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Submitted by
DaleS
a Downhiller
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | -Really soft and springy
-Loads of travel
-Adjustable preload
| | Weaknesses: | -If any they are minor | | Bike Setup: | 02 norco vps shore frame
04 junior t's
Fox rc shock 6.1"
Diatech anchore hydraulic disk brakes
24/7 crankset
and so on....
| | Bottom Line: | Great forks, great value for money if you want good forks buy them if not, don't. Well that's an easy choice. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from New Hampshire
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | got it with a p.2 used for 350 for all | | Strengths: | Great travel and plushness. This fork soaks it all up. can take good sized drops | | Weaknesses: | Weight, but I'm just saying this cause this is my first non-x country fork. Sucks to ascend | | Similar Products Used: | Giant Rainier with a Manitou Axel | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Junior T, P.2, Bontrager big Earl rims. | | Bottom Line: | This is a really great fork to do some freeriding, jumps and drops. The other day I messed up a drop and nose dove three feet straight down, this fork sucked up the impact and I didn't even fall off the bike. This fork gives me confidence to try the things that I never would have tried before. I got this fork on a 04 p.2 for 350 total so for me this was a great deal. Im actually getting a longer travel fork for my xc bike now because I like this ride so much better. If you can find it cheap like I did this is a great fork and something I'm very happy I got. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
r p
a Cross Country Rider
from TN
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | raiders | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | easy to maintain, | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | z1 z150 judy | | Bottom Line: | outdated go with the 888 | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CUBBY FRASER
a Weekend Warrior
from PENTICTON
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | a line | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | bike barn | | Strengths: | its very strong....light weight
can take alot of abuse
easy to maintain | | Weaknesses: | the lowers where the wheels conects
do not over tighten
to solve prollem
get 2005 jr t lowes
| | Similar Products Used: | super t | | Bike Setup: | free ride | | Bottom Line: | if ur gonna get a jr t
make sure u either get an 05
or get an 04 with a 05 lower | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris pepin
a Downhiller
from Hanmer
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | centenial | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$365.00 | | Purchased At: | price point | | Strengths: | this is very nice,smooth,able to adjust easily fork | | Weaknesses: | this fork is loose but if you buy thicker oil or put stiffer springs in it it ill be perfect | | Similar Products Used: | 888,boxxer | | Bike Setup: | mag 30 in the back and single track in the front | | Bottom Line: | this is an over all good looking fork if you just got in to big drops or a light freeride.if you are into extreme freeride or taking 35 foot drops you should not purchase this fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cody salyards
a Downhiller
from CA, Country
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Viper | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | A decent downhill fork which isn't very heavy, Can be tuned easily, Good for downhill/freeride but still have enough spring in them for good jumping. | | Weaknesses: | Not as heavy duty, wont soak up 100% of drops it's more like 45%. | | Similar Products Used: | I've tried the 66RC, 888RC, and some little 4in travel forks. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Big Hit Expert, Marzocchi Jr. T's, Mrp chain guide, Roco RC rear shock, and too many other parts to list. | | Bottom Line: | This is and all around great fork if your just getting into downhill/freeride type trails. I like to jump everything on the path on my way down, and these work great because they're not too soft, they have good rebound, and they're a lot lighter than some other forks that i have felt. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Davey
a Downhiller
from Anahein,california,canada
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$595.99 | | Strengths: | Overall its a good fork but it wanst really for me | | Similar Products Used: | 888,darado,stance kingpin,dj3,dirtjam,drop off triples,stratos s3 | | Bike Setup: | Brooklyn Machine Works dh | | Bottom Line: | Try it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
richard
a
from north yorkshire
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | good for a downhiller starting out and on a tight budget. | | Weaknesses: | quite flexible, even with a 20mm axle. spikey when you start to hit things faster and bigger. have bottomed it out several times and it was pretty harsh. | | Similar Products Used: | 888rc | | Bike Setup: | orange 222 | | Bottom Line: | pretty damn good if you are just begining, but if you want something that will take the big hits and be smooth on full on dh courses, go for something like the 888, dorados or boxxers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bob
a Downhiller
from washington
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | snow bob and 911 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with the bike | | Strengths: | its good for dirt jumps | | Weaknesses: | spring in to soft | | Bike Setup: | atomik | | Bottom Line: | i like it but you have to get a heavyer spring and oil then it runs great so it your not liking it give it a chance and get those to thing | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Downhiller
from Glastonbury, CT, USA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Off Friend | | Strengths: | Awesome rebound, plush, fender spot, OVERALL NASTY FOR THE $ | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Drop-Off Triples, Fox Vanilla R, old JRT | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Bullit | | Bottom Line: | This is the nastiest fork for the money. I bought mine for a hundred bucks and sold my drop off triples for more. WHata bargain. I love it soo much for now. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cam rich
a Downhiller
from high prarire
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | a line | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | ernies sports grande prairie | | Strengths: | price good value looks good marzocchi is good company | | Weaknesses: | scratches show cuz of black soft springs crowns got scratched by cables | | Similar Products Used: | dj 3 04 888 | | Bike Setup: | 04 norco atomik came with jr t | | Bottom Line: | good price a bit soft but easly fixed with hevier oil if you have the money to get more expensive fork go with like a 888 or boxxer | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kenny
a Weekend Warrior
from port hope, ontario, canada
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | ne thing but up hills | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$359.00 | | Purchased At: | cambria bike | | Strengths: | strong, stiff, adjustable lower crown, black, stickers r sweet | | Weaknesses: | none except stock its too soft needs air preload and the black looks green in the sun lol | | Similar Products Used: | 05 jr t, 888, shiver, drop off triple, dj 3 | | Bike Setup: | transition trail or park ex729, | | Bottom Line: | this fork is good for low budget freeriders i think, the adjustable crown makes it good for getting the right angles and such, its a basic fork that onece u set up u just leave it, you can get it for cheap now so it doesn't matter if u smash it up! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Will
a Downhiller
from Mill Valley, CA, US
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Tenderfoot | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$345.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | The fork handles it self very well while doing trail riding. It is very composed and you generally feel under control. It holds its line well and is stiff. Very plush. | | Weaknesses: | Listen to everyone when they say is comes soft and fast, ad it does make a little kind of thudding noise when you go over stutter bumbs. The fork comes soft, and the rebound is super fast. It dives a lot under hard braking | | Similar Products Used: | 888, Shiver DC, DJ 2
| | Bike Setup: | 04 Specialized BigHit, Maxxis rubber, um a Jr. T, and a chrome bell. | | Bottom Line: | A good fork for the money. You just have to make it stiffer unless you weigh like 100 lbs. Also the rebound is very fast. It is otherwise good. Obviously the 888 is about 888 times better, but it also costs a lot more. This fork is perfect for a freerider on a budjet looking to upgrade from a bad stock fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nathan Wood
a Downhiller
from Victoria B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: May 15, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | light,stiff, plush,and affordable | | Weaknesses: | weak stickers and no rebound control | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Marin Team D.H., 04 J.R. T's, Hayes nines,coil sprung Fox Vanilla RC 550 BY 280/Hadley Hubs ,black spire chain guide and tensioner with Truvativ Hussefelt cranks | | Bottom Line: | It may not provide the overall performance that the serious downhiller is looking for,so if thats you, the Boxer or 888's will satify your needs. For the casual downhill/freerider if offers premium performance and very low maintenace at a great price. As for the oil weight issue, I suggest you top the oil up insetad of changing the weight of it. topping it up will improve the ramping and the rebound. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Downhiller
from Layton, UT, USA
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$340.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | Smooth travel. Soaks up just about everything. | | Weaknesses: | Only external preload adjustments | | Bike Setup: | '04 BigHit, stock other than fork | | Bottom Line: | I gave the preload a few turns, and I have not had to change to heavier oil. There have only been a couple times that I bottomed out, and it was not harsh.
I have taken some 10' drops on them with no complaints.
I am 5'8", 170lbs.
This fork is great for the price I paid. If you are a serious downhiller, you will probably not be reading reviews on this fork. If you do some downhill along with freeride this fork is a bargain.
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Submitted by
Derek
a Downhiller
from San Antoino, Texas, US
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$340.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | looks are killer, very strong and durable, super plush. | | Weaknesses: | There is not to much Adjustability and you need to change your stock oil to 10 weight | | Similar Products Used: | Boxxer,phsylo, all Shermans, 888r | | Bike Setup: | 02' Kona Stinky Deelux | | Bottom Line: | This is an All-round awesome fork, they will take any thing you throw at it, the perfect DownHill/FreeRide fork. It is super sturdy and also super plush. It is the best deal out there right now for a triple clamp fork! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
corbin
a Downhiller
from Issaquah, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | eehh | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$340.00 | | Purchased At: | craigslist | | Strengths: | looks awsome...buttery smooth, lots of travel, | | Weaknesses: | have to get 20mill hub, ajusting nobs dont seem to do a hole lot, but i havent fooled around with it much yet | | Similar Products Used: | boxxer, 888, marzocchi EXR pro, | | Bike Setup: | 04 big hit spec, 04 jr t's, FSA head set, dimension 20mill hub, maxxis high rollers | | Bottom Line: | so far the fork has been good, have yet to take it off any drops worth mentioning, but i love it, it looks so bad a$$ sitting on my spec, i love it, it totally makes the bike, if you have a spec i deffinetly recomend geting rid of the CRAP stock fork, and getting a jr t. this is a good DH fork, or a freeride fork, it even boosted my urban riding alot, and my bike does way better on stairs. over all i have absolutly NO buyers remorce, even after the spending 600 dollars installing it, (i know, i made a cupple mistakes, left bottum ring of head set on old fork..so had to getta new one, had to get new hub and build it up, etc.) but in the long run, i think it was all worth it. so if your on a budget and want a nice dual crown fork, go for this one, for 350 bucks you cant go wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, Albert Canada
Date Reviewed: March 23, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | B and P cycle and sports calgary | | Strengths: | Strong, Light low maitnence | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | 02 super t, 03 super t | | Bike Setup: | 04 brodie diablo | | Bottom Line: | awsome fork for the price, light and strong no complaints about them. im 130 pounds and done fairly big drops and they havent gone close to bottoming out | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | GA cycles | | Strengths: | looks awesome, nice and beefy and super smooth | | Weaknesses: | stupidly light oil.... it rebounds like a pogo stick. | | Similar Products Used: | super t's | | Bike Setup: | '01 kona stinky deelux, truvativ cranks, D321's Hopes, jnr t's | | Bottom Line: | great value, great looks, BUT WHATS GOING ON WITH THE OIL????? i will be changing for thicker oil very soon, infact i dont know why i've waited a year to do it...
probably too busy riding.
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Submitted by
Glenn M
a Downhiller
from Dansville
Date Reviewed: January 25, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | stonybrook skyline trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | stiff, light, sweet looking, adjustable. | | Weaknesses: | the springs are a lil on the soft side to say the least. and the decals look great but come off before you even mount the fork. tire clearence. my 2.6 barely fits. | | Similar Products Used: | rock shox psylo 02s, 03s, manitou x-vert carbon dh, and 2 sets of manitou spyders | | Bike Setup: | 2003 xts w/jr ts , singletracks , and soon to be romic rear shock. | | Bottom Line: | great fork but you need to buy the x-heavy springs if you weigh more than a household cat. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy www.hellriders.er.pl
a Weekend Warrior
from Poland
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Strengths: | Strong, looks good, reliable | | Weaknesses: | have to change oil, no adjustment !!!, noisy | | Similar Products Used: | drop-off triple | | Bike Setup: | Kona Stinky 2004 | | Bottom Line: | The fork is ok, I swapped from drop-off triple which came stock no my Stinky 2004, I didn`t like the noise it was making and had a good deal on the JrT, that`s why I have. But I would definitely NOT spend the extra dough (too expensive in Poland)on the JrT which is very similar to drop-off triple in many ways. It just has 1 inch more travel and is better made (quality is visible). The internals are similar though not the same and the fork works different than the triple. In JrT you dont need a pump, just have the knobs to change the stiffness of the springs (if you like turning and turning and turning...) But for me the spring could be even softer - I weigh 75 kilos. The other thing is the oil which comes stock - 7.5 makes the rebound way too fast. I now have 10W and is still too fast, unless I ride in 0 temperatures or lower. I`m planning to add some 20w to mix with the 10w or change to 15w. That should be fine.
All in all the fork is very good and I like it more than the Triple. It`s heavy but should take the beating, I guess. I give 4 chillies because there are already such forx as 66 or 888 in similar price range and way better. But I demand anything better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Diego Arrocha
a Downhiller
from Pacific Grove
Date Reviewed: December 21, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | A-line | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson usa | | Strengths: | feels very nice. Best fork for the money. can be used by the worst or a pro. Decals look sick. did a 20 ft drop off a highschool roof with it. cheaper and better than a boxxer race. | | Weaknesses: | used to bottom out and I'm only a kid that weys 110lbs.
but when i got new oil in it, it felt great. | | Similar Products Used: | boxxer race | | Bike Setup: | 2004 stinky with jr.t fox dhx and holzfeller cranks. | | Bottom Line: | this is the best fork for the money, if you want more adjustability go for the super t. This for feels amazing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric Larson
a Cross Country Rider
from Mill valley C.A
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | deer park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | junk yard I can understand why | | Strengths: | NONE AT ALL | | Weaknesses: | veary heavy not light to much travle can not lock out sucks for cross country i hate it is really da bomb really i bottomed it out riding up a hill it should burn in hell for all enternity hells to good for it it should go to detriot | | Similar Products Used: | super t,888,monster t,and other forks | | Bike Setup: | demo 9 and that sucks too | | Bottom Line: | This fork sucks | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Downhiller
from Collegeville, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | This fork is reliable and strong. I have to admit that I am not the smoothest rider, so I put my stuff through a lot of abuse. This thing takes the abuse and dosnt fail. | | Weaknesses: | It is a little soft, it bottoms out pretty easy. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing compairable | | Bike Setup: | truvativ BB and cranks, E-13 chain guide, rhyno lite wheels, deore, Banshee MOrphine | | Bottom Line: | The best fork for the money. super smooth, super strong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cody
a Downhiller
from saratoga, california, USA
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | NORTHSTAR | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$359.00 | | Purchased At: | JENSON BABY! | | Strengths: | The fork is very plush and also stiff at the same time. I have only done a 15 footer on it but it did very well. I'll tell you, I aint no Bender.................therefore it is soooooooo good for what i do. | | Weaknesses: | I LIKE THE FORK | | Similar Products Used: | Drop-off triple, super t | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Kona Stinky with a Jr.t, MRP, Fox DHX, Shimano XT | | Bottom Line: | This is one of the best forks. The only way to get a better fork is to break 1 grand, and i really did not want to do that. I like this fork a lot because it is great for DH and freeride. It makes a very solid front end. The only thing that i suggest to make it better is to get a DHX so that it can keep up with the fork!
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Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Orange County, CA
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$399.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Stiff, smooth, reliable | | Weaknesses: | 7.5 wt oil, patheticly soft springs!!! What are you thinking Marz? | | Bike Setup: | Ventana El Conquistador Tandem | | Bottom Line: | Pain setting it up since there's no adjustable damping. But finally setlled on 20 wt oil and upgraded both short and long springs to the stiffest available.
Rides pretty damn well considering the price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan Pedemonte
a Downhiller
from Napa
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | a-line/ karpiel | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | specialized | | Strengths: | travel......looks kinda cool i guess | | Weaknesses: | alot, very fast rebound, light springs bottom out verry easly, the 03 jrt was at least 10x better, dono why they just are. | | Similar Products Used: | o3 jr.t, boxxer, shiver, sherman slider, | | Bike Setup: | o4 specialized big hit....sick bike but specialized screwed up matching up the fork | | Bottom Line: | hate to say it but marzzochi realy screwed this one up, at first i thought my fork was just screwy because my friends all have 03 jr.t's and they feel awsome. but i went around to people with 04's and they felt just as crapy as mine. deffinatly would not buy this fork, go for mabey somthing a little more expensive, theres a reson there selling for so cheap. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh S
a Weekend Warrior
from Prince George BC Can
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | My Dixie Wrecked | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Crash Replacement | | Strengths: | Super smooth, plush, blacked out goodness. Great on small-medium hits. Intergrated stem is awesome. | | Weaknesses: | Waayyy too soft! Stickers are poo. | | Similar Products Used: | 01 JrT, Stratos S-7, DJ1, blah | | Bike Setup: | 03 Bullit w/Hope M4's, Hussefelts and all required freeride goodies | | Bottom Line: | Unbeleiveable improvement since 01! Really eats trails for breakfast. Feels like they're ready for anything. However, why so soft? I'm 148lbs and bottomed harsh twice today. Yeah, I'm doing some big drops but what the hell did Marz think we would be doing with an 8lb downhill fork? Let the fatso's and the mini people change their set-ups and let the average 150-180lb rider not have to get new oil/springs right out of the box. Oh yeah, best tech service in the industry. Have replaced 2 of my older forks no questions at VERY reasonable prices. Marz user for life. Get some of these babies and go huck yourself. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dennis
a Downhiller
from Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | A-Line and Dirt Merchant at Whistler | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1350.00 | | Purchased At: | Cove Bike Shop | | Strengths: | A light fork which works great for downhill, huge dirt jumps and north shore stuff. Ajustable, very nice. | | Weaknesses: | A bit to much pedal bob when going uphill. | | Similar Products Used: | 01 Z1 Drop-off Qr20 (exploded and made me do a faceplant) this fork is crap and its made out of aluminum! | | Bike Setup: | 04 Kona Stinky with Jr.T fork, Sun Rims Single Track, WTB PowerV saddle | | Bottom Line: | This is a great fork for anyone who likes big hits and fast paced downhill. Ive heard that some guys have trouble with noise made by the fork. It is just a small chattering when you are riding rough terrain so who cares! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike grieve
a Weekend Warrior
from trail, british columbia, canada
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | gereks cycle | | Strengths: | strong as he11
SUPER plush
looks bada$$ | | Weaknesses: | ok preload adjustments
feels like a pogo stick(a little oil change and your good to go)
ive seen other people complaining about some creaking.......ive never had that problem.
| | Similar Products Used: | 02 z-1 wedge(broke it) 01 super t(broke it) | | Bike Setup: | 24 le toy 4, mag 30s holtzfellers, jr.t's, hayes 8 inch hydo from and 8 inch mech on rear( its completely blacked out) | | Bottom Line: | u want a strong fork.....buy these, ive done many 15-25 footers on mine and they r still kickin and im not super smooth either, and i ride a hardtail......il be upgrading to a 888 because i need more travel to do 30 footers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Downhiller
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | a "plush" 7" of travel, look alright. preload adjustment | | Weaknesses: | I have a funny looking axle which needs a specail hub... KK QR20, seals are weak | | Similar Products Used: | 00 02 and 03 Jr Ts | | Bike Setup: | 04 custom Kona Hope minis truvativ | | Bottom Line: | if you set them up right they are mint. i've only bottomed them out once when doing a race. If you buy them make sure you get the right spring as it can be a pain replacing them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Graig
a Downhiller
from Ohio
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | Very plush and stiff. Can definatly take a beating and keep going. | | Weaknesses: | Stanctions scratch so easy! Keep them away from anything and everything. Wet wood will scratch them. Fork came pretty soft and rebound was pretty fast. I put some 10wt oil in and its perfect now. | | Similar Products Used: | 2004 Super T. 2004 Shiver | | Bottom Line: | Sweet fork for the price I got it for. Once I get my forks set up perfect I never touch them again. Only real complaint is how easy the stanctions scratch. I had it for a week and rode it twice and both sides have some nasty scratches in it. Havnt called to see what new stanction tubes cost, but I know its gona be an arm and a leg. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Kent, England
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Good ol' Sandy Lanes | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | Simply the Bike | | Strengths: | Good strong fork, nice and responsive. The total black looks proper cool. Anti-stiction coating stuff (dont quite understand it but it works) and they're damn cheap. | | Weaknesses: | I found them to be a little soft out of the box, changed oil but thats my personal preferance. Internal rebound is a pain in a A$$. | | Similar Products Used: | 01/02 Jr.T, Stratos MX6, Dorado's, and some well old RST triples. | | Bike Setup: | 03 Stinky | | Bottom Line: | Proper gorgeous fork. Abit of adjustment and you've got yourself 7inches of plush, sweet, responsivly brilliant travel! Best long bounch fork on the shelf! NUF SED | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Corey
a Downhiller
from Kelowna B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Powers Creek (local) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Kelowna Cycle | | Strengths: | Very smooth riding fork, Nice and Plush< Adjustable,
Light weight, Very durable | | Weaknesses: | Botoms out really easily, I suggest to put a heavier oil in it. It ratles goin over little bumps | | Similar Products Used: | None had a sr suntor P.O.S. | | Bike Setup: | 2004 norco atomik (Great Bike) | | Bottom Line: | Great fork for almost anything, Again put a bit of a heavier oil in it and it will be GGRRRREEEAAATTTTTT!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dirty.Warren
a
from Kings Beach
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything Fast........ | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | I like the fork a lot. It is responsive to small bumps, strong, looks nice. 7" of buttery travel, extemely smooth. This fork is great for bombing downhill, log rides, stunts, urban. | | Weaknesses: | Bottoms out pretty easy- I have the preload maxed out and I still bottom out on bigger jumps. I am glad I am using all of the travel but I am a little wary when I slam the fork down so easy. You get what you pay for- If you are interested in a beefier fork, spend more. However, I have ridden this fork very hard and I am very happy with it, except that it bottoms out sometimes on big hits. Oh well. | | Similar Products Used: | None- first double crown fork I have bought, I had another Marzocchi DJ1 that I liked. | | Bike Setup: | Big Black Bullet that climbs sometimes. | | Bottom Line: | I like Marzocchi products- they are made well, look nice and perform nicely. I am able to take a lot of aggessive lines and ride fast with my Junior T. I am happy with the performance of this fork. In the future I may put heavier oil in it to slow it down a little- however, there are drawbacks to slow rebound speed as well as super fast. I don't really see myself needing a bigger fork. This fork is great for all around uses, I mainly like to ride fast, technical single track, jumps, drops, logs, etc. If you are "Mr. Johnny Extreme" you may want to get the 888r or the Monster T. However, you can still do a lot with this fork. I recommend picking one up. You'll be happy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed
a Weekend Warrior
from Burnaby, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | John Henry | | Strengths: | Good bit of travel if you aren't thouroghly insane. good for moderate drops, maybe larger drops with a good landing. Look big, and they soak up pretty much anything you throw at them. | | Weaknesses: | I was able to keep on bottoming them out on small drops (3 feet and less) when i first got the bike. I took the bike in, got them to put heavier oil in (15W) and it seem to have done the trick. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Magnum....on my old trail bike. | | Bike Setup: | Stock '04 Norco Atomik | | Bottom Line: | Good shocks. 6 inches of travel is nothing to sneeze at unless you are really tough on your shocks. then you might want to upgrade. but i ride some decent trails it is seems fine to me. One thing though, when you get them, take them for a couple rides, see how you like 'em. Then i would serioulsy suggest getting heavier oil put in if you are not satisfied. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tommy Lauderdale
a Downhiller
from Santa Cruz CA USA
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Magic Carpet | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Very smooth on trails, small jumps, and small drops. Good for beginner downhillers who don't want to huck 10' drops. Looks good. | | Weaknesses: | The springs are way to soft, 7.5 wt oil what the ****, no preload, adjustments suck, not stong enough compotents on it. DO NOT TRY DROPS BIGGER THAN 5' WITH OR WITHOUT A LANDING! | | Bottom Line: | Second ride the plastic knob on the stantion came off, hit me in the eye, causing me to go over the bars when I hit a root. I snapped the qr 20 bolt right before a race which got me pretty mad. I have bottomed the fork countless times. I hate to say this but I really do think Marzocchi screwed up on this fork. It needs to be suited for more aggresive downhillers. I would recommend Super T, 888, or Boxxer forks for aggresive downhillers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bRad
a
from Charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | anything in Wilson's Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$549.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal Cycles Portland | | Strengths: | Simple, maintenance free (after initial dial in), improved tire clearance, improved lower crown. | | Weaknesses: | No rebound control, will require heavier springs and heavier oil if you weigh more than 150 lbs. If you like SLOW rebound it cannot be achieved with this fork unless you buy the Super T cartridge. | | Similar Products Used: | 03 Jr.T | | Bike Setup: | 04 Banshee Chaparral | | Bottom Line: | After my first ride I was so disappointed that I considered selling this fork and buying a Super T. It was way too soft and too fast and felt squirrely compared to my 03 Jr.T. After consulting Marzocchi, they recommended heavier springs ($35) and heavier oil (Spectro Gold 10W). After the initial changes the fork has been a real performer. The SSV rebound is now perfect and I havent had a hard bottom out yet. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Slavo Mevelancko
a
from Ukraine
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Nuclear Waste Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | black market | | Strengths: | Very plush, smooth travel. Adjustible, responsive. Great all around fork- not too heavy, enough travel to handle everything. | | Weaknesses: | Sometimes the fork will spike when you hit big rocks, chatters over small bumps. It can take a lot of abuse- takes rocky trails like a dirty wh*re. | | Similar Products Used: | I dunna. | | Bike Setup: | Huffy HFX 5000. | | Bottom Line: | This is a good fork. It can get bucked around a bit on REALLY rough trails, sometimes bottoms out. Otherwise it can handle about anything. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Warren from Tahoe
a Downhiller
from North Shore Tahoe
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | internet | | Strengths: | There have been several improvements for this fork over the last few years- better drop outs, qr20 axle, larger 32mm stanchions- not to mention it looks pretty sick. | | Weaknesses: | None I have found- This is the JR. T - not the Monster T or Super T or 888r If you are complaining about lack of features or performance than spend the extra money and buy a nicer fork. I have found the construction of this fork to be superb. | | Similar Products Used: | I have owned another Marzocchi fork- loved it. I had a Hanebrink LT-9 which was terrible. | | Bike Setup: | Heavy SC Bullit that climbs, 2 rings, doublewides, 24" rear wheel, nice components. | | Bottom Line: | This is an awesome fork. It is very well made, super plush and looks great. It is perfect for the variety of riding I like to do which is a mix of shuttle downhills, technical trail riding, jumps, drops and urban assult along some climbing too.
Great fork- I highly recommend picking one up if you have the means. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eder Giovani Savio
a Weekend Warrior
from Florianópolis/SC - Brazil
Date Reviewed: May 15, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Aranhas do Costão do Santinho | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Nice look.
Adjustable height.
Very light for a 170mm fork.
Very stiff for a light triple crow fork.
Integrated stem is amazing. | | Weaknesses: | No rebound and compression adjustments. But if you want that, buy a SuperT.
No so soft like old Monsters (1999-2002). | | Similar Products Used: | Z1 MCR 2001, Monster T 2001, Monster T 2003. | | Bike Setup: | Remec DH Word Cup carbon fiber, Hayes HD, 3 pieces crmo crankset.
http://www.eder.com.br/bike/remec | | Bottom Line: | I had two problems: 1) Botommed at a little jump; 2) Sounds. The bottomed happens if the level oil is low. The correct level is 10 cm from the top with the fork at the bottom. I use 20w or 15w. The sounds happens if the washers under springs are not at the correct position. Just put them correctly.
Always the fork works great for free ride and is very beautiful. The adjustable height is a great evolution for free riders, but I don't like to move all those screws.
No more troubles. I'm happy now, and will increase the rating from my last review. But I yet feel the absence of my old and soft 2001 monster...
P.S.: MARZOCCHI, I WANT THE OLD 7" MONSTER BACK!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick Rutherford
a Downhiller
from Bristol, Vermont, USA
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | I dont ride trails. tahts not freeride. | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | Alpine Shop | | Strengths: | Super smooth, looks cool, strong, and that about finishes that. | | Weaknesses: | Where to begin...the stock springs are SH!T. What were u thinkin marzocchi?! 7.5 wt oil? No preload? The adjustments SUCK. Oh, i almost forgot the horrid creaking internals. WHAT IS CAUSING THIS RETCHED NOISE? DID MARZ SOMEHOW STUFF SOME RANDOM PIECES OF METAL INTO MY FORK?! | | Similar Products Used: | 03 SUPER T, 888, 03 JRT | | Bike Setup: | AC2 with 04 jrt, avid mechs, truvative hussefelt cranks, Xt derailers,5th element rear shock, singletracks, azonic riser bar...too much more stuff to meantion. | | Bottom Line: | The 03' forks were insane. perfect. amazing. Marz somehow managed to do the opposite of that this year.
10th ride, the adjuster knob on the stanchion flies off, to be lost forever. The very next ride, the bolt on the qr20 snaps in half. Can bottom off of 5' to flat, or 10' to trannie. Terrible scraping noise on compression. Trash springs. light oil.
marz, what did you do?
If you buy this, be prepared to spend money on oil, springs, and put up with the aweful noise these make.
3 chili's for value, 4 overall because the tech support i recieved was great. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Zane
a Downhiller
from Salt Lake City, UT USA
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Bobsled | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$590.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride.com | | Strengths: | Durable, Stiff, Looks like a stealth bomber (is that where they got the name???) | | Weaknesses: | noise, lack of adjustability...although, for an inexperienced bike maintenance person, this is kinda usefull | | Similar Products Used: | 03 super T | | Bike Setup: | karpiel disco volante with fox vanilla in rear | | Bottom Line: | This fork is pretty sweet. people keep complaining about the springs clanking about the inside....once the oil gets all lathered...(10 minutes into ride), it goes away. then its freeriding for all! hahahhahahha
oh yeah, its good for urban too. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eder Giovani Savio
a Weekend Warrior
from Florianópolis - Brazil
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Costa da Lagoa | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Nice look, light, stiff, real preload adjust. | | Weaknesses: | No rebound and compression adjust. | | Similar Products Used: | Monster T 2001, Z1 MCR 2001, Monster T 2003. | | Bike Setup: | Remec DH Word Cup, Hayes HD. http://www.eder.com.br/remec | | Bottom Line: | I love Marzocchi, but now I´m really very sorry. Jr T 2004 is a good fork, but it has not external or internal adjusts. I changed the original 7,5w oil for a 20w ELF oil and the rebound had a little increase.
I contacted Marzocchi and they hinted to buy a SuperT rebound cartdrige. This is really very sad.
Always is a good fork for agressive enduro and light free-ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Caleb
a Downhiller
from Denver
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | moab | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Strengths: | Looks sweet. SSV damping works great. Had no problem with the stock rebound settings.Even though I hear it is non-adjustable. Plush and smooth. | | Weaknesses: | Not many. The only time I bottomed it was on a five footer to flat on the Porcipine rim trail. No external rebound adjuster is a bummer. | | Similar Products Used: | 2002 Super T Pro | | Bike Setup: | 2003 Lenz Sport Lumberjack | | Bottom Line: | Great for aggresive freeriders and light downhilling. My jr. T has taken everything I've thrown at it. If you huck huge cliffs and land a lot of flat landings get the 888. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Riley
a Racer
from Alberta ,Canada
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | My back yard bike park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath | | Strengths: | Light weight, strong ,not much flex, | | Weaknesses: | The junior T needs heaver fork springs or thicker fork oil. | | Similar Products Used: | Marzocchi 888,Marzocchi Monster T | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Big Hit Expert | | Bottom Line: | the fork is great but it needs stiffer fork springs or thicker oil. I only weigh 127 and the other day i bottomed it out. In my opinion this is a great fork if you want a stiff 7 inch light weight fork. The QR 20 is also nice. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Craig
a Downhiller
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: February 18, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Innerleithen | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | AMG Cycles | | Strengths: | Looks, nice wieght. | | Weaknesses: | Lack of rebound adjustment, especially seeing as the fork comes so badly set up! | | Similar Products Used: | Rockshox Judy LT, Shivers. | | Bike Setup: | 04 Bighit, Halo combats, Hayes disc, acor cranks and chain device, azonic bar/stem. | | Bottom Line: | Nice fork for the money, but the 7.5wt oil makes the fork feel like a damn pogo stick. Changed it to 10wt but was still too fast. So i'm gonna try 20wt now but that'll end up being too slow knowing my luck!
It really is a good fork for the money though, and once its set up right, i shouldn't have to worry bout it too much, which is good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim
a Downhiller
from UK
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Looks, the all black looks stealthy. Reasonably stiff, but its certainly no MonsterT (but then again, what is?!). Adjustable lower crowns on the Jr/SuperT models, after a year spent worrying that Marzocchi had all gone mad with bonded crowns. What a relief to get them back! | | Weaknesses: | Well, the total lack of rebound adjustment really is poor. A friend of mine with 03 JrTs has rebound adjustment and Air Assist. What happened to those for 04?
Like some others have said... what the heck is making all the noise inside? It doesnt sound healthy. Sometimes I land something and wonder if something has cracked somewhere! My friend's 03s are almost silent under compression.
Although some pics show the QR20 with Bolt version, mine came with the tradition QR20+ levers. Apparently I gotta pay £25 for the kit... Its only two cylinder nuts and some slightly custom bolts! Why oh why haven't we got proper 20mm yet on these forks? Or is that just reserved for the higher forks? | | Similar Products Used: | 99 JrTs, 02 Monster Ts, 03 JrTs, 04 Z1 FR, 98 Z1 BAM | | Bike Setup: | Bullit, 04 JrTs, Hope MonoM4/C2, 321 on Bulbs, Raceface/XT drivetrain. | | Bottom Line: | These forks are pretty decent, but they do have a few issues. They're not major issues, but are a bit annoying. Changing rebound speed via oil viscosity alone is a major backwards step, esp as they managed it on 00, 01, 02 and 03 JrTs. Isnt fork technology meant to progress?
The sound issue isnt hugely problematic, but it is disconcerting at times. When I ride over chatter bumps or cobble stones, the front end sounds like a baby rattle. Large hits produce a more pronounced sound, but who knows what causes it.
Overall, the chassis of the fork is fine, its just the internals that aren't great (but then it is the budget fork I guess). If SuperT internals aren't too expensive (unlikely), I might upgrade at a later date. Or just get some 170mm 888Rs :-D
I would love to vote them 4 chilis overall, but the backwards step with rebound settings and noise mean Im gonna mark them down (I'm still a huge Marz fan though, I swear by them). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Davies
a Weekend Warrior
from Auckland. New Zealand
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Big Mummah | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Merlin Cycles | | Strengths: | Nice n stiff, nice long 170mm travel, available in standard dropout, which can be handy, rather have the 20mm though. Looks wicked ! | | Weaknesses: | I'll just echo here what every single person who has bought these forks says. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING MAROZOCCHI ?!?!?!? NO REBOUND ADJUSTMENT? Thier website STILL says that it has internal rebound adjustment. In my country thats called false advertising and they would get a massive fine for advertising a products features as blatant bullsh1t. Even the manuals say it has rebound adjustment and the diagrams of the fork are completly wrong. You cant tell me that they made a last minute design decision to remove a massive feature! I got rid of my last forks becuase they didnt have rebound adjustment and chose these forks (aside from other things) becuase they did. I would not have bought them if they had advertised thier features accurately. Also makes some nasty internal clunking noises which they have since I got them out of the box. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou vert-x, marzocchi bomber exr comp (eww) | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Specialized Bighit comp (the expert model comes with these forks on it but got the Dirt jumpers on mine taken off when I bought it), hayes hx-9 HD, truvative crankset + pedals | | Bottom Line: | Very very poor form from Marozochi. I have tried to get comment from them and they just refer me to "my local dealer" which is no use to me seeing as I bought these from Merlin Cycles on the internet. Why is it that the companies that make bikes and compnents have got NO customer service and do not seem to have even the slightest concern for thier customers and thier satisfaction with the products they have purchased. I will not buy another Marozocchi fork becuase of this. I no longer trust this company, there are so many thigns inside a fork that you cant see, how do I know they arent lying about any of the other advertised features or specifications? In the end I do love this fork, its great for freeriding, which is what I use it for, most people seem to want to slow down the rebound, I actually want to speed it up, but I ride my forks at max preload and like them to feel really stiff so thats just me. Any disapointment here is not in the fork but in the company that made it, the lack of rebound does limit the versatility of the fork but doesnt stop it doing what I mostly want it to do which is suck up impacts and it does that very well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom
a Downhiller
from Aberdeen, Scotland
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$360.00 | | Purchased At: | bikedock.com | | Strengths: | Great Looks!, Surprisingly Stiff for Qr dropouts. Super Plush, Light, Adjustable Crowns | | Weaknesses: | Hmm, Lack Of Adjustments is annoying, The Preload is just useless really,No Longer Has Internal Rebound. | | Similar Products Used: | 01 Junior T, 2003 Dirt Jumper III, some sh!tty RST forks | | Bike Setup: | 03 Norco Atomik Army Green, Singletracks laced to Formula Disc Hubs,8 inch hayes hydros XTR/XT drive train, Truvativ Hussefelt A2A with Boxguide Fox Vanilla RC 2.5 stroke bumps travel up to just under 8" with team shore swinglinks Junior T 04 | | Bottom Line: | For the money this fork is great, out of the box its super plush, i weigh 10 stone, about 120-130 pounds, and i used most of my travel bunnyhoping of curbs, add some 10wt oil and its perfect, super smooth, pimp looks, If your strapped for cash, Buy it, it handles all the sh!t you can through at it, however if you can, get the QR20 plus, QR is weak and i want to get out of riding it, For the guy who earns his cash and doesnt have money to throw away its worth every penny!. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Roberto Paulista
a Weekend Warrior
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date Reviewed: December 23, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Very functional
Beautiful appearance | | Weaknesses: | - No rebound adjuster!!!!!!!!!! HELLO MARZOCCHI!!! What hapenned?????!!!!. The rebound is very fast with 7,5 oil.
- BAD internal sounds!! | | Similar Products Used: | 01,02,03 Jr T.
Boxxer Race
| | Bottom Line: | It is a good fork, to put must have the adjuster of rebound. If it holds very well in strong impacts but it is "silly" in high speed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marsh
a Weekend Warrior
from London, Surrey, England
Date Reviewed: December 22, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Freeborn north shore style | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | Walton cycles | | Strengths: | Looks the part, plus it can take the big hits. | | Weaknesses: | not enough possible adjustmentse.g. internal rebound | | Bike Setup: | Saracen Havoc on steroids, hope mono minis, mavic crossmax wheels, xt deraillers, top easton components | | Bottom Line: | If you want a good value for money dh+freeride fork that can take the big hits then this is the fork for you.However it's very simple with not many adjustment controls. This could be good or bad depending on the type of rider you are. I give it an overall good recomendation. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mac
a Weekend Warrior
from VTown, CA. USA
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Strengths: | All Black Looks Bad A$$, 32m stanchions, adjustable lower crown. | | Weaknesses: | NO INTERNAL REBOUND AS ADVERTISED
NO INTERNAL REBOUND AS ADVERTISED
NO INTERNAL REBOUND AS ADVERTISED | | Similar Products Used: | No Dual Crowns, but used 00 z1 and 02 z1 FR | | Bike Setup: | 01 Joker, XT Disc/Shifters/Derailleurs, HolzFeller RG, SingleTrack Wheels, Easton EA70 post/bar, Hussefelt Stem
| | Bottom Line: | *This is the same review I had on the 03 site. Just thought I'd post it on the 04 since there is one now.* Out of the Box the rebound was too damn fast!! I bought this under the assumption that it had an internal rebound adjuster but after talking to Marzocchi Tech support the 04 no longer has internal rebound. Drained the stock 7.5 and added 10wt. It felt fine at 1st on my local trail (big rock gardens) but after this weekend on more of a fast DH trail littered with smaller rocks it chattered like hell. Still don't know what to do yet, although changing the oil is easy it still sucks having to do it in order to fine tune. Another option is to upgrade to the Super T cartridge but might as well buy the Super T. All in all it's a good fork but it could've been better with the built in rebound. Marzocchi, update your manuals and tell all your distributors about the missing internal rebound!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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