Re: "Catastrophic" failure of mountain bike fork lowers (Manitou Skareb Comp)



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Duncan

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"Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> The magnesium lowers of my 2003 Manitou Skareb Comp had begun to crack

last
> year, about 6 months before I stopped riding it. I've kept it stashed

away
> for a while until today, when I was cleaning my room and found the lowers.
> I gave the legs a light (maybe 2.5-4lb) squeeze, and they snapped.

Although
> I didn't mean to snap them, they lent some interesting insight into their
> failure.


I friend of mine had her skarebs snap in the same place. She's small and a
fairly timid rider so they had a very easy life.
LBS said he knew of at least three others going in the same place.
 
Duncan wrote:

> I friend of mine had her skarebs snap in the same place.


Now she does three shows nightly in Las Vegas.

Bill "rainy morning" S.