Submitted by
TamKid
a Racer
from Fort Collins, CO Date Reviewed: May 10, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Colorado Trail, each part rips.
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$650.00
Purchased At:
Jenson USA
Strengths:
Marketing value: It looks like you get alot for your $
Weaknesses:
Reliability. You'll never get full travel AND the ATA feature will eventually break, like in a week or so. Junk.
Similar Products Used:
Fox Talas - go buy one. Its worth the extra $, as you don;t have to pay 50$ to warranty it( as marz. requires) and you don't have to live without your bike for months!!
Bike Setup:
BLur LT
Bottom Line:
something has happened to Marzocchi since I owned one in the early 90s. That one was a tank but it worked. Realize that Lopes rides different internals on all of his forks. The stock ones are just a ripoff.
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Submitted by
The Skreth
a Downhiller
from Prague, Czech Republic Date Reviewed: March 22, 2009
Favorite Trail:
In Deep, Whistler
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$800.00
Purchased At:
Marzocchi Official D
Strengths:
Pretty stiff, light weight, easy-to-put on/off axle with no tool required, easy set-up
Weaknesses:
Very, very poor reliability and quality of cartridge.
Similar Products Used:
55 series
Bike Setup:
Custom hand-made all-mountain bike with 6" of travel
Bottom Line:
I've been using this fork for a very short time. It was not super sensitive, but I do not demand it from all-mountain bike fork anyways. The look-out for uphilling was handy. So the fork done its job quite well, but it has zero bottom-out resistance. It got slight bottom-out during the last ride and the rebound cartridge blew out. Now I reclaim it and it become my sistr's new fork.
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Submitted by
Vanez
a Weekend Warrior
from Espoo, Finland Date Reviewed: March 15, 2009
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
Came with bike
Strengths:
very plush and reliable, feels great.
Weaknesses:
I cant say how durable it is.. well see
Bottom Line:
Good for xc, slopestyle, freeride
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Submitted by
higgo
a Weekend Warrior
from Peak District, UK Date Reviewed: November 19, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Cut Gate
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
Great fork when they work
Weaknesses:
Unreliable.
Similar Products Used:
Had Pikes on the same bike before
Bike Setup:
Blur 4X with RP3, Hope Hoops, SRAM drivechain.
Bottom Line:
Whan they work these are a great fork. It's well suited to the bike and handles everything I throw at it, normally somewhere around 120-140mm but let out to 160mm for silliness.
But... it just too unreliable. First off I never really got full travel out of it, missing the top inch or so. This got worse until (in the Alps) I was missing the top 3" or so of travel. Even with no air in the fork they'd just come to a dead stop with about 3" of stanchion showing. At about the same time the travel started winding itself down as I was riding along. They went back and had all the internals swapped.
All was fine for a couple of months but now they've just sort of dropped so the travel now adjusts between ~45mm-85mm! They're going back to the shop again tomorrow.
Difficult to know how to rate them. If they were relaible it would be 5/5 but I just can't recommend them. In the UK at least there's good warranty support from the distributor but you'd be mad to buy these second-hand.
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Submitted by
nibbledtodeath
a Weekend Warrior
from Swansea Date Reviewed: October 14, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$3000.00
Purchased At:
Local bike shop
Strengths:
Good for a ride or two if lucky!!!
Weaknesses:
Very poor reliability, I'm on my third pair and ATA replaced twice.
Similar Products Used:
Marzocchi 66 - reliable forks
Bike Setup:
Scott Ransom 20
Bottom Line:
Great bike rubbish forks, 55's lead to massive disappointment. Buy and repent, I would not even consider buying another bike with Marzocchi forks. Short of recalling all 55 ATA2's how will they regain credibility. Four failures in 6-7 months. Expect ATA cartridge failure before forks are worn in, every time. ATA adjust also winds down while riding trails, loosing travel when needed most. It seems like 1 in 100 people get a fork that works!!! I hope my latest pair is one of these (blind hope).
I would not recomend 55's to anyone and would advise people not to buy a bike fitted with 55's
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Submitted by
Driverfound337
a Downhiller
from Salt Lake City, UT, USandA Date Reviewed: September 28, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Bobsled
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
Quick lockout and asa
Weaknesses:
Failing after 16 days of use......
Similar Products Used:
Marzocchi Fond Race 1 Lock-Up 120mm
Bike Setup:
Kona Coil Air
Bottom Line:
Never felt like it was a smooth fluent shock but loved the travel. I have had trailriders share their frustration with it failing on them.
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Submitted by
FatJoey
a Weekend Warrior
from UK Date Reviewed: September 21, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Continental Trail......Nant y Arian
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$7000.00
Purchased At:
stif
Strengths:
Tracks well, v.stiff, easy to set up, versatile, deals with my weight well (225 lbs) & been totally reliable so far.
Weaknesses:
Brake cable clamp...pretty naff.....very easy to fcuk the threads.
Similar Products Used:
Pike 454 air u-turn, Pace rc40, Marzocchi all mountain 3
Bike Setup:
Cannondale Jekyll, with thompson, hope, blah blah
Bottom Line:
Bought for a bargin £330 in Jan this year and been riding it without even the slightest hint of trouble ever since. From 160mm going down in Wales to thrashing my local xc route at 120mm, totally predicatable and has massively improved the handling of my bike.
Perhaps I'm one of the lucky ones (fingers crossed)!!
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Submitted by
Pikesrider
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver,CO Date Reviewed: August 26, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Apex
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
stiff and plush. Comparable to oil when it works.
Weaknesses:
It doesn't work that often. I've had the fork for 4 months and ride twice a week. Since I've had it, it has been back to Marz. twice. First time loweer TST cartridge was flipped, second time they didn't know what was wrong with it.
Similar Products Used:
Marz. All-Mountain-1. Problems with that one too.
Fox 36...this shock is reliable, but doesn't feel as good as the 55 (when the 55 works).
Bike Setup:
Norco Fluid LT
Bottom Line:
Marzocchi's new air technology doesn't work as good as their reliable spring and oil forks.
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Submitted by
Doctorpull
a Downhiller
from Truckee, CA USA Date Reviewed: August 22, 2008
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Strengths:
The fork feels smooth when it works which is rare at best.
Weaknesses:
I rode the fork for 2 rides before noticing that the ATA would dial down during the ride loosing all 40mm of travel during the ride. The rebound cartridge soon after broke giving me only 1" of travel.
Bottom Line:
Bottom line is that Marzocchi needs to recall the entire 55 line. As far as customer service....They have none. It took 5 weeks to get my fork back after many phone calls to someone that had no idea if my fork was even there. Additionally, when I got the fork back the travel adjustment doesn't work. Don't buy any bike that has the Marzocchi 55 product.
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Submitted by
monkeyninja
a Weekend Warrior
from uk Date Reviewed: July 10, 2008
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$600.00
Purchased At:
glasgow cycles
Strengths:
amazing when working
Weaknesses:
broke after 1 month, losing all travel they now sit between 90-130mm, ata winds down on its own.
Similar Products Used:
66, fox 36
Bike Setup:
commencal mini dh, 55 ata2, spank wheels, hope pro2 hubs,
Bottom Line:
good when working but i think the whole 55 range should be recalled cause they have lots of problems everyone i know who has them has had to send them back...making them bikeless for 3-4 weeks....marzocchi sort it out.... should have gone for the fox's
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Submitted by
gtisteve
a Weekend Warrior
from newcastle, uk Date Reviewed: July 3, 2008
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$600.00
Purchased At:
edinburgh cycles
Strengths:
feel and work very well when they work and very stiff for a single crown big travel fork.
Weaknesses:
well, when i first got them they had to be sent back to have the tst2 rebled as it had to much oil in causing reduced travel, the ata winds its self down on long runs, ive had an air lock in the air spring and now the rebound/tst2 cart has broken which isnt supprising seeing how thin the metal is and how deep they have cut the thread.
Similar Products Used:
66rc rockshox lyric
Bike Setup:
6" front and rear solid bikes flair
Bottom Line:
excellent when it works, but poor bild quality and reliability let it down, and i know im not the only one after a chat with the uk distributer
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Submitted by
Biggwhit
a Weekend Warrior
from Barrowford, Lancashire, England Date Reviewed: July 2, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Malham Meander
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$630.00
Purchased At:
Foxs Cycles, Colne
Strengths:
Lightweight, strong, great feel, look the business
Weaknesses:
None yet that I have found
Similar Products Used:
N/A
Bike Setup:
Giant Reign 2 but with Marzocchi 55 ata2 08's
Bottom Line:
Fantastic value, built well, will ride over anything you put infront of them.
40mm travel adjust, 5 lock out settings and + & - rebound settings allow for fine tuning.
Strongly recommend for all mountain and not too extreme freeride!!
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