For the price - are Pilot XC's a reasonable suspension fork?

My LBS is about to install a set of Pilot XC's for $400 including the chance to pay in installments.
Are these decent shocks for the price?

TIA

Trentus

 

Noat bad.....

Pretty good for Oz. I think they are alright forx from all accounts. And you can't complain about
lay-by while you ride.

But for cheap parts, I have moved away from the LBS and been using mail order.

There are some good places in Oz now.

Jeremy

"Trentus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My LBS is about to install a set of Pilot XC's for $400 including the
chance
> to pay in installments. Are these decent shocks for the price?
>
> TIA
>
> Trentus

 

Trentus <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My LBS is about to install a set of Pilot XC's for $400 including the
chance
> to pay in installments. Are these decent shocks for the price?
>
> TIA
>
> Trentus
>
New fork so limited feed back. but witht he experiance working with Rock Shox these forks are about
as a long term option as a Gillette rasor. Steel inner legs (heavy) same outers as Sids (flexy) and
a damping system that does not offer compression damping and very little in the way of rebound. You
can get a 20% disocount from Rock Shox when you trade in any old forks. I would check out Marzocchi
EXR forks and Manitou Axel Super or Skareb Comp

 

"Trentus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My LBS is about to install a set of Pilot XC's for $400 including the
chance
> to pay in installments. Are these decent shocks for the price?
>
> TIA
>
> Trentus
>
>
My Fisher came with one stock. It does the trick, but feels flexy in a hard turn. It really seems
like a re-branded Judy xc.

Forrest

 

Frosty K wrote:

> >
> My Fisher came with one stock. It does the trick, but feels flexy in a hard turn. It really seems
> like a re-branded Judy xc.
>
> Forrest

The Pilot has larger uppers than the Judy series. They look to be the size of those on a Duke.

 

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> "Trentus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > My LBS is about to install a set of Pilot XC's for $400 including the
> chance
> > to pay in installments. Are these decent shocks for the price?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Trentus
> >
> >
> My Fisher came with one stock. It does the trick, but feels flexy in a hard turn. It really seems
> like a re-branded Judy xc.
>
> Forrest
>
>
>

Oh no you've discovered their secret, take the only fork in their line that's simple enough to
actually hold together for a year or so and make 15 variations on it with different names.
--
_________________________
Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia http://www.ramsays-online.com

 

its on my haro at the moment....... gonna try to get a good fork soon.... found a place here in
portland that has screaming deals on forks....they had a 99 model rock shox jett fork for $49!!
www.universalcycles.com

http://community.webtv.net/lone_wolf_1971/lonewolfswebpage

 

"lone wolf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> its on my haro at the moment....... gonna try to get a good fork soon.... found a place here in
> portland that has screaming deals on forks....they had a 99 model rock shox jett fork for $49!!

Oh boy, this'll be good...

Bill "haro-ing" S.

 

lone wolf wrote:

> its on my haro at the moment....... gonna try to get a good fork soon.... found a place here in
> portland that has screaming deals on forks....they had a 99 model rock shox jett fork for $49!!
> www.universalcycles.com
>
> http://community.webtv.net/lone_wolf_1971/lonewolfswebpage

Keep the RST and save the $49.

 

"Sorni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "lone wolf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > its on my haro at the moment....... gonna try to get a good fork soon.... found a place here in
> > portland that has screaming deals on forks....they had a 99 model rock shox jett fork for $49!!
>
> Oh boy, this'll be good...
>
> Bill "haro-ing" S.
>
>

Don't knock a Haro! ;-P

I pretty much started seriously on a Haro and still ride it on and off. I certainly put some
kilometres and mud on it. The g/f now rides it fairly frequently. Crappy '99 model Jett shocks and
all.... OK, so most of the components have been replaced at one time of another but I do still quite
like the V frame. At the time, it was very very reasonable value amongst what was out there.

Westie _(she was my first....)

 

"Westie" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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> "Sorni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "lone wolf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > its on my haro at the moment....... gonna try to get a good fork soon.... found a place here
> > > in portland that has screaming deals on forks....they had a 99 model rock shox jett fork for
> > > $49!!
> >
> > Oh boy, this'll be good...
> >
> > Bill "haro-ing" S.
> >
> >
>
> Don't knock a Haro! ;-P
>
> I pretty much started seriously on a Haro and still ride it on and off. I certainly put some
> kilometres and mud on it. The g/f now rides it fairly frequently. Crappy '99 model Jett shocks and
> all.... OK, so most of the components have been replaced at one time of another
but
> I do still quite like the V frame. At the time, it was very very reasonable value amongst what was
> out there.
>
> Westie _(she was my first....)

I was commenting on the $49 Jett (harrowing/haro-ing), not the frame (Haro).

Bill "always a good sign when you gotta 'splain your jokes" S.

 

[email protected] (lone wolf) wrote in message
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> its on my haro at the moment....... gonna try to get a good fork soon.... found a place here in
> portland that has screaming deals on forks....they had a 99 model rock shox jett fork for $49!!
> www.universalcycles.com
>
> http://community.webtv.net/lone_wolf_1971/lonewolfswebpage

You may as well put a wet noodle on the front of your bike. If all you want to spend is $49, thats
just about right for a Surly rigid fork, which will be better than that POS rs.

JD

 

"Sorni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Don't knock a Haro! ;-P
> >
> > I pretty much started seriously on a Haro and still ride it on and off.
I
> > certainly put some kilometres and mud on it. The g/f now rides it fairly frequently. Crappy '99
> > model Jett shocks
and
> > all.... OK, so most of the components have been replaced at one time of another
> but
> > I do still quite like the V frame. At the time, it was very very reasonable value amongst what
> > was out
there.
> >
> > Westie _(she was my first....)
>
> I was commenting on the $49 Jett (harrowing/haro-ing), not the frame
(Haro).
>
> Bill "always a good sign when you gotta 'splain your jokes" S.
>



S'alright. I was kinda posting tongue in cheek anyways. The shock _was_ atrocious. But, of course, I
didn't know any better.

Westie

 

"Westie" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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> "Sorni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]... <snip>
> > > Don't knock a Haro! ;-P
> > >
> > > I pretty much started seriously on a Haro and still ride it on and
off.
> I
> > > certainly put some kilometres and mud on it. The g/f now rides it fairly frequently. Crappy
> > > '99 model Jett shocks
> and
> > > all.... OK, so most of the components have been replaced at one time of
another
> > but
> > > I do still quite like the V frame. At the time, it was very very reasonable value amongst what
> > > was out
> there.
> > >
> > > Westie _(she was my first....)
> >
> > I was commenting on the $49 Jett (harrowing/haro-ing), not the frame
> (Haro).
> >
> > Bill "always a good sign when you gotta 'splain your jokes" S.
> >
>
>
>
> S'alright. I was kinda posting tongue in cheek anyways. The shock _was_ atrocious. But, of course,
> I didn't know any better.

Well, it's one thing to ride the shock that a bike comes with (for a while, anyway), but poor ol'
Wolfie sounded like he was considering "upgrading" to a Jett! (Then he said he'd spend 3 or 400, so
don't know why he even mentioned the Noodler.)

Bill "arrrrooooooooooo {howl sound}" S.