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Manitou
Nixon Super Intrinsic
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5/5
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Description:
- Travel: 145mm, 160mm
- Damping: Cartridge Intrinsic Damping
- Spring: Air
- Casting: Magnesium RA
- Steerer: 1 1/8" Aluminum
- Crown: Polished and Hollow
- Axle: Hex Lock
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Submitted by
Ronnie Wade
a Cross Country Rider
from Covington, Georgia, US
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | All of them | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$370.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bicycle | | Strengths: | Plush yet firm. These forks performed excellent right out of the box. 20 mm quick release axle. | | Weaknesses: | No lock out or adjustable travel but I found I never used those options. | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shock, Fox | | Bike Setup: | Specialized FSR120 Expert, Chris king, xtr, carbon fiber bars, Kenda small block eights | | Bottom Line: | I replaced my Fox Talas RL 90 mm/130mm with 06 Nixon Super Intrinsic 145 mm travel w/20 mm axle. Not that anything was wrong with my Fox but, for me the Manitou has proven to be what was needed on my bike. I weigh 200 lbs. and the extra travel allows me to go faster. It also gave the bike more needed crank clearance. The FSR is a great bike and has made me a better rider. The Mantou has just made it better giving me the confidence to jump and hit obstacles at speed that I would have slowed down for on my fox. It barely changed the geometry because the lower fork tubes extend past the axle 10 mm. The Fox had more adjustments but I found I do not need them. I ride about three times a week - no racing - just cross country, mountain riding and single track. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Epicriderat
a Cross Country Rider
from Thousand Oaks
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | All the fun ones | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Micheal's Bicycles | | Strengths: | Super stiff and plush. | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox, Zokes, and Fox | | Bike Setup: | Intense5.5(past tense,someone stole it.)The usual mix, Sram, XTR, Thomson, Easton, and WTB. | | Bottom Line: | This fork ROCKS. I was riding a Manitou Minute with SPV and loved the ride, it was a great fork also. But upgrading from 130mm to 145mm was a big difference in ride quality. Also my Minute had 30mm stanchions, the bigger 32mm's are a noticable difference in stiffness. The 15mm of more travel creates a super plush ride and allows me to ride a little harder and faster. On locals trail that I know all to well, I would no longer have to pull up on certain RR ties or rock ledges. I could just let the fork do it's job, and the ride was like butter. The Super Intrinsic dsmping, which I believe is like a non adjustable internal SPV valve, really works well. Yeah there's a feeling of a softer sprung fork, yet it resist BOB very well, even where i stand and hammer, I've had friends look over and say "Man, That forks not even bobbing at all". I actually just bought another one to replace my stolen parts, only difference is I'm going to 20mm to go with my new wheelset. I would highly recommend this fork to anyone riding a longer travel trailbike and wants a Super sweet ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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