Video: Manuel Fumic of Cannondale Factory Racing by Cannondale

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singletrack29er (Jun 18, 2015 at 7:30)

Actually really enjoying watching some of this XC stuff!

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utahspines (Jun 18, 2015 at 7:53)

Me too. Marco, Mani and Nino are in my opinion the best "real" riders on the XC circuit. SOOOO good on any kind of bike plus they just seem to be really cool guys.

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chaserider (Jun 18, 2015 at 5:22)

Nice! I started riding mountainbikes when I was 15 and I always loved Cannondale. Now its been 17 years, bikes have come and gone and Ive probably had more than 10 Cannondales by now and there will be more down the line...

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FaastEddie (Jun 18, 2015 at 8:20)

I pretty much have the same story. Got my First Cannondale in 1993. My son and I now ride new jekylls. I've had 7 since then.

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SpinningAddiction (Jun 18, 2015 at 13:26)

Im 16 and have owned 3 mountain bikes and 2 of those 3 have been Cannondales, 1 scalpel, and now a Jekyll. I just love how different and innovative they are. They're always bringing something odd and new to the biking world that works and does well like the Lefty and the Fox DYAD shock.

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supermike306 (Jun 18, 2015 at 5:03)

Cannondale must pay good!

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shotouthoods (Jun 18, 2015 at 9:30)

I was just wondering if the sweet set up was from the biking or from good investments. Count me in. Nice video. I will be waiting for the next installment.

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big-G-84 (Jun 18, 2015 at 12:20)

No way, the guy is wearing baggy shorts in a xc world cup race, what a legend

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LeDuke (Jun 18, 2015 at 5:55)

Mani is the man. Super nice, amazingly fast dude.

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oldpisgahrider (Jun 18, 2015 at 9:08)

Mani and Marco represent what mountain biking is about if for no other reason than racing in baggies. Good luck guys !!

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ryanmill (Jun 18, 2015 at 6:47)

Not sure how most lefty's are for people but my brother has taken his to the shop at least 5 times in the past 6 months and it still isn't working properly at this moment. His shock is a pain in the ass while my fox has been flawless.

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richierocket (Jun 18, 2015 at 6:55)

Just bad luck IMO because I have had at least six over the years and never ever had an issue. Hope it works out for him though.

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hamncheez (Jun 18, 2015 at 7:23)

Ya, I've had traditional forks that seemed to be constantly needing service, and a lefty that I never touched. Sounds like bad luck.

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utahspines (Jun 18, 2015 at 7:55)

Every fork has the occasional bad egg. I have had 3 Leftys and they have been great.

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SpinningAddiction (Jun 18, 2015 at 13:24)

Its because most people don't know how to fix and/or service a Lefty.

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KevinKNZL (Jun 19, 2015 at 15:17)

All forks wear out, I have two worn out foxs and two leftys. Stanchions go on regular forks and the roller faces on leftys.

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mudmandhbrazil (Jun 19, 2015 at 3:32)

I love the XC trails they are riding these days with all that tecnical descents and lots of rocks. Nice to look at guys riding them with hard tails or short travel bikes looks great

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utahspines (Jun 18, 2015 at 7:52)

I can't decide what I want more, the porsche or that sweet van. The van!

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tiagomano FL (Jun 18, 2015 at 12:07)

the porsche, drive it a bit and then sell it for the van, you would be with lot's of money to spare

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mtbiker4Lyf (Jun 18, 2015 at 7:48)

Good luck at the next world cup race Manuel!!

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bowie278 (Jun 18, 2015 at 12:42)

Holy shit he's quick! The bit where he's ripping through the woods is awesome! And that Porsche though...

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build-n-ride (Jun 19, 2015 at 12:00)

my new favorite XC racer since he doesn't wear lycra and he said brappppp! But in all seriousness this was actually an entertaining edit.

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dirtjump911 (Jun 18, 2015 at 6:15)

I just can't look at bikes with lefty's my ocd dosen't accept it.

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chaserider (Jun 18, 2015 at 8:42)

You do know that OCD is treatable?

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SpinningAddiction (Jun 18, 2015 at 13:28)

Just imagine if they but the Lefty technology into a normal fork. It would dominate any fork on the market.

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chaserider (Jun 18, 2015 at 14:26)

Well no, not really. Technology from "normal" forks were implemented in different generations of the Lefty fork. Such as Manitous TPC to name one.
The things that make a lefty work are not needed in conventional forks, like the needlebearings and such.
The really old Cannondale headshok FR fork was pretty much a two legged Lefty, and it never dominated the fork market. Granted, it was ahead of its time, but still.

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SintraFreeride (Jun 18, 2015 at 9:22)

Nice bikes!

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derTetris (Jun 18, 2015 at 6:34)

i have seen to many cracked CD frames ...

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richierocket (Jun 18, 2015 at 6:56)

You lie. Show us the proof on your profile… oops.

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chaserider (Jun 18, 2015 at 8:45)

Things break, its a fact of life and mountainbikes alike. The thing that makes a difference is how it is treated. Cannondale has always taken care of my warranty claims. And I never saw anything to question this while I worked at Cannondale retailers either.

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richierocket (Jun 18, 2015 at 17:04)

Same here.

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GOGRANDE (Jun 18, 2015 at 10:46)

that type of training looks brutal. No thank you.

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LeDuke (Jun 18, 2015 at 12:31)

I believe Snoop Dogg once said, "Ya gotta pay tha cost to be tha boss." True then, true now.

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pinnityafairy (Jun 18, 2015 at 20:11)

I like your van better than your bike.

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Rabbuit (Jun 18, 2015 at 20:23)

Turbo? Meh, shoulda got a GT3.

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cogsci (Jun 18, 2015 at 8:02)

Manuel is awesome! The only guy to wear baggies at XC races. I always wonder how much more he would win if he wasn't on some bobbly single pivot bike from Cannondale and on some more efficient pedaling platform like DW-Link.

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Pezz31 (Jun 18, 2015 at 9:01)

Fumic also wears baggies at XC races.

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BeardlessMarinRider (Jun 18, 2015 at 9:02)

When it is run at 10% sag and has a lockout I don't think anyone is worrying about "pedal bob". It is rare for the Cannondale guys to be on anything other than the F-Si anyway....

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hsracer (Jun 18, 2015 at 9:21)

The Scalpel doesn't bob. Like at all. With the rear locked out it feels like a hardtail- too harsh for a lot of courses. Go race one before you bag on it

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BeardlessMarinRider (Jun 18, 2015 at 9:24)

Pezz, I think you mean Fontana

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mattsavage (Jun 18, 2015 at 10:14)

And they really aren't all that baggy. Just enough to hide the junk...

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utahspines (Jun 18, 2015 at 14:25)

you are crazy man, the scalpel freaking rips.

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orastreet1 (Jun 19, 2015 at 7:19)

Hit some jHumps!

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ICAS (Jun 20, 2015 at 12:36)

You guys have owned 7-10 Cannys becasue you like them? Or because that's how many warranty frames they had to give you?

:p