Marzocchi 888 ATA WC 2008 Forks

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Weight : 2.910 grams

Product Description

160mm to 200mm Adj. Travel
RC3 Volume Adj.
ATA - Air Travel Adjust
Air Spring
Aluminum Steer Tube
38mm Nickel Coated Alloy Stanchions
8" Post Mount or Max Disc 9"
20mm Axle

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Submitted by joao marques

Date Reviewed: April 16, 2012

Strengths:    Endless adjustability. lightweight, super sensitive, travel adjustment!

Weaknesses:    the possible amount of time needed to dial it to perfection. but then again, that is a plus! it means there are endless possibilities and allways the right setting for you!

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Got it about 5 months ago, and is without a doubt the best fork i have ever ridden (had 4 marzo's before this one) ! the fork is tricky to set-up since the owner's manual is absolutely useless (if anyone has trouble e-mail me at jhmmjhmm@gmail.com. i'll be happy to share my experience with these endless knobs and valves!), but get it right and youre in for a real treat! I ride with the low/high-speed dial almost completely to one side (low-speed almost fully closed and high-speed almost fully open) and still i get some nice sag and extreme high-speed sensitivity and control while mantaining a more rigid feel on corners and low-speed bumps for carrying speed.the two air chambers allow you to control the compreession curve of the fork through its travel, making it feel like it has endless travel. bottom-line: the fork has that "bottomless" feel that gives you confidence to throw yourself at the bigger stuff and handles the rough stuff (roots,rocks) like butter giving loads of control! and the travel adjustmentt is sweet! i run it at 185mm for full downhill and freeride and still feels bottomless everywhere and allways in control! massive fork! (hate the graphics though, striped mine down a made myself some new ones), still BUY IT NOW YOU WON'T REGRET IT

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Submitted by adrianm a Weekend Warrior from Cape Town, South Africa

Date Reviewed: October 26, 2009

Strengths:    Good looking and relatively maintenance-free

Weaknesses:    Weak steerer tube

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I would give this fork a very good rating if based solely on the ride and settings available. It takes a while to set up, but once you've got it dialed, it's amazing. However, after a little crash the steerer tube is bent and cannot be straightened. The importer to South Africa no longer exists and Marzocchi is dragging it's feet in getting back to me. I base a products value to a large extent on the after sales service I get from the manufacturer. Based on that, I cannot give it a good rating. Do I have to throw this fork away because of poor after sales service?

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Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $1300.00

Similar Products Used:   none

Bike Setup:   Specilaized Bighit, 780mm Boobar, Code 5's, Fox Vanilla RC rear shock, Marzocchi ATA WC fork, Truvativ cranks, etc

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Submitted by konastinky07 a Downhiller from England

Date Reviewed: April 20, 2009

Strengths:    Alot! Excellent damping, wide range of adjustments, feels as good or maybe even better than a coil fork, adjustable travel for when you want to do 4x or dj.
rc3 uses a speed sensitive compresion valvev and rebound valve so it's verry plush when going slower on very small bumps but stiffens up slightly so it dosn't use a load of travel and bottem out.

Loads of adjustments, no flex what so ever, new arch looks amazing and the nickel coated stanchion tubes help it feel like butter.

Weaknesses:    Well, i have only owned the product for 2 days so it hasn't broken in at all yet. the vol adjustment and the compression adjustment do not really do anything drastic on my fork yet. I think it is becasue of the oi hasn't fully pumped around the curcuits.

Bottom Line:

An amasing fork. It's fairly light for a 38 mm fork with 200 mils of travel. Early forks of this kind may have some type of "bushing play" however, these forks just feel really progresive and plush when you need them to be and not so when your doing high drops which is awesome and their getting eaven better when i ride!

i'm glad i own it, i havn't even properly adjusted it and it works wonders!

This fork it realy for downhillers and heavyweight freeriders, however, you could use them for other aplications due to the fact that it has a 40 mm travel adjustment alough i wouldn't recomend it.

Your in for a real treat.

Note: currancy is in pounds sterling.

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Favorite Trail:   The KrAsh track, hsd, and egypt

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $980.00

Purchased At:   Dartmoor cycles

Similar Products Used:   Not realy simmalar but i have used a marzocchi drop off triple and it compleatly sucked. blew it out twice...

Bike Setup:   bone stock 07 stinky with marzocci 888 2008 ata wc forks

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Submitted by mikenotion a Downhiller from UK

Date Reviewed: October 22, 2008

Strengths:    Fairly lightweight for a 38mm, dual crown. For an air sprung fork, feels more like a coil sping than I first imagined. Fantastic sensitivity, super on the big knarly stuff.

Weaknesses:    So many dials/knobs and settings... Yeah of course, we all love a fork with loads of pretty shiny things to turn and adjust, but when you've just whizzed down your fav. trial, realised the fork needs a little more fine tuning, you get back up to the top, reach for the first knob, and your first thought is, 'wait, but maybe I should turn that one instead, or both? or neither?... mmmm, ah I'll just go for my original choice... wait, what does Volume Adjust do anyway?....' ... There is A LOT of potential adjustment on this fork, on the upside yes, you can dial it in just perfect, on the downside, sometimes you just wanna ride instead of wondering which combination of knobs to turn and in what direction, and if you should change the air pressure in the PAR chamber, or in the ATA chamber... The thing is, all these areas of adjustment aren't explained well AT ALL in the 2008 manual, brief explainations yes, but for a fork so detailed in its adjustment, better understanding is definitely needed by the rider, and marzocchi need to bring thier tech info up to the standard of the component. In particular, VA and PAR need to be explained a little better, and how there adjustments might effect the compression & rebound strokes.

Bottom Line:

When you get the hang of the adjustment, get it tuned in to your riding style, your in for a real treat. I had never riden an air sprung product before this, and in my opinion, the 888 ATA WC feels a lot like my old 06' 888 RC2X's... Before buying the ATA's I was doubting them a little over coil sprung 888's, but I have been very pleasently suprised. Very comfortable to ride with, feel stiff and trustworthy. (2008's).

4 Chillis for value, because of manual and adjustment description quality.

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Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $1000.00

Purchased At:   R Yates

Similar Products Used:   rockshox, 888 rc2x

Bike Setup:   knolly v-tach.

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Submitted by Jesse Hill a Weekend Warrior from San Jose

Date Reviewed: June 9, 2008

Strengths:    Great feel

Weaknesses:    not as light as claimed/ 07 was lighter

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great fork. The feel is very nice and can eat up alot. Only have a few rides so far and holding back alot because the whole bike is new to me. My only gripe is it is a bit heavier than I tought it would be and the 07 ATA that was on my friends Bullit (now he also has 08) was noticably easier to get the fron end up. No big deal though I will eventually adjust.

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Favorite Trail:   Northstar

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Similar Products Used:   minor test with boxxers, 40's and Derodo's. Other single crown ATA forks.

Bike Setup:   Bullit, DHX 5.0 soon to be CCDB, Floater, King Devo, Hadley, 888 ATA WC

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Submitted by Julio a Downhiller from The netherlands

Date Reviewed: February 12, 2008

Strengths:    sexy,great adjustments,super ligth weigth,38mm nikkel stantion,grafics,ATA&RC3.

Weaknesses:    None!!!!!

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Rigth out off the Box and mounted them onto my DH bike and setting them up to the rigth adjustments.This fork is so plush it's actually saging into it's travel off the weigth off the rider,the fork feels realy but awesome on turns and it soaks up the big hits with no problem.This is by far the best fork i now ride other forks didn't feel as nice as this magnificent 888 does and it's realy ligth in compairisson with most DH forks except the Boxxer WC.The 160mm - 200mm travel adjustment is a big bonus and works realy realy great.At 2.9kg with great adjustments and butter smooth damping this fork is one off the best Air DH air forks out there.Highly recommended on any other DH bikes out there.

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Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $1200.00

Purchased At:   LBS

Similar Products Used:   Manitou Travis,888 VF,Totem 2 step air,66 ETA,66 RC2X.

Bike Setup:   Trek session 10,888 ATA WC,Revox coil,Alligator windcutter rotors,Race Face evolve DH stem,Brave monster bar & connector grips,Bontrager rims,hubs,Tires,cranks,pedals,Wipperman gold chains,Sram X.O shifter & X.O limeted edition derailleur.

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Submitted by Thomas a Downhiller from Whistler,B.C

Date Reviewed: February 4, 2008

Strengths:    Light, Smooth Travel, Very Adjustable,Beefy,Best 888 To Date

Weaknesses:    None

Bottom Line:

These are so improved over last years fork, the travel is smoother than a coil, better lowers, no ata wind down. I had problems with the 07 888 rc2x's being rough at any speed but slow over med to rough trails, not with these forks they smooth out trail so much it almost feels like riding on asphalt. I didn't fully realize it until I rode my friends bike(He has the same bike but with 06 888 rc2x's) down the same trail what a difference, now he wants to get the forks there that good.Looking to buy new forks get these you will be amazed at how good they are.

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Similar Products Used:   Fox 40 RC2,888 RC2X,RC,Boxer WC

Bike Setup:   Demo 8

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Submitted by Ed a Downhiller from san francisco

Date Reviewed: January 14, 2008

Strengths:    very stiff and smooth. best air fork that i have felt.

Weaknesses:    the par chamber. when i got the fork i wasnt getting all of the travel out of it. my buddy took the par chamber out and it made the fork 200 times better. sooooo much smoother and i get all the travel

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LOVE THIS FORK. like i said id recommend taking out the par to any one considering this fork. corners well. so much stiffer than my boxxers.

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $1450.00

Similar Products Used:   boxxer teams, good but flexy

Bike Setup:   07 sunday wc

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