Thias
Klein Fan
Good read, but I have to disagree. 
As I said. As he says. Not a downhill bike. Even more so, if you just sit on the bike without tuning the rebound to your weight and drive characteristics. The Mantra is very unforgiving in this respect, I agree to that.
He said that he was levered out of the seat by braking hard. Ha! Thats the usual situation you get confronted with when trying a full susser for the first time. Many bikes do that. Especially with rebound set too fast. May well be, that the original elastomere dampener of the mantra caused that problem.
I still like the matra for beeing lite and helping me to go uphill faster than on my hardtail. I would go faster downhill, too. Just not at the very tricky trails.
What he is right about thou is the head angle. It is too steep. Using a mutch more modern 100mm fork does help here. Thats why I am using those psylos in the first place. The very short stem also helps shifting you weight further back. With this configuration the mantra is a very fun bike.
As I said. As he says. Not a downhill bike. Even more so, if you just sit on the bike without tuning the rebound to your weight and drive characteristics. The Mantra is very unforgiving in this respect, I agree to that.
He said that he was levered out of the seat by braking hard. Ha! Thats the usual situation you get confronted with when trying a full susser for the first time. Many bikes do that. Especially with rebound set too fast. May well be, that the original elastomere dampener of the mantra caused that problem.
I still like the matra for beeing lite and helping me to go uphill faster than on my hardtail. I would go faster downhill, too. Just not at the very tricky trails.
What he is right about thou is the head angle. It is too steep. Using a mutch more modern 100mm fork does help here. Thats why I am using those psylos in the first place. The very short stem also helps shifting you weight further back. With this configuration the mantra is a very fun bike.
