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Marzocchi Z-150 FR ETA 2004 Front Shocks
Product DescriptionThere's no doubt about the type of terrain the Z-150 is built to handle - this fork is ready to freeride! It's the only single-crown freeride fork to offer nitrite coated steel stanchions for buttery smooth performance. 150mm of travel lets you tackle gnarly terrain with ease.
User Reviews
Submitted by
shanedawg
a Downhiller
from san jose, ca Date Reviewed: May 28, 2009 Strengths: great tunability via oil height and air preload so get the perfect progression and bottom out for your weight and riding style. Super supple on small stuff and can take huge drops. stylish knobs and great look. Very strong. Weaknesses: heavy. QR20 is not super fast to use but hey it works well. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: braille trail, demo forest Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $450.00 Purchased At: Evolution Bike Shop, Similar Products Used: tons of different fox forks, rock shox lyrics, totems, pikes, X-fusion forks, older marz forks. Bike Setup: 2001 Turner RFX with a mix of freeride parts on it. 
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Joe Mac
a Downhiller
from Germantown, MD, USA Date Reviewed: November 6, 2007 Strengths: Marzocchi Z150 FR ETA QR20: Smooth travel. Tough in the important parts. What else can you ask for? I've beaten on it, downhill, XC, freeride - including many drops, with no complaints. Even without compression adjustment, it didn't bottom out. Heck, I rebuilt it for the first time after 3+ years! Weaknesses: The QR20 is a bit...er...not quick. The only thing to break on the fork was the little screws holding the QR. And this breakage was not related to poor fork performance at all. It was just an annoyance on an otherwise outstanding fork. Doesn't have compression adjustment. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $700.00 Purchased At: Online Similar Products Used: Marzocchi Shiver, Manitou Black Comp Bike Setup: Vantana El Chamuco. It has decent parts - no need to brag.
Submitted by
Lucas
from Edmonton Date Reviewed: October 31, 2006 Strengths: super plush, good sensitivity through out travel, rarely bottoms, pretty stiff for a single crown, put it through its paces on every thing form whistler to the shore and held up to two years of abbuse until I snapped the steer tube off, can't say its a crap fork cause it lasted the longest of any fork I've had and I break every thing, only cost me $120 to get it fixed including shipping with a week turn around so good service from the Van w/r department Weaknesses: this thing is a tank I put it in the scale and its 7.6 lbs with oil and axel, I've used it on xc but better suited for DJ or free ride, it does have its limmits but good allround Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $700.00 Purchased At: hardcore Similar Products Used: 888rc2, SC shiver, fox vanilla 130,physlo(crap), Bike Setup: I had it on my faith then after it broke I replaced it with a 88rc2 and put the z150 on my heckler
Submitted by
Viktor
a Weekend Warrior
from Bratislava Date Reviewed: October 4, 2006 Strengths: Bullet proof overall design proven and unchanged for years for a reason. This fork is gonna outlast your ass. Travel is used by 100%, tunable by oil height Seemless Rebound control that works HSCV cart that lasts and delivers The knobs are solid and easy to use unlike some other forks Did I mention it has the looks? Coated steel stanchions will last forever, unlike the alloy ones which will get scratched easily... and yes they start to fade a little but who cares. Weaknesses: ...but are much lighter at the same time. This is the reason I switched to OEM '05 AM2 with the same carts and saved a lot of grams. But I am a weight weenie and own a Faith for DH shuttles so the AC with AM2 is my XC bike. For a do it all freerider, this has been a pretty solid choice. The only better you might assume is the 66 but sure not VF. My QR20 dropouts are still OK but I am happy for marz to go with maxle like design. The levers are sure prone to a failure and might become a hassle do fiddle with. ETA is not really the best for rocky uphills but you still have the choice and sure it gets handy at times. No spring upgrades/compression settings, while the air assist is a pain to inflate... if you're under 200lbs, try to top the oil level instead. If you are heavier, you are in a trouble of using the poorly designed air adapter. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Podkonice Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $540.00 Purchased At: eBay.de Similar Products Used: 05 RS Pike SL - wow what a difference you cant believe the Z150 has only 10mm more travel. The PIKE feels like an XC fork in comparison... 05 Z1FR2 - same but lighter and no ETA 05 Z1FR3 - SSV sucks. Save your money. Bike Setup: Giant AC w/ 4-way, mostly DH spec
Submitted by
david cedric
a Weekend Warrior
from philippines Date Reviewed: October 5, 2005 Strengths: stiff, buttery smooth travel, ETA, nitride coating Weaknesses: kinda heavy, you cannot use headlocks Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: urban, off road Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: trix bikeshop Similar Products Used: marzocchi z1 dropoff ETA, RS psylo Bike Setup: '01 bullit w/ 5th element, marzocchi z150, raceface northshore DH, XT all over
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Eric Westling
a Weekend Warrior
from Lerum/Sweden Date Reviewed: August 13, 2005 Strengths: So smooth, good locking, HSCV is wonderful Weaknesses: Alittle heavy maybe.. And pretty expensive. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Rollercoaster trail Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Similar Products Used: Marzocchi Z1 Drop Off 2 & Manitou Stance Flow Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Bullit -05, Marzocchi Z150, Hone cranks, Raceface-bars and stuff. Magura Julie 7" brakes, Hope-hubs and Mavic EX721Cd rims. XTR/Hone. V8 pedals
Submitted by
Dirty
a Downhiller
from Yucaipa, CA, USA Date Reviewed: July 28, 2005 Strengths: Smooth Smooth Smooth. This is a follow up from my first reveiw. After a year this fork is still working great. I have been Abusing it Plenty also, Havent had anything break on it yet and i am still Banging it offrocks pretty Much on every trail i hit. Deos well Even for my size and Stiff as crap specially for a single crown Weaknesses: The Axle, Spend 15 Bucks and get a Solid axle, The Brake mounts, Make sure you either get a Really thick Brake caliper stand or long Bolts if using spacers Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Any that can hurt you more than you want Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: Marzocchi Direct Similar Products Used: Psylo sl and xc Marz mxr 888 Boxxer team Manitou slider dorado All the fun ones Bike Setup: Khs FR 1500 with nothing left original Everything upgraded in oneway or another  
Submitted by
ezweave
a Downhiller
from Colorado Date Reviewed: July 21, 2005 Strengths: It was smooth and a step up from my DJ2 QR20. Weaknesses: ETA isn't really that useful as it does not go all the way down. QR20s broke at the BMX track. The fork had maybe 200 hours on it. Weak. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $700.00 Similar Products Used: DJ2 QR20, BoXXer Bike Setup: 2004 X3, e13 SRS, rear der only, primo end caps, lock ons, Z-150, single tracks, hayes 8", etc.
Submitted by
Ads
a Weekend Warrior
from Qld, Australia Date Reviewed: July 11, 2005 Strengths: Smooth marzocchi style movement ETA QR20+ Air preload Weaknesses: No external rebound adjust on OEM model (drop-off). The black TI-nitride coating is starting to wear off. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: one with dirt on it Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: Marz MXR, Z1 Bike Setup: Craftworks FRM125
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Kyle
a Downhiller
from San Rafael, CA Date Reviewed: July 10, 2005 Strengths: This Review is for the Z-150 Drop Off that came stock on my bike: The fork is mega plushy, super, super stiff. Has a great axle system for 20mm, ETA is awesome, and has stiction free dampning. Weaknesses: None that I know of. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Karpiel at Northstar Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: Stock on Bike Similar Products Used: Fox Vanilla R, Dirt Jumper 3, Boxxer, Sherman Breakout, Z150 FR (Not Drop off) Bike Setup: 67 with a Z150 Drop Off, WTB Rims, Hayes 9's, e13 DRS, Holzfeller, Easton Stem and Bars
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shaun
a Downhiller
from Coventry, England Date Reviewed: May 20, 2005 Strengths: Strength- I have come from Z1 drop offs to these forks, and they are a world apart in terms of stifness, maybe due to the QR20, but they do track very very well. Weaknesses: Nitrite coating has worn off at bottom of both stanchions(about an inch), to reveal silver underneath. Paint isn't the best- there is a lot of wear under the brace. Very heavy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $400.00 Similar Products Used: Loads of marzocchis owned(7), and twice as many different ones rode. Bike Setup: Patriot, Hope mono m4's and bulb hubs on D321's, Raceface etc.
Submitted by
peter Disbury
a Weekend Warrior
from Walnut Creek, CA, USA Date Reviewed: April 11, 2005 Strengths: super stiff with the 20mm axle, decent adjustability with the preload on the right leg, handles bumps and things with aplomb and feels awesome on the fast descents. Weaknesses: Heavy and a little life less. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: mach 5 Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: supergo Similar Products Used: Z1 FR SL 130mm w/doppio air and ECC. Bike Setup: Weyless 67 FR bike with Swinger 4way coil shock, WTB DH hubs on WTB Dual Duty rims, Kenda 2.3 Kinetics, Thomson front and rear, Chris King headset, Sram and Shimano drivetrain, Holzfeller crankset, Azonic pedals and Answer pro taper bar. Hayes 8" discs front and rear.
Submitted by
Dbohnsai
a Downhiller
from Chilli, Oh Date Reviewed: March 19, 2005 Strengths: This is for the Z-150 Drop Off. Pretty light for the travel Weaknesses: stearer tube didn't seem quite tight enough on the headset race. Decals kinda lame for the OEM forks but not really a weakness. Cap oil seal extremely easy to break when adjusting rebound. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Great Seal State Park Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $360.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: DJ3 (awsome but heavy), Super T Pro (excellent), MZ Comp (totally junk), some old rock shox Bike Setup: tricked out Haro X1 
Submitted by
Casey
a Weekend Warrior
from Thames, NEW ZEALAND Date Reviewed: January 28, 2005 Strengths: Sweet suspension ( compresion and rebound ) also the strenght of the fore and aft movement was highly impressive Weaknesses: lateral rigidity. when cornering hard i could notice movement. Bent the crown yesterday whilst falling off doing a 4 meter table top jump. Steerer tube is straight as, so are the stantions, only the crown bent side ways. WARRANTY ???? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: oripi Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: cycle xpress Bike Setup: Keewee progressor ( hard tail )
Submitted by
Graham
a Weekend Warrior
from Madison, OH, U.S.A. Date Reviewed: January 11, 2005 Strengths: 150mm of Travel, ETA, Rebound, Extremly stiff, Buttery smooth, Good Looks, Tough. Weaknesses: Lizard skins don't stay on perfectly, the 20mm is a pain it the neck, and heavy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: ALL Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $350.00 Purchased At: eBay Similar Products Used: Psylo Race, Sl, Blacks, Boxxer pro, Z5's. Bike Setup: Kona Stinky, Avid discs, XT derailers, Kooka crank, heim bach and guide, Pro Taper bar, FSA stem, XT lace to F519,
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