Good info at following website: Check out that website and completed ebay auctions for marzocchi xc 300/400/500 etc forks, you should be able to figure out what to sell it for. My experience is mostly with '97 or later forks, those early ones are really hard to find parts for. That website linked there is the only place I know of that sells parts for the early forks.
Retrobike.co.uk is a good place to look for more info too, very mountain bike oriented forum with some good archives of old catalogs and tech manuals. Edit: Almost certainly for 26' wheels, 700 just being the model number I think. 'Zokes from that time period made the other brands (primarily RockShox and Manitou) seem not so good. After all, Marzocchi was an Italian motorcycle suspension fork company dating back to the 1940's. Bicycle suspension forks were relatively easy. For an early mtb suspension fork, you've got a pretty good one, but that's a relative statement. The Marzocchi forks from just a couple of years later (the original Atom Bombs and later Bombers) really upped the game.then Fox got involved around 2001 or 2002, and Marzocchi was immediately the second best mtb suspension fork brand.
And it was all downhill from there (no pun intended).
1.578 gr/3.47 lbs. W/o remote XC 700 ATA 100 to 140mm Adj. Travel TST Micro ATA (Air Travel Adjust) Air Spring Alloy XC Steer Tube 32mm. ' Post Mount (Max Disc 7') 1.665 gr/3.67 lbs. XC 600 ATA 2 100 to 140mm Adj. Travel or 90mm to 130mm Adj. Travel TST 2.
ATA 2 (Air Travel Adjust) Air Spring Alloy XC Steer Tube 32mm Aluminum Stanchions. 6' Post Mount (Max Disc 7') RATED FOR XC 55 ATA 125 to 165mm Adj. Travel TST Micro ATA (Air Travel Adjust) Air Spring Alloy Steer Tube 35mm Nickel.
QR Axle RATED FOR XC 55 ATA2 120 to 160mm Adj. Travel TST 2 ATA 2 Air Spring Alloy Steer Tube 35mm Aluminum Stanchions 6' Post Mount (Max Disc.
Disc 8') 9 mm Drop Outs RATED FOR AM/FR 66 ATA 140mm to 180mm Adj. Travel RC3 ATA (Air Travel Adjust) Air Spring Aluminum Reinforced Steer Tube 38mm Nickel. All tuning benefits which equates an enjoyable ride in terrain condition and riding style.
ATA Air Travel Adjust integrates dual rate air spring create most coil alike curve super.
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Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Please open this page for a further ‘At a glance’ guide to your Freelance XC 500. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 7th March ’03 5165 Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 7th March ’03 5165 At a glance Freelance XC 500 Handset Redial/Pause button Handset display To redial one of the 5 last numbers called. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 7th March ’03 5165 Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 7th March ’03 5165 At a glance Answer on/off Switches the answering machine on and off. BT Freelance XC 500 Base Also allows you to select your outgoing message.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Quick guide to the handset display icons Handset 1 Displays the Idle screen number of the HANDSET 1 handset at all times. Icon Steady Flashing External line in use. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Menu Structure (Flashes on display when in TAM menu.) TAM menu TAM menu This is a handset See page 44 ‘Using the Freelance XC 500 announcement menu. Answering machine via the handset’. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Handset Beep Keytone On or Off Low Batt On or Off Outrange On or Off Ring Vol Volume 1.5 Vol Off Ear Vol Ear Vol 1.5 Int Mel Melody 1.5. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 In this guide At a glance Answer delay Audible message alert Handset Outgoing messages Base Display icons Using the Freelance XC 500 Menu structure answering machine via the.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Introduction Your Freelance XC 500 has been designed for ease of use and made to the high standards set by BT. This user guide applies to both In addition. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Safety information General It is recommended that advice from a qualified expert be sought Only use the power supply before using this product in the included with the product. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Environmental Battery performance Do not expose to direct sunlight. The charge capacity of The product may heat up when rechargeable batteries will reduce the batteries are being recharged. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Setting up Follow these steps to set up your Freelance XC 500 ready for use.
Plan the location Plug the power supply adaptor into the wall Situate your product close enough. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Charge the handset Warning batteries for at least 16 hours Under no circumstances should non-rechargeable batteries be Before you use your used.
Only use the approved Freelance XC 500 for the batteries. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Connect and charge Out of range warning the Freelance XC 500 symbol on your handset handsets display indicates when you are in range of the base station. If the symbol flashes and you.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 You can change the day Connect the telephone and time as required. Line cord to the base Press the button twice on the Freelance XC 500 Plug the telephone line handset. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Please see the table below for your For example: Freelance XC 500 default settings. 1 1415 = Sunday 2.15pm. Freelance XC 500 Default Settings Table 5 0915 = Thursday 9.15am.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Using the telephone To switch the handset Preparatory dialling on and off Enter the number to be Press and hold the dialled. RECALL/ POWER button The number is shown in to switch the handset off. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Call timer To adjust the earpiece volume Your handset will automatically time the duration of all external During a call: calls. You can adjust the earpiece The handset display shows the volume. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Redial To switch secrecy on/off You can redial up to 5 of the last During a call, press the numbers called.
They are stored DEL button. The display in the redial list. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Enter the name using the Press and hold the DEL letters on the keypad.
Button to return to the Names can be no longer idle screen. Than 8 characters. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To dial a number from Press the DOWN button. The Phonebook The display will show PHONEBK, press the Press the PHONEBOOK button. Button to enter the phonebook. Use the DOWN button to. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Paging handsets To delete a Phonebook name and number You can alert handset users that they are wanted, or locate a Press the button to missing handset.
(Paging calls enter the menu. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Handset settings To switch keypad beeps To adjust the handset on and off ringer volume Press the button to There are 5 levels to choose enter the menu. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To set the external or To switch auto-talk internal ringer melody on/off There are 5 melodies to When the handset is on choose from and you have the base or the charging. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Use the DOWN button to Use the DOWN button scroll to HANDSET and press to scroll to LANGUAGE and button.
Press the button. Use the DOWN button to. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Base settings To adjust the base To adjust the base ringer volume ringer melody There are 5 levels to choose There are 5 melodies to from (1-5), or you can turn choose from (1-5) the ringer off altogether.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 You will need to use your To select a base station base station PIN for registering handsets and If a handset is registered to for some other optional more than one base station, settings. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To reset the handset This will reset: and base to their factory Earpiece volume settings Handset & Base ringer volume Handset & Base melody Press the button to. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 BT Caller Display Whether you take a call or not, Note the caller’s details are stored in the Calls list. You can display, scroll To use Caller Display you must.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Calls list To call back a number from the Calls list The Calls list contains the telephone numbers of your last 20 callers. New Press the DOWN button calls in the Calls list are indicated to enter the Calls list.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 When the number you Press the button, the want to delete is displayed, display shows NAME. Press the button until Press keypad buttons to DELETE is displayed. Press enter name as described button again. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Setting up and personalising your answering machine Your Freelance XC 500 can digitally record up to 12 minutes of messages, with each message lasting a maximum of 3 minutes.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Message display on the base station The table below provides an explanation of what is shown on the base station display. DISPLAY DEFINITION (Blank) Power off. C-0 (flashing) Day/Time needs to be set. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To switch the answering To adjust the base unit machine ON/OFF loudspeaker volume Press and release the The loudspeaker volume ANSWER ON/OFF button ranges from 0-9 plus H, to switch ON or OFF. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Audible Message alert To change the answer delay setting When new messages have been received, your Freelance XC 500 Press and hold the SKIP will beep every 10 seconds (when button on the base unit audible message is switched ON).
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Answer and Record To record your own Answer and Record Your Freelance XC 500 has a pre- outgoing message set Answer and Record outgoing message that allows your caller to leave a message. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 After the tone, speak your You can record your own outgoing message into the Answer Only outgoing handset.
Press when you message to use instead of have finished. You will hear. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 After the tone, speak your The prompt will announce outgoing message into the either: handset. Press when you. “Answer on, your outgoing have finished. You will hear message is.”.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 The prompt will announce, To select your outgoing “Your outgoing message is messages via the base.” followed by.unit – To hear main menu, press 1. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To delete your own To delete your own outgoing message and outgoing message and re-instate the re-instate the pre-recorded outgoing pre-recorded outgoing message via the handset message via the base unit Pick up the handset. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Using the Freelance XC 500 answering machine via the base unit To pause a message To playback messages during playback Press the PLAY button. While listening to the. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To skip forward and To delete an individual backward through message messages (including fast playback) Press the red DELETE button on the base unit During playback: during message playback. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Call screening To delete all messages You can let your answering machine When all messages have pick up a call, even if you are in. Been played the prompt This allows you to identify the will announce, “End of.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Using the Freelance XC 500 answering machine via the handset Accessing your messages from the handset Use the table on page 45 for instructions on which buttons to press to access the answering machine from the handset. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To play all messages To play new messages To skip back during messages To delete messages, memo, outgoing message To skip forward during messages To record a new memo. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To playback messages To play new messages Pick up the handset. Pick up the handset. Press the button twice. Press the button twice. You will hear the main.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 To skip back during To delete all messages message playback When all messages have Press the 4 button during been played the prompt will message playback to skip announce, “End of messages. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Call screening/Call To record a new memo intercept You can let your answering Press the button on the machine pick up a call, even if you handset twice. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Remote access You can turn your Freelance XC To confirm your security 500 answering machine on and off code press and listen to your messages from Press and hold the any Touchtone telephone. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 You have 15 seconds to Press the 7 button within enter any other instructions 8 seconds.
You will hear before your Freelance XC “Answer On” and your 500 hangs up. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Operating the answering machine When you have accessed your answering machine, you can operate it using the keypad numbers on the phone you are using.
The Remote access. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Using additional handsets and bases Up to 5 handsets can be registered and operated from any Note one Freelance XC 500 base. This Remember to charge batteries allows you to make internal calls. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 The display will show BS 1 To de-register a handset 2 3 4.
(The numbers that from the base are flashing indicate other bases that the handset is already registered to). Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Your caller will be put on Internal calls hold. When the internal handset If you have multiple handsets is answered, (if you want to registered to the base you can make you can talk to the handset internal calls between handsets. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 When the handset is Handset Priority answered, press and hold button for about Press the button to 3 seconds. You can now enter the menu. Start your three-way conversation. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Help.
The batteries are not low or flat. Replacing the handset batteries. You are connected to the correct After a time, you may find that the.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 The charger does not appear to be working Check that:. The power adaptor is properly plugged into the charger. Your handset has slotted correctly into the charger. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 General information defects caused by accidents, Guarantee misuse, fair wear and tear, neglect, storm damage, tampering with Your Freelance XC 500 is the equipment, or any attempt.
Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 requirements for connection to the With different telephone types telephone network. We recommend there is no guarantee of ringing, that you contact BT’s approved even when the REN is less than 4. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Recall To automatically insert a pause after an access code To use the recall button With some switchboards This is used when it may be helpful to dial a.
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Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Enter PIN number. Press the button. Enter the access code.
Press the button. You can also adjust the length of the pause to be inserted: Press the button. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 R&TTE This product is intended for use within the UK for connection to the public telephone network and compatible switchboards.
This equipment complies with the essential requirements for the. Freelance XC 500 1st Edition 6th March ’03 5165 Offices worldwide The telecommunications services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be modified from time to time. Services and equipment are provided subject to British Telecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract.
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This is where it all began - the Marzocchi STAR fork. In 1989, Marzocchi already had forty years of experience making suspension for everything from motorcycles to the Ferrari Formula One cars, but this was the first time they turned their attention to mountain bikes. It had 50mm of travel and you might be surprised to know that although Marzocchi are best known for pioneering oil and coil suspension, this first fork was air-sprung. At that time Marzocchi worked with an aftermarket company called LARM. One of their agents, Peter Eversdjeke, was in the USA and saw the very first RockShox forks in the market.
At the 1989 EICMA Show he showed Andrea Pierantoni the fork. That year the motorcycle business was very slow, so he started to design this fork.
Both legs had an independent airspring and there was no external adjustment. For our younger readers, that thread on the steerer tube was how stems were attached before the modern aheadset-style system was introduced. In 1991 the STAR fork was replaced by this, the XC51. Much like the STAR fork it had air spring and sported 50mm of travel, however it was beefed up to meet the needs of the evolving mountain bikes.
The bigger, burlier arch meant your brakes wouldn't pull the legs of the fork inwards with them when you used them as much. It also had a proper 1 1/8' unthreaded steerer tube. You can see with the lowers that disc brakes were not on anyone's radar at this point and the tapered legs (the internals were simple and didn't need much space) wouldn't have stood up to the forces a disc brake would have put through it.
The Bomber Z1 BAM. For some of you reading this, we're sure that is all you need to read about this fork. Getting a little nostalgic means it's easy to get carried away sometimes, but we don't think anyone will argue when we say that this fork changed mountain bike suspension.
Released in 1997 into a world where 30-40mm of crudely-sprung travel was the norm, the Z1 waded in with a full 100mm of open-bath, coil-sprung plushness. It was the first mountain bike fork to use trickle-down technology from motorbikes and while the chassis may now feel heavy and dated, we reckon its plush, active action out on the trail could still hold its own today.
In 2000, Marzocchi acknowledged that the Bomber platform was too heavy for XC racing. Their current fork at the the time, the Z2, shared the same buttery damping as its bigger brother, the Z1, but dropped the travel down to 80mm and tried to shave some weight. It wasn't enough though, it was still heavier than most XC riders could live with.
This fork the RAC was the result of the research into whether they could take that proven damping and package it for riders who cared how much their bikes weighed. To do this they turned to a material that is common today, but was in the highest realms of exotica at the time - carbon. They inverted the fork and created the body from a carbon monococque.
We may be wrong, but we are pretty sure this was the first carbon suspension fork mountain biking had ever seen. Sadly, the project never quite worked, the pricetag for these was well beyond the reach of mere mortals and in the end Marzocchi abandoned this approach in favour of conventionally-constructed forks with air dampers. After moving away from air for the Bomber forks and the unsuccessful RAC fork, Marzocchi made their return to the XC market with this, the Marathon Olympic. It took a far more conventional approach, with a lighter, refined chassis and an air spring to get the weight down. Travel was adjustable from 80 to 120mm through spacers and offered riders five positions of adjustment with the ECC5 system. Released to their pro team in 2002 (for the Olympics, surprisingly), Alison Sydor piloted hers to the silver medal. Admit it, how many of you who saw the article title just wanted to see photos of this beast of a fork?
Without a doubt, the Super Monster T is one of the biggest, heaviest, wildest mountain bike fork ever put into production. Weighing in with a full 300mm (12 inches, one foot) of travel, along with the cockroaches this would be the only thing to survive a nuclear holocaust. Modern downhill forks weigh about 3kg, this weighs six. Produced from 2002 to 2004, it was the high water mark for the 'more is better' push in mountain biking, before people realised Jan Karpiel was nuts and everything settled down to a more manageable eight inches as the norm for downhill bikes. All the development into long-travel forks culminated in this, the 888. Taking everything they learned from the Bomber range and the Shiver, they distilled it into this simple bombproof package (ok, maybe not bombproof if you bought a set in 200. Released in 2003, its open bath damping has stood the test of time and although they have added adjustments since, the heart of the fork has remained unchanged in that time.
We know more than one person who bought an early set of these and had the anodising on the legs give out before the internals. In fact, 2013 is the tenth birthday of the 888! Notice how they left the 55 out of this article and the taiwan aspect. I think the 55 could be the best fork out there if they just fix a few bugs. I owned every marz they ever made z1s to 888s and all in btween. Still get no love from marz so I do all my own servicing. They even sent me a fork once that supposed to have open bath cart but they forgot to drill ports lol oops!!!
I drill my own ports, marz service is questionable but the italian made forks are the best. Just close down taiwan factory please. They drunk or on drugs over there. Open factory back in italk or germany and take over the market again. Leave the fugazi fox no seal forks for the racers. Rockshox has stolen marzs thunder lately so they kind of on top now. Problem with them is the boxxer not made for weekend warrior hucker types and packs up under preassure.
Could always get the avalanche upgrade carts for any fork now so all companies better watch out for that. Avy carts are Showa moto strength, not made in taiwan flimflams. I have ridden mostly Marzocchi forks since I started in 2003/04, best fork I have ridden (minus the 05 Shiver I own) was a 05 66RC, 2005 was Marzocchi's best year bar none. As for flex, yes Shivers do flex laterally (grab the wheel with your legs and push on one side of the handle bars and pulling with the other) but the initial feeling of the fork (and this is coming from a average rider saying this) is unmatched, sure you can get close to the feeling with today's forks but they are not the same. You just have to decide if your willing to take the 9 pound hit of mounting the fork to your bike. I will admit its overkill for me but it was one of those mtn bike bucket list type of deals that I wanted to own and try for a bit.
I will hold onto them aslong as I have a bike to run them on. I bought a 2002 Shiver in 2010 and have been riding it ever since! Changed the seals last year and change the oil once a year! And my friends wonder why I don't get a Boxxer or a Fox40.Only going to upgrade to either a DVO or a Kowa! Had a 1997 red Z2 and a Z1 dropoff from 1999 110 or 130mm of travel. Super easy to service and super smooth travel! Actually saw a super monster twice once in a bike shop (picked it up and it weighed a ton) and also on this SICK bike Unfortunately only managed to have a ride on the road as the guy was packing up to leave!
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Wished I'd seen him before so I could have tested the bike at the top of Deux Alpes bikepark! I posted this like second comment but it appears (on my feed anyway) to have vanished. So to repeat. Got the history screwed up RIGHT from the beginning. Way to go Matt. Yes the first fork was the STAR, and it sucked.
Terrible reviews by every magazine that got to test one. That effort was followed by the XC-100, XC-200 and XC-300 models for the 1992 model year. The 'XC-51' was a discount model that didn't appear until the 1994 model year having replaced the XC-50 which came in 1993 which itself replaced the XC-100. The XC-200 was followed by the XC-150 in 1993 and the XC-300 by the XC-400 in 1993.
In 1994 came the XC-51 and the XC-500 and a version in between them made for Giant bicycles was called the EGS. In 1995 we got the XC-600, the XCR and the 3' travel DH3 model as well as the EGS and a new elastomer-only model called the Zokes. 1996 brought us the XC-700, the DH3 again, the Zokes 2, and IF you were a lucky racer to be sponsored at the time by Marzocchi, the summer 1996 debut of the Bomber Z1. Vray 3 for 3ds max 2014 64 bit free download with crack. The first one in Canada went to quebec DH racer Sebastien Guite, who still owns it. Among other things it introduced was dual-disc mounts on the lower legs, for the rare Formula hydraulic double-disc front brake.
Many technically incorrect statements in there. For a start threaded fork was NOT how early stems were mounted but how the headset was mounted! A quilled stem was required as a result but it was not the threading that was used for the mount! Secondly, and as mentioned above, brakes don't pull forks together they push them apart. And thirdly, that is NOT the Z1 BAM, it is the Z1, and pre-production at that with the steel leg. The BAM followed a year later with a lighter more machined brace, blue lower profile preload adjuster knobs, and if I recall had the progressively wound springs rather than the linear springs in the original Z1. I stopped reading much past that, but I had the 2002 Shiver as shown above, and it was the most flexy (torsionally) fork ever, but it was the fantastic plushness rather than the looks that appealed to most people.
Those Z1s are still the benchmark in longevity, I think. Years ago when I rode one for a year, and then sold it to a friend who rode it for a long time, we didn't even know that you were supposed to change the oil to prevent stanchion rub. Good thing that even after a few years, there was still no stanchion rub, no play, no leakage and they were as buttery as they day they were born. I think he sold them on and they were still pristine.
So how come, after all these years and 'advancements', my Fox 32s get stanchion rub in fewer than 30 hours? And now Fox tells me I have to service them every 20 hours? Those Z1s were so advanced for their time, when they first came out many riders at the Australian DH Nationals had ditched their 'DH' forks for them. I'd say it's more a general lack of quality than open vs cartridge systems. On Fox forks, take them apart and put in correct oil levels when they're fresh out the box, also replace the standard wipers with Enduro wiper/oil seals and suddenly their life span doubles and the service interval triples (and the anodising doesn't fall off either).
Fox's quality control is terrible and they'll go out of their way to make it your fault when that rubbish QC wrecks your fork in three months flat. A thousand dollar plus fork shouldn't need a strip down and after market parts to make it work properly from new, it just shouldn't, but Fox spend a lot on advertising and too many believe in it. Rockshox and Manitou are much better, mainly because they have a good attitude when customers get a bad/oil free fork, but they still have this same problem of shipping forks with not enough oil in the lowers (and RS wipers are naff next to Enduros too). If they specced proper separate wiper and oil seals a lot of these problems would go away. Oh, I know why forks don't last so well these days. It was more a question pointing the finger at today's forks.
Reducing the life-blood of a fork to save weight is surely counterproductive. I think it has become a war of one-upmanship by the big companies 'Our forks weighs 40gms less than their fork.' , though I guess we, the consumers, are to blame - weight is much easier to measure than performance. I mean, just check that Giant Glory thread where dudes are getting their bike's weight down by running rotors that are so skeletal there is hardly any metal at all. Who in their right mind would sacrifice stopping power for a few grams? Not Steve Peat (who ran the cable version of the Avid rotor as it had more metal) and certainly not Count Rumford.
My Risse Champs took 400ml of 5wt. Be in no doubt the z1 bam is THE reason we ride the forks we do today in 1997 the English magazine mbuk released chainspotting there is a section with steve geall doing 35ft table drop off with z1's he would not be doing that on 96 equipment I can tell you!!!!! In 96 the only single crown forks with more than 80mm travel were rst's.
I bought a set of z1's and they were amazing for the time 16 years ago. I ride totems now which in comparison seem like monsters but in 97 z1's were monsters they changed mountain bike suspension for good. What I cant help thinking is what has happened to marzocchi in recent years the 888 is poor compared to a 40 or boxer wc and totems and 36's rule the roost in the free ride world. COME ON MARZ SORT IT OUT RE RELEASE SHIVER SINGLE CROWNS Reply. Ummmm, Dave Cullinan table-top jumped the bridge under the chair lift and over the concrete sledding tracks at Bromont Quebec at the 1992 Worlds on spindly legged early production Marzocchi XC-400 forks on a Verlicchi made / Iron Horse labeled full suspension frame with 2' front travel and 3' rear travel. It was one of the first table-top jumps done in a major competition by any downhiller and he even WON the world championships some say because of it (because he didn't slow to ride the bridge section like every other rider did). Deeeight, I was at that race with cully winning, craziest thing I ever got to witness as a kid!!!
I still have the vhs tape of it, the camera man missed it though. Cully claimed he had to time between the chair lifts to do the jump as well, for fear of hitting his head on the chairlift, I personally cant remember if it was that low been a long time, but the table top was over the railing on the bridge I had done some runs and was splitting Manitou 2 bumpers all day, from the G out on the bridge and had a bad set up to be jumping, so it was sick no matter what,. As well rocky mountain riders andy tout and bruce spicer were sponsored by a for company from Italy called 'poali ' not sure of the exact spelling but they had carbon fiber legs in about 93-94' not sure if that was before they used the scott unishocks that had the carbon legs or after. I was there on the Saturday watching the XC World race, and when I arrived the women's race was about to end and the men's about to begin so me and a buddy decided to bike up the fire road to find a better spot on the course to watch the start and just as we passed the bridge, down comes this guy with purple forks and swingarm who's doing DH course practice, and he tabletops the bridge. I snapped a photo with a little camera but the film got ruined so half my photos from the day were over exposed, including that particular one. My friend Sebastien (who I mentioned elsewhere in the comments) was there racing the elite-DH event on a green Grove Innovations X-Frame hardtail with a white Scott Unishocks fork. I ran into him in the pits area hours later with bloody arm and leg complaining about some useless british national team rider who was going so slow and then forced a pass situation in a bad section of the course.
I had only driven up to bromont to watch the XC race (the DH was on sunday) and on the way back to Ottawa, the exhaust pipe of my car snapped midspan just ahead of the resonator can (and well before the muffler) and it was BRAP BRAP BRAP exhaust sound for 250 kms. Yeah mozo pro's they were wack aye still at the time any suspension was better than no suspension, my dad had judy sls on his Zaskar le and they were terrible. Absolutely shocking. I ride free ride and I have ridden 888's on a few peoples bikes I seriously don't rate them I think they are good value for money as fox are just stupidly priced tbh rockshox I hated till I found totems and you only have to look at a lot of free riders bikes rockshox have smashed it with the totems stiff, strong and butter smooth and good value.
Donpinpon29 I had that poster for yesrs, it had the awesomest table top, with one foot clipped in and the other out doing a sick knack knack, the poster wwas the year he won the wolrd but the poster was made at the start of the year before they even had the plaid clothing. That year they had a killer young xc rider named marc gullickson as well that when on to kill it for others later on. Oh yeah the frame was called the A frame, and had these 17' chain stays as well, oh shit that bike also had a suspension seat post from a company in uk, it is a 3 letter name I think but cant remember, they marketed it as a full suspension, because it has the the USE post, with a shim stock Reply. What, no love for Z2s or 66's? No mention of Jenna Jameson, the original Bomber girl? What about thr Z150?
I remember thinking a 6' single crown fork was a dental emergency waiting to happen. What about the Super T's and the quirky 80mm travel Z3 QR20?
And the misnamed QR20+? The Superfly? The Atom Bomb? So many memorable Marzocchi products.
I've owned several Marzocchis since my Z1 QR20 that came stock on a Rocky Mountain Reaper. I still have a 66RC2X and a Z2 Bomber in use. Great forks - still going strong with regular maintenance. I think Marz is blowing it by ignoring the hard core trail rider market.
Where is the successor to the Z1? My first ever suspension forks were Marzocchi XC600's.
Nearly cost more than the price of my bike at the time and used to blow seals on a monthly basis. I eventually got them warrantied by the bike shop (I think they were sick of replacing the seals all the time haha) for a new Bomber Z2. Those forks were bombproof and I never blew a seal (I had them for around 8 years). My current forks are Bomber Z1's from 2006 with ETA and 150mm travel.
They feel the same as the old Z2's (with a crapload more travel of course) and are still going strong despite being around 7 years old. I wish I could say my next forks were going to be Marzocchi forks, but having just grabbed a Kona Taro, it looks like I'll be converting to Rock Shox. No matter how that goes, I'll always have a special place in my heart for Marzocchi and the many years of great forks they have given me! Brings back memories.I had a Marz Zokes back in the day in 1995.
Up until then, the Zokes were the best suspension fork I'd ever had. I'd previously used Tange Shock Blades with something like a whopping 1.5' of travel until that bike got stolen. And then after that, I had a worse than crap Ballistic fork which bottomed out when you got on the bike. I soon ditched the Ballistic for the Zokes and they worked super for the day and it was great fun undoing the fork legs and re-arranging the elastomer stack every which way.
I got rid of the fork for an RST Mozo Pro when the elastomers had squished their last. Unfortunately in 1996 spare parts were rare and certainly finding replacement elastomers for Zokes where I live was mission impossible. In this day and age though you can find almost anything you want on the internet. Don't you just love elastomers? What's that status on Marzocchi these days? Back when I rode dirt in 2005 I had DJ 3's on it, in fact back then amongst my friends and their bike riding dads Marzocchi were the forks to have, nothing else was even considered. I remember in 2011 though when I got back into biking, having been away from the scene for a few years Marzocchi's were suddenly pants, loads of reports from people having problems with them or snapping.
What's the situation with them now? Been eying up some 150mm zocchis Reply.
Ahhh fair enough. OldSKoolAK - yeah, I wondered about that too?
Marzocchi Xc 500
Seeing as they've downsized their product range massively this year (compared to last), I reckon that maybe they're trying to offer a 'one size fits all' fork solution in the 55CR in order that they are able to cater to the widest possible market. In anycase though, I reckon it should be plenty stiff enough at 35mm - more so than my beloved aging Pike anyway - so unless I hear any horror stories about the 55CR, I reckon I'll be buying one soon Reply. I would have to agree about some of the tech info being wrong but love to see the evolution through photo's. I started out on old mag 20's, 21's, Manitous, RST Mozo Pro W's, and anyone remember Halson inverted forks?
They worked well for the time. Then I bought a set of Z1's and I have been on Marzocchi's from then on. I hear that they are not doing the 66 series any more. What will they replace them with? The 55's are sweet but if someone like myself would like something with a little more beef to it in a single crown fork they need to fill the void. Cool pic's PB. I had the first shivers and loved them, bit flexy but, had hainebrink bat fastard 8' upside down forks before them and shivers where soo much better.
Also had the standard version of the monster t's with 8' soo buttery and stiff if they only where lighter but by far one of the beat forks ever. Have 2010 888 evo2 now with custom tuned shim stack and a ti spring. Best of both combination with the stiffer stancions and the slippy black coating. Have to laugh at all this arm pump rubbish, I sail down morzine about 15 times in a day with no arm pump. Sofa style Reply. Z1, 888, 66rc2x ahh those were the days my friend when it just worked and lasted now Ive been through 5 forks in 2 years, those Zocchi 3 lasted the ages and the dampening was right on, no midstroke divey shit like ya get today, apart from dumping std fluid after break in period never serviced any of those forks again, still ran like butta, now its every two fricken months or feel they like shite!
Would have loved the upside down carbon single crown dam even now it looks sexy, hope DVO pulls one through, Ill be in! Got the history screwed up RIGHT from the beginning. Way to go Matt. Yes the first fork was the STAR, and it sucked. Terrible reviews by every magazine that got to test one. That effort was followed by the XC-100, XC-200 and XC-300 models for the 1992 model year.
The 'XC-51' was a discount model that didn't appear until the 1994 model year having replaced the XC-50 which came in 1993 which itself replaced the XC-100. The XC-200 was followed by the XC-150 in 1993 and the XC-300 by the XC-400 in 1993. In 1994 came the XC-51 and the XC-500 and a version in between them made for Giant bicycles was called the EGS. In 1995 we got the XC-600, the XCR and the 3' travel DH3 model as well as the EGS and a new elastomer-only model called the Zokes. 1996 brought us the XC-700, the DH3 again, the Zokes 2, and IF you were a lucky racer to be sponsored at the time by Marzocchi, the summer 1996 debut of the Bomber Z1. The first one in Canada went to quebec DH racer Sebastien Guite, who still owns it.
Marzocchi Xc 500 Review
Among other things it introduced was dual-disc mounts on the lower legs, for the rare Formula hydraulic double-disc front brake.