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theshreds
(Mar 3, 2007 at 22:15)
sweet bike lol, yur bending yur forks
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1213633/ this is how the small drop is this guy obviously doesn't know how to set up his fork because you shouldn't bottom out on a small 3 ft max drop
Sherbet - I would totally understand why you would be giving away any Manitou product. If you offered me a Dorado I would take it off your hands and put it straight into a dumpster
I have. It made me hate mountain biking. Next time you see a dorado try this: hold the handle bars and try to move the wheel side to side. They have so much flex idk how you're supposed to stear with it. It feels like the wheel is going to kick sideways at anytime
I owned a dorado and loved it. One of the best forks out there. No, it's not stiff, but neither were the older boxxers, and I'm pretty sure most people loved them anyways.
Yeah sure TUFF guy! Listen clown had nothing to do with a drop, jump. It had to do with bending fork legs tool. So you talk tuff and BTW that is 1 of only 3 in the world of that frame.
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Ha, you sure treat it real well for it being one of three of those frames...NOT! Come on dude, shocks and forks have adjustments for a reason.
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everyone noes that this is a intence M3 (i think, correct me if i am wrong) with travises right? if sothat is a sik bike
foxriding01 is just another one of those people that judge a bike with one look, because he's only heard of one brand and one type of frame, Anyway its a sweet shot, the fully's doing its job
i think its ten inches the only problem with the vpp it that the bb drops more as you can see
but a less effecient suspension the whell will go in more just not as much up and down as the vpp
but vpp still rocks i love my v-10
but a less effecient suspension the whell will go in more just not as much up and down as the vpp
but vpp still rocks i love my v-10
I agree with crowe, foxriding01 is being a bit of a retard, get a life and keep the dumb comments to yourself
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I think you all are missing the fact that the fork is actually a Manitou Travis Single Intrinsic, which means that it has 7 full inches of travel, therefore giving it wheel travel similar to a double-crown DH fork.
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thats a Travis!!! haha it loooks like a Gold label !! you either ride realllllllly plush or thats a decent drop, cool pic though
thats realy sick. its a realy intresting pic. its just not something u see evryday. kinda gives you an idea of how much 9" of travel realy is. it looks like its about to bottom out
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Your a f*cking idiot, i guess you have never heard of intense bikes? Google it dumb ass, not a Wall-mart brand. You are probably 13 years old and this guy is a way better of a rider than you will ever be.
You want to bash intense come and bash it to my face! maybe ill intensely bash your face cause i ride one and its the best bike ive ever ridden DH
wow.. i guess foxriding01's time of the month 
Maybe think bout what you say before you post stupid shit...
Maybe think bout what you say before you post stupid shit...
yea. why don't you go tell chris kovarik, julien camillini(sp?), ruaridh cunningham, and matt simmonds that intense sucks. lets see what you think then...
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foxriding01, your pathetic, i think its really sad that you like to critisise peoples bikes, the bike he is riding is infact a Intense, prehaps one of the greatest race bikes around. It doesnt matter what bike you ride, as long as you have fun!
Some of the greatest riders won races on bikes that were not the best!!
Some of the greatest riders won races on bikes that were not the best!!
so downhillnews...how big was the jump/drop? definitely a sick shot man, just curious how the suspension got that compressed.
Looks like he rolled slowly off of the rock behind him, to an almost vertial drop. That would defently do that to a bike.
It isnt all that high about 6-8 feet depending on how much speed. Just no tranny rough on bikes. The SINGLE felt fine on the bike and stiff enough. It actually was weird the first few rides then you dont notice it is a single anymore. I used to throw my 6" Patriot LT off that with a Z1 on it alot. That poor bike....
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no i dont think so, you can do like a 3 foot drop and get close to that much compression. mybe not quite that much but close. your suspension is made to suck everything up, and just becouse there is not more suspenstion to soak up doesnt really mean that your fork has bottomed out. at least this is what iam lead to beilive. someone please correct me if im wrong. i know im not a no-it-all mountain biker
irrespective of how much of an a*shole foxriding01 is - this guy is riding his bike very badly. if you bend your knees when landing (instead of getting the bike to do all the work) it won't bottom out like this. the M3 is a quality bit of kit - so watch some videos and learn how to ride it.
R u f*cking stupid, that looks like a bent knee to me... Your supposed to let the suspension take the absorbtion because thats they whole point in the suspensions existances, but bending ur knees softens the landing for the rider. He obviously knows how to ride it have a bike of that expense.
Im sure he will know exactly how to ride it.
Im sure he will know exactly how to ride it.
it won't bottom out like this. the M3 is a quality bit of kit - so watch some videos and learn how to ride it.
Sure OK. 1st off the bike is undersprung for me so that is partly an issue. Bikes around here do better with alot of sag so I never upgraded a spring. I have seen guys placing top 10 in Pro men at Norba races bottom their DH rigs on this same rock as said earlier it is bad on bikes, yeah a little more knee bend would help also, maybe...
Sure OK. 1st off the bike is undersprung for me so that is partly an issue. Bikes around here do better with alot of sag so I never upgraded a spring. I have seen guys placing top 10 in Pro men at Norba races bottom their DH rigs on this same rock as said earlier it is bad on bikes, yeah a little more knee bend would help also, maybe...
nice bike, 1.5 headtube, u should of gone for some totems, because don't think they would flex anything like that manitou is and they have the same ride height as boxxers so would be perfect geometry.
Man, I love reading all the comments from the 15 year olds. Dude's getting really pissed off because someone is stupid. Other people pretending that they know about bikes. Someone suggested putting a Boxxer Race on an M3? Ahh, the retard factor is always higest on Pinkbike 
And my curent favorite for this picture is Olynch's correction of his misspelling with another misspelling. Stay in school, kid! For your own sake.
And to all: none of you know the circumstances of this drop, so how can you judge it? Yeah, odds are his bike needs stiffer springs, but maybe he's just a freeride dropper using a DH bike to do it (bad idea). And yeah, bending your knees more helps, but also leads to unwanted buckling. Most of you need to just not talk - it's better that way. At least until you have something to say that contributes as well as being grammatically correct.
And my curent favorite for this picture is Olynch's correction of his misspelling with another misspelling. Stay in school, kid! For your own sake.
And to all: none of you know the circumstances of this drop, so how can you judge it? Yeah, odds are his bike needs stiffer springs, but maybe he's just a freeride dropper using a DH bike to do it (bad idea). And yeah, bending your knees more helps, but also leads to unwanted buckling. Most of you need to just not talk - it's better that way. At least until you have something to say that contributes as well as being grammatically correct.
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i agree its a sick bike good to see a bike being pushed that far as for foxriding01 shut the f*ck up go back to cave you crawled out from you never know they might learn to stand upright one day.
Ever hear of suspension adjustments... You must have allot of cash to be trashing your suspension like that man!
Getting full travel should happen a few times every run. If it doesn't your bike has too much travel or your trails are not rough enough. Yes read earlier posts the bike was set up for a lighter rider.
I understand your suspension can bottom, and if it is set properly it can bottom without a problem many times during a run. It's the flex, I'm talking about mister "I slam my bike into the ground and don't bend my knees". If it is only a 6-8 foot drop, and that is an 180mm fork, wow. I could drop that on my P3 and still not manage to bottom the fork (Marzocchi DJ 1).
"If it it doesn't your bike has too much travel or your trails are not rough enough." - Your a cocky Mofo, and you know it all like most of the people on this site. Last time I checked, I only bottomed my suspension (Fox Talas 36 RC2, Fox DHX 5.0 AIR) maybe six or seven times last season, oh wait, that's because I know how to ride with something we call flow. I really like your style though, I kinda goes like this....... Smash bike in ground and take picture making me look awesome and post on internet and talk shit like I'm awesome.
At least your mom thinks your cool sport.
"If it it doesn't your bike has too much travel or your trails are not rough enough." - Your a cocky Mofo, and you know it all like most of the people on this site. Last time I checked, I only bottomed my suspension (Fox Talas 36 RC2, Fox DHX 5.0 AIR) maybe six or seven times last season, oh wait, that's because I know how to ride with something we call flow. I really like your style though, I kinda goes like this....... Smash bike in ground and take picture making me look awesome and post on internet and talk shit like I'm awesome.
At least your mom thinks your cool sport.
But they aren't riding a m3 with shit single crown Travis' they are riding the top of the line stuff and there bike is set up correctly
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Date: 2007-03-03
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Description: Usng all the travel and flexing the fork!
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