[auntesther]

anyone have any time on one? Interested in getting one but havent headr squat about performance.

Also...anyone have the dimension of them..specially the diameter of the body? I have a Giant reign and the shock cradle they have is pretty tight.

 

[Sir_Crackien]

well i have the mc-3 the pearls little bro. its a good preformer seeing it has been to wintergreen and never hicupped once the whole time.

as for dia. i have no idea

 

[jonKranked]

the diameter is a little on the large size, exactly what i don't know. got to take a few runs on one of the prototypes on lenosky's faith, felt amazing but was loud as crap. a friend of mine has since bought that same bike, but blew the shock out. got it replaced with a production model. much quieter and some small performance increases.

 

[scrublover]

I've got one on order for my single piv 6" frame, the long 222mm i2i size. Whenever it gets in, I'll post up about how it feels. As far as I've been able to tell, they are backordered, and out of stock everywhere I'm willing to buy from.

disclaimer: the only other shock i've ridden that i'll be able to compare to is/was a swinger 3-way coil.

 

[auntesther]

the diameter is a little on the large size, exactly what i don't know. got to take a few runs on one of the prototypes on lenosky's faith, felt amazing but was loud as crap. a friend of mine has since bought that same bike, but blew the shock out. got it replaced with a production model. much quieter and some small performance increases.

have you ever rode a swinger air? if so can you compare the 2? I want something a tad less on-off feeling and more fluid feeling than the swinger is. Right now regardless of the settings I use, it always feels like it takes a medium and up hit and just stops instead of fluidly following the trail.
performance increases meaning it feels better than the amazing feeling prototype?

 

[jonKranked]

have you ever rode a swinger air? if so can you compare the 2? I want something a tad less on-off feeling and more fluid feeling than the swinger is. Right now regardless of the settings I use, it always feels like it takes a medium and up hit and just stops instead of fluidly following the trail.
performance increases meaning it feels better than the amazing feeling prototype?

you have to take that w/ a grain of salt. it felt amazing for a prototype. haven't had anytime on the swinger air, nor do i plan on it. IMO manitou is a waste of time and money, i've ridden their coil swingers and was less than impressed. Yes, the shock (the pearl) feels very "fluid" (i'm assuming you mean smooth). It isn't harsh at all. It felt progressive (more so than i would like it, but it was setup for someone 40lbs heavier than myself). the production model felt overall better than the prototype, but i didn't spend enough time with either of them to give any accurate details about the differences.

 

[auntesther]

you have to take that w/ a grain of salt. it felt amazing for a prototype. haven't had anytime on the swinger air, nor do i plan on it. IMO manitou is a waste of time and money, i've ridden their coil swingers and was less than impressed. Yes, the shock (the pearl) feels very "fluid" (i'm assuming you mean smooth). It isn't harsh at all. It felt progressive (more so than i would like it, but it was setup for someone 40lbs heavier than myself). the production model felt overall better than the prototype, but i didn't spend enough time with either of them to give any accurate details about the differences.

cool...exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!