[Msisle Dad]

and its soo plush!
very stiff, adjustable, low as a riceboy's civic!
it weighs exactly 5 lbs, 4 oz with axle
i hope to have pics up soon

morgan

 

[downy]

I can't find the sherman dj on manitou's site. Is it an OEM or special order item or are u just referring to the firefly (which I have and is awesome for dirt jumping if set at 4 inches)?

 

[remi]

The Sherman DJ is a 2004.5product, you can easily find info by doing a little search.

It is a sherman, set from the factory at 3", available only thru-axle in either onepoint five or 1 1/8 ...

Even more plush and sex factor than your sherman

 

[downy]

Originally posted by remi
The Sherman DJ is a 2004.5product, you can easily find info by doing a little search.

It is a sherman, set from the factory at 3", available only thru-axle in either onepoint five or 1 1/8 ...

Even more plush and sex factor than your sherman

But for dj you don't want really stiff suspension if any at all. Why so plush ??? (I would crash way too much with the headangle of a 3 inch fork on my bike)

 

[remi]

Because Manitou figured ther might be a market (amongst ectreme hardcore hardtailers) for a lowered version of the Sherman ... for geometry and strength thing ....

I could see that kind of beast on my specialist
would be a nice change coming from the Judy ...

 

[Msisle Dad]

the sherman is special order only, ive got one of a small few so far but theyre only special order.
you would want a really stiff fork for dirtjumping because it soaks up big impacts for the times we arent so smooth, dirtjumping isnt a steady succession of small hits, it is just single, big hits.

im working on pics, gotta borrow my boss's digi cam

Morgan

 

[downy]

I was just thinking that you should put one on the specialist. How much travel does that judy have? If I were you, I would get the firefly cuz of the versatility (especially if your judy has 4 inches of travel). C'mon, you know you want the firefly instead. Just look at it . Actually, that jumper sounds like a cool idea.

 

[remi]

Do I smell a

"Who sh!t, the DJ would have been so much better for my bike (ie. it's got a 24" wheels geometry in mind and all), and who, I'd love to sell the Firefly and get the Dj "

... OK, I'll trade my Judy Race for your firefly

Now back to Shakespeare

 

[urban_rider]

I'd take that deal!! A nice broken in judy for a p.o.s. Sherman. You would be outta your mind not to jump on that deal

 

[Bonk]

Originally posted by Msisle Dad
and its soo plush!
very stiff, adjustable, low as a riceboy's civic!
it weighs exactly 5 lbs, 4 oz with axle
i hope to have pics up soon

morgan

What is the crown to axel height?

 

[Msisle Dad]

no clue... short maybe?
where do you measure from? is it center of axle to top of crown?

Morgan

 

[Bonk]

Originally posted by Msisle Dad
no clue... short maybe?
where do you measure from? is it center of axle to top of crown?

Morgan

Correct.

 

[Msisle Dad]

its around 430mm

Morgan

 

[fonseca]

I would have guessed at least 450mm based on the other Shermans.

It's now listed on Manitou's site.

http://www.answerproducts.com/items.asp?deptid=1&itemid=120

 

[unusualpunk]

hey morgan, is that you new DMR frame?

 

[Msisle Dad]

dude, what are you talking about?

Morgan

 

[unusualpunk]

Originally posted by Msisle Dad
dude, what are you talking about?

Morgan

i was wondering if that was your red sidekick you have been talking about? i wasn't paying attention to the headtube. anyways, nice lookin fork.

 

[urban_rider]

Originally posted by unusualpunk
i was wondering if that was your red sidekick you have been talking about? i wasn't paying attention to the headtube. anyways, nice lookin fork.

That's david's park bike you're talking about (hence it was posted by him and it says brooklyn on it).

 

[Msisle Dad]

there you go, still got 2 weeks left on the dmr.

Morgan

and my dj is like 4 inches shorter than that beast

 

[downy]

Originally posted by Msisle Dad
and my dj is like 4 inches shorter than that beast

Well it's not that much longer at all cuz I ride it in the 3.9 inch mode all the time and it's substantially shorter than in the pic.

 

[Msisle Dad]

exaggeration my friend, but yeah my friend has a firefly and his is still 1.5 to 2 inches taller when his is cranked down all the way

Morgan

 

[phillyvanilly]

yeah I heard those forks are sweet but they wont work for weak, small, slow riders, so you may want to look into somthing else morgan, like a SID sl. Those are really good for dirt jumping, almost as good as the marzocchi X-fly

 

[Msisle Dad]

HAHAHAHAHAHA
what phil, you dont remember my sid 100?
its laying in my basement.....

...in two pieces

Morgan

 

[phillyvanilly]

man I forgot about that, at least you were light when you were riding that. I jumped on the X-fly weighing like 170 pounds, that was just foolish.