Manitou 1 Confusion

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So, I've wondered for a while now, why do we call these manitou 1's ➡️

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when a lot the manitou forks in the early mags look like these ones with the longer dropouts :?: ➡️

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were these are the 1st manitous available :?: , and why do we never see them anymore :?: :?: :?:
 
I think the ones in the pics were like a prototype .

the one above were the one sold for the public ??
 
original mani (like tomacs above) forks were doug bradbury made. mani 1s (as they;re now known) were made by answer under mani license.
 
the ones in the pic are bradbury built, not specifically proto, just a LOT rarer than the later answer 1s.

jonrock, they'd probs make good ££ on ebay ;)
 
if you want a gander at the original bradbury made manitou rigid forks, here you go ;)
 

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gaf16":ckngu3z5 said:
if you want a gander at the original bradbury made manitou rigid forks, here you go ;)

Very nice mate...last original manitou on the bay went for £1,200 for the frameset and front hub alone...

Are you going to build her up...and would there be any problems on the hub front?
 
so at the time , were these called the manitou 1

or were they only called the 1 after the 2 came out

if you see what i mean

things aren`t normally called the " 1 "

otherwise people would wait for the " 2 " ( new and improved ) version to come out
 
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