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Marzocchi Marathon Corsa SL WC 2008 Forks

2.8/5 (5 Reviews)

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Weight : 1.578 grams


Product Description

  • SFA Adjustability
  • Air Spring
  • Alloy XC Steer Tube
  • 32mm Nickel Coated Alloy Tapered Stanchions
  • V-Brake Optional
  • 6" Post Mount


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Reviews 1 - 5 (5 Reviews Total)

User Reviews

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by RedMower a Cross Country Rider from Athens, Greece

Date Reviewed: April 9, 2009

Strengths:    Stiff maybe

Weaknesses:    function at all, the cartridge blew off after 5 months.

Bottom Line:   
It's too strange the way this fork works. Very bad feeling on trails. The cartridge gave it's spirit after 5 months of use. Note that i am 70 kilo rider.

The worst buy i have ever done. Do Not Buy It.

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Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $450.00

Purchased At:   New from Ebay.com

Similar Products Used:   rock shox sid

Bike Setup:   Giant Anthem, fulcrum red metal , full xt
Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by robmax a Weekend Warrior from Dublin, Ireland

Date Reviewed: February 10, 2009

Strengths:    Super super super plush action, had mine tuned by an olympic xc rider prior to riding them so dunno what they are like stock. Light and stiff for what they are.

Weaknesses:    Remote lockout leaves only air pressure as a preload adjustment, 80mm travel for Irish XC tracks is just not enough. Bottom out easily and with little mercy for your wrists!

Bottom Line:   
With so many XCers opting for Fox and SIDs these can be picked up for nothing, may not be AS good but are still excellent fork. Although being an out and out race fork it needs to be watched for bushing wear etc as do they all.

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Favorite Trail:   Crank it up, Whistler

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $180.00

Purchased At:   second hand but unus

Similar Products Used:   Fox

Bike Setup:   BeOne Team Replica, XT groupy, specialized the captain tires, titec, ritchey and beone finishing kit
Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by nico-bike_123 a Cross Country Rider from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date Reviewed: September 1, 2008

Strengths:    Smooth, Looks Great!

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:   
Great Fork! Easy to install and works better than my Fox fork. It's the first time I ride Marzocchi forks and it won't be the last for sure! A bit expensive if you buy it whitout a deal but on ebay at 500 was cheap enough for me!

So if you want a great cross country fork get one

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Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $500.00

Purchased At:   eBay

Similar Products Used:   Fox F32 100 RL and Rock Shox J1

Bike Setup:   Rocky Mountain Vertex 50
Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by narzabal a Racer from franquevielle france

Date Reviewed: June 25, 2008

Strengths:    look

Weaknesses:    70kms et les premiers problèmes: perte de la molette de réglage dessous.beaucoup dde jeux dans les plongeurs etc...

Bottom Line:   
le sav a fait la réparation mais pour le passage en 100mm me demande 300€.
quelle honte .
premiere et derniere fois que je roule en marzocchi
je ne ferait pas de pub pour des gens comme cela.

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Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Purchased At:   qbikes tracker 1

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by Adam a Racer from Canton, MI, USA

Date Reviewed: March 19, 2008

Strengths:    Easier to setup than previous marzocchi marathon forks. only two air chambers compared to the three they had on the 2006 model. Remote is also a nice touch.

Weaknesses:    Remote doesnt come setup properly out of the box, not a problem with the fork, just the remote engaging with the cable length they give you.

Bottom Line:   
Remote requires a certain amount of throw to engage the locking mechanism on the remote, so locking issues out of the box were not the forks fault. One of those out of the box "wtf" situations. The top of the fork near the Lockout also seems to leak if you flip the fork over (not a lot, but enough that it gets on your hands when fixing the remote lockout cable). Not sure if this is because of the fork being new, or if it's just the nature of the fork. Also be ware cable fray on the remote lock out when resizing the lockout cable that comes a little too long. Once you cut the stock end of the cable getting it around the top of the lockout cap causes it to fray. Finding a new cable, impossible...I had to call marzocchi and tell them how to take apart their own remote. Even then they didnt have a clue. Only after 10min did I realize he was taking apart an older style remote. They just sent me the old model remotes cable, so here is to hoping. No local bike shop recognizes the cable. A really weak design if you ask me.

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   Rev. Bikes

Similar Products Used:   2006 Marzocchi Marathon (their highest end one)
2003 Fox F100x

Bike Setup:   2008 Rocky Mountain Element Team, stock.
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