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Manitou Sherman Firefly Plus 2005 Front Shocks
Product DescriptionThe Firefly Plus is sweet! It incorporates lightweight titanium coil springs to further lighten the ride. Plus you can adjust the travel from 110-150mm to suit the terrain. With SPV Evolve damping, you can stand to climb or sprint without performance-robbing bob.
User Reviews
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Migueliyooo
a Downhiller
from Plymouth, UK Date Reviewed: February 3, 2011 Strengths: Stiff, burly, eye catching looking forks with lots of tunning possibilities, doesn´t flex at all in big hits, reliable, set up and ride for ages almost 0 maintenance. Ridiculous weight with Titanium spring, very good performance. Weaknesses: For what i use it, theres nothing bad to tell, SPV platform can be disconnected so... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: La Pinilla, Spain Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: Second hand, complet Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Domain, Boxxer wc, Marzocchi 66, 888, Van 36, Manitou Minute air Bike Setup: Kona Coiler Deelux full equipe, endurance set up.
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Nick
from Sydney, NSW, Australia Date Reviewed: October 19, 2007 Strengths: • Look absolutely awesome • Feel absolutely awesome • Very light • SPV adjustability • 150 or 110mm of plush travel Weaknesses: • My forks leaked air (been fixed) after I did a 8 stair drop to flat. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Similar Products Used: • Marzocchi Dirt Jams • Marzocchi Drop Offs • Marzocchi MZ Comp Bike Setup: Felt Straight Shot frame, Manitou Sherman Firefly's, Singletrack rims, Hussefelt Cranks/Stem/Bars, SRAM X7, TruVativ boxguide, Serfas seat and Dice outlaw pedals.
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toby
a Weekend Warrior
from Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada Date Reviewed: October 15, 2006 Strengths: Adjustable, plush, strong Weaknesses: non yet Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: my back yard Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $250.00 Similar Products Used: drop off4, dj3, 888, sherman breakout Bike Setup: stock '06 manik except fork (firefly plus) 
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John Podlipnik
a Weekend Warrior
from Sacramento, CA, USA Date Reviewed: June 8, 2006 Strengths: Great travel/action (feel of suspention) manitou forks are great in that sense. Light, versatile...all the givens... Weaknesses: Iv owned two Manitou forks and have found they are a little bit on the flimsy side. I guess I am talking about quality. I owned a Sherman awhile back and when I was changing the oil in the fork one of the screws on the bottom leg of the fork leg literally broke in half. My current fork (the one this review is for has cracked where the axel connects to the fork leg. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Culvert in Auburn i guess, fun trail Duration Product Used: 1 Year Bike Setup: Burly steel single speed hardtale
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gearheadnatureboy
a Weekend Warrior
from hood river, OR Date Reviewed: May 25, 2006 Strengths: light for what it is, very adjustable for weight of rider using SPV pressure, stiff steering repsponse, excellent on big and medium sized hits Weaknesses: quality control sucks. Mine came with 2 of the 3 oil chambers dry (left semi bath chhamber and SPV chamber). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: 380.00 greenfish Similar Products Used: i own/have owned Z1 from 2004, 2003, and 1998, a 2001 psylo, a 2004 Fox float RLC (overrated),2005 sherman slider and about 10 other forks on too many bikes to mention. I'm a Bike Setup: heckler, float rear shock, heavy wheels, bar and stem, light cranks, hayes,
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chris
a Weekend Warrior
from missouri Date Reviewed: March 31, 2006 Strengths: ? Weaknesses: ? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $315.00 Purchased At: jensonusa.com Similar Products Used: ? Bike Setup: ?
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ryan vieldhouse
a Downhiller
from N.J Date Reviewed: February 25, 2006 Strengths: plush hevy duty fork best i have ever had Weaknesses: hard to set up just right and if you put air in it it looses rebound Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: great northern onto road to nowere Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $699.00 Purchased At: pedal sports Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: mongoose firlane single black dimmond
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ryan berg
from redcar Date Reviewed: December 12, 2005 Strengths: really good fork and strong Weaknesses: i have a ? for all you professional guys how do u stop the fork topping out wen u pul up to manual, jump etc ( eg the fork makes a bang when you pull up i think it is because there is no air in the forks)????? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any were with a dirt jump Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: with bike Similar Products Used: ...... Bike Setup: le toy 3 frame fire fly plus sunn double tracks hope head set hope mini with wavey rotor profiles with fly bikes chain ring 24/7 bar and stem blue hope sqewer blue hope spacers and blue hope big un's! its a beast
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Andy
a Cross Country Rider
from Fort Collins, CO Date Reviewed: September 15, 2005 Strengths: Burly, relatively light, stiff, titanium spring, good service manual, easy to work on. Weaknesses: Are different ti spring weights just not available? There seems to only be one spring weight for this fork. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: We got tons of 'em Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $449.00 Purchased At: Rock N Road (out of biz) Similar Products Used: Pike Team, Marzocchi Z150 Bike Setup: Heckler w/ Fifth Element coil ti spring, Crossmax XL wheels, Avid Juicy sevens, full sram, triggers, thomson, Easton - all the good stuff... 210 lb rider - I run about 70 - 75 psi.
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Cameron Couch
from Hong Kong Date Reviewed: June 11, 2005 Strengths: very strong, looks good, not to expensive, lots of adjustments, spv elvolve. Weaknesses: bit heavy, springs too hard, dont move over small bumps. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any fast downhill trail Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $450.00 Purchased At: secret Similar Products Used: rock shox, boxer, physlo Bike Setup: giant ac3 , sherman, 6 way, raceface crank & bars, intense mag 30 , maxis high roller shimano xt every thing.
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gonzostrike
from Missoula MT USA Date Reviewed: April 17, 2005 Strengths: steering accuracy, resistance to torsional and fore/aft flex, travel feels great from mid-range to bottom Weaknesses: VERY hard to set up SPV Evolve to get the right combo of pedaling firmness and small bump suppleness. You end up giving up small bump compliance to get better pedaling. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: bobo's frantic neurons Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: bike doc dirka dirka Similar Products Used: many single and dual crown forks over the past 7 years Bike Setup: Turner Sick Packs with the usual stuff for backcountry bingo
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William Childress
a Downhiller
from Mad heights VA Date Reviewed: April 14, 2005 Strengths: SPV is the dabomb, light fork good do all fork. would recomend it to anyone who has 1 bike that they freeride and trail ride. This fork also makes a good dirt jump / urbin fork. Weaknesses: fork cost to much if you pay retail buy one on Ebay Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: all of them Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $425.00 Purchased At: Ebay Similar Products Used: dirtjumper II 6" model Bike Setup: 02 Kona stinky and Fetish obession
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Bok
a Weekend Warrior
from Bulacan, Philippines Date Reviewed: March 28, 2005 Strengths: very stiff, 6" of limitless travel, SPV evolve, torsionally rigid for a single crown fork, the 20mm thru-axle Weaknesses: none so far... but the left leg sticker came off...had to glue it though... doesn't really matter at all. i guess price? you get what you pay for... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: as long as their is dirt road Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $585.00 Purchased At: Friend Similar Products Used: marzocchi DO2 Bike Setup: Dabomb Cherrybomb frame, Sherman Firefly+, Raceface Diabolus stem, Easton Monkeylite DH bar, XTR F/R derailleur, Xt cogset, Lx Cranks, 8" Avid Mechs, Avid SD7, Sram Attack Gripshift, Dabomb pedals, Dabomb seat
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Steve Johnson
from Port Angeles, WA Date Reviewed: February 25, 2005 Strengths: Torsionally ridged, 6" adjustable rate travel, black is beautiful, 5lbs, Weaknesses: none yet.. oh yeah.. the foil stickers fall off so if you want the company blah blah get out super glue. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Limbo Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $345.00 Purchased At: e-Bay Similar Products Used: Marzocchi Z150FR Bike Setup: Intense Tracer w/Titus swinglink (5.5" travel), Magura Odin Plus rear shock
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Levi Porter
a Downhiller
from Harbor springs, Mi, USA Date Reviewed: December 21, 2004 Strengths: Very tunable,dosnt bottom easy, light weight. its climbs good. if you put it on 5 inches its great for streat to Weaknesses: the sticker falls off, it can not be set up propery so it works good on both travel settings, recal on the fork legs or somthin like that,i haven sent myn in yet http://www.answerproducts.com/dynamic.asp?pagename=recall-sherman Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: were te hucks have no names Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $650.00 Purchased At: Adrenaline Similar Products Used: Marz Dj3 and dj1, Sherman Breakout pluse spv, the 04 flcik marz z150. Bike Setup: Banshee chaperella,05 firefly, atom lab trail pimps, romic D with ti spring
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