Manitou Spares for old forks
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Does anyone know where I can get spare parts of some 2004 Manitou Elite Suspensions forks (100mm travel variety).
I want to change the spring for the hardest version as currently the soft one installed is to bouncy for my fatness and I am not using the bike off road at the mo. I had considered swapping the forks for rigids but trying to find 1 1/8 threadless forks at a reasonable price on Fleabay is proving just as hard.
I have the part no from the service book but a google search doesn't bring anything back.
I want to change the spring for the hardest version as currently the soft one installed is to bouncy for my fatness and I am not using the bike off road at the mo. I had considered swapping the forks for rigids but trying to find 1 1/8 threadless forks at a reasonable price on Fleabay is proving just as hard.
I have the part no from the service book but a google search doesn't bring anything back.
Outside of ebay I doubt you'll have much luck finding spares especially for nine years old low budget items, iirc they changed the insides around 2006.
Manitou elites are convertible travel forks so if you take the spring out then remove the white plastic under them then you can rotate the plastic and have 80mm of travel which makes the spring more compressed.
Another way of stiffening them is to put a spacer between the spring and the top of the fork which will compress the spring further, also make sure the fork oil is still half way up the stanchions as that makes a big difference as over time the level drops and the forks become under dampened.
Manitou elites are convertible travel forks so if you take the spring out then remove the white plastic under them then you can rotate the plastic and have 80mm of travel which makes the spring more compressed.
Another way of stiffening them is to put a spacer between the spring and the top of the fork which will compress the spring further, also make sure the fork oil is still half way up the stanchions as that makes a big difference as over time the level drops and the forks become under dampened.
Try Hotlines, the UK distributor for Manitou.
The brand has had a chequered history in terms of support. But if anybody could help it is these guys. I am not sure if they will deal with the public or whether you would be best to go through a bike shop.
Www.hotlines-uk.com
The brand has had a chequered history in terms of support. But if anybody could help it is these guys. I am not sure if they will deal with the public or whether you would be best to go through a bike shop.
Www.hotlines-uk.com
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