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Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Earl's Cycle (went out of business 2003) | | Strengths: | A great lube for Manitou injection port forks. | | Weaknesses: | A bit pricey at $20/CAN. | | Similar Products Used: | Bell Teflon fortified grease on my 1996 Rock Shock Quadra 5.
Only used Manitou Prep M Lube on my 2001 Manitou SX-R. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk, 1996 GT Ricochet. | | Bottom Line: | So far the only lube I've used on the stock Manitou SX-R that came on my @001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk. I've used it numerous times, it's fast and easy to use with a funky green colour.
Bottom Line: Does an excellent job, so why switch to another or even bother to look for one?! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric W
a Cross Country Rider
from Henderson Nv.
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Excelent penetration of anodised surfaces and rubber seals.
It is a very light grease that will wick up to higher parts of the shock and seals, instead of just sitting at the bottom of a shocks air cylinder. | | Weaknesses: | A bit to light in really hot weather, it can get a little to thin when temps reach 100 F / 40 c. | | Similar Products Used: | Buzzys Slick Honey, which is also a great lube. | | Bottom Line: | I still use Prep-M during the cooler months here in the desert, but I prefer the Slick Honey during the summer months.
If someone told me to choose between them, because I would only get to use one, from now on, I'de probably pick the Prep-M. Even though the Prep-M gets a little runny during our hell like summers, its simply a matter of repacking the shock a couple of weeks sooner.
This review is based on the premise that it will be used for repacking suspension components.
If a person wants a more general purpose lube, for wheels bearings ect get the Buzzys Slick Honey.
Personaly I have both in my toolbox.
I don't know where the person below got their Prep-M, but I've been buying the stuff since 2000 and have never had any that was lithium based. As far as I know, its allways been a sinthetic grease.
Later, Eric | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik
a
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Very good lube for air shocks and Manitou "injection" shocks. Works great on Fox frameshock rebuilds | | Bottom Line: | This is very good lube and works very well over the longterm. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Willis Drummond
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Seems to work ok on Manitou shocks. | | Weaknesses: | Full of Lithium...bad on every other type of shock. | | Similar Products Used: | Judy Butter, Slick Honey, Teflon lube. | | Bike Setup: | Manitou and Marzocchi shocks | | Bottom Line: | Maybe OK on Manitou, but definitely don't use it on anything else. I imagine Judy Butter works good for "dry" systems like a SID, but Slick Honey is the best all around. Prep-M is full of lithium too, which isn't good for rubber seals...why does manitou recommend this? | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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