Intrinsic vs. TPC +

[jd4130]

someone educate me about the main differences between intrinsic and TPC and TPC +

[IFO]

go the the Manitou website..

and download teh fork owners manual it describes how each damping system works..

[Rosscofat]

exactly. TPC+ is pretty much Intrinsic. Intrinsic has a bit more adjustability.

so if you have TPC+ and u think intrinisc will be TOTTALY diff it wont.

TPC is twin piston chamber? dunno cnat remeber.

[Hack On Wheels]

I thought TPC+ and Intrinsic were fairly different? TPC plus has two floating pistons that handle compression and one floating one for rebound I believe, and it has compression and rebound adjusters. Im not so sure about Itrinsic but its basically spv that controls the fork further through the travel rather than right from the top, it has rebound adjust and intrinsic adjust which I have heard controls the amount of stroke that the intrinsic dampening is active in. Another thing I heard is that some pro riders were using TPC+ in their Travis' because they felt they could get more performance out of it. It may be that they were just more used to tpc+ or the intrinsic wasn't perfected yet.

[Rosscofat]

well. if u got on a bike with a with intrinsic then switched to the TPC it about 80% of u would not be able to tell the diff.

[Desloc]

So does Intrinsic actually perform better than TPC+? Is it more reliable? I saw an OEM TPC+ 7" Travis(1.5" HT) at BSP that looked interesting. Cheap too.

It seems like Manitou may have had it right in 03(Dorado/Slider) and have come full circle. I'm glad I didn't buy into their two year SPV beta test :)

That being said my next fork will be a Travis Intrinsic as the ones I've tried felt very similar to TPC+.


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[IFO]

ima have my first ride on my 203mm Travis Ti intrinsic at Whistla tomorow hopefully...

looking forward to trying it out.

[Hack On Wheels]

Pics?

[Rosscofat]

IFO i thought u got a TPC+ not intrinsic? or was it because what I said??

TPC+ I hope never goes away for manitou sake cuz it is 1 of the most relyable things they have for forks.

[Hack On Wheels]

Yes I hope it stays, and I hope I can get my Supernova working again for some TPC+ goodness!

[Rosscofat]

supernovas rock.. sickest fork ever.

[ZHendo]

all i know is that intrinsic and tpc+ both feel good

[IFO]

IFO i thought u got a TPC+ not intrinsic? or was it because what I said??

TPC+ I hope never goes away for manitou sake cuz it is 1 of the most relyable things they have for forks.

gunna rok the Intrinsic for a handful of rides and if i dotn like it James is gunan convert my fork to TPC+

so we'll see...

i painted the crowns same as my Demo9 so with it mounted and now with my White WTB saddle the bike look amazing...

to sik to ride almost, hahaahaah....:idea:

[Hack On Wheels]

My god, I need to see pictures of that!

Ross, any chance there are any stickers kits for the supernova kicking around OGC? If it gets restored to good running order I'd love to throw some stickers on it but I think I lost my sticker kit.

[trail worker]

I love my TPC+ travis single150..feels great to me. I find that my friends intrinsic equipped travis single feels slightly more plush in the first inch of stroke, but after that it feels pretty similiar. Overall, I find that the forks feel pretty similiar, but this is based primarily on parking lot tests...actual trail riding on an intrinsic fork is pretty limited for me, but like I said it does feel pretty similiar to the TPC+ version

[Rosscofat]

sounds sick IFO SOUNDS SICCCKKK :)

[m-rock]

I just got the 203mm triple with TPC+... feels amazing so far. Just put it onto my new Banshee Chap... Gonna be a sick ride.

[Hack On Wheels]

Post up pics! What rear shock did you decide on?

[m-rock]

went with the DHX 5.0... I got it workin' nicely, so I think it should be good. Don't have pics yet, but I will hopefully soon enough.

'06 chaps are so nice though... super manoueverable bike.

[Hack On Wheels]

went with the DHX 5.0... I got it workin' nicely, so I think it should be good. Don't have pics yet, but I will hopefully soon enough.

'06 chaps are so nice though... super manoueverable bike.

Yes they are nice and manoueverable! Would you mind telling me those settings and what spring you are running for your weight? I am still looking to get mine running a bit better.

Sorry about the thread-jack.