We ran a big review of this fork last month, and the good news is that this waif is still going strong. Manitou's R7 is the lightest fork in its class by a long way, making it an obvious race option.

It may be light on the scales and the wallet, but it’s also flexy and awkward to set up Manitou’s R7 has been one of the lighter cross-country options for a while but its skinny structure feels flexy ...