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Submitted by
Ryan R
from Long Island NY
Date Reviewed: 4/12/2008 5:12:01 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Adjustably is close to unmatched, TST system works well if set up properly, Very smooth fork and tracks extremely well. Easy to set up if you follow the manual and do a little time setting it up The ETA system is awesome when yo have to climb with a long travel fork. |
| Weaknesses: | I hate to say this about a Marzocchi product but I have to...Durability! I was very upset with the build of this fork see below in bottom line. Travel adjust is kind of setup funny and the fork has to be deflated and then adjusted too |
| Similar Products Tried: | A lot!! Rockshox, Manitou, Fox, and Marzocchi |
| Bike Setup: | 06 Giant Reign 1, completely custom built |
| Bottom Line: | I free ride as well as Trail ride and let me tell you for me to say durability about a Marzocchi product kills me. I use a 66VF on my Kona Stinky and it never fails me. That fork is BULLETPROOF!!! But the All Mountain 1 really disappointed me. I bought it because of the great success I've had with Marz products in the past and I was satisfied with it a first. Then I had a minor crash that threw me over the bars. Turned out the stantion tube struck a small rock on the trail and scratched it. After that the fork was never right again and would lose air (only upon compression)! It got so bad i found myself filling the air again and again on one ride. Well it seems to reach thier target weight, marzocchi thinned out the tube. When it got scratched it tore a pin hole in the tube. I sent it Marzocchi and found out that the entire uppers had to be replaced to make it run again properly!! that was close to $300 bucks!! Well after a year this fork is retired due to one crash!! It no longer holds air which then makes the fork brake dive when the pre-load gets too low. I hate to say it but the durability of this fork sucks. For an all mountain product that is supposed to be able to handle tougher trails it needs to be built better. Sorry Marzocchi but I just bought a new Fox Vanilla RLC. I'll try them for better durability for my trail bike. Still gonna rock my 66VF for my stinky though, best fork I've ridden for free ride in a long time!! |
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Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle, Washington, USA
Date Reviewed: 1/29/2008 6:31:09 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Bonner Forest |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $400 |
| Purchased At: | Ebay |
| Strengths: | Loved the look and its overall black coloring stanchions included. It came out of the box and worked with no problems. Once I got it dialed in though this baby worked like a champ. I weigh 175lbs and had no problems. |
| Weaknesses: | Well the dealer I bought it from didnt even send the manual, so I never had it to complain about, initial set up is a bit tricky. Setting it up correctly meant an oil change... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Rockshox Psylo, Marilyn Bombshell |
| Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar Bam 2 with Avid Juicy 7's, Maxxis Mobbsters, this fork. |
| Bottom Line: | A nice fork if you have the know how to make it work. |
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Submitted by
Chief Running Tab
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver, BC Canada
Date Reviewed: 1/6/2008 9:36:34 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Dirt Merchant |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $553 |
| Purchased At: | Jenson USA |
| Strengths: | Plush. Look nice. Good Smell out of the box. |
| Weaknesses: | Not too rigid. TST2 blown twice. User manual terrible. Knobs don't have pictures or +/- or anything, so on the fly you gotta remember which way to turn the knobs. Knobs seem cheap and prone to falling off, although they never have. |
| Similar Products Tried: | DJ1, Pike, Drop Off III. |
| Bottom Line: | 2 XC rides then first run down easy whistler trail the TST2 rebound blew. In shop overnight (I live near the Marzocchi Canada service centre). One more ride at whistler and two more XC rides and the TST2 blows again. In Marzocchi Canada Service Centre for three months now while they wait for Italy to produce a working TST2 valve and ship them to Canada. Totally sucks. I'm trading in all the fancy gizmos on forks and going back to something with rebound only. It seems like the simpler the Marzocchi fork, the higher reviews it gets. All the external adjustments really don't actually do too much anyway. Save your money and get something dead simple that'll last you forever without f#$#cking up. |
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Submitted by
Josh
a Downhiller
from Ellensburg, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: 12/7/2007 3:01:14 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Milk Creek, Chinook Pass WA |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $400 |
| Purchased At: | MTBR Forums |
| Strengths: | Never worked right so I can't attest to it having any. |
| Weaknesses: | Extremely unreliable. I bought it from a seller in "as new condition". If thats the case then this thing came jacked up in it's as new state. Never acheived full travel despite adjusting oil levels. Sent it to Marzocchi and had them do a $170 servicing on it, came back with the same problems. Tried adjusting the oil levels again and managed to get full travel, BUT the TST cartridge crapped out the first time I cycled the fork through a full stroke. It's now residing in a bike shop a couple hundred miles from me because no one in the local area wants to touch the TST cart. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Fox 36 TALAS R, Magura Wotan, Manitou Nixon Elite |
| Bike Setup: | 05 Giant Reign, nothing stock. |
| Bottom Line: | Don't waste you time or money on this piece of junk. I've heard of some working properly but the horror stories are out there and I wouldn't risk it. I might consider it if it has the 66 RC2 cart conversion but if it says TST on it, I'm steering clear. |
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Submitted by
Jon
a Weekend Warrior
from Mass
Date Reviewed: 10/17/2007 6:53:05 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | vietnam |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $450 |
| Purchased At: | the EBAY |
| Strengths: | Stiff, plush, lots of travel, ETA. All Black. |
| Weaknesses: | the damn user manual like the guy below me. It tells you nothing about the AM1. I got it dialed but it took a little while with trial and error. Useless. It's not a huge deal but frustrating nonetheless. |
| Similar Products Tried: | DJ1 and older rock shox |
| Bike Setup: | Sinister DNA, hayes 9's, singletracks, x9, raceface cranks, syncros mentals |
| Bottom Line: | I love the fork. It's saved my ass more than a few times especially on a hardtail with the some fast, rocky descents. It has held up very well with some 4 foot drops and I jump with it a little too. The ETA is nice although somehow my knob just popped off.... :( |
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Submitted by
Bez
a Weekend Warrior
from Los Altos
Date Reviewed: 9/12/2007 12:17:40 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | 420's |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $600 |
| Strengths: | Looks, price, stiff, ETA |
| Weaknesses: | OWNER MANUAL SUX, the owners manual is a book about the whole line in every language, but didn't tell me ANYTHING about setting up the ALL MTN.1 |
| Similar Products Tried: | Marz. Monster, Manitou Sherman, Fox Vanilla, Marz. Marathon |
| Bike Setup: | Irrelavent |
| Bottom Line: | I like Marzocchi's forks, but there owners manual is horrible!! I wish they would give you a clear setup guide for each individual model. I don't need a manual in every language with general info about there whole line. 3 chilis for overall I would add 1 if they came out with a better manual |
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Submitted by
mike
a Weekend Warrior
from north van, bc
Date Reviewed: 6/22/2007 11:06:50 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Mt. Fromme. |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $500 |
| Purchased At: | eBay |
| Strengths: | - Torsional rigidity is fantastic. - Simple two setting compression setting.(once your air pressure is dialed) - The ETA setup has been around for a while, but it's still great. Slam it down to climb, pop it up to decend. - 20mm QR. Nice to see Marz finally got on board. (see weaknesses) |
| Weaknesses: | - Marz air valves are tedious to hook-up and the accuracy of the Marz shock pump is questionable at best. This makes for a tedious fork setup and fine tuning. - 20mm QR. Not quite as simple as the RS Maxle, but I hear the 08 setup is a bit different. |
| Similar Products Tried: | RS Pike 426 & 454 Marz. Drop-off |
| Bike Setup: | Brodie Zealot with 6" travel via Fox Float RP3. |
| Bottom Line: | The AM1 SL sounded like a great fork, but the reviews that were coming in were quite mixed. The RS Lyrik which would have been my fist choice was hovering around the $1000 mark. Thus, I opted for a simpler setup with the more basic AM1 for $500. I had a love/hate relation shop with the Motion Conrtol setup on Rockshox. When dialing the compression in for descent after a climb, I would always second guess myself as to whether the knob should be set at 2,3 or 4 o'clock for my preferred compression. Not a huge deal, but the "on/off" compression with TST2 is ideal for someone like me who needs to 'set it and forget it'. For a fork that doesn't have oversized stanchions like the 66 or the Lyrik, I thought the AM1 had way better torsional rigidity when compared to the Pike. Navigating rooty and rocky sections was a dream. So far so good on moderate 3 foot drops. I've had it out 3 days a week for the past month or so and would say for a 6 inch fork with moderate adjustabilty and a 20mm QR, its excellent value for the money. |
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Submitted by
Pama
a Weekend Warrior
from Quito/ECUADOR
Date Reviewed: 6/19/2007 8:09:43 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $580 |
| Purchased At: | xbikes |
| Strengths: | trough axel, quick release trough axel, eta, lock out, rebound adjustments and 160 mm of travel. |
| Weaknesses: | Not as stiff as a 66, obvioulsly duuhh!! |
| Similar Products Tried: | 2003 marz z1 qr20, 2006 66 light eta |
| Bike Setup: | Nomad ram kit with dhx coil and all mountain 1 |
| Bottom Line: | Good fork, but it needs to break in. The feeling is really good, but I know marz seals need a little bit of time to feel great. 160 mm of travel with lock out and extra eta adjustment is a really interesting thing in one fork. Not as stiff as the 66 and not the extra inch as the 66 eather but really easy to pedal uphill because the weight and the adjustment and very good going down holding my 230 pounds body. The upper adjustment knobs (both of them)really easy to fall. The new quick releasy trough axel is easy to use and trouble free. Over all a really good fork and I hope marzocchi keeps the trouble free and low mantainance productsd as always. |
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