I'm old enough to remember when Manitou was the rival to Rock Shox with Marzocchi and distant third... Until the Bomber which changed everything. I was out of the whole mtb scene for awhile but was kinda surprised that Manitou was a shadow of the dominant competitor it once was. But now it weird because everything they make seems to get extremely good reviews yet they have zero oem market share. The tech they use seems superior. Looked to have been using shim stacks while the big guys were still using port orifice, dinosaur valving. At half off, it's hard to not go for it. My size are out of stock.

Welcome to the Manitou master race. Fox shocks don't have consistent compression - on slow hits they feel like a pogo stick, but on fast hits the compression spikes and it feels harsh. Manitou feels like a shock should feel. Smooth and consistent. I have a Mara Pro on my Pivot and some Mcloed and Mara inline on some other bikes. So nice. These Fox users just have no idea.

Appreciate this as i ended up with this shock for my yt izzo if id like. I do really enjoy my sid on that bike. Considering swapping my status 140 frame to a stumpy evo and running this shock instead of the float x that would come on that. (I do enjoy the float x on the status) supposedly the bike's very linear and this shock sounds like a better match for the evo.

just replaced the aging dps from my 2013 tallboy with this (on sale at hayes right now), largely because of this review. nice upgrade. thanks

@AndrewScheier

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

Manitou suspension just works, easy to tune, rebuilt, great tech support that even explains over the phone how to change shim stack if you like to tinker etc…. RS and FOX in reality should cost way less, but all that advertisement cost needs to be paid for by YOU…

Great Explanation n Review...!!!

@AndrewScheier

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thanks for the review. Have you had to do an air can re-set yet? If so, was it any harder than adding or removing volume spacers from a Fox or RS? I really appreciate my R7 Pro fork and would like to pair it with a Mara.

@AndrewScheier

4 ай бұрын

The air can reset is just pulling the air can of as you would to do an air can service

I have heard good things about the mara. Thinking about a mara or dvo. I have a RS super deluxe and it is nice, but it blows through its travel a little too easily I have the max volume spacers on it. When I up the pressure i lose small bump sensitivity. I am wondering if a Meg neg can would help. It is on a GG shred dogg. I love videos that get into the nitty gritty. Nice job.

@AndrewScheier

Жыл бұрын

I would check the tune of that specific shock with rock shox if you have that many spacers

Great review, does that mean you'll be selling the Fox Float X?

@AndrewScheier

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ! No I'll keep it and sell it with the bike once I decided to sell it

Curious if you get full travel out of your mara? I only get about 35mm of stroke on a 44mm shock. Even running 140lbs of pressure and I weigh about the same as you.

@AndrewScheier

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Andrew would you recommend this on a 55lb ebike. I weight 190. thanks much

@AndrewScheier

Жыл бұрын

I would probably use the Mara Pro for that application

@jadeethan

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewScheier thanks!