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Submitted by
Gfbitter
a Downhiller
from Davis, CA, U.S.
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$290.00 | | Purchased At: | pinkbike.com | | Strengths: | Very responsive, can take big hits, almost impossible to bottom out! Great rebound adjust, stable. | | Weaknesses: | A little heavy | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 40, Drop offs triple clamp | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Bullit | | Bottom Line: | Get this fork if you like big drops, huge jumps, and little problems. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grant
a Downhiller
from Castro Valley,Ca
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | North Star | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Strengths: | Stiff, Plush, looks great. | | Weaknesses: | Alittle on the heavy side but who cares. | | Similar Products Used: | Super T, Jr T, Fox 36 Van, SL enduro fork, 888RC2X, Shiver | | Bike Setup: | 06 IH 7point 888RC with flat crowns, Roco RC, Saint brakes. | | Bottom Line: | For the price you can find 888RC's used and new for right now, they are a must buy. The plushest for I have ever riddin besides my old Shiver. Stiffness + loads of stictioin free travel, it cant get much better.
I run little or no compression and the fork feels amazing.
If you are on the edge of buying this fork, do yourself a favor and do it! You wont regret it!
Ps. The flat crowns made a huge difference, I went from a 7" Super T to this fork with flat crowns Im able to get the same AC messaurements. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sattana 82
a
from romania
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | wheelworld | | Strengths: | looks,strength,adjustability..etc. | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | drop off triple | | Bike Setup: | kona stinky with 888rc | | Bottom Line: | i had a marzocchi drop off triple on my kona stinky..it was a good fork..but when i put the 888rc on the bike i realised what difference it was...HUGE!..and i only paid 450 usd for it.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
skylar
a Downhiller
from So Cal USA
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Ted williams or Meddow Brook | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay New | | Strengths: | Easy to adjust. not much matinance involved. increadible rebound and super plush. I wish i had the stem. | | Weaknesses: | cant think of any | | Similar Products Used: | boxxer, stance, DNM, Junior T, Super T, 66rc, VAN, and some dj forks | | Bike Setup: | downhill | | Bottom Line: | Its like butter on the dh and hardly ever bottoms out. greatest fork out there not to heavy or expensive. verry strong. I strongly recomend this fork for freeride/downhillers | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Curt MacNeill
a Downhiller
from Jackson Hole, Wy
Date Reviewed: October 7, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | A-line | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Strengths: | Everything | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 40, Boxxers | | Bike Setup: | Demo 8 | | Bottom Line: | This fork rules. There is no better fork for the money. Very easy to adjust. Virtually can't be bottomed out because of the HCV cartidge. I overshot a 40 foot table up in BC this summer, missed the tranny completely, landed on my front wheel entirely, still didn't bottom the thing out. Need I say more........ | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Riley Takayama
a Downhiller
from Kalaheo, HI
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Very plush and responsive on the small stuff as well as the big hits. | | Weaknesses: | Front brake cable routing. The clip for the front brake cable is on the back of the left fork leg. With this routing, the cable rubbed against the stanchion tube. I re-routed the cable in front of the fork and secured it with zip ties. It's a quick fix. The integrated stem is a little long for my liking (65 mm). A stem of your choice can be installed because the integrated stem can be unbolted. Just make your decision before you cut the steerer because the integrated stem has a very short stack height. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 40R | | Bike Setup: | King Fisher 2 | | Bottom Line: | Excellent fork for downhill and freeriding. It's a touch better than the Fox 40 in all areas. You will not be disappointed with these forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jordan
a Downhiller
from pleasanton, ca
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | very plush, you can pick them up '05 model for a lot cheaper now, external compression/rebound adjustment, internal preload adjustment... | | Weaknesses: | i bought mine when they first came out, and it was a bit pricey. | | Similar Products Used: | boxxer | | Bike Setup: | vp free, full siant... | | Bottom Line: | this fork has definantly lived up to the hype that i heard before purchasing. it has always been great, but something didn't feel right, until i opened up the fork and set the preload a bit higher...the fork came alive, and i've left it alone ever since. just got back from a week in B.C. and the fork really shined! i've had no problems, and would buy the fork again any day. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam Lavin
a Weekend Warrior
from Wilton Conn.
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | anywhere with matt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint....where else.... | | Strengths: | looks insane...HUGE beefy..ness..great adjustability..perfect feel..travel...just about everything | | Weaknesses: | very very high ride height...seems hard to manual...no biggy...besides that nuthin.. | | Similar Products Used: | drop off triple...no comparison... | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Kona Stinky..DHX with manitou coil...sic camo riser..odi rogue grips..IRC tubes | | Bottom Line: | get if ur downhilling definitly.. or just love to go downtown and huck..dont buy it if ur a weight nazi..and dont buy it if u like going uphill...other than that...insane shock.. just switched it off from my stock drop off.. no comparison..just insane.. bottomless travel...cant wait to take it downhilling...chrome decals look sick..seems like it would be easy enough to install.. integ. stem makes stuff alot easier.gets u up of the trail...makes this cool sound... sorta like vooot voot when it compresses....haha..just buy it... youll see.. and at 700 bucks at price point.. its a steal..to bad i took one of the last ones...yall are missin out..givin it five flamers cuz its the best shock iv ever ridden..
SAM | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Johnson
a Downhiller
from Earth
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | A-Line | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | From Marzocchi, awsome plushness, stiff as he!! | | Weaknesses: | little heavy but w.e. pricy | | Similar Products Used: | too many | | Bike Setup: | 05 demo 9, gustave brakes, odi grips | | Bottom Line: | works like a charm, get it(if you can afford it) does everything you expect it to and more. super plush but ramps up perfectally, im 170 and it diddent bottom on a 12 footer that was flatter than i would have liked. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
devin
a Downhiller
from calgart ablerta canada
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | constantly demands attention, if the seals arnt contaminated oil spews from the adjustment knob, if oil doesnt spew out from there it finds a spot, | | Similar Products Used: | all the other products ive used like boxxers and fox 40's have been good | | Bike Setup: | norco team dh | | Bottom Line: | this for blows, i have had it for 2 weeks and it has allready taken me to the shop on 4 seperate occasions, its a piece of garbage, the engineers at marzocchi must get some pretty good dope cause whoever desinged this fork is a retard | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joanna Dixon
a Weekend Warrior
from Gaolice
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$699.00 | | Purchased At: | n/a | | Strengths: | Fork sounds nice when it squishes. | | Weaknesses: | Breaks easy. | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose. | | Bottom Line: | Mine broke after about a year. Thing is supposed to be a for freeride, but it just breaks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jean Vermaas
a Downhiller
from Ssouth Africa
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Signal Hill | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$660.00 | | Purchased At: | Through a supplier | | Strengths: | It doesn't bottom out, super plush it looks great and i have it in white even better, easy to use basically fit and forget | | Weaknesses: | a bit tall | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou stance kingpin, rock shox judy, jnr T | | Bike Setup: | Morewood Izimu, swinger 6way, 888RC, Race face cranks, truvativ guide, DX 32 rims, Ringle hubs Hayes HFX 9 | | Bottom Line: | This fork is amazing it soaks up everything I've thrown atit so far with out even the slightest knock, If your serious about DH then ride a Marzocchi, | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Plummer
a Downhiller
from Thousand Oaks, California
Date Reviewed: March 23, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Tunnel Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$630.00 | | Purchased At: | Employee Purchase | | Strengths: | Super Plush Big Hit fork, Love the chrome decals and the beefy stantions. | | Weaknesses: | i guess you could say its heavy? but who cares.. slight topout if you dont have alot of rebound/compression. stock springs were too weak for me but again i guess thats not so much a weakness as configuration.. | | Similar Products Used: | Z1s, Fox 40rc2, manitou black (yuck), boxxer team | | Bike Setup: | SC Bullit, 05 888rc, xt train, e-13drs, 06 dhx 5.0, hayes hfx mags, etc. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great downhill fork. Super plush and it wont bottom out. The preload clips are sort of a pain but whatever.. once you get em set were you like it you dont need to tool around with em ever again. This thing is a monster and it'll absorb just about anything you give it. Huck away on this bad boy. Full Flaming Chilis even though is freakin expensive. You gotta pay for the topline stuff but i guess ive come to terms with that. make the guy behind the counter at your local lbs faint and have him order you one! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Unknown m
a Downhiller
from uk
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Llangwyfan ! when it was there | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$730.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Look the Mutts Nuts , super slick , awsom for drops cornering ... make your bike a beast | | Weaknesses: | maybe a little high (flat crowns for 50 quid will sort it) but ive changed from monsters so weights not an option | | Similar Products Used: | mr T , monster T | | Bike Setup: | santa cruz bullit Large ( snapped my medium ) mavic Dee max on hope bulbs , MRP, Raceface cranks , Time Freeride pedals Xt gears , Fox vanilla RC 888RC fork . Be alot better when i get my new frame :P | | Bottom Line: | Top of the range fork , bit pricy but worth every penny ! will never let you down and uses all of its travel. Get off ya ass n buy um !:P | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Auburn Freerider
a Downhiller
from Auburn, Ca, 95603
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$670.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Strong, Fluid, Accurate, Stable, Smooth as Butter | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Sherman pluse, Cannondale Lefty | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Cannondale Gemini 2000, Marzzochi 888RC, Manitou swinger 4-way, XT and XTR componets, Easton Monkey lite DH bars, Mavic DEEMAX Wheelsets | | Bottom Line: | This is the best fork you can put your money towards, don't get ripped off by the Fox 40, Buy these forks and you will not be disappointed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Downhiller
from Buellton, CA, U.S.
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | tunnel | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Purchased At: | from marzocchi | | Strengths: | ***Marzocchi 888 Works*** very smooth, not too heavy, optional drop crowns and direct mount stem | | Weaknesses: | pathetically weak | | Similar Products Used: | 40rc2, junior T | | Bike Setup: | Balfa 2step DH, Juicy Carbon, saint, stratos, marzocchi, sram x.o, chris king | | Bottom Line: | This fork was an awsome fork, until it broke. I had been using it a little over 3 months when one day after a ride on my favorite trail, I was washing my bike when I noticed a huge crack on the bottom of my left fork leg. They said it was because I over-tightened my pinch bolts, but I had torqued them to what the book said. I don't know if every fork from Marzocchi is like this, but for 1300 dollars this is the last thing I expected. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mudd
a Downhiller
from Fallbrook, SoCal U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Flightline | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$550.00 | | Purchased At: | mtbr.com classifieds used | | Strengths: | Beefy, tall, stiff, and 8" of pure travel pleasure. Super adjustablity. Rut? What rut? | | Weaknesses: | What weakness? weight? If you think this is a heavy fork, then you ought not be riding it? | | Similar Products Used: | Super-T, Junior-T, Monster-T | | Bike Setup: | Large VP-Free, Fox DHX-5, RaceFace, Hayes, XT/XTR, 2.5" Nevegals, 521's, Thomson post, Azonic Love Seat. | | Bottom Line: | Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee! Gives you the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Sucks up everything in it's path! The best FR match-up for the VP-Free and Fox DHX-5, hands down! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Downhiller
from Ewa Beach, HI, USA
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1150.00 | | Purchased At: | Shaka Bikes and Boards, Kapolei, HI | | Strengths: | Range of adjustments, Internals, Lack of need to perform maintenance | | Weaknesses: | Stock crown height | | Similar Products Used: | Monster T, Manitou Sherman, Rockshoxx | | Bike Setup: | '05 BigHit, 888RC, VanillaRC | | Bottom Line: | BEST FORK AROUND! There is nothing else that needs to be said. It soaks up every little bumb and eats up large drops just as well. My only complaint is the stock crown height, but I have gotten used to it. If you do not mind spending the money this is the fork to have. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Julio
a Downhiller
from netherlands
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | tomsbikes | | Strengths: | The fork is very smooth and got a lot of travel
i can do evrything with it,i do a 5 foot drop and they eats the drop like its nothing.i go to bikeparks and do the downhills and my fork is working perfect. | | Weaknesses: | no weakness | | Similar Products Used: | fox 40Rc2,Stratos S8,boxxer,dorado, | | Bike Setup: | ghost fs dh,hayes hfx9,e-thirteen,maxxis high rollers etc. | | Bottom Line: | This fork is the king of dh forks,the fox 40Rc2 comes not even close to this fork,buy this fork and it makes you happy.It will cost a lot,but if you got the money for it go for it,I giv it 5 chillis for its preformence and 5 chillis for overall rating, | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben C
a Weekend Warrior
from north van BC canada
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Neds | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came with my bike | | Strengths: | its amazing super plush but wont bottom out first part of the fork is soft then gets stiffer | | Weaknesses: | ummm none that i can think of | | Similar Products Used: | 66vf | | Bike Setup: | 05 vps team dh 88rc dhx 5.0 chris king headset GOLD hadley hubs GOLD alexrims E13 kenda nevgal tires race face diabolous cranks sram XO derailer its got everything | | Bottom Line: | buy this fork its amazing its climbs well it can handle pretty much anything its aweosome for racing its light other than the fox 40 there is no other better fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ted
a Downhiller
from Connecticut
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Mtn Creek, Plattekill | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$740.00 | | Purchased At: | employee purchase | | Strengths: | Feel, this fork has the best feel of anything you will ever ride. | | Weaknesses: | A little heavy, a lb heavier than other forks like the boxxer. | | Similar Products Used: | Boxxer, Dorado, Super T | | Bike Setup: | 05 Turner DHR, 888, gustavs, 729, minion ect. | | Bottom Line: | The best feeling fork you will ever ride, you sacrifice a little in weight because of the quality of the internals. Dont worry about the height of the crowns, if you get it youll get used to the ride height. Also this would be a follow up to an earlier review- you dont need to worry about the "clicking" the rebound/ compression is fine- just something i thought as a problem before i actually knew anything about bikes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Barracuda Fugazzi
a Downhiller
from Vernon
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | ROCKSTAR/WorldCup DH | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1050.00 | | Purchased At: | REVOLUTION CYCLE EDMONTON | | Strengths: | This fork Rips no end to it 200 mm of travel and i use it to soak anything in my way with the Risse Flat crowns (I highly recommend) perfect combo unstopable. Looks killer rides killer price is awesome integrated stem is cool plus you can run oversize.To bad the guys who sold me it never told me that oil needs to be topped up right out of the box i bottomed it out once since than and that was overshooting my landing on worldcup dh course in the step up section where i pedalled my hardest to hit that overshooting my landing to flat. Like i said i feel indestructable. Man whoever has a weight issue with this fork is a gram saver cuz they are not heavy at all!! Buy single crowns or switch to an air fork i just cant beleive what ppl complain about. | | Weaknesses: | Ok on weakness im going to blame the idiots who sold me the fork for never saying anything about having to add oil or adding the oil in themselves especially since they installed it!!! I can feel the stiction its not buttery like Avalanche i will work on seeing what i can do for that. The shims on some of the integrated stems are out of wack and was told this was common by some of the mechanics at several shops. | | Similar Products Used: | Boxxer,Avalanche on buddies bike, his Magura Big Ego feels like Avalanche if they kept on making them, Dorado nice but need to service alot | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Ellsworth Dare,Romic rear works well RaceFace Diabolus (cranks bars seatpost), Dangerboy stem Woodman pedals i love them already just replaced easton flatboys Magura Gustavs best brakes ever, Atomlab DHR atomlab hub rim not bad, Mavic 321 dansed with Hadley Hub best rim ever good hub Ruffians for grips and .243 seat comfy | | Bottom Line: | with my set up i had to play with the feel in getting the height right for me which meant Risse flat crowns... the regular crowns way to high especially with the 200 mm of travel version> Compression and rebound work perfect knobs look pimp in gold The little feel of stiction does not bother me because bottom line the forks works like a hot damn and i can only say is they inspired confidence in stuff i would have never even thought of doing before this when i rode my boxxer Man it changed the way i looked at riding right off the bat anyhow i have them to where i love them easy to adjust i have had no issues of brakage or any troubles at all and for those who have im sorry that you had a shady pair cuz i love them the klank noise fill up your oil ppl if anything ever happened to them like getting hit by a plane to destroy them i would go out and buy another pair especially since mine are 04 s and i heard nothing but great stuff about the 05s and 06s guess what our friend Cedric is riding i give 5 chillis cuz they have dealt with their issues on everything i mentioned | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Simon Lee
a Downhiller
from Seoul, Korea
Date Reviewed: September 25, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Namhansansung | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$999.00 | | Purchased At: | Beyondbikes | | Strengths: | This is for '05 888. It's stiff as heck yet smoothe as butter.It takes little bit of playing around to find the sweet spot but fairly easy to adjust. All black tubes and stanchions are sexy. This fork tracks well and inspires heaps of confidence. The fork looks heavy but it's surprisigly light. | | Weaknesses: | Crowns are bit high for precision cornering but on the other hand,it's great for bombing down the steepest slope with bed of rocks. I'll just tick to the stock crown. It's a fair trade off. I like it. | | Similar Products Used: | '04 888, Boxxer World-Cup, Jr. Ts, | | Bike Setup: | Bullit with: Fox DHX 5.0, 888, Saint crank, RaceFace bar and stem, Mavic 729 laced to Saint hubs. Magura Fr brakes and so on... | | Bottom Line: | This is a lot of fork for the most. Just put it on and forget it. The last thing I worry about on my bike when bombing down the hill is my fork. It's simply an awsome fork. Only thing that comes close to this fork and its performance might be the Fox RC2. Fox it butter smoothe.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Veno
a Downhiller
from Croatia
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1100.00 | | Strengths: | Feels strong and inspires confidence, plush and hard at the same time. Great fork , does all the things it is supposed to do! | | Weaknesses: | Nothing major, little high but you get used to it! | | Similar Products Used: | dorado , boxxer ,maybe avalanche but I wouldn't go that far | | Bike Setup: | Norco Shore 2005 race face diabolus ,sram x-7 , fox 5.0 and so on... | | Bottom Line: | Simply great | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mats
a Downhiller
from sweden
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | le Pleney, morzine france | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Purchased At: | chainreactioncycles, online | | Strengths: | Works well, sucks up anything, smmoth, easy maintenance | | Weaknesses: | - | | Similar Products Used: | 2002 Shiver | | Bike Setup: | Demo 9 frame | | Bottom Line: | I like it, easy to set up and service yourself (IMPORTANT). I have never had the chance too ride a fork (or any other suspension system) with works internals tuned by a professional so I do not know how big a difference it would be. But for me the fit and forget feeling of this fork is awesome, it does it’s job. I am tall and ride a medium demo9 so the forks height is not a problem, it is just right. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Simon
a Downhiller
from Seoul, Korea
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$99 |
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$ 1149.00
