Rock Shox Tora

Advantages: Price, stiffness, travel, durability
Disadvantages: Average weight

...Rock Shox seem to have the budget corner of the fork market well and truly cornered and this latest tora is no exception. Other manufacturers budget forks are cheap, heavy, flexy and not very pleasant to ride on but the tora blows away all these expectations. It comes in at a sensible (but no lightweight) weight, but makes up for this with excellent lateral stiffness. The travel is extremely plush for a fork in this price range and absorbs both small trail bumps as well as large drops with ease. This particular U Turn model allows adjustable travel and the fork features both V brake mounts as well as an IS disk mount. Rock Shox are known for their reliability and with regular servicing this fork should last a very long time. Simply brilliant for the money...

chorscroft 16.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock Shox Tora 302 U-Turn 2008

THE ROCK!

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...In 1996, Michael Bay directed the box office smash hit "The Rock", starring Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery and Ed Harris. Although quite a old film, I once again saw this film last week, and I cant seem to get bored of it. Michael Bay is a brilliant director, his story telling, action sequences and special effects always make a film watchable. The Plot: The film revolves around a group of rogue marines, who fed up with the American governments support for war veterans, decide to plot revenge on their own government. Led by Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris), the marines steal VX nerve gas from a military base. They then find themselves taking hostages at Alcatraz Island, were guided tours are now present. The marines take control of the island, planting the VX nerve gas al over the island ready to launch if needed. Now knowing...

jaygami1986 27.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Rock (DVD)

Rock ON!!!

Advantages: Great game, lots of music, levels
Disadvantages: None

...Guitar Hero 3 - Legends of Rock!!! My husband and I love our Wii and are always looking for new games and when Guitar Hero came out we knew we had to get it. I had heard about it alot from other people and from reading reviews for other games systems so was excited when I saw it had come out for Wii. We bought the game pack from Argos for £69.99, a bit steep for a new computer game but bear in mind that you are not only getting a game but also the hardware to go with it, namely the guitar. The guitar is plastic and I would say almost as big as a real guitar but not quite. It looks and feels like a real guitar so already the game has an authentic feel to it. It comes with a strap that you can detach and that allows you to put over your head and hold onto the guitar safely, much like a real one. When you first start out...

Spottydog11 04.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)

  Rock Star

Advantages: Well thought out story
Disadvantages: sometimes shallow

...seemed very surprised and gave me a funny look when I told her it was for me that worried me for a start. The story was interesting because firstly it centred on the lives of three very different contrasting characters that, only shared a wonderful talent. It was fascinating to see what happened to them as the novel went chronologically through all the highs and lows of their lives, all the main developments that went to make them all Rock Stars. Yes in some ways it was shallow, the way these fortunate people enjoyed such a lavish lifestyle. Full of beautiful young men and women who?s only leisure time pursuit seemed to be having sex. Luckily these scenes were not too graphic in the author?s descriptions of them; instead she left quite a bit of it to your own imagination which was fine by me. The story built up well leading to a very...

CPTDANIELS 22.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock Star - Jackie Collins

* Let's Rock At Camp! *

Advantages: Teens will like it!
Disadvantages: Does'nt Feature much of the Jonas Bros!

...Being a High School Musical fan , when I heard that there was a new 'music' film out , I just had to see what Disney had come up with and whether it was live up to the success of High School Musical. Camp Rock is an American Disney Channel Original movie released in the United Kingdom on September 1st 2008. The film was directed by Mathew Diamond and stars a few already 'well known' children's entertainers , including the American boyband The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. Running time of this movie is ninety four minutes (four minutes over one hour and a half). This movie is a U which means it can be seen by children of all ages! The film is about a girl called Mitchie who is a performer ; her dream is to become a professional. She has heard about a performing summer camp called 'Camp Rock' , and so really wants to spend...

xdonzx 11.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Camp Rock (DVD)

Rock and roll for the masses

Advantages: Great actors and characters, enjoyable, great music
Disadvantages: It loses its way sometimes, a bit long

...really isn't too graphic. Like most films, The Boat That Rocked does have its flaws. It is incredibly long, for a start, at 135 minutes. Watching it on DVD, that didn't bother me too much, but I think it could have definitely have been edited down a fair bit. I also felt that the film didn't really have an identity. There is so much going on and so many characters involved that it lost its way at times. The basic plot is that the government want to shut the radio station down, but at times, it was possible to forget about all that, because it really did seem to be in the background. And it was perhaps a mistake to have so many leading characters - it was hard to concentrate on any one person and their story because there were so many other stories going on at the same time. It is probably a film that will improve with watching, because...

sunmeilan 14.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Boat That Rocked

The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment

Advantages: Infinite Charisma, Great Character, One and Only
Disadvantages: Doesn't have traditional technical wrestling technique, Absent Ariel Arsenal

...The Rock remains to be one of the most successful and popular wrestlers ever to appear on the screen of mainstream professional wrestling and took his natural charisma beyond, using it as a springboard to Hollywood. The Rock started his career as a American football player and got into trouble several times due to his very aggressive nature not just in the sport but in his personal life also, but when he went for trials with the WWF he had found a way to channel that aggression. It would seem the obvious transition seeing as his father and his father before that where professional wrestlers and had worked in the very same company. The authorities behind the scenes of the wrestling federation worked with the Rock and it was quickly relied that he had vast amounts of talent and a great deal of potential ? perhaps they didn?t know just...

FlyNebula 29.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock

THE ROCK

Advantages: Great for food and live music...and football
Disadvantages: None

...The Rock, situated on Cherry Hinton Road in Cambridge is not the first place you'd expect a hairy-arsed Scotsman to adopt as his local. Either I've got a poor sense of direction or this must one helluva pub. Or, far more likely, I was working in Cambridge and staying just a couple of hundred metres along the road. You can't miss The Rock. Maybe it's the standard English 'roadhouse-style' building, perhaps it's the pale yellow wash of the exterior walls, or even the banners proclaiming 'good food' and 'live music' which catch the eye. No matter, it's there in all it's magnificence with a sign saying 'The Rock'. What a giveaway. The pub is most definitely split in two. The bar is sport themed, in particular football. In fact, if your not a fan of the beautiful game, the bar is probably not for you. TV screens are strategically placed...

proxam 22.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Rock, Cambridge

Rocking Fantastic!

Advantages: Pure unadulterated entertainment
Disadvantages: Loss of many hours of otherwise productive personal life

...Ok so what is it we are most interested in here, the graphics? Acceptable. The sound? Good. The controller? satisfyingly chunky and guitar like. The value for money? Good if you can find an offer on it below the RRP which at this stage in the games life should not be a problem. Or is it that here is a chance to stride around your living room acting like the rock god you have always known you would be if only you had picked up that guitar back when you were young? I for one bought this game because of the latter and it has not disappointed and entertainment has definately come from 2 different sources. The first is that the first time I switched the game on with my girlfriend sitting in a nearby chair I was reasonably confident that I would be able to make at least a passable attempt at one of the first tracks straight away and then...

zapprocks 20.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)

Rock God!!

Advantages: An awesome game that will keep you hapy
Disadvantages: Bit expensive!

...cannot name all of these songs but know that most are good old fashioned rock songs. Some are newer than others but still are all great choices for this game. Here are some examples: 3's and 7's - Queens of the Stone Age Knights of cydonia - Muse Paint it black - Rolling stones One - Metallic Sabotage - beastie boys Bulls on parade - Rage against the machine Even flow - pearl jam The metal - tenacious D Sunshine of your love - Cream There are also many classics. Most of the songs are performed by the actual bands but some are impersonators. Its quite hard to notice however! Also you are going to face people like Slash , Tom morello and Big Lou in battles. Battles are similar to playing a normal song. Here however you do not get star power. If you manage to play certain notes in order you get a weapon. You use weapons in the same...

rob1001 20.08.2008 · Read review
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