Manitou's Sherman Breakout Plus leverages the OnePointFive head tube standard into a fork that's super strong and stiff - with a single crown design! The OnePointFive setup allows an amazing 170mm of travel in a single crown fork. Rapid Travel II top-mounted travel adjuster lets you go between 130-170mm of travel to suit the terrain.
Submitted by
Zach Suggs
a Downhiller
from Charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: August 13, 2007
Strengths: Excellent for large drops. Adjustable. Strong.
Weaknesses: Horrible at soaking up small bumps (before I "Devoled" the SPV platform)
Bottom Line:
I took this fork out to Snowshoe and it was a horrible disappointment. The fork ceased up after doing actual downhill riding. HOWEVER, i took the fork apart, cleaned the seals, replaced the oil, and disabled the SPV platform (you can find out how to do this easily, just search for "SPV Devole") Now it feels great. I reccommend disabling the SPV platform (its reversable btw) to anyone who doesnt like the feel of the sherman as is. With the devolve, it feels like a whole new fork, much more capable of soaking up little bumps as well as large ones.
Strengths: Camo lowers look rediculously nice, spv evolve is good if you get it set up right, takes biiig hits and lots of abuse without complaining..
Weaknesses: everyone i have ever seen leaks a little oil out on the stantions... should check out how much yer losing on average and add a little every 2 months or so if u dont change it that often...
Bottom Line:
This fork is super cheap used and if you have a 1.5 i would reccomend this fork as the travel adjust is very nice while pedalling up (if thats what yer into) and the 7" of travel is awesome for dropping gapping and downhilling...
Similar Products Used: 66vf, jr.t, 888, sherman flick, boxxer race team and wc...
Bike Setup: 05 IH Yakuza Kumicho, sherman breakout plus,saint cranks, halo combat wheelset...
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Submitted by
gal tzur
a Weekend Warrior
from edmonton
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2007
Strengths: stronge fork i realy liked it
Weaknesses: driping oil all the time
Bottom Line:
good strong fork that will take any drop and the feeling is almost like the fox 36 u wont feel any big bumps with this fork and now i just gat another 1 for 150 buck dont use the 130 cuz its not good for the fork 170 and that it if u change the travel a lot u will brake it realy fast
Similar Products Used: 66rc and i guess you can say dirt jumper 1 even thought it doesnt have much travel
Bike Setup: ley toy 4 sherman profiles dhr hayes...
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Submitted by
Taylor M
a Downhiller
from Steamboat Springs, CO, USf**kingA
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2006
Strengths: This is a really great fork. I must say that I have ridden this fork for one year ALMOST DAILY and never had it serviced and the performance has only gotten better (somewhere it picked up a propedal platform, i dont know either) I can climb and it doesnt move, yet as soon as the trail points downwards, it softens up for everything except the smallest bumps. It is easily preloadable to jump. The hex valve at the top right tube is great for adjusting for different types of riding. The air pressure also has an effect on the ride quality/bottom out resistance. Also, it is a pretty low fork for having 170mm. I hardly ever bottom this fork out, even when dropping 8 feet to concrete.
Weaknesses: The rebound adjuster doesnt change the ride at all. Not all that great for small bumps like it is for anything bigger than 2". It has developed a sticky feel (the propedal thing) when it is moving slowly.
Bottom Line:
It is hard to say about the small bumps because i need the oil changed but for everything else, drops, jumps, downhill, climbing, it is a great fork.
Similar Products Used: Marzocchi 888 (not set up AT ALL) Sherman stance blunt
Bike Setup: Iron horse 7.3, Sherman breakout plus 1.5, (soon to be) Fox DHX 3.0 (currently a 5th), Maxxis High Roller 2.7/Advantage 2.4, Hayes nine 8in, SRAM 7s, E-13 roller/bashguard
Strengths: A fairly good attempt at creating a beafy single crown fork.
Weaknesses: It's still a single crown fork.
Bottom Line:
I had to ring in with another comment since my earlier posting concerning the fact that these forks were frozen. In reading other postings, I ran across others with frozen forks as well. And when my mechanic called Manitou, they knew just was the problem was. This indicates to me that there is a design flaw with these forks that cause them to freeze up. Under these conditions, I would expect Manitou to at least pay for the replacement parts -- but I don't think they will. In any case, I would not suggest that anyone buy a set of these clunks. And for those of you who recommended them -- good luck. Because that's all that's keeping you happy for now. The forks work pretty well... until they don't. And when they don't, they freeze up solid.
Submitted by
Mike Staples
a Downhiller
from Sonoma
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2006
Strengths: Heafty, long-travel, SPV.
Weaknesses: Single Crown.
Bottom Line:
The forks are currently frozen stiff, waiting for a slot to open up at the local repair shop. Right now, they have about 1/4 inch of travel at best. They are heavy for a single crown settup. They are kind of on the edge -- not enough meat for downhill, but too much for XC. And when frozen, they aren't much good for anything. They will be comming off my Gemini.
Submitted by
jeff barker
a Downhiller
from souris canada
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2006
Strengths: dude everything this is a gnarly fork i love everything about it
Weaknesses: could be i little more sensitive
Bottom Line:
sick 7 inch single crown fork x up and barspin friendly good manitou fork good for the core freerider i dont care wut ppl say about manitou i have had manitou suspension on all my bikes and i love them
Similar Products Used: flick plus, 66, slider plus
Bike Setup: ironhorse 7.3 camo mtx rims, camo breakout plus, e thirteen chain guide, and kenda tires
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Submitted by
Hott Stuff
a Weekend Warrior
from Flat, flatter, Flattest
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2005
Strengths: Really diggin this here fork. My IronHorse 7.3 came with the stock fork but it started to lose travel so i complained and i got me a new fork. I like the bottom-out-meter-thingy (top of the right -> stantion tube) at first i was worried that i'd break it but eventually i did it and it r like heaven!!! you can make it softer for downhill and stiffen it up for hucking. the dampening doesnt seem to make a very noticable difference from lock to lock. I keep wondering why this fork isnt a double-crown.
Weaknesses: Oil leaking from bottom of left <- lower by the rebound dampening but i think the oil is just getting old and seals worn out (ive had it for about 4 months and never had them replaced/serviced) performance seems to change from day to day, some days it bottoms out on almost every jump.
Bottom Line:
I have to be pleased with this fork, i didnt pay a dime for it (except gas to get to the place 2 hours away). Great fork for everyday use, and by everyday i mean riding jumps everyday. I havent had a chance to take it on anything more than a bluff for downhill so i dont know about that. This is a great fork but there is probably something better than it out there for not too much more monay. $0.00=five chilis TRES BEIN!= five chilis
Strengths: I can't believe a 7 inch single crown is this stiff, very adjustable, so plush, handles drops no problem, tracks well, beefy all around fork, other obvious advantages of a single crown.
Weaknesses: ummmm pinch bolts on thru axle strip easliy
Bottom Line:
Who needs a dual crown when you have a 7 inch fork like this??
Strengths: single crown, plenty of travel, bolt through axle
Weaknesses: can only assume its the travel adjuster! no preload either?
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recived the bike on friday, couldnt wait to ride it and spent all day saturday goint through the manuals and checking all the fixings and so on, took the bike to local park, all going well....so i thought.....after riding down a two foot drop, YES TWO FOOT!! it broke!...... i mean not broke as in snapped but locked rigid!!..... i am properly gutted, its a brand new set of forks! rest of the bike is excellent and i am very happy but this is the first set of manitou i have ever owned, one day ( well about 2hrs ) and there broken....this disgusting really!
Bike Setup: orange patriot, 5th element rear, breakout front, pretty off the shelf at moment
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Submitted by
More Uplift
a Downhiller
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: August 16, 2005
Strengths: Stiff for the weight, travel adjust is nice if you really must pedal up hills. Post brake mount is easy and quick to adjust. Reliability - at this rate of running in the bushing will probably last for ever, but not, I hope, on my bike.
Weaknesses: Out of the box the action was stiff. I weigh 72kgs/11 stone and only got 15mm sag. Manual recommends up to 25 to 40 mm. At first I couldn’t believe that there was no preload adjust on a fork of this price. I expected the action to be stiff at first from other reviews so was prepared for a long run in period. So I backed the red SPV rebound adjuster out and put the minimum 30psi in the SPV air valve, and set the compression damping to minimum to try and get them moving freely from the off. They have now done 9 runs down the Fort William DH track and 3 full uplift days at Innerleithen and the small bump performance is completely crap. By way of comparison my last fork was a 130mm Lefty max and it smoothed out the “Magic Carpet” run at Inners really well, the front end stayed glued down. These Breakouts feel like they are skipping of every pebble, only waking up on drops etc where I get full travel. Total crap. For what its worth the black paint finish is scratched to bits already.
Bottom Line:
I sent them to TF Tuned Shox to sort them out. If they can't I have wasted £550. Having to spend to sort them "straight out of the box" is not on at this price.
Similar Products Used: Boxxers, 888s, Lefty Max 130mm (sweet fork just not enough travel)
Bike Setup: 2003 Gemini, Diesel UST 2.5 tyres, 170mm travel with Fox Vanilla RC (400lb spring) - so smooth and sweet it just emphasizes how bad the Breakouts are.
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