Manitou states the travel is adjustable from 140mm to 180mm via their spacers. It may be possible to run it even shorter but I didn't try. I road the fork and 160mm and 180mm travel. I did find the air system on the Mattoc Pro easier (faster) to bracket in that's most likely due to the fact that shorter travel platforms are always easier to ballpark.
I was quite happy with the fork at 160mm and only bumped it up to 180mm after hearing about the Pinkbike review. That puts the most leverage on the bushings and I wanted to be damn sure that this Mezzer was as tight as I thought it was before submitting my review. This is a production fork and the chassis is definitely A'Ok.
The only thing that could use some refining in my mind is the damper tune. At two bucks thirty, you may feel quite different about the subject (i.e. support perfect) but it's one of the plagues on every company trying to do something for everyone. Manitou could offer shim kits and diagrams to make retuning easy for the mechanically interested end-user.
April 20, 2020, 9:49 p.m. - Andrew Major
Manitou states the travel is adjustable from 140mm to 180mm via their spacers. It may be possible to run it even shorter but I didn't try. I road the fork and 160mm and 180mm travel. I did find the air system on the Mattoc Pro easier (faster) to bracket in that's most likely due to the fact that shorter travel platforms are always easier to ballpark. I was quite happy with the fork at 160mm and only bumped it up to 180mm after hearing about the Pinkbike review. That puts the most leverage on the bushings and I wanted to be damn sure that this Mezzer was as tight as I thought it was before submitting my review. This is a production fork and the chassis is definitely A'Ok. The only thing that could use some refining in my mind is the damper tune. At two bucks thirty, you may feel quite different about the subject (i.e. support perfect) but it's one of the plagues on every company trying to do something for everyone. Manitou could offer shim kits and diagrams to make retuning easy for the mechanically interested end-user.