Manitou Three -Any good?
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We_are_Stevo
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Nothing wrong with a well set-up M3...
...will damp out the worst of the trail buzz, but don't expect to be able to treat it like a jump bike; when these forks were designed and built people rode 'trails' not 'trials.'
...will damp out the worst of the trail buzz, but don't expect to be able to treat it like a jump bike; when these forks were designed and built people rode 'trails' not 'trials.'
feetabix
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good fork.....minimal travel given the extra weight, as with all old school elastomer forks, but they are good.....manitou build the forks with steerer and stanchion on the same plane, offset is provided by pushing the drop out forward of the leg, and gives about 35/40mm........
I think you are right, it appears to be only 35mm of rake. Couple that with 430mm of axle-to-crown and is going to slow down a non suspension corrected frame quite a bit. I'm thinking a rigid fork and a fat tire will probably be more fun. It might be OK on a frame a few years newer that allowed for some suspension.feetabix":341wrdai said:good fork.....minimal travel given the extra weight, as with all old school elastomer forks, but they are good.....manitou build the forks with steerer and stanchion on the same plane, offset is provided by pushing the drop out forward of the leg, and gives about 35/40mm........
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We_are_Stevo
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I really don't think you'd notice the difference...
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Loki":2j7r7bcq said:Perhaps, although it does change the head angle around a 1/2 degree and brings the rake back near a 1/2".mikee":2j7r7bcq said:We_are_Stevo":2j7r7bcq said:I really don't think you'd notice the difference...
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Yeah, and it would probably make a difference if you were a die-hard Roadie riding on billiard table-smooth tarmac or the boards of a Velodrome; on a mountain bike, in and out of the saddle, up hill and down dale, hardpack, sand, mud, gravel, rocks, etc, you really, really are not going to notice any appreciable difference...
...stem length, height and bar width are the more discernible factors.
I pulled the Manitou three and installed a 3D fork which was the original spec on a 92 Zaskar. It pepped things up considerably, enough that I'm keeping the bike instead of sending it down the road. 30 mm of length and 5-9 mm of rake(depending on position on a 3D) is a substantial amount of slowing on a non- suspension frameset IMO.
