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Marzocchi 99 Z-1 BAM Front Shock
Product Description99 Z-1 BAM
User Reviews 
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dd
a Weekend Warrior
from ontario Date Reviewed: September 4, 2006 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $40.00
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Jesse Jesse's last name
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, TX Date Reviewed: October 29, 2003 Strengths: smooth, stiff, reliable, simple. Weaknesses: Had to loosen all bolts and realign wheel after first use - oh well :). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: shhhhh..... Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $350.00 Purchased At: don't remember. Similar Products Used: Cannondale Headshock, AMP F4 BLT (junk) Bike Setup: Titus Quasi Moto (strong, good), usual stuff.
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Doug Brummett
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Cruz Date Reviewed: December 7, 2002 Strengths: Good esthetics, easy adjustments, easy to rebuild and maintain, strong enough for free riding Weaknesses: None that I have personally experienced Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Anything in Santa Cruz Duration Product Used: 2 Years Similar Products Used: Tried just about every fork on the market as a mechanic on test rides. Personally have rode Z-2 BAM, Judy DH, and now own a Dirt Jumper. Bike Setup: I used this fork with three different bikes thus far: SC Heckler, SC Chameleon, and an Uzzi SL 
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Efren
a Weekend Warrior
from San Juan, Manila, Philippines Date Reviewed: April 10, 2002 Strengths: Biiiiiig travel for a single crown fork! Plush action and infinite adjustability. Weaknesses: Some say the weight is a problem, but it doesn't bother me. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Streets of Makati Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $225.00 Similar Products Used: RST Mozo Pro, RST High 5, Marzocchi Jr. T, Cannondale Lefty, Cannondale Ultra, Rock Shox Psylo, Rock Shox SID, DNM UD Downhill Fork. Etc... Etc... (I'm lucky to have a lot of biker friends!) Bike Setup: "Guess" (or so the sticker says) freeride / slalom hard tail. Z1 fork. SRAM 8 speed Plasma shifter and XTR rear mech. Truvative Hussefelt DH cranks with ISIS drive bottom bracket. Truvative Version 2 chainguide. Azonic PDW handle bars. Shimano Deore Disk Brakes (2002 Hydraulic) XT Disk Compatible hubs. Mavic 121 rims (they may be old but damn good!) Some Taiwan rip-off of an Azonic Stem. Chris King Headset. Kore flat pedals. Kujo DH 2.25 tires.
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Lewis
a Downhiller
from Rugeley, Midlands, UK Date Reviewed: February 11, 2002 Strengths: Coil sprung, oil damped, plush and smoove marzocchi action. Weaknesses: The previous owner snapped the bam arch brace, and replaced it with a laser cut steel one which makes it 10 times stiffer horizontally than my mates 2002 z1 dropoff Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Cannock chase Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $120.00 Purchased At: a mate Similar Products Used: 2002 Z1 Dropoff, 2001 Z1 MCR, 2000 Z3 BAM, RST 281 (a bit poopoo), Suntour dual crowns (very poopoo) Bike Setup: Unbranded black hardtail frame, with D521, Planet X DMR and Shimano finishing kit.
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Tyler
a Cross Country Rider
from Cambridge MA Date Reviewed: February 10, 2002 Strengths: durable and predictable Weaknesses: a bit heavy but theh goods outweight the bads by a mile Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Hunter to Pritchet (Moab) Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: Youngs Bike Shop (EP deal) Similar Products Used: Manatou EFC, SID, Fatty Bike Setup: CD Beast of the East
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Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from Bay City, MI Date Reviewed: December 2, 2001 Strengths: Everything. I love the fork, super plush, CANT BOTTOM IT OUT! Will take anything you can throw at it. I have done 6.5 foot drops to pavement (flat) landing on my nose on a hardtail and I couldnt even bottom it. I will swear on this fork for the rest of my life. Buy it, and buy it now. Weaknesses: The only thing is that I cracked the crown, only because I had sold my friend a z.3, but when I bought the z.1, the sterrer wasnt long enough, and It wasnt removeable. So I traded my friend crowns, the the z.3 crown isnt meant for drops, so eventually it cracked. But other than that, there is NO WEAKNESSES!!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: HUGE DROPS Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $168.00 Purchased At: EBAY BABY! Similar Products Used: 99 Z.3 Light, Manitou Magnum r, Some RST's... Bike Setup: I hope it will be like this after xmas: Mongoose Pro dx 4.0 frame, sun rhynolite rear, xtr rear der with deore front, Race Face northshore xs cranks, LX shifters, titec bar & stem.
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James
a Weekend Warrior
from N. Van Date Reviewed: October 14, 2001 Strengths: super plush the feel matches my rear perfectly (yeti dh4) metal knobs which don't break Weaknesses: I've got a QR20, laced to a rhynolite, and I can still feel quite a bit of flex in the fork, I also get a little "kink" sound every once in a while, usually when i first get on my bike and get over the fork. almost sounds like my headset is loose, but it's not. maybe my bushings are just loose, which might explain the sloppy feeling steering. also, you have to buy a seperate after-sale disc mount, which is WAY to expensive for what it is, I payed like $30CDN or something... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months
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john charles
from phoenix,az Date Reviewed: January 22, 2001 Strengths: bombproof works like a motorcycle fork change the oil once a year good as new! chew's up everthing on the trail. Weaknesses: I could complain about the weight like everyone else but the performance is soooo worth it! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: national Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: lombardis sports Similar Products Used: rock shox-manitou-rst Bike Setup: GT i drive 1000 race face full xtr
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Lem
a Downhiller
from UK Date Reviewed: January 6, 2001 Strengths: It makes you feel invincible! It is sooo stupidly plush! Looks the bomb in yellow on my purple Kona! BAM brace looks so much more hardcore than the 2001 Marzocchis! Weaknesses: I heard them creaking, on further inspection the stanchion bolts were loose. Check these regularly, you'll be fine. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Longmoor DH Course Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $250.00 Purchased At: Terrain Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Kona Lavadome, D521 CD's, DMR V8's etc.
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J to the K
a Downhiller
from B-ham, Washington Date Reviewed: November 16, 2000 Strengths: This fork is the bomb. It makes mmy hardtail feel like an F/S!! This is because it is plush, smooth, has five five five inches of travel, adjustable in so many ways, meaty, looks smooth in the polished version. In my opinion the 99's are better than the 2000s due to the brake arch,- which is stiffer, replaceable and all machinened out. Weaknesses: yeah yeah i'll complain about the 'weight' too - but this is the minimmun mass your gonna EVER get out of a durable five inch travel fork, you winers. Plus four pounds is equal to that burrito you ate before the ride. Due to the long travel my Z-1 is getting a little loose in the bushings. They probably need to be replaced about now. Sucks that marrzzochi still doesent understand that fork boots save your fork from the mud and other nasty things. The gold ano stanction tubes are oh so pretty, but they can get F@$ked up by the elements real fast. Earlier this year I was ridin this cement wall and lost my balence - the bike fell on the wall and scratched my stanctions. I was pissed to the point of yelling obscentities at polite canadian riders... - boots would of prevented all of this. Now one side leaks oil. I have been riding with the fork in this condition for quite a while and after polishing down the scratch and oil change, it rides better than any fork I have yet to feel - except for other zokes, of course! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any NSX Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: why doesen't mtbr list "freerider" in the option above? Similar Products Used: marzzochi Jr-T, Z-2 atom bomb, Rock sh@T Judy XC, SL, DH, manitou sx-r Bike Setup: kona chute, z1 bam, DH wheels, riser bars/stem, XT
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Keith F.
a Weekend Warrior
from Coutenay, BC Canada Date Reviewed: November 8, 2000 Strengths: Very plush Very adjustable Weaknesses: Flexy Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Two shieks & a dog Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $500.00 Purchased At: Blacks Cycle Similar Products Used: Z1 Qr 20, 00 Boxxer Bike Setup: Raven 4000, Z1 Bam, Grimica system 8 discs, XT & Hugi hubs, Ryno Light rims, 900 cranks and BB( hollow & splined)Race Face post, Maxxis front, Rokko rear.
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Ken Mayes
a Downhiller
from Clinton, Ut, USA Date Reviewed: November 4, 2000 Strengths: gobs of travel, well built, tons of adjustability, good looks, disc brake mount Weaknesses: I won't mention flex-single crown, 5"? What do you expect? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Devo DH (deer valley ut) Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $500.00 Purchased At: Pricepoint.com Similar Products Used: Most of the manitou and rockshox crap Bike Setup: Gary Fisher hartail frame, Hayes 8" discs, zoke 5", Azonic parts
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Stu Miller
a Weekend Warrior
from Littleton, CO Date Reviewed: October 14, 2000 Strengths: Low maintenance 5 inch travel Smooth on stutters or drops Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: White Bros SC90 Manitou EFC Bike Setup: Titus Quazi Moto w/Fax Air Vanilla Mix of SRAM, Shimano, Raceface & Bontrager
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leo
a Downhiller
from austria Date Reviewed: October 9, 2000 Strengths: well, this is my 3 bomber. So I think that I can say - the best freeride fork ever made... Weaknesses: For you bross here in the usa, well maybe the service, but in europe - no problem!!! I need a seal - takes like 4 days to get one from the factory... but weaknesses - no! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Kaprun - dh world cup course + Tree Cime - a great freeride course around Lago Di Garda... Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $270.00 Purchased At: Marzocchi - Milano italy Similar Products Used: bomber Z1 CR, rock shox judy100, X-fly bombers, and my favorite - the monster T !!! Bike Setup: Sintesi bazooka /the freeride version/, hayes, XTR, Dee-max, marzocchi Boss rear damper, 99 - 5" bomber...
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