Marzocchi XC 600 ATA2 2008 Forks

2.55/5 (11 Reviews)
Weight : 4.23 lbs


Product Description

  • 100 to 140mm Adj. Travel
  • TST 2
  • ATA 2 - Air Travel Adjust
  • Air Spring
  • Alloy XC Steer Tube
  • 32mm Aluminum Stanchions
  • 6" Post Mount


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Reviews 1 - 11 (11 Reviews Total)

User Reviews

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:5
Submitted by punkeyedchicken a Downhiller from consett, county durham, uk

Date Reviewed: October 24, 2010

Strengths:    price, adjustability, customer service

Weaknesses:    flex, stiction

Bottom Line:   
Seen an awful lot of mixed reviews about this product, i got mine over a year ago in a sale at chainreactioncycles.com, acquired a giant trail bike from a friend and wanted to build up an AM/aggressive XC bike. Initial reports are good, havent had many problems with them unlike a lot of other users despite using them for dirt/light DH and everything else, does seem to make a knocking sound when moved in any direction quickly (especially under harsh intermittant braking) and in my opinion work well on full travel and are more than capable for what they are designed for, im happy with mine but looking a other reviwes id probbaly think twice about buying them again, bottom line is (for me) great fork for price, versatile, work well for my style of riding but can be flexy (which doesnt inspire much confidence when riding like a loon)

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $220.00

Purchased At:   chainreactioncycles.

Similar Products Used:   rockshox tora

Bike Setup:   aggressive XC/AM hardtail

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by lovemtbnaz a Cross Country Rider from Tucson, AZ, USA

Date Reviewed: December 21, 2009

Strengths:    The tech support at Marzocchi!! Thanks Gideon (hope I spelled it right) I've heard 2008 was a bad year for Marzocchi and yes I've had my issues with this fork but the guys at Marzocchi are super duper cool.

Weaknesses:    None because if you have an issue you can talk to Gideon at the tech dept and he'll be sure to help, and for this reason I wouldn't have a problem buying a Marz fork in the future.

Bottom Line:   
Like I said I had my issues with this fork however Marzocchi tech Gideon was super cool to talk to and I'm very confident that if and when I have an issue I'll be treated good and taken care of. That being said the folks at Marzocchi are pretty smart having a guy like this working for them. So I'm giving 5 stars because the service is what a customer always hopes for but never gets.

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Favorite Trail:   50 year trail

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $2000.00

Purchased At:   came with bike

Similar Products Used:   Rock shox Tora Sl, Omni, different stuff you know?

Bike Setup:   Gt force 3

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by jim817 a Weekend Warrior from Colorado Springs, Co USA

Date Reviewed: March 19, 2009

Strengths:    Light

Weaknesses:    Cheap. Obviously not made in Italy anymore

Bottom Line:   
This fork has completely failed me after only two intermiediate rides. It is poorly put together and the controls are cheap. I adusted the fork to my body weight per the instructions from Marzocchi prior to riding for the first time. This fork was not the deal that I was expecting. The Jury is still out as to how JensonUSA will handle this situation, but I definitly do not recommend purchasing this fork.

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Favorite Trail:   Palmer Point

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $250.00

Purchased At:   JensonUSA

Similar Products Used:   Rock Shox

Bike Setup:   Jamis Dakar XLT3.0

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:2
Submitted by kaftal a Cross Country Rider from Petach Tikwa, Israel

Date Reviewed: March 19, 2009

Strengths:    Nice looks, adjustable travel, remote lock

Weaknesses:    No option to set the locking breakthrough.
Either completely locked or open.
Reliability


Bottom Line:   
Got it OEM with my Focus Thunder AM bike.
Used it for about 800 K"m then the travell was 40 - 20 MM when setting was 140.
Sent it back to the dealer for fixing.

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Favorite Trail:   AM

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   Focus

Similar Products Used:   RST 140MM

Bike Setup:   Focus Thunder, AM

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by Antonio.Ptits a Weekend Warrior from Ukraine, Kharkiv

Date Reviewed: March 18, 2009

Strengths:    No so bed for such price, nice look and it work

Weaknesses:    I get it with a bike, forks itself not so bed, but really slippery. I cannot say anything about burn in period, but after 20-30 km of really heavy trail it start work better. No any other defect. One thinks which are really looks like a very cheap solution – rebound knob made from plastic, foxed not so reliable as it should be (also other knobs, which are visible immediately made from nice and strong look anodized aluminum)

Bottom Line:   
Can be used as a budget solution

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Bike Setup:   XT/SLX

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:2
Submitted by SD a Weekend Warrior from VALENCIA

Date Reviewed: March 11, 2009

Strengths:    SD

Weaknesses:    SD

Bottom Line:   
ASD

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Favorite Trail:   ASD1

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $112.00

Purchased At:   122334

Similar Products Used:   ASD

Bike Setup:   SADA

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by helexia23 a Weekend Warrior from Austin, TX, US

Date Reviewed: February 23, 2009

Strengths:    Great rigid fork.

Weaknesses:    -It didn't work.
-Marzocchi "fixed" it.
-It doesn't work.



Bottom Line:   
The fork had problems from the start. It would only get 30-60mm of travel, and then it got stuck locked out.

I sent it in to Marzocchi for service (shipping to them at my expense) and with a total turnaround time of 3 weeks I got it back.

A couple months later the exact same thing happened. Now the fork gets about 20mm of travel and/or gets stuck locked out.

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Favorite Trail:   Anywhere

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Purchased At:   Came with bike

Bike Setup:   Full XT/XTR

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:4
Submitted by meehow8 a Cross Country Rider from louisville, ky

Date Reviewed: October 20, 2008

Strengths:    inexpensive, travel adjust, rebound adjust

Weaknesses:    flexy, too much stiction

Bottom Line:   
Bought this fork because it had all the features for cheap. I've been a Marz fan for years, but those were coil sprung. This thing isn't that smooth. Wish I would have spent a little more for a 2nd rockshox air. The adjustments do what they're supposed to, but not that great. The travel adjust ramps up a lot if set to lower travel- it only feels good at full travel. The rebound works, but the stiction is really bad. If this wasn't so noticable, I would complain about the flex more. I'm hoping it gets better with use. I took it off of my hardtail to see if I can break it in. I will rebuild with diffrent oil over the winter and keep squirting oil and triflow on the seals while it breaks in. Hopefully it'll smooth out. Not a horrible fork, just not as stiff and smooth as I would like. Will put it to some good use though.

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Favorite Trail:   no mountains here

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $300.00

Purchased At:   online

Similar Products Used:   2008 rs recon 351 u-turn, marz, manitou

Bike Setup:   mountain cycle zen w/ 5th air, x9, slx double crank and ft der, elixir r 185/160, thomsons, mavic 321s

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by magers a Cross Country Rider from saratoga, ny

Date Reviewed: August 29, 2008

Strengths:    relatively simple with a quick setup, good travel adjustment.

Weaknesses:    stiction during break in period.

Bottom Line:   
For a relatively inexpensive XC fork, it can gobble up quite a bit of terrain when opened up to 140mm. The stiction is definately present and I'm hoping it fades as the fork breaks in. The TST2 locks out the travel very quickly and easily. Overall I'm satisfied with the purchase.

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Favorite Trail:   smba

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $300.00

Purchased At:   Greenfish

Similar Products Used:   Marz 07 XC700.

Bike Setup:   Specialized M2 hardtail, with XT components Avid 5 brakes.

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:2
Submitted by evil-clown a Cross Country Rider from denver, co, usa

Date Reviewed: August 19, 2008

Strengths:    Hmmm... can't think of anything

Weaknesses:    flexy, stiction, breaks easily

Bottom Line:   
Pretty disappointed. I have ridden Marzocchi's for the past 6 years and loved them. I thought I couldn't go wrong. I was wrong. This fork is pretty darn flexy and, due to lots of stiction, very harsh on the small stuff. These things I could probably live with for a season or two, but last week I lost 90%ish of my travel. Now, when the ATA is opened up all the way the stanctions are run all the way out, but I get about 50~60mm of travel. When it is dialed down I get about 10mm of travel. That sucks!

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $400.00

Purchased At:   jenson

Similar Products Used:   Marzocchi Marathon L, Rock Shox, Manitou

Bike Setup:   Ellsworth Truth w/o Shimano

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Simon Redfields a Downhiller from Indiana,U.S.A

Date Reviewed: October 17, 2007

Strengths:    Has a great rebound and fantastic preloads

Weaknesses:    cos be a little bit more suttle when going down some harder things but hey its a xc fork so dont expect the performance of a downhill type fork.

Bottom Line:   
A great fork for those who want to ride some intermediate or advanced xc trails and a well valued piece of biking equipment 10/10

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Favorite Trail:   Red Rock

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $210.00

Purchased At:   super johnsons cycles

Bike Setup:   Giant Stp

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