Manitou Stance Kingpin

Jm_ · Jul 30, 2004

they should have had a 7" tpc+ fork last year, but this is better than never, it's hella cheap too. If it's constructed decently, this line will be very sucessfull.

$449 for QR, $499 for 20mm

DHracer1067 · Jul 30, 2004

is that an aircap on the left leg for the air preload?

HRDTLBRO · Jul 30, 2004

Wait,
Are the stanchions alloy or chromoly?

dan-o · Jul 30, 2004

HRDTLBRO said:
Wait,
Are the stanchions alloy or chromoly?

chromoly on the budget stance line

Rik · Jul 30, 2004

DHracer1067 said:
is that an aircap on the left leg for the air preload?

Spring: Coil; with air assist

I don't want to make wild assumptions... but...
Oh, and I'd guess alu stanchions, steel stanchions would be stupidly heavy for a dual crown fork.

HRDTLBRO · Jul 30, 2004

That's what I wasn't sure about. Chromoly would make the fork quite heavy. I guess they could do it 888 style and make thin chromoly stanchions without much weight penalty, but who knows. They look sweet, though.

ska todd · Jul 30, 2004

Rik said:
I don't want to make wild assumptions... but...
Oh, and I'd guess alu stanchions, steel stanchions would be stupidly heavy for a dual crown fork.

The stanchions are cromo. I have one here. Feels pretty good and is not too heavy. Nice looking fork for the money.

-ska todd

MikeD · Jul 30, 2004

That's damned cool. It's what the Jr. T should have been...

Lex · Jul 30, 2004

ska todd said:
The stanchions are cromo. I have one here. Feels pretty good and is not too heavy. Nice looking fork for the money.

-ska todd

Is this basically just a Slider+ with TPC+ damping instead of SPV?

FoXRider · Oct 14, 2004

I'm thinking of pick up this fork before next spring. Looking around for more info. So far the comments seem positive. Anyone have some pics?

berkshire_rider · Oct 14, 2004

Anyone have some pics?

Manitou Stance Line

FoXRider · Oct 15, 2004

I've seen the ones on the manitou website. I was wondering if there was some pics of it on a bike and maybe a review?

MikeD · Oct 15, 2004

It's mounted on the Iron Horse Yakuza Kumicho. If you search for it, you'll see pics. For a review, well, you're SOL. Although, the damping is the same TPC+ that's been a favorite of a lot of us for years (including the original dorado). Seals are the same Evil Genius seals, too. Really, the only unknowns with the fork are chassis durability (I'd be willing to wager the $500 cost of the fork that it'll be just fine, seeing how similar it is to the Slider and having cromo stanchions) and the bushing performance (I'd also be willing to bet it's on par with the Shermans, which is fine for me, but others have killed them). There's also the new air preload assist, which shouldn't present any problems (but you never know).

It's brand new, so we really have nothing to go by yet, especially as far as meaningful feedback-a few months' riding, minimum-goes.

thaflyinfatman · Oct 16, 2004

Jm_ said:
they should have had a 7" tpc+ fork last year

You mean kinda like the Dorado?

Jm_ · Oct 16, 2004

thaflyinfatman said:
You mean kinda like the Dorado?

No, I mean one that didn't cost $1800

ThePriceSeliger · Oct 16, 2004

I was looking at the manitou site and i was looking at the Stance Static and it said that it has NO brake bosses, does it accept disks?

dropmachine · Oct 17, 2004

priceseliger14 said:
I was looking at the manitou site and i was looking at the Stance Static and it said that it has NO brake bosses, does it accept disks?

Nope, no brakes at all. Manitou wants you fast, so they make it impossible to attach any type of brake whatsoever.

offdawalley · Oct 17, 2004

I wish i was that hardcore

thaflyinfatman · Oct 17, 2004

Jm_ said:
No, I mean one that didn't cost $1800

Ahh, why didn't you just say so

Over here they're like $3200.... retarded.

ThePriceSeliger · Oct 17, 2004

I wish i could be fast with brakes, but i think no brakes would be a little scary

Captain Crunch · Oct 17, 2004

We all know how it will ride really, TPC+ is pretty smooth and has been around for years. They're no-spv Shermans with steel stanchions for cheepness, what's to wonder? Ride em!

DIRTWRKS · Oct 17, 2004

Might be awhile until the STANCE line of forks are widely available, Manitou screwed up with some internal parts " wrong size spacers" which could cause the bottom of the lower crown to come in contact with your tire !

Replacement spacers have been sent out to all distributors who are now in the process of replacing the spacers etc. Problem is that some OEM forks are already at some bike mfgs and they will also need to fixed etc.

Could take a month or more to get this sorted out, too bad I wanted to get a Stance Static ASAP.

FoXRider · Oct 17, 2004

DIRTWRKS said:
Might be awhile until the STANCE line of forks are widely available, Manitou screwed up with some internal parts " wrong size spacers" which could cause the bottom of the lower crown to come in contact with your tire !

Replacement spacers have been sent out to all distributors who are now in the process of replacing the spacers etc. Problem is that some OEM forks are already at some bike mfgs and they will also need to fixed etc.

Could take a month or more to get this sorted out, too bad I wanted to get a Stance Static ASAP.

I was wondering that. I was looking at it and it looked like before it bottomed the lower crown would hit the tire. Damn. I wanted to get a Kingpin ASAP. Oh well i'll see whats happening.

HTFR · Oct 17, 2004

ok, so now they dont have ANY 5 inch shermans??? *slaps forhead*
and the static pretty much takes that place of the jumper. just too many of the same thing IMO. but gourgous nune the less. i like my serman.

Manitou Stance Kingpin

Monkey

sled dog's bollocks

Turbo Monkey

Turbo Monkey

Turbo Monkey

Monkey

Turbo Monkey

Turbo Monkey

Turbo Monkey

Leader and Demogogue of the Ridemonkey Satinists

Monkey

Monkey

Chimp

Growler

Chimp

Leader and Demogogue of the Ridemonkey Satinists

Turbo Monkey

sled dog's bollocks

Mushhead

Turbo Monkey

Monkey

Turbo Monkey

Mushhead

Monkey

Monkey

Chimp

Monkey