Marzocchi 66 ATA 2008 Forks

3.28/5 (25 Reviews)
Weight : 2.690 grams


Product Description

  • 140mm to 180mm Adj. Travel
  • RC3
  • ATA - Air Travel Adjust
  • Air Spring
  • Aluminum Reinforced Steer Tube
  • 38mm Nickel Coated Alloy Stanchions
  • 8" Post Mount
  • New QR Axle


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User Reviews

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by Juicy360 a Downhiller from Krakow, Poland

Date Reviewed: October 2, 2011

Strengths:    stiff, strong, lot of effective settings, it'll fit anybody because it's air fork, progressive work - good for freeride

Weaknesses:    manual is useless, i had to buy another headset to fit it in my frame, works not as good as other forks(smoothness, flow), clearances (08 issue) but does not affect the work

Bottom Line:   
good for freeride, quite light, air, but im gonna buy something like boxxer or 888(2010 and up)

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Favorite Trail:   Myslenice

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $400.00

Purchased At:   ebay

Similar Products Used:   fox 36 van, z1 fr2, boxxer, old 888 forks

Bike Setup:   duncon cane corso, roco wc..

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Steve the dog a Weekend Warrior from Brisbane, Queesnland, Austraila

Date Reviewed: March 19, 2010

Strengths:    Big, looks cool, smooth, rebound is good and effective as is compression. Feels like a set of triples. VERY STRONG
and pretty smooth movement


Weaknesses:    User manuel is crap... I dont know what PAR is yet.. ATA is slow... havnt used it much tho because everyone said it breaks easy. Loud air noises when rebounding, kinda annoying

Bottom Line:   
I reccon it tops fox 36ers, ive been happy with mine and think it is a superve fork. And im going to be keeping it for a lot longer to come.

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Favorite Trail:   Fast, Flowy, bumby stuff

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $423.00

Purchased At:   eBay - Brand new

Similar Products Used:   Marzocchi 55R, Rockshox Boxxer,Fox 36 Van, Rockshox Totem

Bike Setup:   Giant Reign X1 2009

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by carpantera a Downhiller from Ledyard, CT, USA

Date Reviewed: August 1, 2009

Strengths:    Great adjustability. Smooth response.

Weaknesses:    Does not fit well on some frames and a tall headset is needed and even then some grinding may be required.

Bottom Line:   
Great fork, but sucks to fit it up to some frames. Crane creek make a headset to help with interference issues, but you may have to grind knobs to be able to clear the down tube.

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Favorite Trail:   Westwoods

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $650.00

Similar Products Used:   Marzzochi 888

Bike Setup:   .243 FR Hardtail

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:2
Submitted by gabtomato988 a Weekend Warrior from concord,ca

Date Reviewed: May 20, 2009

Strengths:    looks pretty cool
big 38mm stantions


Weaknesses:    oil and air leak out where the ata cartridge is so that sucks
super heavy due to the nickel plated stantions
quick release loosens bup all the time dont feel safe riding fast
travel adjust is a pain in the butt turning


Bottom Line:   
SUCKS!!!

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Favorite Trail:   lime ridge mach 5

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $699.00

Purchased At:   pricepoint

Similar Products Used:   totem 2-step

Bike Setup:   08 reign x1

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:1
Submitted by crashmatt a Weekend Warrior from Sweden

Date Reviewed: October 21, 2008

Strengths:    3 year warranty

Weaknesses:    1. Wobbly stachions
2. Worlds worst user manual leading to 2 fork failures
3. Self adjusting travel adjust
4. Air leak between ATA and PAR cartridge

Small bump sensitivity could be better but not really what I am looking for.


Bottom Line:   
RELIABILITY SUCKS. Buy this fork if you crave dissapointment and have a high tolerance for pain.

1 chili for value. A fork at this price should never need repair (unless mistreated), only service.

2 chilis for overall. It gets an extra chili since it is so good when it does work.

Don't bother with long travel adjust air forks. The technology is not mature. Only Fox seem to have a reliable platform but TALAS is too linear for my taste.

Thanks to excellent support from CRC I have not suffered too much from these problems. Dont buy these forks unless you have a very supportive bike shop.

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Favorite Trail:   Double Header, Les Arcs

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $1200.00

Purchased At:   CRC

Similar Products Used:   RS Totem 2-step air - Lifetime 2 years

Bike Setup:   SX trail, Hope, Mavic, SRAM, E13 DRS, No working fork....

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:2
Submitted by nicholas a Downhiller from japan

Date Reviewed: August 18, 2008

Strengths:    very great feel, just like a coil 66 but better because you can adjust the air as soft or as hard as you desire. the bulk of these are wonderfuly stronger than the older 66. this is my third 66. and it seems great.


Weaknesses:    the ata is one of the best systems out now because of the dual air.the bottom and the top air combined make for a great feel. however the ata doesnt hold air under the stress turning the knob. this is so bad,bad,bad.

Bottom Line:   
i originaly bought this fork for its travel adjust. before this i was using a 66 rc2x 180 07 model. so for my bottle rocket it was great for everything big and fast and all around,but i realy wanted to adjust the travel to better suit the area. for example 180 for drops bigger jumps and dh ridding. but for tighter trails and jumpier trails i wanted to lower the front end to 160 even 150-140,to give the bike a better feel for the partictular place.for this meaning this for is the best match for my bike, however even after having it fixed one time it still leaked air from the ata top 40mm travel shaft. marz can ealily fix this problem by upping the seals in the shaft from one seal which is standard the two or even three.
so i did just that. its not easy nor is it right by their standards, but its possible. i added one extra seal to healp stop the air form comming out. so far everthig is great and i can adjust the travel with ease, i did however lose 5mm of travel, the legnth of the extra seal but for my bike its very good. the fork is great, strong and the damping is spot on when set up for you style and weight.
however for marz allowing these problems and not fixing them is totaly untollerable. 07 ata was just as bad and everyone thought that it was fixed for 08. im glad that i have the place and know how to fix my own sus. i know this is not feasible for everyone nor should it be. for this price you should be reciving a almost flawless fork.

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Favorite Trail:   fast,folwy,jumpy and bumpy

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $975.00

Purchased At:   adernilne bikes

Similar Products Used:   66 08 rc3 no problems but no adjustiable travel.

Bike Setup:   transition bottle rocket.

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:1
Submitted by jsoates a Weekend Warrior from Crawford Bay B.C. Canada

Date Reviewed: July 19, 2008

Strengths:    Very smooth and progressive when working right. Stiff fork for a single crown.

Weaknesses:    ATA knob turns down on rough trails. The air pressure leaks out of the top chamber and fills the stantion tube with pressure causing a very harsh ride. This only occurs when you use the wind down on a climb. If you wire the ATA knob so it won't move and set the air pressures correctly for your weight this fork works excellent on downhills. High speed compression damping a bit on the harsh side. The decals on the fork legs are about as ugly as they get and whoever decided on painting them white never owned a mountain bike that was used for off road (very hard to clean)

Bottom Line:   
This fork is a disappointment considering how much money they charge for it. I bought a new Marzocchi 888RC in 2005 and it was a much better product. Marzocchi needs to test their products before putting them out on the public because they seem to have some serious Quality control issues. I was going to purchase the Rock Shox Totem instead and now I'm wondering if I made the right decision.

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Favorite Trail:   Lockhart Creek

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $1600.00

Purchased At:   Sacred Ride in Nelso

Similar Products Used:   None that compare with this fork.

Bike Setup:   Knolly Delirium T with all Shimano XT parts.

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by steveo1 a Downhiller from Samoens, haute savoie, france

Date Reviewed: July 18, 2008

Strengths:    looks great, neat q/r axle

Weaknesses:    no where near specified travel, slack bushes and seals, compression dials fall off, useless user manuals, ata wind down, collapsing cartridges

Bottom Line:   
These forks are terrible. Straight out of the box the left leg seals were incredibly slack and they never achieved anything like the 180mm travel stated, possibly 130mm max. compression dials seem to have a habit of falling off and setting them up according to the manual results in a pretty much solid fork. After several emails to Marzocchi they said that 'after much testing' they've realised you should run no air in the non ata side cartridge (why is it there exactly?) the forks have now collapsed no matter how much air's pumped in, and are useless after just a handful of rides. Might I suggest to Marzocchi they try 'much testing' before they release the forks.

Useless

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Favorite Trail:   northern alps

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $1300.00

Purchased At:   Bike shop - samoens

Similar Products Used:   rock shox domain

Bike Setup:   marin quake - which is great!

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:2
Submitted by kain2000 a Downhiller from Alberta, Canada

Date Reviewed: July 11, 2008

Strengths:    WAS super plush, USED TO ramp up well on the big hits, IS STILL very light.

Weaknesses:    Wind down

Bottom Line:   
After owning my fork a few months my travel has gone from 7 inches right down to 5.5 inches. Also as I was turning the ATA knob my top schraeder valve snapped. So far I am not impressed. Currently I am waiting on a reply from Marzocchi regarding whether they will fix these problems under warranty. If they do I will not have a problem and may continue to buy from the big M. I wouldn't advise this model though. Unless you really want the adjusting travel go for the 66 RC3, You'll be much happier in the end. Maybe even a totem or a travis would be swell.

P.S. My compression knob fell off when i was riding and could never find it. That Blew!

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Favorite Trail:   Good Riddance

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $800.00

Purchased At:   Onlinecycle

Bike Setup:   Specialized big hit

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:2
Submitted by anestesista a Weekend Warrior from Italy and Greece

Date Reviewed: July 9, 2008

Strengths:    Have not find it yet...

Weaknesses:    does not do what marzocchi describes...

Bottom Line:   
1: it has not 180mm of travel but 170mm!!!
2: after 10 minutes of riding downhill the fork loose nearly 15mm of travel becouse the ATA side gets pressed down, so I must stop my ride and turn the ATA knob in anti-clockwise direction for getting all the 170mm of travel!!!
3: there was a very litle movement on the bushings of the fork that I have never meet in all the ather forks that I have tried since I ride bikes!!!
4: after only 10 times of riding my bike, the knob of the low part of the left scabbard, the RC3 side that regulates compression was disconected from the fork and now I cannot regulate the compression of the fork!!!!And it is not covered from guarancee!!!
5: the axle of the fork remains extremely exposed at knocks, so I have broke his arm and now I have to use a pair of grabs for removing it!!!!
ATTENSION!!! if you buy this fork, you will need a lot of luck for having fun with it.....

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Favorite Trail:   everything

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $800.00

Purchased At:   web

Similar Products Used:   marzocchi 66 RC2X

Bike Setup:   MDE CRAB

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:4
Submitted by davet a Weekend Warrior from Vancouver

Date Reviewed: July 4, 2008

Strengths:    Stiff, plush, excellant damping, good axle system.

Weaknesses:    price, stantions scuff easily

Bottom Line:   
I traded the failed Totem 2-step for this fork and haven't looked back. It does everything better than the Totem and the travel adjust actually works!!

It takes a basic understanding of how the damping systems work to get it set up properly, so if you don't know what you're doing take it to a shop for some help. Like any high end fork, if you don't get it set up right with will feel like crap.

This fork feels almost as plush as my 888WC, the travel adjust works perfect. It's really a great fork.

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Duration Product Used:   6 months

Similar Products Used:   Totem 2-step

Bike Setup:   2006 Norco Six

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by PostCanyon a Downhiller from HR, OR, USA

Date Reviewed: June 5, 2008

Strengths:    ATA on a 7" fork. QR skewer.

Weaknesses:    Seals on one side were defective from the factory... Current wait time to have this fixed by Marzocchi is 3 weeks plus shipping.



Bottom Line:   
Based on all of the reviews and rants of poor QC on 2008 products from Marzocchi I was wary of getting this fork...and I should have gone with my gut and the Totem. They have so many QC problems that their service center is overloaded and they are making no special efforts at dealing with the problem. How do you say "recall" in Italian?? Unacceptable quality and service for a $1000 fork.

Once I get to actually ride the fork a few times I will hopefully have a more positive review to post.

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Favorite Trail:   Post Canyon

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $750.00

Purchased At:   Transition

Similar Products Used:   None

Bike Setup:   2008 Tranisition Dirtbag

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by nicholas poetker a Downhiller from japan

Date Reviewed: May 25, 2008

Strengths:    great adjustments, strength , and good over all feel. when set up right it feel just like a coil rather than an air fork. i love to jump and do drops so just adding some oil the reboud side can ensure a goood progessive feel. and will not bottom.

Weaknesses:    i have had this for for less than a month and the ata when turned leeks the air from the top into the inner tubes creating a verry stiff and harsh feeling. i have to mail it back to get it fixed. this totaly sucks because im in japan so its going to take a long time

Bottom Line:   
i love this fork and all of the adjustments. but iam so sad that its leeking air. for this price there shouldnt be Any problems. i just hope the repair turn around is fast and effective.

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Favorite Trail:   fast flowy steep with drops and jumps

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $1099.00

Purchased At:   jenson

Similar Products Used:   66 rc2x,888 08 ata,all mtn sl ata 07

Bike Setup:   transtion bottle rocket.

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by Holger a Weekend Warrior from Germany

Date Reviewed: May 21, 2008

Strengths:    adjustable travel, good QR System, stiffness, look

Weaknesses:    seal on left hand side came out of the bottom tube on the first day with longer DHs, all the oil and air was gone, oil went onto
brake during ride, fork was used approx. 5 days.
not very plush compared to other forks tried when used with enough air pressure, with less pressure fork sinks much while braking, giving less control. nickle coated stanctions
scratch easily. compression adjuster knob fell off in car.
bushings have play from the beginning, making a lot of noise
with just a little dirt on.


Bottom Line:   
performance would have been acceptable if fork was more reliable, if you want to have more of both, better go for a Rock Shox Totem. Mine has worked great until the 2Step problem
came up, so take a solo air or better coil model.
Sorry, with the seal broken I can not recommend the product to
anyone, this should not happen with a new product, especially
in this price region!

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Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $1720.00

Similar Products Used:   Rock Shox Totem 2Step Air, Fox 36 Float R

Bike Setup:   VP FREE, Fox DHX Air 5.0, Avid Code, Mavic DeeMax, Race Face Diabolus bar and stem, Shannon Hardcore seatpost, SRAM X9, Holzfeller crankset, Maxxis Minion DH F 2.5 UST tires, 5050xx pedals

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by darren carter a Weekend Warrior from uk

Date Reviewed: May 4, 2008

Strengths:    Great adjustability, tuff as hell, nice and plush when broke in

Weaknesses:    ATA dial catches frame

Bottom Line:   
A great tuff adjustable freeride fork and definately worth buying, maybe marzocchi could bring out a flatter ata dial

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Favorite Trail:   anywhere

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $1400.00

Purchased At:   halfords

Similar Products Used:   none

Bike Setup:   07 kona stinky with full diabolus kit, 66 ata, e 13 drs and mavic ex 729 rims on hope hubs

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