Manitou is probably in the top five largest bicycle fork and shock manufacturers in the world. But like many other brands, it barely gets a look in when it comes to OE (the stock kit that your complete bike comes with), which is dominated by Fox and RockShox.
This is partly because the buying public has learned (been programmed?) to trust the two major players as having superior products and, to be fair, why wouldn’t they? Fox and RockShox have earned success by making great kit and their big R&D budgets and economies of scale presumably mean offering great value to bike brands buying high unit numbers.
