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This is the day I've been waiting for, too bad I love my mezzer and have literally no reason to upgrade. Some owners of current gen forks have experienced fit and finish issues with the o rings on the air spring side, sometimes needing to swap for a different size on a couple seals to reduce stiction. Manitou probably wants to guarantee that the air spring will work more effectively for a broader range of climates and users. The IRT system does add an additional seal and opportunity for stiction compared to a mainstream air spring. Air backed bladder is...

It sounds like they're addressing a lot of the issues I have with my Mezzer specifically the thicker stanchion tubes, but man I don't like the mechanical spring as a negetive spring if that is what it is.

I'm reading that as the piston being connected to the shaft via a spring, similar in effect to the buttercups on RS forks

The anticipated updates to the Manitou Mezzer are finally being uncovered. https://road.cc/offroad/tech-news/manitous-updated-mezzer-gen-2-suspens… Edit- PB also has their photo album up. https://www.pinkbike.com/u/HayesPerformanceSystems/album/Manitou-Mezzer…

I just had to do it on a new set of Code Silver Stealths.

I've done similar procedures to brakes since forever - sram guide, shimano saint, most formulas. People have always moaned about different brakes but its just a case of knowing all the methods of making them work well. I guess people learn a certain way of working on brakes, which has worked fine up until they encounter something different like the maven and all of a sudden they struggle. I see similar things with wheel building, hubs, suspension and drive trains where they only learned one generic way to work on a part, instead of understanding how they actually function

SST is damned brilliant too

Reeb does this with the SST.

I bought a tuned Ohlins coil when I bought my Starling. It was fantastic. I must have bottomed it at some point because of some reckless drops/jumps, but I couldn't tell. Might be worth contacting them. I'm always on the verge of buying another.

The Murmur has a rising rate (anti-progressive) and riders much better than any of us ride it with this coil shock, which to my knowlege has no HBO nor a progressive coil. The Yeti Switch Infiinty bikes all had/have progression less than 20% and they ride amazing. I know Mr. Cascade thinks anything with less than WC level progression is unridable, but I actually like less progression on a short travel bike. Keep it firm so you have something to push against and preserve geometry.

Having browsed every item they have in the auction (tempted to buy myself the contents of a room for $30) I'm not sure I see millions of dollars worth of stock there and the entirety of their IP was a convoluted suspension design to avoid paying Horst link royalties. Lowball 'em! That said if you need someone on the ground in BC, I'm in.

After years of dealing with hand pain, carpel tunnel and forearm fatigue the ultimate solution was an office job. I had previously worked as an arborist and a carpenter. The constant vibration and hand clenching/squeezing followed by riding never gave enough recovery time. I tried lots of things, ultimately it was an over use issue, poor internal structure (lots of tight tendons, muscle in a small area). I stretched, iced, iboprofein, acupuncture, taped, everything but enough rest. The push button of electric shifting helped as cable throw on a mechanical shifter engages your thumb quite a bit. I am really...