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Avid Juicy 5 Disc Brake 
Posted: 01/06/07
'A CROCK OF SHITE'
Strengths:
good lever feel
Weaknesses:
hard to bleed, pads last 1 ride, washers made of cheese, fishers run by clowns who dont stock spares, can never get spares
Overall:
get the new Hopes or Shimano
 
Performance
 
40%
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40%
Value
 
20%
Overall Rating
 
33%
 
Truvativ Stylo Team GXP chainset 
Posted: 23/12/06
'SHITE'
Strengths:
Cheap, but so is sawing your leg off.
Weaknesses:
Flexy arms, bearings lucky to last more than 3 months.
Overall:
Buy Shimano LX HT 2 instead
 
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20%
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33%
 
RockShox Pike 454 Air U-turn 
Posted: 16/04/06
'SUPERB!'
Strengths:
Plush, stiff, light, reasonably priced.
Weaknesses:
Have to fit a letter "y" and the letter "s" to the leg to make them into "Pikeys"

Always raises a laugh at the trailhead though :-)



The Maxle on the 2005 ones is a bugger to get in and out but on the 2006 ones it is great.
Overall:
I was also pissed off with Rock Shock crappy Psylos and Paces crappy RC 41s, got a set of these when I built up the Soul and have a set on the new Blur LT and they are tramping on Fox territory at a better price.

Fox had better watch out!
 
Performance
 
80%
Reliability
 
80%
Value
 
100%
Overall Rating
 
87%
 
Shimano XT - LX Chainring Middle (M752-M572) 
Posted: 05/01/06
'SOFTER THAN SHITE, GET SRAM STUFF INSTEAD.'
Strengths:
None
Weaknesses:
Expensive, soft doesnt last more than 350 miles
Overall:
Crap
 
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Pace RC41 XCFR 
Posted: 18/11/05
'UTTER CRAP'
Strengths:
Look good


Light
Weaknesses:
Crap compression damping, terrible stiction especially when wet
Overall:
I have ridden floats, TALAS, 36 TALAS and 36 VANS and pike 454's, they are all light years ahead of Pace.

Paces customer service is ok to be fair but the forks are crap, wallow when you brake and dive. The "launch control" is a stupid unsuccesful idea and knocks the rebound off to easily.

Proper damping and sorting out the stiction problems would be better that some marketing faff about an "intelligent" fork.
 
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27%
 
RST Gila Plus T5 
Posted: 04/08/05
'AS MUCH USE AS A HANDBRAKE ON A CANOE'
Strengths:
None
Weaknesses:
Heavy, play, no feel, too flexy
Overall:
Put the money towards a decent fork ffs!
 
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Post Moderne Bracer Suspension Seat Post - MTB 
Posted: 28/07/05
'A LOAD OF SHITE'
Strengths:
none
Weaknesses:
better off with a steel seatpost with no seat on it


Heavy, full of stiction and does not improve the ride. Sold it on ebay and got a cane creek turdbuster, sorry thudbuster which is a better performing seatpost
Overall:
Get a thudbuster





At last something me and Dylan Turvey can agree on!!

:-)
 
Performance
 
20%
Reliability
 
60%
Value
 
20%
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33%
 
Fox Racing Shox 36 Talas RC2 
Posted: 16/05/05
'FORKING FANTASTIC'
Strengths:
Stiff, look great (even though their brown) excellent adjustability and rock eating abilities. Massive confidence booster.
Weaknesses:
None so far, maybe the brown paint if that bothers you.
Overall:
I got these on my new S-Works Enduro and they complement it very well indeed. I will update in future on reliability but hope it is as good as the TALAS little brother
 
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60%
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60%
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67%
 
Lupine Edison 5 
Posted: 03/03/05
'I REMEMBER WHEN ROCK WAS YOUNG'
Strengths:
me and susie had so much fun
Weaknesses:
holdin hands and skimmin stones
Overall:
has an old gold chevy and a place of my own


but the biggest kick we ever got

was burnin up to the crocodile rock

while the other chavs were rockin round the clock

we were hoppin and a boppin to the crocodile rock ...........


welll crocdile rockin ther's somethin shockin when your feet just cant keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will


Ly W-ady mama those friday nights wehn susie wore her dresses tight


and crocodile rockin was o-o-o-out of sight

La-a-a-a

La la la la la

La la la la la

La al al al la

 
Performance
 
60%
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60%
 
Fox Racing Shox Talas 125R 
Posted: 15/02/05
'GREAT (ONCE YOU HAVE A PUSH UPGRADE)'
Strengths:
None, until you have a PUSH upgrade
Weaknesses:
Fox warranty terrible, Mojo genuinely not interested. Had to take to TF Tuned after Mojos attempt at fixing them, was out £80 in postage costs
Overall:
It is a shame that to date no manufacturer can make and sell a fork that doesnt require further work to make it good, had similar problems with marz and rshox

Once TFTuned it works well
 
Performance
 
60%
Reliability
 
40%
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40%
Overall Rating
 
47%
 
 
 
 
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