Manitou has just introduced its new Black range. They have not waited to a new season to come, and this new forks will be soon avalaible.

All these Black (although this is not their colour) forks shere some concepts:

Reverse Arch: The arch is now on the rear side of the fork. This allows 23% more stiffness than the X-Vert, because it can be shorter due to the lesser height of the wheel at this point, it can be also freely shaped because there is no possible interface with V-Brakes. It also works as a mud protector.

Rapid Travel Adjust: A lever on the bottom of the left fork leg makes a shift in the travel from 80mm (3.1”) to 100mm (3.9”) or from 100mm (3.9”) to 120mm (4,72”), depending on the model.

Mini Boots: They are little fork boots filled with a foam that is soacked with oil. The fork looks as if it didn’t have boots, but it is totally protected as with conventional ones, or even better. They also weight less

Quick Range TPC Damping: Just a quarter of turn on the dials is needed to make the hidraulic system change from a extreme position to the contrary one.

Fluid Flow Damping: It is a new version of the TPC Sport system, found on the most economic forks. There is a wider range on the regulations, and it is possible too to vary the rebound control.    

The pistons and other components meet now motocross fork specs.These forks are the first manufactured by Manitou that have not elastomers.