Because of people raving about the Manitou Mara on their short travel bikes, I bought one. Is major upgrade from my fox dps. It feels much better I’m just not getting full travel, and was wondering if a Aircon reset is necessary or if there’s any tokens in it already.
Manitou Mara In-line
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Gen 2 Mara shocks just dropped.
Notched air-cans across the range.
XC models with single-layer air-cans.
Rest of them all have dual-layer king-cans.
New Pro inline with rebound detents.
New Comp inline with lower price, plastic knobs and solid IFP.
New ace/deuce remote which is stackable to work with forks, shocks and droppers.
Notched air-cans across the range.
XC models with single-layer air-cans.
Rest of them all have dual-layer king-cans.
New Pro inline with rebound detents.
New Comp inline with lower price, plastic knobs and solid IFP.
New ace/deuce remote which is stackable to work with forks, shocks and droppers.
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Yes. Damper dimensions are unchanged so Pick & Mix is compatible.
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I like the price point on the Mara Comp. Best budget shock.
How will the notch change the characteristics of the shock?
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I was wondering the same. Does this notch eliminate the negative air chamber reset? Also, does this mean that eye-2-eye/stroke lengths cannot be reduced?
I really like that both chambers volumes can be dialed 👍🏼
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Will the new notched air cans be backwards compatible with older Mara Inlines? That would be sweet.
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The main problems(besides the hassle required to reset it while having a remote attached) with the negative air chamber leaking is how the performance degrades over time combined with the eye-2-eye length increasing - thereby changing the geometry of the bike.
What I do to help lengthen the time between resets is to remove the air from the main chamber so it’s not compressing the negative chamber if I’m not going to use a particular bike for a while. That way, i can let it sit practically indefinitely without needing to reset. Otherwise just sitting there it will need to be reset after a few months - even without riding it one time. I really like this shock, but that’s a PITA part that sucks! It’s one thing doing regular maintenance; another thing altogether needing to do that reset when you haven’t even ridden the bike. Maybe better seals would help.
I recently created this tool to help with the reset so i don’t need to remove the remote cable. The cable fits in that slot….
Do you have to order hardware kit for the shock separately to set them up for a remote? dont see a remote version listed anywhere..
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They are not backwards compatible, Unfortunately they needed new air Pistons to change the placement of the seal as well as the diameter of the piston.
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No more resets, but no more easy E2E changes either.
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Bummer, the Mara Inline I have is a 200x50 length, and the need to reset has also been a little bit of an annoyance.
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Manitou knows me all too well... was in the market for an all-in-one lockout/dropper lever but that's a lot of coin.
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does that imply it might work as a retrofit? Will/can you verify?
190x45 mm Mara inline here.
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Equalization is a problem if you ride a lot, do a lot of altitude and temp changes, travel to different regions, etc.
@Dougal or @mullen119 do you guys have any insight when the new Mara Pro Inline (non XC) will be available? The site shows the XC and the Piggyback versions available but nothing for the Inline. I called and also submitted a support ticket ... was told they don't know when it will be available (no visibility to them on availability).
I log my fair share of saddle time but have multiple bikes and don't travel all that much outside of my state and when I do I typically fly and rent a bike.
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