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Description:Budget-minded aggressive riders, Manitou has heard you! The '05 Stance Static lets you get into the dirt jump and urban scene without breaking the bank. It uses a reliable coil spring design, magnesium lowers, and an optional thru-axle that delivers stiffness and less flex. Durable chromoly stanchions and steerer.
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Submitted by
Devin Stone
a Weekend Warrior
from oshawa, ontario, canada
Date Reviewed: January 22, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$125.00 | | Purchased At: | some random store | | Strengths: | the manitou stance static is amazing, its stiff and does not easily bottom out i have hit 5 1/2 foot drops and felt nothing and i have hit 4ft djs and felt nothing and they light too much better than dj 1/2/3 | | Weaknesses: | i havent found one yet | | Similar Products Used: | i have riden bikes with dj2s and 3s and the feel like garabage they weigh the bike down so much no good for street | | Bike Setup: | norco sasquatch with manitou stance static fork, hayes mech brakes, kenda nevgal tires, wtb rear double wall rim, sun rim front rim, hussfelt bars/stem/crank, howitzer bb, .243 racing seat | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is that this fork is awsome for freeride, street, dj | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Melanie Pratt
a Downhiller
from Deep River, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came stock | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | way to stiff, ajusters suck | | Similar Products Used: | marzocchi jr.t | | Bike Setup: | brodie | | Bottom Line: | dont buy them, and if you get them stock on your bike, trade them up, or get a new fork.. its really worth it | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan Bateson
a Weekend Warrior
from Bedford
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | chicksands | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | easy to service | | Weaknesses: | oil leaked within 6 months, changed oil by myself made them stiffer. The brace snapped (neva even bottemed out) just after 1 year garantee ended. | | Similar Products Used: | shivers, drop off 4, dirt jumper 3, zoom(these where all better) | | Bike Setup: | cannondale chase 2, v12's single speed, Lizard skin sticker all else stock. | | Bottom Line: | Good if no drops or jumps are intended but nice to look at.
still better than 66's
get rock shox domain or manitou nixons | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
stan
a Weekend Warrior
from oakland, ca, usa
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came stock | | Strengths: | nice cheap. If you buy some new seals pump up the psi way up. its actaully pretty good for dj..looks pretty cool and ultra plush. | | Weaknesses: | bottoms out alot for street. leaky seals . paint rubs off. this shock was probably designed for smaller kids . my 13 year old brother (108lb) barely bottoms out after 6 ft stairs and stuff.. but blows seals alot | | Similar Products Used: | mazocchi dj2 manitou gold serires.. rox shox argyle | | Bike Setup: | evil d.o.c rock shox argyle.. other parts i change often cos they break way fast | | Bottom Line: | this shock was probably designed for smaller kids . my 13 year old brother (108lb) barely bottoms out after 6 ft stairs with arond 80psi in it | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lucas Roberts
a Weekend Warrior
from Mt.pearl
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | mundy pond skatepark | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$199.00 | | Purchased At: | canary cycles | | Strengths: | only the look of it..the performance suckss | | Weaknesses: | -everything | | Similar Products Used: | dj1, and soon to have a manitou gold label (awsome!) | | Bike Setup: | cannondale chase with gold label, cannondale grind guard, new back brake, etc. | | Bottom Line: | This fork is horrible! This fork came stock on my 05 cannondale chase and within a month it locked up and i had to get it rebuilt. I ride street and dj and it bottomed out off a lot of stuff. I would not buy this fork unless you are doing very light riding or trail riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john dow
a Downhiller
from australia
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | wacko smako | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | dnt no | | Strengths: | it has none | | Weaknesses: | everything these for suk so bad tht they bottom out goin down a gutter, it feels as if they are always to heavy and are goin to break DONT BUY THEM U GET RIPPED OFF!!! | | Similar Products Used: | kmart bikes and ther better | | Bike Setup: | custom hardy umf disc | | Bottom Line: | they suk ass they are the worst | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nahan Larouche
a Weekend Warrior
from St.Eugene, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$280.00 | | Strengths: | Brand name | | Weaknesses: | I street ride and the forks broke in 1/2. there heavy, botum out on everything, and are not ajustable. | | Similar Products Used: | I then bot manitu shermin for 20$ less and they are way way better. | | Bike Setup: | USB frame, 24" big ass rim rear, 26" sun light front. Maxxis holy rolers. brakless, singal speed. oooooo ya. | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt sexy
a
from calgary
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | fish creek | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | cyclepath | | Strengths: | NONE!!!!!! | | Weaknesses: | BOTTOMS OUT WHILE PUSHING IT IN!!! YOU RIDE DOWN A CURB AND YOU HIT ROCK BOTTOM! THEY SUCK ASS. BENDS TOO EASLY AND IT JUST PLAIN SUCKS ASS!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | K MART AND WALMART BIKES | | Bottom Line: | DO NOT BUY FROM MANITOU!!!!!! IF YOU WANT A GOOD LONG LASTING FORK.... GO TO MARZOCHI. IF THERE WAS A ZERO RATING FOR THIS FORK IT WOULD HAVE IT. BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd
a Downhiller
from West Linn, OR
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Schleyer - Whistler | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came OEM on Specialized P.1 and on GF Bitter | | Strengths: | Stiff, great dampening system, great fork for skatepark to even light FR. They can be had for cheap. and they're basically the same thing as the gold label. | | Weaknesses: | The seals do leak. I've been riding mine for 2 years now, recently sent it into manitou for service, had the seals replaced and now it no longer leaks. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi Dropoff, pike | | Bike Setup: | 2003 Mountaincycle Rumble | | Bottom Line: | This is a great fork if you can live with leaky seals. A lot of people have had bad experiences with the steerer tube. BUT think about it. its cromo, wouldn't you rather case a jump and bend your steerer tube, or would you rather have a an aluminum steerer one day just snap on you and cause your face yo go straight into the concrete? I dont see how anyone could go from this fork, to a DJ series from marzocchi and feel accomplished. the marzocchi DJ series weigh almost 7 pounds. this is 5.5 the exact same weight as the RS argyle.
its a great DJ fork, I've even seen many pics and videos of aaron chase riding them. I currently have two of them. one of a GF bitter that I'm working on.
your fork might come with light springs. consider that this is the bike company's fault, not manitou. GF and GT both make manitou install light springs for their smaller frames. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bitterrider
a
from rochester
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything with jumps | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Sturdy fork | | Weaknesses: | Spring too soft, leaky, no adjustments, weight | | Similar Products Used: | marz dj3--fork sux azz. | | Bike Setup: | Gary fisher bitter pretty much stock | | Bottom Line: | Mine came oe but I would buy it. I liked it right off the bat. It is a strong fork but too soft. Evetually it really softened up the the point I couldnt jump it anymore. But I added a few spacers to the spring and a hevier weight oil and its better than new. Stiff, strong and able to handle some serious stuff. Definetly mod the fork that is the key I have found. Probaly comprable to the gold labels. To me it blows away the crap marz djs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sina Pourcyrous
a Downhiller
from Alameda, CA
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Shady 80's | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | 2005 Sea Otter Classic | | Strengths: | Freeriding, 4-5 ft drops | | Weaknesses: | leaking | | Similar Products Used: | Rockshox Judy, Manitou Six | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse Yakuza Chimpira, many, many upgrades | | Bottom Line: | This is the best low-priced freeriding fork, well it's not that low priced, I got a great deal..:)
This fork is pretty damn good, it handles 4X as well, for sure. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Downhiller
from Sheffield, UK
Date Reviewed: January 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wharncliffe | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | New off a mate. | | Strengths: | Burly for a cheap fork. Easy to strip and service. | | Weaknesses: | Very heavy. Loads of stiction if you don't oils the seals regularly. Grease lubrication, near enough seazed up after less than 20hrs riding. Needed stripping and regreasing, though this isnt too difficult. Rebound adjuster makes little/no difference. Stock oil was rubbish, felt a bit nicer with some quality 15w in. | | Similar Products Used: | '01 Z1 Bam, '05 RS Psylo Xc, '05 Dirt Jam Comp. | | Bike Setup: | 15" Steel hardtail, Hone cranks, XT Hubs, 729 rear rim, BMF front rim, Truvativ Boxguide, Tiagra mech, XT shifter, Mono M4 brakes. | | Bottom Line: | These forks feel ok, for about five hours of riding, and they just get progressively worse as the grease runs out, then then they need stripping and re greasing. Its not a big job to do this, with no special tools required. I wouldn't recommend these to anyone but a beginner, and even then your money would be better spent on a budget marzocchi fork. They do look cool all in black, and they are quite cheap, especially second hand. Without regular maintenance these forks will feel very rubbish, very quickly. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ethan Kuypers
a Weekend Warrior
from Wellington New Zealand
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | zacks track | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | trade me | | Strengths: | its realy strong for a cheap fork, it takes a real pounding | | Weaknesses: | bottoms way too easy gets really sticky | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | race line max DJ freeride setup | | Bottom Line: | the forks are quite heavy but found it as a plus cos i got heavy rear wheel set and did balance the bike nicely. they were way too soft and were ment to have 100MM travel but saged to about 80 most of the time. if you clean them up good and put a bit of silicon spray on the sanctions and they run prety well for a couple of weeks. dont buy thes get something beter like shermans(they are realy nice fork) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ollie Flynni
a Weekend Warrior
from ENGLAND RULES!
Date Reviewed: November 22, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | royton sandpit | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay englnd from guy | | Strengths: | NICE COLORZ AND CAN WIV STAND EVERY THING I CAN DO EG DIRT JUMP TRAIL AND A BIT OF RACING ALRIGHT TRAVEL AND ALWAYZ STAY AT THEIR BEST EXEPT PAINT GUD 4 PRICE BARGAIN | | Weaknesses: | PAINT SCRATCHES, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BIT MORE TRAVEL,AND NUFFIN ELSE | | Similar Products Used: | RST T7 LAUNCH (CAME WIV MA GT CHUCKER 2.0 THE DOGZ BOLLOCKZ) | | Bike Setup: | CHUCKER 2.0 DMR DIRT SEAT TRIVATUM CRANKS SICK BIKE! | | Bottom Line: | THESE FORKS R GUD AND RECOMMENED FOR ANY ALRIGHT ALL ROUND BIKER I HAD EM 4 A MUNF BUT R STILL GUD | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Glenn
a
from NC
Date Reviewed: November 10, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | plush, doesn't bottom out easily, good price | | Weaknesses: | the steerer tube bent after 8 weeks of using it. They bent while i was doing a four pack and they really shouldn't have | | Similar Products Used: | DJ2, MZ COMP, DJ3 | | Bike Setup: | 2005 p.1 cromo with a holy roller 24, gyros, and DJ3's | | Bottom Line: | The fork is well priced but can't really handle big gaps and dirt jumps. If you ride this fork too hard it might or break like what happened to me | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin
a Weekend Warrior
from Ramona, California
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | trek. the fork came on the bike | | Strengths: | I dont think there are any. the fork would be okay for light trail riding or little speed bumps. | | Weaknesses: | i weight 160. the spring that came in the fork was too soft. it was for like 170-190lb riders. i got the next siffer spring and it felt EXACTLY the same. then i got the next spring after that and put in 10w oil instead of 5w. it felt EXACTLY the same again. The fork also bottoms off of any drop more than a foot unless you lean WWWAAAAAYY back. then maybe you can drop a foot and a half. just jumping up and down on it makes it bottom. | | Similar Products Used: | fork is equivalent of a fork on those sh*tty bikes at K-mart, wal-mart, target, etc.... | | Bike Setup: | doesn't matter...the fork is a hunk of junk. | | Bottom Line: | Like i said up top, this fork might be good for light trail use or XC but otherwise, dont buy it. it would have to be the worst fork ever made. if you are just looking for an ok fork to for some bike your just slappin together to get around then it is pretty good. but thats it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Goertzen
a Weekend Warrior
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | the street | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Alter Ego | | Strengths: | Cheap, no canti bosses, clean look, black sanctions | | Weaknesses: | Bottom's out easily, even with stiffest spring set | | Similar Products Used: | Marzzochi Z3, Manitou Sherman, Marzzochi DropOff | | Bike Setup: | 05' Specialized P1, 24" MTX, Disc Freewheel rear hub, Big Earl cranks, C4 Bashguard, Marrzzochi DJ3, Hayes MX cable disc w/ gyro | | Bottom Line: | I bottomed out this fork anytime I did anything over 2 feet and landed flat. Replaced the springs and still could bottom it out with a bunnyhop. Granted thats 3 feet, but wtf. Probably good for DJing cause it's super plush, but as far as steet riding goes, get something stiffer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Weekend Warrior
from Norwich
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | mousehold (not very good, btu the closest) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | eBay for £60 (can't be arsed with conversions) | | Strengths: | Good for general urban riding and very light dirt jumping. Smooth. Cheap. | | Weaknesses: | Leaky seals are pain, the fact they are leaking oil also doesn't help the genral compression. I can bottom them out by just pulling a bunny hop, and even then i can only get 80mm of travel. And the paint, jeeees, i had them for about a week and i managed to cause 3 paint chips from general moving and laying aboutm plus numerous scratches and scuffs from just handling my bike. Also the stanchion anodising wears off ultra quick leaving a weird black/greyish mottled effect which ain't to appealing to the eye. | | Similar Products Used: | 04 'zocchi MZ Race, 04 'zocchi Dirt jumper 2, 05 'zocchi z1 freeride | | Bike Setup: | 04 GT Ruckus 2.0 HT, 'zocchi 150mm Z1 freeride, 24inch halo tornado wheels with halo Choir boy lite tyres, Husslefelt cranks bash and rings, Holzfella stem, Hope mini front (180mm) and rear (160mm), some combination of truvative and other parts to form a bottom bracket, sram X-7 rear mech, deore front mech both with the X-7 levers. | | Bottom Line: | For the price these are good forks, not great but good, not many forks you can by for this price that feel this smooth. however there are a few problems that need adressing, the first being the seals on the forks and the way that you pull and sort of hop, huck or drop they become a niagra falls of fork oil. Seriously, they need to sort this out, ig ot them through the post, checked 'em over, fitted them and done a quick test ride round my back garden with a couple of small bunny hops and they leaked fluid! Also the way that on cold morning they stiffen up and as the weather warms up they become softer and softer, these are very tempremntal with the weather conditions. And the other main thing is that they bottom out way too easily. A small drop is more than enough, even sometimes i found a high curb could do it. But this said, i found for street riding these are great, soemthing about them just seems to wrk well with concrete, after a while you adjust to compensate for the bottoming out and other flaws. However on dirt these are a whole new story, they seem to sponge over the small stuff and just bottom out constantly on drops and jumps on dirt. Not very good as a trail fork in my experiance. but for the money, they are okay, just don't expect 'zocchi quality, or DJ performance from his fork... and as a last word, these are no way competition for the shermans. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
troy baron
a Weekend Warrior
from sulphur, la
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | barons dj | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$175.00 | | Purchased At: | friend | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | everything snapped the crowm clean in halve. they cant handle anything. just did a 2 foot jump an snapped | | Similar Products Used: | dj2 (awesome) | | Bike Setup: | chase | | Bottom Line: | neva buy them thuy suck holy ass!!! rather get a suntour if u must | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Spencer
a Downhiller
from Superior, WI, United States
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Superior Sports | | Strengths: | Wow, This fork is strong last weekend i took it off of a 15 foot drop off and it handled it well. I ride it constantly | | Weaknesses: | it locked up and i had it rebuilt. Stansions leek but who cares | | Similar Products Used: | Spinner echo, sr suntour | | Bike Setup: | candy-dale chase '05 sweet | | Bottom Line: | Strong but needs work
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Submitted by
Patrick Michael
a Weekend Warrior
from Las Vegas, NV, USA
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | SK8 Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$299.00 | | Purchased At: | SunriseCyclery.com | | Strengths: | Looks nice. But, was supposed to get Marzocchi. Mongoose switched to Manitou instead. ;-( | | Weaknesses: | WAY TOO SOFT!
Rebound adjusted doesn't really do anything.
PSI is crap. Pumped to 40 and blew seal.
Going to permanently lockout the fork for urban. | | Similar Products Used: | Straight forks. | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Mongoose Ritual 24" | | Bottom Line: | I hate them. They ride like crap. Blew seal 15 minutes out. Suck for park and urban. Looking to weld stanchions or bolt shaft for permanent lockout.
If they didn't come OEM - I would never buy them! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christopher Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, alberta CAN
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | KAMIKAZI (bike store in BC) | | Strengths: | excellent image, looks pro and strong. rapid travel and smooth. good for dj, street, drops and gaps | | Weaknesses: | paint on the stantions, they wear off so fast. they should have made the travel bigger around 130mm. | | Similar Products Used: | dj3 (very bad and leaks) manitou stance kingpin, manitou black (horrible look) | | Bike Setup: | p.1 2005 stock | | Bottom Line: | manitou did a great job , they should have made gold stanction for them. performance is great and wonderful. one of the best forks you can buy. never fails | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Andrews
a Weekend Warrior
from Ohio, United States
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Skies and | | Strengths: | fork is great, no leaks, popped seals, no chipping, good fork for the price | | Weaknesses: | stantions paint wears off extremely fast, they whoul dhave made more travel at least up to 130 mm | | Similar Products Used: | dirt jumpers series (they all suq) | | Bike Setup: | stock chase | | Bottom Line: | kool look colour is awesome, the paint job needs a little more work cause it wears off | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick T
a Racer
from ONT Canada
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anything possible | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$279.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath | | Strengths: | fork kicks ass, looks crazy and kool, strong, thick, stiff, smooth, good performance. NO LEAKS!! no problems!! It's good for skate, street and dirt. Good for drops too, but not like the 15 footers cause thats not what it was meant to do. | | Weaknesses: | paint, the paint wears off too fast, i've had it for about 3 months but i noticed the paint weared off in about 2 weeks. The paint on the stanitions especially. It rubs off because the dirt sticks and rubs against it, so you gotta wipe it very often to prevent his from happening | | Similar Products Used: | DJ3, DJ1 (horrible my friends blew several seals and leaks underneath the stantions), Mar ZI FREERIDE, Manitou six (worst fork ever and should never have been made) | | Bike Setup: | stock 2005 p.1 | | Bottom Line: | The fork is extremely awesome for its price (fork came with bike, but i've seen it sold seperatly for $249). Works really great and is very reliable. The performance is excellent! I weight 140 pound and it has never topped out or failed on me in any situation (my friend has tried to top it ut on purpose but never did, hes like 240 pounds). Some guys say they have bent the steertube and chipped the paint, I don't think that is even possible cause I've done so many things to this fork and none of this BS has EVER happened lol, I guess those noobs don't know how to ride their bikes. This fork is great for beginners who are a low on budget. If you like the fork you'll probably use forever. everthing is good except the paint on the stantions | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Weekend Warrior
from Torontr
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | Looks Sick.Strong.Stiff-No Flex.Light | | Weaknesses: | Kind of sticky.Paint chips | | Similar Products Used: | DJ3. sherman Jumpers.Flick | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Kona Scrap.singlespeed.26-24Mag 30's.Front Highroller tire.Rear Arrow Racing Launch.Dmr wingbar.Avid bb7 rear brake.
| | Bottom Line: | Sick Fork for the price. People who say they broke this fork or bent the steer tube don't know how to ride there bike.I have the 100mm version and haven;t had any problems besides the paint chipping.People who ride dirt jumps and street should buy this fork.Not for heavy Dh riding. O.k. trail fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kenny
a Weekend Warrior
from prince rupert b.c
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$299.00 | | Purchased At: | farwest sport and cycle | | Strengths: | they are a super stiff fork good for dirt jumping and street riding also good for 10 foot drops | | Weaknesses: | they are too stiff when you scratch them little it shows alot and the paint rubs off realy easy from cables | | Similar Products Used: | marazocchi dirt jumper 2's 2001 Z1 wedge | | Bike Setup: | its a stock 2005 P.1 | | Bottom Line: | theese forks are alright the only thing i do not like is how they change stiffness in weather conditions. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
danny
a Weekend Warrior
from mountain view,CA,USA
Date Reviewed: January 22, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | shells | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | price point | | Strengths: | good for small 4 ft drops and little 10 ft gaps | | Weaknesses: | bad for 7 ft drops horiible for 15 ft gaps steer tube bent after 1st crash in the first 2 weeks of purchase | | Bike Setup: | stock specialized P.1 2005 | | Bottom Line: | this fork is good for progressing freeriders and small drops and gaps | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve Scott
a
from Boston
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fenway DJs | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | -Very stiff fork, almost no flex
-Extra plush (some seem not to like it) great for trails and park, not too great on drops. The stock spring are good in my opinion, but replacing with a stiffer one is better | | Weaknesses: | -The paint is awful, but chips off easily enough that little sanding is needed for a repaint.
-Rebound adjust doesnt really do anything
-The 04' stance factory seals are crap (not sure bout other years)--blown off the coping of a quarter withen a couple weeks of use. I suggest replacing the spring and air assist (all of it) with a bigger and stiffer spring. currently using manitou spring used in Shermman Jumper, works great | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi DJ forks (I and III I think), Shermman firefly | | Bike Setup: | DMR rhythm, 80mm manitou stance (w/stiffer spring), 24" arrow DH rims laced to XT hubs 14mm axles, arrow treads, profile cranks and macneil chainwheel, azonic worldforce bars and sette stem, rear brake only--avid mechanical disc, singlespeed | | Bottom Line: | Considering the price, this fork is great. People can complain all they want about the forks spring and dampening, but it just means they want top preformance out of the box for under $300. Bottom line: Not gonna happen.
This fork is excellent with a little bit of work, by tweaking the dampening and replaceing of the spring/air assist. The biggest downfall of this fork is the paint which practically breaks off if you touch it. Not much can be said about the stanchions anodizing either.
But hey, for all the cosmetic difficulty the fork dishs out, it works GREAT for trails and best for street and park, imo. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Griffin
a Downhiller
from MIll Valley, CA
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | City Streets | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$145.00 | | Purchased At: | Manitou Direct | | Strengths: | Super stiff, laterally, and super plush, vertically. For having only 100mm of travel, the Stance delivers unparalleled plushness and positivity of travel. I only run about 15 psi in my air cartridge and it feels perfect for street riding (I weigh about 150 lbs). The fork also looks super-nice on any black bike. | | Weaknesses: | All those people shouting "this fork broke and the steertube is made out of pure dumb" are spouting lies. If you knew anything about proper riding, you'd be able to handle your bike correctly, and then your components would hold up for more than 10 minutes. I have had no problems with this fork. It's stiff, it's not too heavy, and it's plush. I mean, it's only about $300 retail, what more could you ask for from such an inexpensive fork? | | Similar Products Used: | Dirtjumper 3, Z.4 coil, Vanilla RLC | | Bike Setup: | '04 Chase 2, Stance Static 100mm 20mm axle, Azonic cranks, wheelset, saddle, stem, bars, Holy Rollers, DX pedals, Deore hyrdos, Ultegra 10-speed rear derailleur, Mr. Dirt Gizmo | | Bottom Line: | Buy this fork if you're looking for a cheap, solid platform for street, skatepark, dirtjump, or heavy XC riding. Don't buy this fork expecting it to be as bombproof as a Dirtjumper, because Manitou has not overbuilt it like Marzocchi did with their DJ line. They shyed away from the DJ's durability because they wanted the rider to be able to lift the front end of the bike up without breaking their back. The Stance is a good 2 lbs lighter than any Marzocchi DJ fork. Manitou set out to creat an inexpensive alternative to their Sherman jumper fork, but ended up creating competition instead. Get this fork, use it for what it was built for, and you won't be disappointed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
avarfang
a Weekend Warrior
from europe
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | when i first got the fork it worked great, much nicer feel than marzocchi DJ, then in one week it started working crappy, they gave it a complete rebuild and the same thing started again, then i they upgraded(i had to pay!) and now it works GREAT | |
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