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Manitou Minute Two 2004 Front Shocks
Product DescriptionManitou's Minute line offers their new stable platform valve (SPV), one of the most sophisticated damping technologies ever developed. With SPV, your fork is extremely active, soaking up bumps, but highly resistant to pedal induced bob.
User Reviews 
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Patrick
a Weekend Warrior Date Reviewed: April 22, 2012 Strengths: super smooth, controlled light Weaknesses: had to rebuild once but has taken a beating occasional clunk noise when rebounding Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Bonshaw Trail, PE, Canada Price Paid: $250.00 Similar Products Used: Judy Air, 03 Duke SL, 04 Bomber MX Comp, 10 Tora SL Bike Setup: Spec FSR Comp, Evolve cranks, XT components, Minute 2:00
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racerpete
a Racer
from Kendal Date Reviewed: February 18, 2011 Strengths: Fantastic plush fork and unbelievably light for the amount of travel. SPV really does work when riden properly. Last forever! Weaknesses: Do not work so well on bikes that are not designed for long travel forks as they alter the steerer angle too much. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $390.00 Similar Products Used: Rockshox
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Bob
a Cross Country Rider
from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA Date Reviewed: May 13, 2006 Strengths: Sucks up the bumps, holds a line, excellent adjustability, sweet ride! Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Aliso Woods Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: Rock n' Road Similar Products Used: Rock Shoxs Bike Setup: 2005 Kona Dawg, Hays 9, Minute 2:00
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steven burgess
a Cross Country Rider
from white water Date Reviewed: April 27, 2006 Strengths: Levels the terrain for you, I rode a cannondale headshock and a manitou six prior to this. The difference from the headshock to the six was noticeable, but the six to the minute was night and day. The 2:00 has given me more controll over the highspeed areas of a XC trail, and increased my proficenties in low speed technicals. The fork maintains a constastant stiff state that improves efficiency, and climb potential greatly. Weaknesses: its orange, other than that I can not find any other weakness Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: Joels Bike Shop in 1000 palms CA. Similar Products Used: manitou six Bike Setup: cannondale F300 frame, manitou minute 2:00 fork, Rhino Lite rims with XT hubs, Hayse disk brakes, shimano rapid fire shifters, panaracer fire XC tires, FSA head spacer, coda crank set, crank brothers mallet pedals
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Graham
from Phoenix, AZ, US Date Reviewed: November 23, 2005 Strengths: Strong, Durable, Plush! Weaknesses: none so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $230.00 Purchased At: (through a friend) Similar Products Used: Rock Shox PILOT XC Air Bike Setup: 2004 NRS3, some aftermarket :-/
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Bob the Builder
a Racer
from Cahlifonia Date Reviewed: October 26, 2005 Strengths: Um...looks cool...um...ya. Weaknesses: um...don't own it yet...um...ya Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: you Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: Cowcle Soilutions Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Judy TT...loid o'crahp...um...ya Bike Setup: Trek 4500 w. Deeore,and...um...ya...thahts it.
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Simeon
a Cross Country Rider
from Greece Date Reviewed: September 5, 2005 Strengths: SPV, stability, 130mm, weight! Weaknesses: the stickers come off easily Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: Psylo Bike Setup: 2 wheels and 1 stumpjumper fsr 120!
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chris hart
a Cross Country Rider
from blacksburg va Date Reviewed: September 4, 2005 Strengths: This fork has completely changed the feel and performance of my bike. Tipping the scales at over 200 lbs I have had horrible issues finding a fork that that will support my weight when climbing and still be plush enough for the technical stuff. This fork is a godsend. The SPV is incredible as it gives a very stable platform for climbing (almost as efficient as a lockout) and then completely transforms and absorbs the bumps with a consistant plushness! Weaknesses: Only that the stickers are beginning to come off! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: VA creeper Trail Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $187.00 Purchased At: Ebay Similar Products Used: Marzocchi EXR Pro, Rock Shox Duke Bike Setup: 04 Haro X2, Minute 2:00, Fox Vanilla, Race Face DH crank, SRAM 9.0 drivetrain, Sun Hill Rod Rims, Hussefelt DH Stem and Bars, Hayes One Discs.
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Tien
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado Springs Date Reviewed: June 5, 2005 Strengths: Manitou Service, uses motor oil Weaknesses: SPV is finicky. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Captain Jacks, Chutes Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $250.00 Similar Products Used: Pyslo Race Air Bike Setup: Titus Switchblade
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ian
a Weekend Warrior
from South Australia Date Reviewed: January 30, 2005 Strengths: SPV, low maintenance, , travel Weaknesses: some oil leavage Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Prospect Hill Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Psylos Bike Setup: Jamis XLT 2 with 4 way Manitou rear SPV 
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Andrew
a Weekend Warrior
from Big Lake, MN USA Date Reviewed: September 10, 2004 Strengths: Very smooth, travel perfect for trail riding. SPV works pretty well, never even think about having a lockout. Weaknesses: Lasted than 50 miles! Horrible reliability. Bringing it to lbs where I bought my bike to see what can be done. Almost $2000 bike and shock lasts 50 miles. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: Came on Bike Similar Products Used: Monitou Black, Rock Shox SID, Cannondale Lefty Bike Setup: All stock Jamis Dakar XLT 2.0
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Roberto
from U.S. Date Reviewed: September 2, 2004 Strengths: Well, it feels great. Smooth action and lots of adjustability... too much sometimes. Weaknesses: Reliability and poor customer service. I am the service manager at one of the largest shops in our metropolitan area. Two of us have Minute twos because they feel great and offer excellent adjustability, but! Both of the forks are back at Answer/Manitou right now because of bushing problems. They also told us 48 hours turn-around time and it looks like they will be pushing more than a week. It's been 4 days since they received them and they haven't even been processed yet! This would be a very crappy situation if these were customer's forks. Though, come to think of it, it's even crappier because it's mine! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Coil Bombers. My 01 bomber has been through 4 bikes and is little out of date, but I swear it feels better now than it did 3 years ago. Bike Setup: SC Blur with 5th element rear shock. 
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Brad Herder
a Racer
from Pittsfield, MA Date Reviewed: June 28, 2004 Strengths: 100mm of super plush travel. Very nice feel to it when recommended SPV pressure is used. Very harsh ride if enough SPV pressure is used to prevent bobbing while standing. Noticeably lighter than my Black. Weaknesses: WARNING - SPV is NOT a substitute for Lockout. I was under the impression when I bought this that SPV was like lockout and would prevent "pedal induced bobbing" while sitting OR STANDING. Well, after using it for a week and tinkering with air pressures quite a bit, it appears SPV prevents the fork from moving until a certain amount of weight is applied to it. So, you put a moderate amount of pressure in the SPV side and the fork doesn't budge as you pedal while seated (or on small hits especially while going up hill where very little weight is on your front wheel). If you stand bring your weight forward, the fork to squishes down big time and if you pedal standing up, it bobs horribly - worse than any fork I've ever owned. You CAN prevent bobbing while standing by putting a lot of pressure in the SPV side, but then, the fork is pretty much rigid at all times and only moves for big hits, and it seems to have a bit of a kick to it even on the big hits - giving you a pretty much horrible ride at all times. When I read "prevents pedal induced bob", I thought, they would have accomplished this by sensing the speed of a hit because your pedalling cadence is slow compared to hits from running your wheel over rocks. However, speed of the hit has absolutely nothing to do with it. If you stand up SLOWLY and move your weight forward the fork sags down - a lot. If you then pedal while standing, it bobs like crazy. All Manitou has done is produce a fork that doesn't move until a certain minimum amout of weight it applied to it. SPV is not the rocket science I assumed it was. I'm EXTREMELY disappointed. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Hucker's Choice Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $500.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Manitou Black 80/100 with Lockout, which I was happy with but the lockout keeps failing. Bike Setup: Gary Fisher Sugar 1, SRAM 9.0 stuff, Avid mechanical brakes.
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JT
a Cross Country Rider
from santa cruz ca us Date Reviewed: June 27, 2004 Strengths: light weight 3.6 lbs,tunability,spv works,stiff and precise,sucks up big hits when needed yet real stiff when pedaling. Weaknesses: the lowers are off center!!!! the lowers set my wheel over to one side by 4mm!! thats alot(my wheel is perfect true/dish) had the shop switch out the lowers for a new one that manitou sent but its still offset!! watch out for this!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: gazos creek Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $500.00 Purchased At: ABS Similar Products Used: fox 125 rlc, heavy but a great fork!R.S.duke good fork light also. Bike Setup: blur,xt,minute 2 130mm
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mountainbyte
a Cross Country Rider
from ct Date Reviewed: June 8, 2004 Strengths: Amazing shock once its set up right. Weaknesses: Takes a few rides to dial in just right, seems a little heavy off drops and jumps, (bike seems harder to land on both tires vs. front first...). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: WESTWOODS Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: Cutting Edge Similar Products Used: Psylo SL, Fox, SID XC 100mm, others... Bike Setup: Stock Jamis XLT 2 2004
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