUTELY NON WHATSOEVER | | Weaknesses: | SEALS, QUALITY, EVRYTHING REALLY, AND THE UK WARRANTY SUCKS | | Similar Products Used: | FOX AND R/S PRO DELUXE | | Bike Setup: | 7" DOWNHILL | | Bottom Line: | 1ST TIME OUT ON THE BIKE MY MATE SAT ON IT, BOUNCED A BIT AND OIL GUSHED OUT THE REBOUND ADJUSTER,COOL I THOUGHT.
SENT TO HAVE IT SERVICED, 7 WEEKS LATER AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS IT WAS RETURNED, DIDNT LEAK OIL BUT NONE OF THE ADJUSTMENT WORKED. 2ND TIME ON IT RIDING DOWN THE ROAD, SEALS WENT AGAIN. COULDNT RETURN IT TO CARRATI AS THEY SAID IT MUST BE SENT THROUGH A DEALER, THE SHOP I BOUGHT IT FROM HAD CEASED TRADING AND NO WHERE ELSE WOULD RETURN IT AS I HAD NOT BOUGHT IT FROM THEM.......COST ME £40 TO HAVE IT SORTED BY CVI (WHO ARE EXCELLENT BOTH IN WORKMANSHIP AND SUPPORT). MANAGED TO RIDE IT WITHOUT ANYTHING HAPPENING..
DOH! SPOKE TOO SOON. SEALS GONE AGAIN...RETURNED TO CVI WHO REPAIRED IT FOR FREE. GOOD CHAPS.....
OUT ON BIKE AGAIN DIDNT BLOW THE SEALS THIS TIME, I COMPLETLY TRASHED IT RIPPED ALL THE INTERNALS OUT AND ENDED WITH A SPRING AND A FEW BITS OF METAL FOR A SHOCK, THO THIS SEEMED TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SHOCK (JOKE)
THUS I RETURNED THE SHOCK TO THE IMPORTERS OF MY FRAME AND 2 DAYS LATER A NEW 2000 PRO DELUXE TURNED UP...SO FAR I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS APART FROM THE NOISE IT MAKES WHEN REBOUNDING.....WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH ROCKSHOX/CARRATI????THEY SUCK AND IF THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR QUALITY AND AFTER SALES SERVICE HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET THE REPUTATION THEY HAVE..I WILL NEVER RECOMEND ROCKSHOX TO ANYONE..BETTER GO TO HALFORDS BUY A SARACON AND USE THE SHOCK OFF IT....IT WILL PROBERBLY BE A LOT MORE RELIABLE.....DONT ANYONE BUY THIS AS AN AFTERMARKET PRODUCT IT IS A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY/I THINK YOU MUST PAY FOR THE OIL INSIDE IT AS ALL THE REST IS GARBAGE..IF I WAS OFFERED ONE FOR FREE I WOULD HAVE TO DECLINE....THIS PRODUCT SUCKS
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Submitted by
JJ
a
from Cambridge, MA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Loon Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Plushness, strength, adjustibility | | Weaknesses: | None whatsoever!!! | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | GT STS 1500 DS. Full XTR including brakes. Hanebrink Z-6 front fork. | | Bottom Line: | Perfect shock with absolutely no problems. Everyone else must have a misalinged frame cause this shock works awesome for me!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
StuntsKid
a Downhiller
from Sheffield, South Yourks, England
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | ? | | Weaknesses: | Seals.
Quality. | | Similar Products Used: | Pro Deluxe, Coupe Deluxe. | | Bike Setup: | Raleigh DHO (7.4"), boxxers, HOPE 4 pots. | | Bottom Line: | Blew fresh out the box, straight from new.
Bounced on the bike and shot oil out of the rebound adjuster all over the frame. Lost damping immediatley. Bike was still brakeless and had not left the house.
Not amused.
Turns out RS had fitted the wrong seal to a batch and a warranty was sorted out - shock rebuild ensued. Thing has never felt right since.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ross
a Cross Country Rider
from Fresno, CA
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | 007, SJR Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Adjustability | | Weaknesses: | Weight | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Air Alps, Cane Creek AD10, Fox Vanilla | | Bike Setup: | Bianchi Super GY with full XT Kit, bomber z1 | | Bottom Line: | I don't know why everyone is down on this product. I haven't had any problems at all after 2+ years of heavy use (DH racing and dirt ramp jumping). Perhaps, the leverage exerted by the linkage on my bike is less than what is typical or my compression damping is set high enough. I have never blown a seal... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
DH Freak
a Downhiller
from eu
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | hard. harder, the hardest | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Its bombactic | | Weaknesses: | So bombactic that the seals exploded when I sat on my brand new bike in the garage!!!! That is after 0,0000 cm of ride!!
Then got a new one that lasted for a whole week!! If I compare the riden cm then this was an 100 bn percent improvement in quality. Ha, ha.
What really works is FOX Vanilla. Cannot be trashed. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox vanilla dh, Fox alp 4, Rock S. Compdelux (same trash but cheaper and even harder to fix) | | Bike Setup: | DH | | Bottom Line: | If I could I would give ZERO chills. If you intend to buy this rear shock dont. rather give for charity!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
peter hudson
a Cross Country Rider
from san francisco, ca, usa
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | porcupine rim, moab | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | looks pretty cool | | Weaknesses: | BOING, BOING, BOING! it's a freakin' pogo stick, except for the first 10 minutes that the dampening works after each rebuild. the shop guy told me i shouldn't use the lockout, because that causes it to blow.. what th'? i bought it for the lockout, man. | | Similar Products Used: | my first full suspension. although the other reviews i've read are leaning me towards the fox vanilla rc. | | Bike Setup: | 1997 gary fisher jushua z1, judy xl in front (love 'em) xt all around, got those awsome kujo foam sided, pinch resistent fat boy tires for moab. they're worth the extra weight + an extra 1" of travel | | Bottom Line: | if you liked your hoppity hop as a kid, you'll love this pogo catapult...yikes, over the handlebars again....piece of crap. rock shox should recall these and replace them, no charge, with the fox vanilla. it is an unbelievably poorly designed, and obviously untested product. i still love my judy xl in the front though. maybe rockshox should just stick to front forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Agent Z
a Downhiller
from Norcal
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Mammoth Bullet | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | It's not that bad when it works. | | Weaknesses: | It's pretty bad when it doesn't work.
Rebound damping adjust works and has a lot of range, but the damn knob broke.
Compression adjuster died on me
The ring that holds the spring died. (the fixed one, not the adjuster one) | | Similar Products Used: | I just ordered a Stratos Helix - this is for my GT which which the rockshox was on.
I ordered an Karpiel Armageddon slated for delivery in early July which has an RCR damper. | | Bike Setup: | GT STS-1000, X-vert R, Sun Rhyno Lites, Profile cranks, Sun/Ringle Zuzu pedals, Tioga/Michelin tires, azonic cockpit parts, xt/sram800. | | Bottom Line: | This shock is a piece of crapz. If you have one in new condition, sell it and get a new shock. My damping adjusters don't work. I never blew it out, amazingly, but the ring that holds on the spring snapped. Weak.. weak... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik
a Downhiller
from Norway
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ulriken | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | crappy damping | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Bazooka Big Shaft(friends bike) | | Bike Setup: | Scott Project Vertigo DH bike with Monster T and Formula disc brake | | Bottom Line: | Stay Away! Especially the rebound control sucks!!! The knob that you adjust the rebound seized, it had rusted to the shock body I had to unscrew it and use anti rust to get it loose and lubed it to have it working again! I ride very technical terrain and this shock is not up to the job! I',m saving money to buy Marzocchi VR-50 boss rear shock.. I hope they have the same standards as their forks!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jurriaan Vis
a Weekend Warrior
from Utrecht, the Netherlands
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | single track down the hill | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | It is a perfect shock | | Weaknesses: | NONE!!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | ? | | Bike Setup: | ROTWILD RFR01, VotecGS4, Formula discbrakes, XT,mavic317,race-face cranks,Roox | | Bottom Line: | I haven't any problem in the past two years. The first thing i buy was a lizard skin, because in the netherlnads it rains a lot. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rob
a Cross Country Rider
from melb aust
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Seems to work when brand new | | Weaknesses: | I seem to have a problem with the rebound adjuster. It appears to have jammed and will not turn as it should. Can anyone else advise as to whether I just use a screwdriver to turn the steel screw clean it or take it back to RS. Is it common to jam up ?? | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | LTS 1000 | | Bottom Line: | Not too great so far - rideen the bike 4 times in not so knarly terrain. Hope the support is there. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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John Morgan
a Cross Country Rider
from Glendora, CA
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Long travel & adjustability | | Weaknesses: | Shoddy craftsmanship, 2 repairs in less than a year. | | Bike Setup: | GT LTS 2000 | | Bottom Line: | Blown shock on first ride of a 2 day Mammoth, CA trip. Only the coil saved me, but the oil was all over my frame. Rock Crap did replace the shock, but they should redesign it. I would recommend the shock to anyone who wants a $300 paper weight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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