Submitted by
John McLeash
a Downhiller
from Baden, Switzerland Date Reviewed: April 8, 2009
Favorite Trail:
No Joke, Schleyer, lower Joyride
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
Very good quality, excellent details, manufacturing.
I just got this fork so I can`t write much about it`s performance, after a couple days I can say it works flawless.
Takes all the big hits and begs for more, very plush and supple on high speed bumps and technical terrain.
Doesn`t dive much.
I wasn`t sure to buy a Manitou fork after all these issues on forks they had.
But I say this fork is definetely worth it`s money, outstanding performance.
Adjustment range is huge, should suit every type of riding (except extreme hucks, but who knows).
I will give a more detailed review in a couple month when i tweakes with air and adjustments a bit, but so far I did find a good setup within 15 minutes of riding.
Started from fully closed and opened the black nob 7 clicks and the red one 6 clicks.
65 Psi for a 75 kg rider.
Feel absolutely confident with this fork from run one on.
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Submitted by
mountain_bomber156
a Downhiller
from SoCal Date Reviewed: March 2, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Are you kidding?
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Strengths:
Cool in carbon, nice damping, inverted design, trustworthy brand name
Weaknesses:
Deflects... a lot. Almost friggin' deflected me off a cliff on the demo run. The one I demo'ed had a couple issues, especially since it leaked oil all over the brakes.
Tested another on a recent trip to Whistler and it performed beautifully. I'd love to have it, but where do they sell it?
Similar Products Used:
Marzocchi 888 ATA (love it), White Brothers Groove 200 (top-notch) Fox 40 RC2 (Demoed, would love to have it)
Bike Setup:
The demo rig was an Intense M6.
Bottom Line:
A very unique, well-performing fork that you have to watch out for if the demo'er doesn't take good care of his bikes. I don't know how the guy got one, but he took atrocious care of the bike and i offered to take it off his hands... he said all his bikes are in pristine condition and he loves them.
Bulls***.
Other than that, it's great!
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Submitted by
chris
a Downhiller
from england Date Reviewed: January 1, 2009
Favorite Trail:
fortbill
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Strengths:
managed to get a quick test on a chainreaction cycles team riders intense m6 with the new 2009 dorado's on.
They felt amazing, a bit too soft for me but i could tell the fork was top quality
Weaknesses:
tested only
Similar Products Used:
currently running boxxer world cup's converted to spring with bos cart internals, others over the last few years include fox 40's, 888 wc, 06 boxxer wc, manitou dorado 05, boxxer wc 04, manitou dorado 03
Bike Setup:
tested team intense m6 with cane creek and 2009 manitou dorado's,
my set up santa cruz V10, BOS stoy shock, boxxer wc with BOS internals.
Bottom Line:
The manitou Dorado's are looking very pricey but you get what you pay for, on the other hand the new BOS forks are cheaper and will out perform the whole market.
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