Positioned at the very heart of enduro, aggressive trail, and gravity-ready riding, the all-new Manitou Mezzer represents a decisive evolution in long-travel suspension. Already known for its industry-leading tunability, uncompromising versatility, and unrivaled mid-stroke support, the Mezzer now delivers a re-engineered internal platform that sets a new gold standard for performance. Riders looking for the best total package without compromise need look no further to find a Manitou Mezzer that represents:

• Unprecedented small-bump sensitivity
• Unparalleled mid-stroke support
• Infinite tunability and adaptability without equal
• Industry leading stiffness
• Lightest weight in its class

Externally familiar, internally revolutionary, the Mezzer cements Manitou’s legacy of performance suspension solutions rooted in physics, not fashion.

Long Travel Chassis (LT) Travel Range: 150 –190mm

The Mezzer LT takes the same industry-leading suspension platform and scales it up for heavier hitters, aggressive riders, and eMTB adventurers. With a reinforced crown and thicker-walled stanchions, the LT pairs its burlier build with the same Reverse Arch advantage, ensuring unmatched stiffness while driving weight down. The result is a fork that offers big feature strength and performance without the weight penalty normally associated with this level of capability. With up to 190mm of travel, the LT is purpose-built for riders who demand more: more stiffness, more stability, more margin when pushing into the steepest lines and biggest terrain. It’s the same award-winning tunability, mid-stroke support, and small-bump sensitivity that define Mezzer, now in a chassis for those who choose to go even bigger.

Together, these chassis represent Manitou’s philosophy of intentional overlap: a system where every rider, from competitive elites to eMTB adventurers, finds a fork built for their style, yet flexible enough to cover broader ground.

Active Spring Piston

Every seal, bushing, and interface has been optimized to minimize friction. The Mezzer’s 37mm stanchion diameter reduces seal contact area by about 5% compared to 38mm designs, yielding smoother action without sacrificing stiffness. The new Mezzers use the acclaimed Dorado Air system. However, the air piston now rides atop a spring. This new Manitou technology , the Active Spring Piston, uses a coil spring to eliminate seal lag and reduce required breakaway force in the first millimeters of travel to the point of near elimination. The combination of these two factors allow for unbelievably smooth small-bump compliance and seamless change in direction from compression to rebound while maintaining chassis stability through the entire stroke.

Micromanager Bushing Alignment (MBA)

Axle clamping pressure can often cause binding in fork bushings, leading to added friction and compromised suspension performance. There is no sense in creating the industry’s new gold standard in smooth functioning suspension, only to have it negated by binding. The Mezzer solves this most notably with the MBA, a machined component that maintains perfect alignment of fork lowers as the axle is tightened, resulting in optimum parallelism in the bushing bores. This ensures maximum fluidity of travel, throughout the entire stroke, and keeps the suspension moving smoothly over even the most severe terrain.

Considering the new methods developed by Manitou to ensure maximum precision in the machining of the bushing bore, hand selection and optimization of specific bushings matched to each individual fork, the MBA componentry, selected with the same criteria for each fork and an additional end of line test to ensure that every fork that comes off the production line is representative of the absolute smoothest product possible…the owner of a Mezzer will experience friction free functionality the likes of which can be found only through expensive aftermarket tuning.

These extra steps, processes and componentry are not cheap to include, easy to incorporate or quick to perform in the factory. The increased complexity and cost of going the extra mile is a price that Manitou is more than happy to pay to obtain the highest integrity structural system and the resulting absolute best performance possible.

It is the Manitou way…Mani-tuned for perfection, straight out of the box.

Multi-Compression Control Pro-X

The new MC2-Pro-X builds on the original Mezzer damper and raises the bar even further in terms of range and tunability. The new compression damper with its eight high speed and ten low speed precise detent settings, expands the overall adjustment range while offering finer, more usable increments. In other words, not only does the range increase but each click represents a tangible and perceivable change in performance on the trail.

Most importantly, the design now allows independent high- and low-speed compression control without unwanted crossover, meaning riders can dial in HSC for big hits and chatter without compromising LSC support . Tested through nearly 70 damper tunes over two years, this system is the fruit of extreme attention to detail and exhaustive research and development. The final product ensures balance, composure, and confidence whether in race runs or long days in the saddle. This shim based damper confers a more linear damping curve for balance of bump absorption and chassis composure and is paramount in keeping the bike settled through inputs from rider. Put differently, this tune allows for the suspension to react to the ground independently of the rider’s input. Smooth rider, active suspension.

Engineering for True Performance

At the core of the Mezzer’s structural advantage is Manitou’s signature reverse arch design. Unlike conventional arches, the reverse arch takes a shorter, more direct path, requiring less material while simultaneously delivering greater stiffness. This clever engineering allows Manitou to reduce weight without compromising stiffness , resulting in a chassis that is both lighter and stronger. The reverse arch is not an aesthetic flourish, but a physics-driven solution that combines reduced weight and increased stiffness in one decisive stroke. No lights, no batteries – just uncompromising performance through intelligent design.