This bike is parked in Front of my work all day. I keep looking at it thinking somebody put in the stanchions the wrong way around or am i stupid?
by That_Tart_7318
This bike is parked in Front of my work all day. I keep looking at it thinking somebody put in the stanchions the wrong way around or am i stupid?
by That_Tart_7318
18 Comments
Nope, you’re right the stanchions are on the forks the wrong way round.
Someone made a special effort to service a fork and then reassembled it incorrectly! Maybe there’s some daft reason behind it, but most likely they’re just an over-confident mechanic.
i was like it looks fine by the wheel…… but then i get to the crown and omg
Lowers have to come off, turn the crown 180 degrees and reinstall lowers
half of its the right way round…
50% of the time, it’s right all the time
Yes and no
also, no front brake? yikes.
Manitou executives taking notes as we speak
What if it’s a Manitou fork y’all
I can’t help feeling like this bike will go backwards when you pedal
Shorter offset is actually way more stable at speed for shredding sick gnar. Bro is light years ahead of us.
Amazing as the fork bridge on the lowers (Facing the right way) must smash violently in to the Fork crown (on the CSU/uppers facing the wrong way) every time they go over a bump! Crazy, never seen this done before. Quality post OP!
And seemingly just one brake. In Germany this would be illegal to drive to on public streets.
This just reminds me of when I accidentally rode a backcountry 25k with my fork backwards. Felt a little stupid when the race ended and someone came up to me and mentioned my fork was facing the wrong way.
Thanks for the answers guys đŸ™‚ it was a massive brain fart going around my head until i figured out what was bugging me about the look of the bike
Manitou frantically taking notes.
This is a mantoui fork design , it is backwards