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Manitou Minute Three 2005 Front Shocks
Product DescriptionThe '04 Minute was awarded Bicycling Magazine's 2004 "Editors' Choice" award for "Best all-purpose suspension fork", and we expect no less from the new '05. Minute 3 is the top-end of the Minute line, and for '05 Manitou has added their IT (infinite travel) remote travel adjuster, that lets you dial in from 130mm to 0mm of travel, on the fly. It's perfect for "all-mountain" type rides where you encounter widely varying terrain.
User Reviews
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winsail
a Cross Country Rider
from Soquel Date Reviewed: February 22, 2012 Strengths: It does what it's supposed to do and it's very adjustable Weaknesses: It has too many options, You could spend every ride adjusting it Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Enchanted Loop Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $50.00 Purchased At: Craigslist Similar Products Used: Fox Vanilla 130mm fork, Fox Float R 130mm, Manitou Minute 3, Marzochi Bike Setup: This fork is now on a 2008 Giant Trance X
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bgkorekom
from Littleton, Colorado Date Reviewed: August 28, 2007 Strengths: versatile, light, durable Weaknesses: non so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: White Ranch, CO Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $350.00 Similar Products Used: maniou axel Bike Setup: FRS- Minute 3, Mavic 321, Easton Monkey bars, Avid BB7, XT/XTR drive, etc
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James
a Weekend Warrior
from Cooper Landing, Alaska Date Reviewed: August 13, 2007 Strengths: The Minute 3:00 is a solid, solid fork. It's 130mm of SPV travel make it ideal for those looking to climb like a goat, and then descend like a bomb. The infinite travel feature is cool, allowing for 0-130mm of travel, but frankly, I don't use it much. Even at 130mm, the Minute 3 performs quite well uphill. This thing soaks up bumps and drops. It also looks great. Weaknesses: No real weaknesses. However, when I first ran the Minute 3:00, there was a knocking sound on rebound. After researching awhile, I discovered that this knocking noise could be resolved by raising the SPV psi above 50. It worked, and now no noise! My only other complain would be the difficulty of adjusting the rebound setting. The knob is extremely hard to turn. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Cresent Lake Trail Duration Product Used: 3 months
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Matamua
a Cross Country Rider
from SLC, UT Date Reviewed: June 20, 2007 Strengths: Super stiff, light weight, SPV platform is rad, travel, looks cool. Weaknesses: No manual lockout, but with the SPV, who really needs it anyway? Crappy owners manual. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: dry creek/bobsled Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $250.00 Purchased At: greenfishsports.com Similar Products Used: Fox Talas RLC 32 140mm Bike Setup: 05 Dakar XC Expert, 130mm minute :03, fox rp23, sram x7s, avids 
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John
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto, ON Canada Date Reviewed: May 10, 2007 Strengths: Excellent stiffness to weight ratio, plush and IT travel adjuster works wonders on the trail Weaknesses: A bit complicated to setup and rebound knob is difficult to adjust. No response from Manitou to tech question sent via e-mail Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: 3Stage outside Collingwood ON Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $260.00 Purchased At: buddy in business Similar Products Used: RockShok Phylo Bike Setup: Giant AC setup as "lite" All-mountain bike with Manitou swinger rear, Crossmax Enduro wheels and a mix of XTR/XT.
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mikeyboy
a Weekend Warrior
from Palos Verdes, Ca. Date Reviewed: February 18, 2007 Strengths: Looks killer with the black stantions and brushed steel writing. Lightweight yet rock solid. Solid thru axle, yayy!! Metal rebound dial... all metal for that matter. Weaknesses: My wife gets mad when I sneek them into bed with me at night. tee hee. I hug them too much. Hell, I hug my whole bike too much for that matter! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: A nice looooong technical fast singletrack. Anybody got one? Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: Performance Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Judy XC, Mozo Groove Q Bike Setup: 2006 Iron Horse Hollowpoint MKIII Team model with all that comes with it (this fork included)!
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Evan Ferguson
a Weekend Warrior
from Sugar Grove, IL Date Reviewed: June 15, 2006 Strengths: Lightweight, PLUSH!!!!, everything is a strength they even look killer. Weaknesses: Uhm, they make everyone want to steal them. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $365.00 Purchased At: Ebay Similar Products Used: Fox Float100, Manitou Black Super Air 120s Bike Setup: 99 Schwinn Moab, XT/LX everything, Raceface Atlas cranks, rhyno lite xl, thomsom stem, thudbuster LT.
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Tim
a Weekend Warrior
from Madison, CT Date Reviewed: June 12, 2006 Strengths: Easy setup, IT switch, Smooth travel Weaknesses: A little flex, but I am fat. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: Marz Marathon, Manitou Firefly Bike Setup: Trek Liquid, XT drive train, King Hubs, No Tubs rims, Thomson stem and post, Conti vertical pro 2.3's
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Orange Oyster
from Sao Paulo, Brazil Date Reviewed: May 16, 2006 Strengths: SPV Evolve, travel ajustment, reverse arch, graphics, finishing quality...aluminum knobs, everything???? Weaknesses: should there be any??? no way! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: performance bikes NY Similar Products Used: all kinds of rock shox, fox, rst from all levels! Bike Setup: banshee scirocco frame XC , xgen and x9 derailleurs, xt crank 44/32/22 cassete and chain, thomson x4 stem, xpedo mag/sl pedals, da bomb hubs, rad rims, etc...
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Nevin Rallis
a Cross Country Rider
from Windham, Maine, USA Date Reviewed: May 8, 2006 Strengths: the IT is crazy, keeps the bike tracking where you point it. Weaknesses: none so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Bradbury Mountain Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $320.00 Purchased At: Performancebike.com Similar Products Used: rock shock pilot Bike Setup: Leader 626S five inch travel.
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Travis Petersen
a Downhiller
from Plano, Texas USA Date Reviewed: April 26, 2006 Strengths: This fork is absolutely amazing, i mean i jump off walls and ledges and i have not once bottomed this fork out, even off a 7 foot ledge it still had half an inch left! This is great for riding trails as well, it takes those turns amazingly well. Its even great for dirt jumping. If you stiffin it up a lil bit with some more pressure in the chambers its perfect! Weaknesses: none that ive seen Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Rowlett Creek Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $350.00 Purchased At: Performancebike.com Similar Products Used: Manitou Spice Comp, Manitou Black Comp Bike Setup: Iron Horse Yakuza Aniki with Manitou Minute III, 8 inch Hydrolic disk brakes, 6 inch rear suspention, Loco rims, Shimano Deore front derailer, Shimano LX rear derailer, TH Hammer w/ Cr-Mo Lower Cup headset, and 2.4 inch wolverine race tires.
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Don
a Weekend Warrior
from SLC, UT Date Reviewed: April 10, 2006 Strengths: Super Durable, Travel Adjustment is awesome and impresses everyone. Weaknesses: No Lock Out, Expensive. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Moore Fun (Fruita) Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $625.00 Purchased At: revolutionutah.com Similar Products Used: Manitou Black 120 Bike Setup: 2004 Trek Liquid 30, Crossmax XL, Fox TALAS read shock 
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Dylan
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa CruZ, California Date Reviewed: December 20, 2005 Strengths: well ive only ridden down dead campers and mailboxes and around wilder on it so far, but yeah like most of the other reviews say, really cool how the spv works. no pedal bob whatsoever. Weaknesses: I seem to be having a problem with the stiffness of the fork: At first, its quite stiff (no pedal bob when standing up and pedaling), but the further down/harder i push the fork, the softer it gets, and therefore doesnt match the rear shock on my bike well. does anyone else seem to be having this problem??? im pretty sure i set up the spv right, i weigh 140 and currently running fork at ~85 psi. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: DEAD CAMPERS BABY!!! Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: Spokesman (came w/ bike) Similar Products Used: fox float 100RL, fox talasRLC Bike Setup: 2005 raleigh pase 2 with manitou swinger 3way rear shock (AWESOME BIKE) full sram x.9, manitou minute 3:00, carbon bars+seatpost, custom wheelset, irc mibro tires, and crank bros candy sl pedals. total weight=27.23 pounds with pedals
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Jake Shoup
a Cross Country Rider
from Charlottesville, VA Date Reviewed: December 15, 2005 Strengths: Super plush and light. IT switch is bad ass. Nice long travle goes over huge bumps and handles big drops with ease. There does not seem to be annything wrong with it. Handling is completey great Weaknesses: not lock out. could be lighter; but really, im not complaining Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: walnut creek Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $390.00 Purchased At: performance Similar Products Used: Splice super, duke xc, black platinum Bike Setup: sette Reken frame easton ec90 carbon handle bars, carbon race face seat post Kore light 3 stem bontrager headset, shimano LX front and rear deralure Custom wheel set Sugimo XD crank Avid Mechinical discs
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Dong Hyoung Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from Daegu, south Korea Date Reviewed: December 8, 2005 Strengths: very light considering the travel, IT function(40~130mm)... Weaknesses: fragile rebound damping knob Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $400.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: Rockshox psylo, Manitou black comp(80~100) Bike Setup: Nicolai helius FR, XT drive train, Chris king hub disc, hope M4, sram rocket trigger....
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