[PatBranch]

http://mtbr.com/reviews/2004_front_shocks/product_122908.shtml

Has anyone seen the '04 super monster review on mtbr. It's really funny. (you can't be in this thread if you don't do gnarly drops though. You have to be GnarCore and do big 25 pb' drops.)

 

[Downhiller]

funny people...

 

[PatBranch]

I thought it was....

 

[maxyedor]

If only that were a PinkBike reveiw, it could be allot funnier

 

[ryan/kona29]

super monsters, just to heavy:mumble: . any body ever heard of the reese 12 inch travel inverted fork ? is that fork any lighter?

 

[GumbaFish]

"Heck, I believe you could either kill a Kodiak bear if you hit one at speed, or else, just run right over it ... small cars; no problem."

 

[WKC]

super monsters, just to heavy:mumble: . any body ever heard of the reese 12 inch travel inverted fork ? is that fork any lighter?

Any way you look at it, anything with 12" of travel is retarded. Bender is the only person i have EVER seen actually ride a bike with a Super Monster, and the only times he rode it were on his infamous attempts at 40-foot-plus drops. Those review are great.

 

[odiwik]

I've seen them used at Whistler a number of times, and everybody I've seen with it has said that they love it on that terrain.

 

[Jabuttri]

right now i think its stupid but 5 years ago everyone thought ten inches of rear wheel travel was retarded too.

 

[WKC]

right now i think its stupid but 5 years ago everyone thought ten inches of rear wheel travel was retarded too.

10 Inches in the back is STILL retarded.

 

[PatBranch]

All I need 7" on both ends. Right now I only have 5" in front. I'm doing pretty well with it. On my hardtail, I feel much more confident on sniper/ type stunts that require a lot of accuracy than a FS freeride bike.

At my friends ranch there is a 25' hill that is about 60-65*. We stacked pallets about 4' high. Then he put an 6'x1' piece of plywood.
He sat on it (showing me howstrong it was); it snapped. -haha

it wasn't completely broken, just a few plys, so it could bend a little. So one side of it was on the hill at the same angle, then the other end went about half way over the pallets. The broken middle part hung lower than the top of the pallet; it was a big angle change (so i put some dirt on it to smooth the tranny.

First try, after a 10min, I skidded too far down the hill and went off i sideways. I was falling off/tangled w/ my bike in thw air, then slid 15' through the dirt. I almost landed on his dog.

I decided to go again, this time w/ less brake. I made it. The whole thing happened so quick (so I wasn't thinking about much doing it); its a fast one.

On a big fr bike, that would have been sketchy.

 

[seismic]

10 Inches in the back is STILL retarded.

Tell that to the people who blast by you on the trails on their V10s and Foes Monos.

 

[AirAddict]

Tell that to the people who blast by you on the trails on their V10s and Foes Monos.

haha... that's what i was going to say. so true

 

[ryan/kona29]

yeah i've got a 2002 kona stab primo pushing about 9.2" or so, i love it.

 

[PatBranch]

I have ridden my friends scott high octane 2 w/ a shiver. Its just way too much suspension for me. I am terrible on it.

 

[degoose]

I think 8 is great.

 

[wood-dog]

Why in the world would I need something with 12" of travel, when I can travel 12" into some sexy chicky-moma!

 

[WKC]

I think 8 is great.

8 is a good number.

 

[budgetrider]

Like that reviewer said, only Bin Laden riding in the mountains of Kabul would do a Supermonster Justice. Bomb craters, mines, A-10's and GI-joe, all crumble when faced with 12inches of Marzocchi terror!

 

[Thrillkil]

Why in the world would I need something with 12" of travel, when I can travel 12" into some sexy chicky-moma!

you're bluffing.

 

[BigMike]

All I need 7" on both ends. Right now I only have 5" in front. I'm doing pretty well with it. On my hardtail, I feel much more confident on sniper/ type stunts that require a lot of accuracy than a FS freeride bike.

At my friends ranch there is a 25' hill that is about 60-65*. We stacked pallets about 4' high. Then he put an 6'x1' piece of plywood.
He sat on it (showing me howstrong it was); it snapped. -haha

it wasn't completely broken, just a few plys, so it could bend a little. So one side of it was on the hill at the same angle, then the other end went about half way over the pallets. The broken middle part hung lower than the top of the pallet; it was a big angle change (so i put some dirt on it to smooth the tranny.

First try, after a 10min, I skidded too far down the hill and went off i sideways. I was falling off/tangled w/ my bike in thw air, then slid 15' through the dirt. I almost landed on his dog.

I decided to go again, this time w/ less brake. I made it. The whole thing happened so quick (so I wasn't thinking about much doing it); its a fast one.

On a big fr bike, that would have been sketchy.

Did you pass 3rd grade English?