It comes down to that ooey gooey feeling you get in your tummy when you hear Brian's voice on the phone. He's so dreamy... :heart:Rik said:
Seriously, I had no issue with Rock Shox even though they were known to puke I didn't have that issue. But then 3 of 4 guys on our team twisted their lowers....mine happened in the first 6 weeks of ownership...without a scratch on 'em. They stiffened up and would barely move. They blew me off hard at Mt. Snow and charged me a stiff $150.00 for them and then hated on me because I had the nerve to complain to their whole staff about it.
So what did they do come sponsorship time. They snubbed our whole team and sent the rejection letter direct to my house instead of the team managers....even though my address info wasn't even on the proposal!!!!! :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: Then suddenly they introduce new beefed up lower castings 4 weeks later at Interbike.
Now you tell me what you would think of that company.
As for Manitou, I got nothing against their tech crew or customer service. They treated our team great the whole time we had problems. But I'm not bothering with their suspension so long as Marzocchi has comparable producst. Zoke makes motorcycle based products with proven designs and internals. Manitou creates something new every year that is unproven and many times unreliable. They still don't even comprehend oil bath. I have nothing against their guys, their staff, their logo or color schemes. Their technology has always to me been a compromise at best.
