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Submitted by
Nelson Lyons
a Weekend Warrior
from Kelowna,BC
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | World Cup DH, Silverstar | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Venture Gear | | Strengths: | Strong, very plush and smooth, fairly light weight | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | 03' Dirt Jumper 1, 02' Z1 Dropoff | | Bike Setup: | kona | | Bottom Line: | they rock and u should buy some | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Taylor
a Downhiller
from Mill Valley CA USA
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | camino alto | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Saint, the devil | | Strengths: | good til it broke. | | Weaknesses: | I snapped the left stanchoin in half, I weigh 90 pounds and I snapped it in a skate park. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 02 kona sinky dee-lux | | Bottom Line: | buy it if you trust it | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blake
a Downhiller
from Boise, ID, USA
Date Reviewed: December 27, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Hard Guy | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | ECC lockout is the best
5 in. of smooth travel | | Weaknesses: | Sanctions or the weekest pieces of horse crap.
Marzocchi has horrible customer service
expensive | | Similar Products Used: | RockShox Psylo SL, Marzocchi DJ 1 | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain RM6, now with boxxer, Hope Discs | | Bottom Line: | I rode this fork for about a week, then raced on it once. I was beginning to like it. Then suddenly I decided to take it freeriding, that's when I took about a 6 foot drop (landing of grass!!!) and the sanction tubes snapped in half!!!!!!! I tumbled on the fork and it stabed me in the shoulder. Not only did this fork break easily under pressure, it broke in only about 2 weeks of riding. I tried to get it warranty and marzocchi was jerks about it. They made me buy another fork, so I said F*** it. I still have the fork if anyone wants to see pictures of it. Plus it's expensive. Non-freeriders should buy fork. Too heavy for XC. Not big enough for DH. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Beau Lyon
a Downhiller
from Ft Dodge IA USA
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | timberline | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | the bike shop | | Strengths: | Super stiff smooth plushhhhhh (mines a 2000 i bought it new and havent had a problem with it yet) | | Weaknesses: | None really | | Similar Products Used: | judy sl | | Bike Setup: | Azonic ds1 race face: stem , head set , B.B.(chromo one)northshore xs cranks avid mech discs titec bar thompson layback seat poast | | Bottom Line: | I bought mine on closeout in early 2001 so i got a screamin deal on it. works great would highly recomend for my portly brothers out there .this baby is the real deal if you like to ride urban down hill or slalom youll love it .If your an x.c.Geek well look else where like me shes a bit on the chubby side ;) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Row-Bear Scadding
a Downhiller
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | urban | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | sport swap | | Strengths: | Beffy crown, good tire clearence, long travel, plush feel, QR 20 makes a super rigid structure | | Weaknesses: | Qr 20 plus retention flaps are a pain in the ass to change a flat, seperated arch from slider assembly (despite brake posts installed) recently snaped right side stantion at the crown | | Similar Products Used: | Stratos S7, Manitou Millenium, Rock Shox Psylo | | Bottom Line: | Great fork for serious free riders or urban assult, but if over 165 lbs get the dirt jumber one. Thicker walls on stantions make fort less flexy and less likely to break. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Racer
from N. Van.
Date Reviewed: January 15, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Takes a fair amount of abuse | | Weaknesses: | The shock was a lemon - could never get mine set right - 1st year bent the arch - oil leaks - always in need of maintenance. I'm no huge hucker or crash test idiot -the shock sucked. I bought the only crap Z1 out there. | | Similar Products Used: | JrT - most excellent | | Bottom Line: | buy this shock based on other reviews - mine sucked big time | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
me like fork
a Downhiller
from toronto
Date Reviewed: December 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | the one out there | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | aj's in stowe vermont | | Strengths: | -bloody strong
-plush plush travel
-5 inches of plush travel
-stiff as stink with the beefy bolt on arch, and qr20
-good looks
-not a rock slop, or man-poo
-easy to maintain
-seals are excellent | | Weaknesses: | just nit-picking but
-when i first bought it the pre-load knobs would turn to the easy settings as i road
this was fixed with lock-tight,
and actually has never happened again after i changed the oil last 2 weeks ago | | Similar Products Used: | -monster T, super t
boxxers, judy xc/c/sl
sids
shivers | | Bike Setup: | z1 qr, full sram 9,0
blackspire chainguide
rynolights rims
shcwinn moab 3 frame (soon to be replaced with an ellsworth specialist) | | Bottom Line: | excellent fork
buy 'zocci, stay away from mani-poo and slop shox
cheers | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J
a
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: December 16, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | great travel, solid, very plush, dont even know its there half the time. Best freeride forks on the market. If you want a great overall freeride fork with plenty of travel that are fairly light, buy these forks. | | Weaknesses: | WARNING: Apparently in 2001 Marzocchi thought it would be a good idea to change the Z1 product design a little from previous years. Bad Idea! I didnt even think twice when I removed the brake bosses. Dont try this at home because in the 2001 model they hold the whole fork together. Removing them caused the fork to separate and I had to take it in to a shop to have the seals replaced and the shocks overhauled. I have no idea whos decision at Marzocchi this was but why make such a drastic change such a great product? And dont tell me that I should have known better because in the span of 24hrs, three other people had came into the same shop with the same problem. I guess Marzocchi will make more money selling seal replacement kits this year. | | Similar Products Used: | why bother, none other compare! | | Bike Setup: | Norco 2001 VPS Launch with Z1 QR20+ forks | | Bottom Line: | Best fork out there and highly recommend them. However the little mishap above made me loose a weekend of riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh Durston
a Weekend Warrior
from Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | hydrocut network | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | brauns | | Strengths: | Takes those big hits and keeps you on two wheels when your totally out of control, travel seems bottomless, QR 20 stiffens things up nicely, the compression and rebound adjustors work great | | Weaknesses: | I twisted the fork a bit doing a huge endo, i still ride it but it kinda bugs me, forks are soooo expensive (but worth it) | | Similar Products Used: | Other marzocchi single crowns | | Bike Setup: | KONA stinky with hayes hydros, 2.1 tires, sun ryhno lites, hussefelt crank, xt drive, fox vanilla R shock | | Bottom Line: | Best freeride fork i've seen , you don't need a double crown unless you are insane or racing downhill, Mine takes huge drops and all out downhill riding not prob.
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Submitted by
Joe
a Downhiller
from Brantford ON Canada
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Blue Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | Duke's | | Strengths: | To strong, really smooth, | | Weaknesses: | Non | | Similar Products Used: | Jr. T | | Bike Setup: | P3 Z1 Qr20 XT components | | Bottom Line: | If you want to feel invinsible without a ton of weight then is the fork for you. This fork can take all the hits and more. I've been bashing the crap out of this fork for almost a year and haven't had one problem. This fork is super smooth and just kicks ass. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a
from Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Whatever lets me get creative | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Freewheel Cycle - one of Canada's top 10 shops | | Strengths: | The sign of a good product is when it disappears beneath you when riding it. I never have to wonder how the fork will handle a certain situation, and that's a huge confidence boost.
QR20 axle tracks accurately, like my Girvin Crosslink.
This fork still lets me climb as well as before, and even helps in some uphill situations. | | Weaknesses: | No compression damping control - SSV only.
The rebound damping seems occasionally inconsistent.
A seal at the arch/slider junction was faulty from the factory, and it barfed oil on my disc-brake side. I had to clean the rotor with rubbing alcohol and use a lighter to burn oil off the pads. | | Similar Products Used: | None - first long-travel fork | | Bike Setup: | Brodie Diablo frame, built it up myself with Avid mech discs, Avid ultimate levers, RaceFace headset, bar, cranks, BB, post, Mavic F519 rims, XT/LX/Sachs drivetrain, Nokian 2.3 DH, Vanilla RC shock | | Bottom Line: | My first moment of truth with this fork was in Durham Forest. I was with with a group of 8 or so, and we came to a section with a series of steps made of three or four small logs. It was on a hill, so myself and the resident Pro downhiller, on a Brodie Devo, decided to launch from a high lip at the top side of the steps to clear the whole section. He lined it up perfectly on his first run and cleared it without incident. I, however, didn't properly navigate the turn in the trail uphill of the steps and missed my line. I ended up riding diagonally across the steps, straight for a suitcase-sized rock. I stayed loose, let the fork hit it, and rolled out the bottom under control. Had I been riding my ProFlex with a Girvin Crosslink, I would have blown the shock (again) and probably hurt myself. However, the Z1 just sucked up the rock. The fork did not bottom out. The spectators said they saw the fork compress instantly and almost fully, but like I said earlier, it disappeared beneath me and did its job. On my next attempt, I made the turn, hit my line and cleared the section smoothly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Downhiller
from San Jose Ca
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | brail @demo forest | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$640.00 | | Purchased At: | spec with bike | | Strengths: | super plush, bombproof | | Weaknesses: | new ecc lockout stopped working had it replaced and within a week its starting to get weird again, other than that the fork rocks! | | Similar Products Used: | rock shox psylo | | Bike Setup: | 01' santa cruz bullit,z-1 qr20, hayes, thompson post, wtb D/H wheelset, king headset, | | Bottom Line: | great fork......the best fork! but come on marzocchi I think a little bit more R&D should go in to that lockout system, my lbs says they are all coming back to him not working | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert Polsen
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver, BC
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$190.00 | | Purchased At: | From a friend | | Strengths: | Wow. where to start.
Plush, does not bottom out, adjustable | | Weaknesses: | Seals are leaking a bit. I purchased it from a friend that upgraded to a super T, so I know it is in good shape, just needs new seals. Hardly a real weakness of the product | | Similar Products Used: | 2001 Psylo XC if you classify it similar (has 5" travel) | | Bike Setup: | 2001 FSR enduro expert, w Z1 QR20, Thompson seatpost and stem, Selle Italia saddle, El gato rear tire, Specialized big hit front tire) | | Bottom Line: | For the price I found this item (ok, it was used, and I did know the person who used it) I could not let this fork go. I was AMAZED how much better it was than my Psylo XC (which is now on my hardtail). Dont get me wrong, the Psylo is good, but the zoke is SO plush, it constantly holds the wheel to the ground, and the adjustments work so well.
I even managed to completely disassemble / reassemble following the manuals. An absolute pleasure to work on.
I wished my bike had originaly come with this fork, I had fun on the old fork for the past 6 months, but the Z1 is SOOOOOO much more fun.
I will never switch from Marzocchi now.
One last note, I would / and will pay full price in the future for this product. Happily.
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Submitted by
daniel
a Weekend Warrior
from kitchener,ON
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | the ones we build | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | bike sheb | | Strengths: | i got to say that this forks rocks. the first day i had it out riding i was droping it 6-8 ft, and riding a 14set near home. not one did it come near bottoming out. the z1qr20 mcr is stong, stable and durable. so far so good | | Weaknesses: | none yet but i will let u know if and when i find any | | Similar Products Used: | none. my fist squieshy fork | | Bike Setup: | planet-x jack flash frame, hope disc, planet-x bmf rims, goliath hubs and meteor stem, azonic dbl wall bars and sattle. i like i like alot!! i beat it and it keeps going n going n going :-p | | Bottom Line: | i would recomend the forks to anyone who is riding urban, north shore, dirt jumping or any other form of asault. if you enjoy med to large drops and plan on kicking the s#@! outa them go for it. they'll also work very well for someone who want's a light fork for basic freeriding or xc. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Troy
a Downhiller
from Sooke, B.C. , Canada
Date Reviewed: August 13, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Lost hammer | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2300.00 | | Purchased At: | West Shore Bike Shop | | Strengths: | This Fork Kicks Ass I have hucked it off nine footers to flat and they didn't even bottom out. And they are light as hell I can j-hop these babies 30 inches. | | Weaknesses: | none so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Some other forks | | Bike Setup: | FOR 4:40 with f/r double wides, race face handel bars, black spire DH Cranks, etc. | | Bottom Line: | If u want a light fork with good tough travel this is the one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sterling
a Downhiller
from abbotsford bc
Date Reviewed: July 24, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | sumas | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | used came with bike | | Strengths: | strong plush bomber nuff said | | Weaknesses: | its a real pain when carpooling cause it don't fit on a roof rack and it's too plush but all i have to do is change the oil | | Similar Products Used: | jett xc, judy xc bomberz4 insyc rst 281, cannie head shock and many more | | Bike Setup: | norco vps2 with hayes z1's race face cranks ryhno lites | | Bottom Line: | awsome fork best single crown fork of all time.......... need special rack but thats no biggie super plush soaks up every thing | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robb
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix, AZ
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt. Elden Loop - Flagstaff | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | good ol' MTBR | | Strengths: | Super stiff single crown. Plush and very smooth. Tracks great!! Incredible freeride fork. turning radius vs. dual crown forks. | | Weaknesses: | maybe the weight at ~4.5lbs, but then you'd give up on some of the strengths... | | Similar Products Used: | manitou xvert, white bros, xvert dc, sid, standard z1 bomber | | Bike Setup: | fsr elite w/MS long travel | | Bottom Line: | buy it used if you can find a deal. send it in to marzocchi and get the heavy springs if you weight anything over 160lbs. marzocchi is great for customer service! bottom line: buy this fork if you are an aggressive CC rider or "freerider". its the best 5" single crown made!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cameron johnson
a Downhiller
from chapel hill nc
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | cant say | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$550.00 | | Purchased At: | franklin street cycles | | Strengths: | stiff and plush, by far the best fork i have ever owned
and i really like the qr20 front hub .mine is set at 5 inch travel . | | Weaknesses: | looks to sexy on my rig :) | | Similar Products Used: | z1 xfly ,jr t | | Bike Setup: | turner after burner DH | | Bottom Line: | you will never want to ride a slopshock or manicrap again and the service dept is great with the company . | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Al
a Downhiller
from BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | PLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This is the plushest fork ive ever used. it is sooooooooo sweet | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | I have a VPS Launch | | Bottom Line: | PLUSH, and nice, soooo nice | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Will Pattern
a Downhiller
from CT
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Any fast trail, big drops | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Sunshine | | Strengths: | EVERYTHING, this fork is so stiff and does not bottom out on big drops | | Weaknesses: | Not so stiff in braking | | Similar Products Used: | Boxxer, Z1 mcr, Z3, Z3.5 | | Bike Setup: | RM6, hayes, protapers, azonic crank, azonic shorty Delux stem, Woodman headset, Sun Ryno lite rims, irc Kujo tires, XT rear disc hub, Azonic love seat, xt shifter, Mr.Dirt Gizmo | | Bottom Line: | This is one sweet a$$ fork.
If u r hard core, i would recomend it
~Keep Ridin~ | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
farmanimal
a Cross Country Rider
from kansas city
Date Reviewed: May 7, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any trail is good | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Waldo Bikes | | Strengths: | Laterally stiff... no flex.... pppppppppplllllllllllluuuuuuuuuuuuussssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh | | Weaknesses: | ummmm... maybe a little heavy?? I havent noticed any | | Similar Products Used: | Jr T (oh yea)... various rock crap (junk)... mnitou (not bad) | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Ellsworth TRUTH SE... Z1 QR 20... bike parts | | Bottom Line: | bottom line is this fork mated to this frame is sweet beyond any stretch of the imagination.
very percise, very smooth, no surprises..
most impressive is the TOTAL lack of lateral flex...
five of them there buro-toes here | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Afroman
a Weekend Warrior
from San Jose CA USA
Date Reviewed: May 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | anything that goes down. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Plush Plush Plush... The oil bath is sweet. | | Weaknesses: | Well not the product it's the riders weakness... forgetting to unlock the lockout when you start to go down-hill makes things pretty rough... They need a big red flashing warning light to remind you to unlock that thing... I was very skeptical, but the lockout does help a bit on the uphill climb... | | Similar Products Used: | RockShox DHO , RockShox Psylo, Judy, other RS crap... blah blah | | Bike Setup: | RM6 - need i say more. | | Bottom Line: | This fork came stock on my bike and damn am I glad it did. I was previously riding a 97 RockShox DHO Tripleclamp.. I always thought that thing was sweet, nice and plush, and then I was blessed with the Z1. I'll never go back to RS. The strength from the 20mm skewer makes it feel like my old triple clamp.. Pure Love! Just needed to get my five flaming habanero chilis of death counted. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AllanS
a Downhiller
from NewYork
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | MTBR | | Strengths: | damn good looking, stiff side/side, massive axle, easy to maintain, plushhhhhh | | Weaknesses: | crappy bolt on brake mount, qr20 isnt fullwrap and they make you buy the axle seperate from the fork. flexxy under braking, sinks through travel and then ramps up hard, and marzocchi wont talk to you unless your a dealer.....try getting replacement stickers | | Similar Products Used: | z3lt, shoddy RS and cdale crap, WB, manitou | | Bike Setup: | pipeline | | Bottom Line: | buy it, the strengths are SOOOO better than the weaknesses. you cant go wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
werksux
a
from LI N.Y.
Date Reviewed: February 27, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | performance
durability
finish
adjustability | | Weaknesses: |
need 20mm hub if retrofiting | | Similar Products Used: | rockshox (cheap crap)
whitebros. (expensive crap) | | Bike Setup: | Stock Rocky Mountain Reaper | | Bottom Line: | This thing is absolutley flawless! The best looking fork I've seen. Steering is precise and zero flex under heavy braking. It floats over every thing and keeps the front tire from skipping during braking without too much diving.
Once I set up the sag and compression I havent had touch it.
The stock springs and oil are perfect for my weight (150 lbs). Even though I'm using it on a stiff hardtail it smooths out the back end because off the ammount and quality of travel. Other brands might have 4"-5" of travel, it's nowhere the same. It is also very durable. On several occasions I accidentally planted the dropout (like a bmx peg) on a concrete bench without a scratch. Unless your full on downhill racing this is all the fork you will ever need. Definetly the best.
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Submitted by
Kai S
a Downhiller
from France
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Suicide du roi | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | backyard ch | | Strengths: | Better than Rock Shox, best single crown !! | | Similar Products Used: | Judy 100, | | Bottom Line: | Marzocchi the best fork I´ve ever had.
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Submitted by
D.H. Biker
a Downhiller
from North shore
Date Reviewed: October 10, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | all of the north shore | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Sea side cycles | | Strengths: | this fork is for the real extremests. it is so awsome . with 5 inches of plush travel you feel as if you can take all of those downhill bikes. | | Weaknesses: | there is no such thing for this shock | | Similar Products Used: | exact same thing as jr. T | | Bike Setup: | total free ride/ ds | | Bottom Line: | if you want a excellent for with no flaws and plush travel buy this . it will never do you wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darrell
a Downhiller
from BC Canada
Date Reviewed: October 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | north shore | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | airbomb.com | | Strengths: | is strong and no flex(unlike those sh!tdy Rock shox)
long travel,yet is 4.5lb,but you get 5" dude....0.9lb per 1"
SID is even heavyer with its' 2 " of travel........ 1.5lb per inch | | Weaknesses: | the brake arch is too small and solf ,it won't fit a 3.0 gozzlodi marzocchi should make a bigger one with steal. | | Similar Products Used: | none.....in fact is even better then some real DH forks | | Bike Setup: | all strong and hardcord stuffs!! | | Bottom Line: | what can i say. the best company ,the best qulity,
the best single crown fork ever made.
I think they have to start making Z1 rear shocks!
marzocchi make high quilty stuff form Z5 to the BIG "T"
you just can't take a sid to the shore man..... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
thomas hensler
a Downhiller
from pa
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | anything with drop-offs | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | EVERYTHING!!!!!!!! listen, so you aren't riding on a shi**y rock shox sid, or mani that weighs 3 lbs. but what you are riding on is going to make up for that weight. i would not recoment this fork for anyone who is truly serious about racing expert or pro xc. but tht is not what it is designed for. if you like riding the crazy narley stuff then look no further. point this thing and it goes. the main thing is to have the confidence to match the fork, believe me, it will not let you down. i will not beat around the bush, if something goes wrong...it is your fault, not the forks. it is tuff, can you handle it? it has carried me throug everything imaginable, even 6 ft dropoffs that i screwed up on the landing, and it saved me. | | Weaknesses: | if someone says there is one, i would love to talk to them in person | | Similar Products Used: | everything imaginable | | Bike Setup: | currently on a cannondale cad 3. race face cranks, pig headset, risers, short stem. perfect free ride. | | Bottom Line: | nothing comes close for free riding
super stiff!!!!!!!!!
the hub is well built
super adjustable
plush plush plush plush plush plush plush
do yourself a favor and ride a marzocchi, and you will not have to come to mtbr to see what other people think aobut a marzocchi fork, and you will be mad you wasted your time reading reviews on the best forks in the world, rather than being out riding yours. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave carter
a Downhiller
from forest grove oregon usa
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | anything fast or urban w/drops &stairs | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | olson's bike repair | | Strengths: | plush, big travel, stiff, adjustability, independent reb and comp adjustment fricken' indestructable | | Weaknesses: | The comp. and reboud adjuster screws are too long. I've been layed out a few time from nailing the reb & comp screws with my knees. weight, but who really cares when it works as good as it does. | | Similar Products Used: | 99 z3 long travel, rst mozo pro 3.5" | | Bike Setup: | 20.5" cove stiffe with grimeca discs and race face everthing | | Bottom Line: | This is a rad fork. Its totally (not to mention instantly) tunable, you can go from four to five inches of travel, in about 1 hour of work. But i wish that they would come with progressive wound springs. After a month I changed from 4" to 5" travel, and It really is strange. It kind of messed with the whole balance of the bike and just made it feel weird. The 4" of travel keeps the bike feeling tight and nimble where as when I went to 5" it seemed more stable at the high speeds but harder to balance at the low end. I don't recomend this for a hard tail it doesnt feel good the 4" is fine and hard to bottom. But its really fun when your haulin down some stairs or bombin off a big drop 5'+. you don't hardly feel a thing. It has super smooth action. I love it. And these forks are super easy to maintain and work on, and fairly simple in operation. I did run into a problem though when i was converting the travel. You have to remove the dampening and rebound "cartriges" to replace the top out springs. I f'ed up when I compressed the rebound one and shot oil all over my shop. and once you do when it got reassembled there was no dampening because it that, there's a big air pocket sitting in the top of it so was pushing air. And it is a pain to try and get that air out. The process involed fliping the bike over and compressing the shock till it was gone. what can i say I hate getting oil all over my hands, and twice in one day is 2 times too many.
No one on the market makes a single crwon that could even come close to comparing to this fork. By the way marzocchi makes some really kick ass clothes and stuff like that. Any bike shop should be able to get the stuff. Its rad. their riding shorts are really worth looking at. Marzocchi kicks my ass!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike the bike guy...
a Cross Country Rider
from VA
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | XC | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Pedalshop.com | | Strengths: | takes the big hits like a hot knife through butter...
smooth and easy... slices and dices through the tough stuff like nobody's business. | | Weaknesses: | it's an addictive product!!! give me more!!! really though, what more can you ask for? super tough, easy to maintain, easy to adjust, and hey, it's darn good looking fork too. | | Similar Products Used: | Hanebrink G5 | | Bike Setup: | Full Hayes front end, Santa Cruz Chameleon frame, mostly XT, Race Face, Avid and Bontrager products... | | Bottom Line: | I've tried several several forks over the past few years... This fork is a real heavy hitter. It will handle anything you throw at it. The average speed on trails I often ride has gone WAY up. i.e. you can hit the DH that much faster and the big hits, that much harder...Put this fork on a full spension bike and it's all over baby. YIKES!!! no we're talking. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tito Reuben
a Downhiller
from spokane,WA.usa
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | one thats hidden | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Marzocci | | Strengths: | This fork is one of the best out there. Its strenght are well its strengh. It's a very smooth riding fork and very adjustable. It tracks well for a single crown and can pretty much soak up anything.It has hard easton AE70 stanchions wich are one of the hardest alloys in the world and are Very hard to scratch,( contrary to what some other uninformed people might think). | | Weaknesses: | The only weakness I think there is, is the weak ass springs that come stock. Sometimes people will get a miss assembled fork and shiznit iznt put together right and stuff squeaks. For all these people who put there bomber squeaks like bed springs, take off the stancion preload nobs and caps pull out the springs and shine a flashlite down into the fork. Look at the cartridge. Is it sitting to one side of the stanchion if so , then there is your squeak. A angled cartidge means a angled spring wich means premature wear and SQUEAK. call your locall dealer. | | Similar Products Used: | Other bombers other forks long tavel short travel.but in the long run it doesnt matter I know what I'm talking about. | | Bike Setup: | Kona chute frame z1qr20 mamoth hoops avid cable discs (they are pretty damn powerfull) pazazz bar stem combo xtr shift and derailer race face dh cranks kujo dh tires (just the good stuff) | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that this fork is cool. It does what it was intended to do (freeride). Thats a general statement but it covers most types of riding. The people that wine about the fork being to soft or the rebound adjusters turning with preload nobs or the bolts coming loose or any thing else that they think is wrong with this fork are just suffering from lack of knowledge. First off being to soft; the fork comes stock with a light weight prowound spring set up for people around 130 to 150. This is also true with oil hight. If you do not fit in this catagory its not set up for you it is stock with 7.5 weight oil and oil hieghts very.(check this before whining). READ YOUR MANUALL that is what it is for. Second of all preload nobs and rebound screws turning with them;Just a sugestion set preload first then rebound. Bolts coming loose? this happens on any fork that has removable crown. checking bolts every few rides has a name ( PREVENTATVE MAINTANENCE ) it works. If it does not fall off you dont have to replace it !!!! Read your manuall or if you dont understand have skilled professionalls custom tune your fork any good bike shop should be able to do it. Like WHEEL SPORT NOTH IN SPOKANE WA. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pat McCrotch
a Downhiller
from Waterloo
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Sweet St, other streets | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath! | | Strengths: | It's really well built, all the parts fit together really well and are polished to perfection. The adjustments work really well and can be done with no tools and without having to flip the fork over and mess with idiotic dials. It has enough preload to actually make a difference, and if you feel like turning the damping things 14523 times, you can pretty much fully lock the fork out. The qr20 is A REALLY GOOD IDEA. It adds LOTS of torsional stiffness and reduces wheel flex from disk brakes. It feels really solid in turns despite the single crown. It's easy to release unlike through axles that thread in and what not. The weight is really good. It feels heavy because of my front wheel but in fact it's only 4.5lbs on the shop scale. The main strength is that it's really well damped and basically allows you to blow through any technical section with lots of speed. It handles drop-offs pretty good. I've done some over 8 feet on flat and it didn't bottom out. Do that with ANY other single crown fork and your wrists are toast.
| | Weaknesses: | Ooh, there are a few. The spring clunks halfway through the stroke. Not loud (it's made louder by my monocoque frame) and you don't notice it at speed but when you just push on the fork, it makes all kinds of noise. Also, when I go off any drop off bigger than 5 feet it makes some noise when I land, mainly creaking. It also does that when I brake hard. It's the stanchions creaking in the crown, I lube them up every once in a while but that doesn't completely aleviate the problem. The crown bolts are always tight but one time I did a pretty big wheelie drop (8') and the left stanchion actually came loose from the crown and kinda moved up a little bit. The little c-rings prevent it from moving up too much. One other thing, some of the compression mechanisms are defective. The oil valve is too small so it increases damping a bit. I don't know if mine's like that but I have to run compression full out to get good action. Rebound is fine however. Another problem, the qr20 only helps with lateral flex... the fork is still long and thin and it does flex quite a bit fore and aft (mostly at the crown). Only a double crown or stanchions bigger than 30mm can fix that.
Also the price is f-ing killer! It's marked up A LOT in Canada. | | Similar Products Used: | Other Z1's, MrT's, JrT's, Monster T's, Stratos MX6 (my next fork), Risse Champ, Stratos Superstar 8.0 and 6.0, Boxxer, X-vert... pretty much everything. | | Bike Setup: | '00 Norco VPS 3, Z1 QR20, Vanilla R, Bontrager XXX DH bar, Giro Atlas seat, Black Spire Ring God, 24" Doublewide/Arrow 2.75... | | Bottom Line: | This fork is pretty sweet. It looks... very pretty, the action is just amazing over bumps and acceptable off drops. It's got pretty high pimp daddy factor generally. Some stuff is wrong with it but that's not a big problem. The price is quite RETARDED. Oh well, it came on my bike! This fork has made me a better rider, I'm yet to lose a DH race with it (yeah, the courses in Ontario are simple). You'd be surprised what 5" of marzocchi travel will get you down or over... or in! I'd have to give it 4.5 flamin' chilli's but what, I'll round it up to 5.
Tire clearance is pretty good, my bud's got an Intense 2.7 in the stock arch, and if you want more, you can get all sorts of wicked aftermarket arches for it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Navin P
a Weekend Warrior
from Irvine, CA, USof A
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Dark Hollow, Brian Head, UT. | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$550.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | I bought the 2000 model, it came with the 20mm hub and quick release. Since I wanted to use disc brakes the included disc hub saved me money. If you go over any rocks larger than a golf ball you'll love this fork. I went into some softball sized rocks because this fork makes you go FAST and was surprised that I just rolled right over them...
So now I just smile and go over anything, people always say that I'm fast, here's my secret, is my fork.
| | Weaknesses: | It must crush every thing it goes over because I don't feel anything.
Had to make my own 20mm hub adapter, and can't find the 4 springs to increase the travel from 110mm to 130mm.
Not for XC riders, too heavy duty of a shock....
Kinda like buying a Land Rover for going to the supermarket....
OH!!!! make sure you set the shock up right, if not it'll feel like #2. The factory doesn't pre set it.... | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing is as stiff, looks as good, and at 4.7lbs. | | Bike Setup: | Storm Cycles Thunder, SUN Rhyno lite rims w/Maxxis Highrollers front, Tioga 2.3 DH rear. XT ft&re derailluers.
Hayes disc ft&re. | | Bottom Line: | >>>>>>>>>>>>
If your going to fill out a review and bought a 2000
model, go to the Z.1 QR20 '00. Yeah I filled this one but had to tell you peoples about a good thing.... :)
Don't even waste any time thinking about buying this, go and buy one now! Run if you have too, You are wasting riding time. It's worth every penny....
If you don't use disc brakes, you don't really need the 20mm hub. Get the Z.1 CR, it's the same without the 20mm hub and it's about $100 less.
Why are you still here? Go and buy one NOW, any Marzocchi!!!! It's all good.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron Clark
a Weekend Warrior
from Fairmont B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Airial Assult @Fernie | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Stiff 5" without the dual crown,tracks the ground nicely,QR dropout very convenient, pretty smooth stroke | | Weaknesses: | Low oil level, brake arch to tire tolerance low | | Similar Products Used: | manitou's (never again) rock shox | | Bike Setup: | 2000 norco vps-2 mostly stock | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is this, this fork is great everyone should check the oil levels in their forks, mine would bottom hard off 4' drops even if I land it properly, I adjusted the oil level and now it bottoms rarely if at all, I mean the way I look at it you should be able to bottom your suspension but it shouldn't be catastrophic and if you aren't bottoming from time to time on big wheelie drops you just aren't getting your money's worth. The brake arch needed to be upgraded Black Spire makes a great upgrade check it out, as far as bolts coming loose this can be avoided by paying some mind to your maintenence and you will never have this problem the QR dropout is very handy for mass shutteling no wrenches need be applied. My fork has a little bit of stiction but haven't had time to look for it, it is still pretty smooth but I've felt smoother Z-1 QR20's. This is a great fork for riders who want stiff, light, and full turning radius in one package or if your like me you huck off everything on your way to work, home or want to get a little crazy on the weekend while you still have time to heal. Kudo's to Marzocchi, can't wait to see what's new for next year. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kermit
a Cross Country Rider
from Tucson
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Red Ridge/Butterfky(hell technical) | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Waaay stout silky smooth 5 inches of unadulterated wicked evil travel bought mine used paid $350 for it front wheel AND king headset yeaaah!!!! | | Weaknesses: | Had to send back to Marzocchi dropouts were machined wrong causing fork to bind BUT they hooked me up with new legs, seals, and brake arch these guys rock | | Similar Products Used: | everything else sucks why would I even dare use anything else? I broke RockShoxs and Manitous (crap) | | Bike Setup: | PIMPED out Ellsworth Truth 29lbs coil over Stratos, Tioga 2.3s Raceface Turpines, ProTapers, XTR F@#$% YEAH | | Bottom Line: | Ya like to go down (no pun intended) I kwow I do! You don't want this fork you need this fork if ya want more get the Monster T | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Goose
a Downhiller
from Moab, Utah
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Porcupine Rim | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Excellent steering precision. Plush, smooth 5 inches of travel. The QR-20 system works just as well as a traditional quick release. Able to use both 6 and 8 inch Hayes disc rotors. | | Weaknesses: | Uh, well, umm, gee... O.K., I give up. NONE!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou x-vert E (hack, rech!), Judy XC, Marzocchi Z-1 Alloy, Indy XC (yeah, that's right, laugh it up, so I was young and dumb!) | | Bike Setup: | 99' Fisher X-Caliber (hardtail), Hayes Disc, LX-XT, Race Face, Chris King. | | Bottom Line: | WOW! Huge travel, super clean fork. Great fork for someone that loves travel. Not a good fork for weight weenies because the hub is just as beefy as the fork. It's super easy to adjust once you understand how it works. My last Bomber suffered 2 years on a rental bike in Moab, and than got beat up by me for over a year and is finally due for an overhall. In short, these things last a really, really long time! They truely are forks deserving of the name "Bomber!" | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeremy West
a Cross Country Rider
from Dobbs Ferry, NY
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Graham Hills Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Company reputation, Silly travel, 5" of Non-stick Goodness | | Weaknesses: | MAYBE weight, but then again you aren't trying to break any landspeed records; Pricey | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | If you want free-riding/downhill comfort, there is no other fork that comes close to this shock. While you ride your bike you will actually catch yourself giggling from the silly travel you experience. Not to mention, there are no friction spots in the travel, just smooth Italian suspension. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
And 1
a Downhiller
from Canada
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | any downhill | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | This fork is incredibly plush,and climbs okay if you're on the seat. | | Weaknesses: | The fork is heavy,but you're not going to be using it for cross country. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou,Rock Shox,RST | | Bike Setup: | Stock Rocky mountain Reaper | | Bottom Line: | This is absolutely the best single crown fork made.Awesome for freeriding and downhilling.Can handle any drop or downhill. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Arild Nessen
a Cross Country Rider
from Bergen, Norway
Date Reviewed: June 24, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Freeride | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Luxurious front shock!!! It´s stiff because of the 20mm hub, and Z1 is my favorite because of it´s very easy adjustments. The Z1 is the "king" on bompy roads with it´s 5" of front wheel travel!!
The Marzocchi Bomber Z1 QR20 kicks ass!!!! | | Weaknesses: | There´s realy none big problems with the Z1. The only thing I can look on as a weakness is the noise from the break cable. | | Similar Products Used: | No other products can compare with the Marzocchi Bomber Z1 QR20 | | Bike Setup: | Kona Stinky Dee- Lux 2000. Original bike setup. | | Bottom Line: | This is a front shock I realy can recommand. It has 5" travel, and it´s very easy to adjust. Now you can ride anywere you want to. You don´t have to stop anymore to ride over that big rock you always wanted to ride over before. It´s almost as stiff as a doubbel crowned front shock, because of its 20mm hub. (It´s the stiffest front shock I´ve ever tried) The Marzocchi Bomber Z1 QR20 realy kicks as, and I can promise you gona love the Z1. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gunter The Eagle
a Weekend Warrior
from Good old Germany
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Fatty-55 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Stiff because of the cool 20 mm front hub; easy adjustment; smoothness; | | Weaknesses: | some noise; change springs is not easy; | | Similar Products Used: | Judy SL | | Bike Setup: | RM6 DH; XT Disc Brake; Tune Seatpost; Mavic Disc Rim; Shimano XT; | | Bottom Line: | The best for freeriding and some downhills. To heavy for CC. Don't use it as a beginner. I love it together with my RM6. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark Schnettler
a Cross Country Rider
from Sheboygan Falls WI.
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Has good springs. The rebound is good for downhill. | | Weaknesses: | THe rebound is bad for cross country. | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Judy SL | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn Homegrown fully custom race face and grip shift
| | Bottom Line: | A sweet fork for someone that is looking to go out and rip up the trail. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick
a Weekend Warrior
from Depressed,Pennsylvania
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | sallys big left one | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | craftsmanship,rigid, easy to work on , infinatly tunable | | Weaknesses: | self rotating preload adjusters,infinatly adjustable | | Similar Products Used: | answer fs ti. cannondale fatty sl, marzocchi motorcycle forks. | | Bike Setup: | kona stinky dee lux, azonic bars, speed spring over fox rc | | Bottom Line: | this is one great fork. for everyone who says that the springs are too weak should chevk the oil level. i thoughr mine were too weak. i weigh 250 lbs and have the red stripes ( heavy springs) it took 6 or 8 turns of preload to get the correct sag. i upgeaded to ex firm speed bombs and the thing was just too hard. thats when i took notice that there was hardly any oil in either leg. duh, i should have noticed that first. i added the recomended ammount and there it is. this is the legendary feel i have heard so much about. i actuall had to go back in and take about a 1/4 inc more out of each leg because i couldnt get the thing to bottom out at all. now i am getting full travel and a plush feel. i am not runnung ant preload and have abour 25 mm sag/ the feel of this thing has no comparison to anything else i have ridden it sucks up the little stuff like it is not there and lets you slam over the big stuff with all the confidence you need. this is an upgrade that can make any body faster . i like this fork and highly recomend it to anyone, but mostly to the fiddler who loves spendung time trying to obtain perfection. on this you can. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Trevor Gordon
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | anything big | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Super plush, 5" of travel, cool front hub, super stiff, not super heavy, single crown, easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | comes with weak springs, brace comes loose, no disc brake mount, have to buy separately. with heavy springs- makes loud noise when compressed, can't put more than a 2.4 on the front | | Similar Products Used: | Z1 drop off, Mr.T, Judy 100 | | Bike Setup: | Z1 with Joker frame and custom build kit | | Bottom Line: | This is a sweet fork for freeriding and some downhilling. If you are into big drops or you are over 140 pounds, you need to buy a heavier spring cause the one that comes with it is too light. You can even climb with this fork to a certain degree. Overall this is an awesome fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike maloney
a Downhiller
from hickory n.c
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | brown mtn | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | 5" of plush travel, comp.& reb.adjustments ,descent weight,if you float the front end it will soak up most hits with ease, easy to maintain | | Weaknesses: | the brace sucks(marzocchi won't warranty there weak ass problems)stanchions have a thin coating, they chip easily, disc adapter is weak[mine broke at bolt holes and caused the brake to drag the hayes adapter] weak hub | | Similar Products Used: | zzyzx [sucked] white bros.dc118 monster t judy xl,xc | | Bike Setup: | dbr X10 6" kit stratos helix pro hayes 8" magura louise raceface king protaper | | Bottom Line: | the qr20 is an excellent working fork until you start getting comfortable on it.That's when it starts falling apart. The brace bent while riding a fast flat section around a turn, when i got up i noticed the bent brace. The hub seperated from a W.F.O crash which also ripped the adapter bolt holes apart.It's still the best fork I've had and with the betd fork brace it's stiffer and I can fit a 3.0 if needed. The monster T is better but 3lbs to heavy. I'm waiting for a 6" travel MR.T | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Downhiller
from Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Randy's or Ladies Only | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | smoothness, long travel, relative stiffness, adjustability | | Weaknesses: | under sprung, poor hub, heavy | | Bike Setup: | freeride hardtail, excellent north shore bike | | Bottom Line: | I ride many trails every weekend that are full of mud
roots, logs, and lots of drops. Many of the trails in the
Vancouver, Whistler area have lots of man made obstacales
like bridges, teetor totters and big scary drops. I love thisfork not only because it tracks fairly well for a single
crown 5" fork but it has the ability to bail you out of trouble if you nose dive a wheely drop. Disc brake compatible and a disc hub to boot you cant go wrong
for West (wet) coast riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Dreyer
a Downhiller
from canada
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Slut | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Nice smooth plush feel. Smooth ride down bumpy trails. they look sweet! | | Weaknesses: | BOTTOM TO EASY ON BIG DROPS AND JUMPS ,unless you land perfectly! | | Similar Products Used: | Z3 long travel | | Bike Setup: | 1999 Giant Warp ,LX setup downhill kit all the way. | | Bottom Line: | If your into drops and jumps don't get this fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Hunts
a Weekend Warrior
from VANCOUVER
Date Reviewed: April 6, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Who's you're daddy, Roach hit | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Great plush feel, and quick handling, felt stiff enough | | Weaknesses: | Too plush, they bottom out on anything abouve 41/2 feet regardless of oil adjustments and heavy springs. In less than two months the crown, brace and stanctions were all warped. Completely bent! I'm waiting to hear from Marzocchi, | | Similar Products Used: | Z-1, Judy long travels, | | Bike Setup: | RM6, race face/hayes/xt | | Bottom Line: | I'd be a little suspicious of this "free ride fork". Nothing but problems, and a short life span, especially cause it never saw any airs over 7 feet. Crap unless you weigh 140 pounds or don't like the drops. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jesse
a Downhiller
from brooklyn NY
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bottom Line: | Noisy! getting the stiffer springs cause i bottom it out. i weigh 165lbs. yesterday while resting on a ride, i looked down and saw my crown bolts about to fall out. Watch'em!!! I love this fork, it isn't the best for climbing it is best for free riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jesse
a
from Brooklyn NY
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | 5" travel | | Weaknesses: | add on disk brake mount is extra$$$ | | Similar Products Used: | judy xc | | Bike Setup: | fsr comp, mtn. speed berrings | | Bottom Line: | just got it so ill do a follow up. sofar i love it.
I jumped down 12 steps, didn't clear it. Landed fork first and all was well. would have lost it with my judy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chad Duffey
a Weekend Warrior
from Corona, CA
Date Reviewed: March 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | - Rigidity -
- Plushness -
- Ease of care -
- 130mm of travel - | | Weaknesses: | - Lack of standard disc mount -
- rebound adjusters turn with preload knobs -
| | Similar Products Used: | Judy xc
| | Bike Setup: | 1999 GT LTS2000DS
10wt fork oil & X-Firm Speed Springs
| | Bottom Line: | This is my first long travel fork. I rhode a long downhill singletrack last week which was rutted and had rain gutters cut across the trail. After the first couple of hits I just shifted my weight back on the bike and let the fork do its work, It was quite amazing to me, the zocchi just ate the ruts and bumps up and asked for more. Once you get the rebound and sag set the fork is great. Confidence inspiring for my Clydesdale body!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mr Huck
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Normac Trail in Haliburton Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | - max travel while actually being able to STEER!
- qr20 dropout is super tough
- reasonable weight
- super strong fork all around | | Weaknesses: | - none that I've found | | Similar Products Used: | none; this is my first HQ suspension fork | | Bike Setup: | RM6, turbine LP crank, rock ring, XT shifters/derailleurs, Hugi Hayes hubs, Sun Ditch Witch rims, Panaracer Fire DH Pro 2.3" tires | | Bottom Line: | This Saturday, I came down a 30 foot slope (really steep!) towards a road. The snow made it look like it leveled off no problem. Turns out there was a ditch about a foot deep just filled with really soft snow. Anyways, I was bucked harsh over the bars and augered in pretty bad. Riding my bike now feels the exact same as riding before the wipeout. If I had Rock Sux forks on my bike when this happened I would have had to ride straight to a bike shop to change the crtridges or something. Awesome fork! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daryl
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria, BC
Date Reviewed: January 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: |
The Dump | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Plush
Long Travel
Compression and Rebound adjustment. | | Weaknesses: |
Arch only accomodates 2.4 Tires
Bolts loosen on crown | | Similar Products Used: |
Judy T2
Marzocchi Z3 Long Travel | | Bike Setup: |
Year 2000 Norco Vps 2
5 x 5 | | Bottom Line: | This fork rules!! Marzocchi is the only suspension fork I will buy from now on. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dick
a Weekend Warrior
from vancouver, BC
Date Reviewed: December 12, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
pink starfish | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
huge plush travel | | Weaknesses: |
weak brace, manufacturer assembly?
light springs | | Similar Products Used: |
Z2s | | Bike Setup: |
cove g-spot, heavy springs | | Bottom Line: | The standard weight springs are way too soft. I bottomed them out constantly and even after going to heavy springs still bottom out the fork occaisionally.
If you buy them watch the bolts on the crown. About 5 rides after i got mine...having checked the bolts at least once...both bolts on the right side came loose. One bolt dropped out, the stansion came unthreaded and dropped down exposing the spring and leaving me riding a one sided fork. Good thing i wasn't going too fast at the time. According to my local bike shop this is not an isolated incident. Watch those bolts!
I also bent the factory brace which is not a warranty item. I replaced it with a beefier after mkt brace.
But if you get the right springs, tighten the crown bolts and avoid tweaking the brace its a beautiful fork! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Downhiller
from Tempe, AZ
Date Reviewed: August 28, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Mt Elden | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
strong, travel | | Weaknesses: |
transporting | | Similar Products Used: |
Rock Shox, Manitou | | Bottom Line: | How do you mount this thing to my truck? I can't use my reg mounts cause of the 20mm axle. Anyone have any suggestions. Other than that the fork is the best ever made. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Trevor
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary AB
Date Reviewed: July 15, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
anything steep | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
stiff
plush | | Weaknesses: |
preload adjsters that wont stay set | | Similar Products Used: |
judy 100
Jr t
Judy DH
Z1 drop off | | Bike Setup: |
Rocky Mountain DH TO
5 front
5rear | | Bottom Line: | except for the fact that my preload changes as I ride, it is good. Marzochi says this is not a common problem and have given me a few possible solutions. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
adam
a Weekend Warrior
from seattle, wa
Date Reviewed: May 18, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Awesome stiffness and tracking | | Weaknesses: |
expensive, but not out of bed for the performance | | Similar Products Used: |
Z1 BAM, Judy DH, Zzyzx | | Bike Setup: |
Heavy Tools slalom | | Bottom Line: | Awesome fork. If you need to get down a course, don't worry about this fork letting you down. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Randy
a Downhiller
from CA
Date Reviewed: April 17, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
long travel.super plush.
typical feel from marzocchi(gotta love it)
handles and steers excellent. | | Weaknesses: |
springs are noisey. no standard disc mount. cheap skewer that has no positive feel. when adjusting the preload on the springs the rebound dampner screws turn also. | | Similar Products Used: |
z1. z1 bam. monster t's
mr. t's. | | Bike Setup: |
outland vpp5 with the qr20 fork. 5 & 5 inches of travel. | | Bottom Line: | love the fork. with this fork and this amount of travel dual crowns arent necessary anymore. unless you need more travel for downhill racing. i give this fork a 4 star rating because of the points i made in the weakness section. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark Fernee
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbus OH
Date Reviewed: April 12, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Channel 9 (Brisbane Australia) | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Light single crown DH fork
Significantly reduced flex
Plush as... | | Weaknesses: |
N.A. | | Similar Products Used: |
98 Z1 BAM | | Bike Setup: |
98 FSR Elite frame with 6 travel rear (Mountain Speed FSR Fox kit) | | Bottom Line: | This fork is awesome. Just rode some rock gardens at Snowshoe West Virginia (The Gauntlet and Nosedive, see reviews at www.spokejunkies.com) and this fork tracked through the roughest sections without any noticeable flex. These are sections that I'd normally slow down for, but with new long suspension and little braking control due to rain, I just flew into them and trusted in the equipment. They are noticeably plusher and perform better than last years Z1. Warning: The oil level in each leg was more than two inches too low. I noticed this while riding XC and bottoming a couple of times. The suggested level is 50 mm and I topped each leg up to this and consequently never bottomed on the gnarly DH stuff.Awesome fork! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark Fernee
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbus, OH
Date Reviewed: March 22, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Channel 9 (Brisbane, Australia) | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Lighter than a triple crown fork.
Very rigid, tracks like it's on rails.
Traditional Marzocchi plushness. | | Weaknesses: |
Make sure you order a disk compatible hub.
Needs a special bolt on disk brake adaptor.
The springs chatter a bit. | | Similar Products Used: |
'98 Z1 Bam | | Bike Setup: |
Specialized FSR elite frame | | Bottom Line: | This is the best way of getting an awesome fork long travel fork without paying the weight penalty. The 20mm axle is noticeably stiffer than last years 4 travel Z1. I like the plush Marzocchi travel. It really eats up everything in its path and now it's nearly as stiff as a triple crown fork. So now here's a fork with long travel, but without the weight and with a decent turning circle. The '99 Bombers have some stiction out of the box, but that has nearly disappeared after only two rides. More to follow after I get some more riding time in. | | Overall Rating: |
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