The long-travel single-crown fork landscape has shifted a ton since Manitou unveiled the original Mezzer in 2019, and the new second-generation version has seen a lot of changes to better match modern bikes — including splitting the lineup into the standard Mezzer and the beefier Mezzer LT. Both get a host of intriguing performance-oriented changes, too, so we brought Manitou Product Manager Phil Ott back on the show to discuss them, and tell the development story of the new forks.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Goals for the Updated Mezzer (2:29)

Versions & Splitting the Lineup (4:39)

Chassis Stiffness & Friction (8:50)

Dropouts & Alignment (21:41)

Spring Design (28:14)

Damper (35:42)

Adding High-Speed Rebound Adjuster (42:20)

Compression Damping (47:35)

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