fguki":xy8cp7yg said:I have always been a Manitou guy - never bothered about Rock Shox. Originally Marin was 90% married to Manitou. Rock Shox on them were VERY rare. The Marin / Rock Shox combination became more common from 1995 onwards.
Indeed. Look at the Marin full susp bikes from first half of the nineties: Manitou front and rear. Here's from the 1994 catalog.