A 170mm SR Suntour Durolux dropper to 120mm. With all that in mind, my typical 120-140mm fork has long been something longer travel that I've lowered. I'm not particularly smooth on a bike, and I'm a fan of looking at 'stiffness' as a system from my wheels, to my frame, to my fork, and my bar and stem. Now I'm sitting somewhere around 185lbs in my birthday suit. But generally, I'd wager a lot of riders, even locally on the North Shore, are over-biked for their best trail experience. Usually when I'm properly sucking on some nasty downhill trail. Absolutely, there are times that I'm mentally committed to the idea that some imaginary next bike will be from the current generation of all-the-travel pedalable DH bikes like the Enduro or Nomad. I love a great ride (almost) anywhere, ride (almost) anything 5" trail bike. All in all, a very tunable fork, that won’t overwhelm less tech-savvy riders.Call it a 120-140mm range of travel, maybe 150mm for the front with a cheeky bit of over-forking. By the second ride I was very happy with this fork, and really came to appreciate the compression dial to fine-tune the ride. Once the QR15 and tapered steerer options are in place, this fork will be a contender with anything else on the market, not that it can’t compete now on the strength of its suspension performance alone. Stutter bumps, big hits and small stuff were all handily dispatched, no packing down, no compression spikes, well-matched with the plush rear suspension I paired it with. Wide open, the fork would dive a bit under braking, but a click of the damper reined this in.
#Manitou tower pro 120mm full
I did most of my riding with the fork one click in from full open, but on smoother rides where I was dialing in more platform on my rear shock, I was easily able to match those settings on the fly with a few more clicks of damping. On the trail, I found the fork to be quite linear, but still able to handle big hits without bottoming harshly. I wasn’t so stoked on loosening five bolts in two different sizes to get the axle out, but again, there will be a hex version of the QR15 system in 2011. I didn’t have any complaints about stiffness it was on par with every other 120mm 29er fork I’ve ridden, at least ones without a tapered steerer, an option Manitou will be offering in 2011. The 20mm axle has the signature Manitou hex interface to prevent the fork legs from twisting around the axle, with the intention to increase stiffness. The red knob on top controls low speed compression from wide open to locked-out, with seven settings in between. No detents, but it was easy to dial in the setting I wanted (20° or so from full fast). The rebound clicker is on the bottom, controlling low speed rebound with a 180° twist. At 150lbs., I was fine with the stock medium spring.ĭamping is provided by the Absolute+ system, which is externally controlled via the knobs on the top and bottom of the left leg. For best performance, the coil spring should be swapped, depending on rider weight. The coil spring handles initial travel for a supple feel, then the air spring kicks in to provide some progression from mid to full travel. The spring system is a hybrid air/coil spring called MARS (Manitou Air Response System). The Tower Pro was formerly known as the Minute, but Manitou is bringing all their 29er trail forks under the Tower name, including the fork formerly known as Drake.
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