So, I recently picked up a 2006 Manitou Travis Single Crown 150mm TPC+ fork, knowing TPC+ history in what many people consider the worlds best downhill race fork ever, the Dorado, i knew it was going to be good, but just how good?
(The 06' Manitou Travis SC 150 TPC+)
So, I took it out...
Hey, so, i almsot got both of my rigs running. I am jsut wating on a Ti spring for my rear shock on my SX to get here monday, the it will be in running order, but i still ahve some parts to switch out. Also i have to build up my matching front rim to a new zocchi 20mm hub.
and on my Hardtail...
I think it depends on the trails, you stated above your terain is rocky, and FR, so its iffy, i deffintly would not recomend carbon for urban, because you will hit so much and throw your bike around, to risky. But if you are a good rider, and ditch your bike rarly, crabon is fine... Carbon Bars...
it dont void no warrenty, any ways i have spec kissing my feel right now, cause the rear hub just crack all the way aorund the inside, so there freakin out and giving me cash, and the rep came in and looked at it and said its a sweet bike with a dorado
everyhting is perfection...
urban, trails, trials, fr, DH, 4by, single track... pedaling, it does it all. it is truly a bike that get you up the trail, and you can LITERALY give it hell on the way down. perfect exapmple
Hey, so i took some new pictures, alot better now.
And the styro foam fork guards are going those are temps till i cut some grips up tomorow.
And still to come...
Headset - Blue Chris King No Thread Set
Hub Set - Chris King ISO Disc Hubset
Rims - Mavic 823 EX Tubeless disc
Grips -...
HEy, i ride urban/street/trials on my park bike... and every fork i ahve had has issues where the steerertube and crown xome together...
My 05 sherman flick plus went loose after about 8 months...
I have had my 06 Fox Talas RLC 130 for 3 months, and its loose...
I need to find a good...
Jsut pics of m bieks im going to use in the 06 Season along with theyre build ups. And right now i gota a Specialzied Fuse 4 Stock to do some urban and Dj on until the prime bikes are complete
They should all be done by next season, gona finish the p3 by the end of september, the liquid by...
i have a p3 for true DJ, the liquid is jsut gona have DJ as part of its uses. the bikes i ahve are as follows.
Specialzied Fuze 4 BMX - Urban/Trials/Cruzin
Specialzied P.3 - DJ/Trials/Urban/Commuting
Banshee Scream - Extreme Huckage
Trek Liquid 65 - Trail/DJ/Light Urban Hucking
Hey, i just picked my self up a TREK LIQUID 65 frame, and i am gona build it up as a DJ/Small Urban Hucking/Trail bike. i need suggestions on how to do so... money is no object, i work at a shop, i want the best, and to be satisfied with it. I have made a build list myself, but i was wonderign...
Alright, so RideMonkey didnt let me down lie pink bike did when i asked abotu the brakes, so i ahve another question that pinkbike is confusing me on
The Diference between the 2003 Manitou Dorado, Red Vs. Blue.
So i own the Blue Dorado, from 03. everyone says the best fork ever made is the...
Hey, the P.1 uses a 73x118 Euro BB, i wouldnt suggest the profilers theyre bomb proof, but go for somehting else, i got the truvatic luftalarms on my p3 and my specialzied fuse 4 bmx... 2 words... BOMB PROOF, and cheap also, but dont let the price lead you to thinkign its a poor products, they...
Wow... some actual advice... this is amazing... yeah i did have 6 inch avid BB7's with the speed dial 7 lever on it, but, it had a lil bit of fade, i wont lie, i loved them, but they didnt feel like that had that power that hydrolics have, but hands down the ebst machanical brakes by a long...
Hey, i want to do trials/dj/urban/park on my speialzied p3. i CANT have rim brakes, that is what pinkbiek couldnt accept, i do not have brake tabs, on the frame, and my fork is a 05 fox talas, it cant take v brakes either, also my rims are Mavic 823 EX disc only... so not rim brakes.
What is...
Yeah, im getting the Rohloff hub, lots of saving for that baby. ive decided on the shinburgers pedals, Michiline 16 DH 2.5 tires. Intense Meg 30's, Hadley Front Hub. and a Odyssey MX Saddle.
I will have pictures up by Christmas for sure. i knwo its a loing way away, but the aprts arnt...
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