Originally Posted by crazeed

Just got back from whistler yesterday, picked up my used manik(stock for now). I fell in love with it the moment i rode it out of the store. For being a whistler rental it is in awesome shape, the frame has some chips, the BB wobles a bit on one side, and the rear wheel needs a bit of adjustment, thats it. Even the stanchions were perfect untill i have it for 2 days and i already have a nice scratch on one, i think it was during transport on the greyhound, no leaks though. I included a picture comparing the exr pro on my dekerf to my new drop off triple, the exr looks like a joke. Also i know that the drop off triple is the cheapest triple clamp offered by marz but it is definently a welcome improvement over my exr pro. I read all the reviews i could find for this bike, and they are right, it is heavy, not a good climber, and if you think a dual crown fork on a HT is not a good match this is not the bike for you, but this is exactly what i wanted, a lot of travel a solid frame all at an affordable price, it only cost me 1125$ . I just got back from riding burnaby mt, and i can do things i couldnt do before and other things alot better.