Anyone ever seen this before?

[mfh126]

I received these Manitou 2 forks with a frameset and was surprised to see the contraption on the top of the legs. The top caps have a little bung with about 4" of rubber tubing attached. No elastomers and no air chambers in the legs. Any guesses as to what it could be?

 

[skinnyboy]

snake oil injection port?

 

[mechagouki]

Looks like a DIY coil/oil mod - I've def. read about this being done on older Manitous - try asking over on MTBR VRC.

 

[mfh126]

Looks like a DIY coil/oil mod - I've def. read about this being done on older Manitous - try asking over on MTBR VRC.

Thanks -- just did.

 

[BoyBurning]

It's a mod for atmospherically balancing the forks a la Pace AB...

BB

 

[dyna-ti]

It's a mod for atmospherically balancing the forks a la Pace AB...

BB

Does it make it work then

 

[skinnyboy]

the old Crosstrack Sonoma had a similar setup

 

[Arran]

If I ever saw someone riding a Crosstrac i'd remove my rear skewer & shank them for the bike.

Did I just type that out loud just now?...

 

[hamster]

Can you hook it up to the rear shock as well and have a Citroen-style self-levelling system?

 

[FMJ]

The Crosstrack has true balancers. That was a trick for air forks on MX bikes BITD. The ones on the Manitous mfh got are pressure vents.