So i ditched my manitou travis this past week. (try to save your manipoo jokes cause i've heard them all) It started to lose oil which was from the seals starting to go bad and then the rebound was just absolutely ridiculous. My guys at morewood proposed that it could be the intrinsic cartridge going bad so i could have fixed it... but i didnt want it to end up going bad on me again later.
Anyway in search of a new fork i bought my buddy's near new '07 888 ata off of him. This fork is sweet. Half a pound lighter than the travis with adjustable travel from 6-8" and the height of this 8" fork on my bike was surprisingly similar to the 7" travis. (the travis was actually really long for a 7" fork, i guess this would be the axle to crown height) Well the issue that people have with the ata 888's is that they tend to leak some air pressure when you take big hits so the travel of the fork winds down. i'm already subconsiously checking that my travel is up regularly but do any of you know of a way to fix it? i checked marzocchi's manual and made sure my bottom out and ata air pressure was in spec of what was suggested for my weight but that didnt change anything really
Anyway in search of a new fork i bought my buddy's near new '07 888 ata off of him. This fork is sweet. Half a pound lighter than the travis with adjustable travel from 6-8" and the height of this 8" fork on my bike was surprisingly similar to the 7" travis. (the travis was actually really long for a 7" fork, i guess this would be the axle to crown height) Well the issue that people have with the ata 888's is that they tend to leak some air pressure when you take big hits so the travel of the fork winds down. i'm already subconsiously checking that my travel is up regularly but do any of you know of a way to fix it? i checked marzocchi's manual and made sure my bottom out and ata air pressure was in spec of what was suggested for my weight but that didnt change anything really