Manitou 1 Confusion

[retrobikeguy]

So, I've wondered for a while now, why do we call these manitou 1's

when a lot the manitou forks in the early mags look like these ones with the longer dropouts :?:

were these are the 1st manitous available :?: , and why do we never see them anymore :?: :?: :?:

 

[cchris2lou]

I think the ones in the pics were like a prototype .

the one above were the one sold for the public ??

 

[LTS Biker]

Maybe Tomac didn't sell his forks

 

[scant]

original mani (like tomacs above) forks were doug bradbury made. mani 1s (as they;re now known) were made by answer under mani license.

 

[jonrock]

I have a pair of the proto 1's!
J

 

[scant]

the ones in the pic are bradbury built, not specifically proto, just a LOT rarer than the later answer 1s.

jonrock, they'd probs make good ££ on ebay

 

[gaf16]

if you want a gander at the original bradbury made manitou rigid forks, here you go

 

[scant]

I still wonder if that would hav made even more on "the bay" gareth...

 

[Rich]

if you want a gander at the original bradbury made manitou rigid forks, here you go

Very nice mate...last original manitou on the bay went for £1,200 for the frameset and front hub alone...

Are you going to build her up...and would there be any problems on the hub front?

 

[SLIM]

so at the time , were these called the manitou 1

or were they only called the 1 after the 2 came out

if you see what i mean

things aren`t normally called the " 1 "

otherwise people would wait for the " 2 " ( new and improved ) version to come out