PRESS RELEASE: MarzocchiIt's October and in the mountain bike world that means Red Bull Rampage, the most iconic freeride event of the year. A time where rookies cut their teeth and test new limits; where veterans work on the tricks and lines they may have missed in years past; where photographers fill card after card with shots that may or may not reach iconic status. Through it all, Marzocchi riders have been Rampage front runners ever since the Godfather, Wade Simmons, won the first edition back in 2001.
Beginning today, in an ode to all that is Marzocchi's heritage, all team riders will be running limited edition custom Bomber purple suspension as they take to the course. Look for
Tyler McCaul,
Reed Boggs,
DJ Brandt,
Thomas Genon, and
Tom van Steenbergen to be on purple Bomber 58 forks and CR shocks as they continue to write out Marzocchi's legacy on the beautifully treacherous cliff faces of the Southern Utah desert.
Make sure to stay tuned to
@marzocchi_mtb on Instagram all week for daily updates of all the action as it unfolds!
| Purple has been a legacy colour of Marzocchi's for a long time - our forks have donned a plum hue beginning with the XC400 fork in the early '90s and carrying through to the fabled 55 RC3 Ti and DJ1 to name a few. This is the latest chapter in Marzocchi's long – and colorful – history. |
Make Shivers again!!!!!!!!
PB Marzocchi fans: Bring back Shiver!
DVO: We will bring back Shiver
PB Marzocchi fans: yeah!
DVO: here’s Emerald! Upside down, open bath, Better than Shiver!
PB Marzocchi fans: F@#k yeah!
DVO: Yours for 2199$
PB Marzocchi fans: F@#k you!
Okaaaay...
Another great business model nugget
People forget that Marzocchi was absolutely best... at the time. It has been rendered useless by the arrival of forks like Lyrik, 35 Boxxer, 40 and 36. Which by the way coincided with dramatic loss of quality after 2007. Yes the 44,66 and 888 RC2 Ti were decent, but they still
Dived as hell, and were still no match to forks like 2011 36 RC2 Van. Whoever praises Marzocchis hasn’t ridden 36 Vans with Fit RC2
I also have a shiver SC 2003. But I'm stuck with no seals or bushing.
It has some great features: coil sprung, legs full of oil, no seals dragging except dust wipers, and a decent bushing overlap when sagged . and being able to drop the fork on climbs is the best "climb" feature I know.
But it is flexy as hell, overlap isn't that great at full extention, no high speed shims so it doesn't do better than a moco or TK from rockshox, not that light even for 2003 standards, and I don't know the price for new but don't expect to be low.
I thing they did good value to price ratio until rockshox made a decent air spring and a plastic moco with floodgate, that is dirt cheap and somewhat ok on the ground. After that they had a lot of complex metal parts that didn't worked well event in high end quite recent forks, like the 55 ti 2010 (2011?), that is full of metal parts but all is actually worse than cheap plastic moco. And the stanchions aren't stiff enough to keep air in airspring, and random bushing play doesn't help. And I also dissected their pressurized suntour cartridge, only to find the worst expensive to garbage ratio i have ever seen. A well-made precisely CNC'd piston using it's bushing as a check-valve and a hole as a rebound circuit. Awesome.
Don't forget reckless shareholders and nearly no OEM market shares that finished them.
(looking at formula suspensions signature colour)
As far as a product. I'd say beg for it and see what happens.
#Teamrumors
He's a factory rider. Had a great year. First top 10, etc. Do you really see Scott moving their entire roster to Marzocchi? They had a tremendous season if you look at all disciplines combined. Don't really see them messing with the recipe too much.
@harrybrottman: he's on his own program but still riding for scott. he's talking about in the first minute: www.youtube.com/watch?v=POeprHcKSyk
Many companies run different brands under one roof - acrua/honda, lexus/toyota, jordan/nike
I think Fox, I mean Marzocchi, should just go coil on the Bomber and make it original.
Clearly you ain’t ridden a coil fork, the lack of stiction is only one feature worth the weight, then add in linear compression, consistent feel, and less maintenance, really only a weight weenie would complain.
If Bomber is going to separate from Fox, they need to do more than offer cool colors; I do like the purple.
The Grip Damper works, but make the Z1 a factory coil and you’ll have a real winner.
Wouldn't mind a metallic purple z1.
Odd that the article has a picture of an old 55.
cheap stories of the past sell very well
hmm, Yeah I never learn!
Won't windwave or tx tuned fix it if it's broke though? Parts are normally around for a while, I can still get parts for all my old marz forks
There is a guy in Germany called DZ Suspension (I found him on mtbnews.de) who can source spares and service Marzocchi for anyone who's interested.
One of examples
knowyourmeme.com/photos/329991-rebecca-black-friday
It refers to something so lame, only white people could do. It is racist, in means in comparison to an average Brother or Hindu, white people can’t sing, move, dance, thus get women... but it’s white people so we can openly say how bad they are. May also include raising a diesel truck, hunting bores with dynamite, all sorts of hillbilly misconduct...
Italian company said !
Just when I'd decided on my dream shred white and blue build, that purple and gold, wow gotta give that a tough second place, dang you lol made me momentarily reconsider
Mavic and their yellow is not fitting any bike, super dumb.
Michelin and their yellow/blue decals, don’t fit any bike either!
Kashima color is so stupid, messes up my bike
DVO green is so cool! - yeah!... wait why? - cuz monster energy, lifted trucks and moto hooches
Rockshox red doesn’t fit any bike - yeah, like Fox leopard kit
Marzocchi Purple - same here...wait it’s Marzocchi! That’s sooooo coool!
"The Bomber Girl is a Marzocchi trademark, and we like bikes and girls. Some years ago we decided to change our marketing strategy to focus on emphasizing technology and performance, but that doesn't mean that they won't come back in the future."
the Future is hear but still ... (
Jan 2015
Jul 2018
Jan 2019
Oct 2019
)
Good stuff tho \m/
Is it Fox$pensive or Marfordable?
20 mm axle . Yes it is.
Less in price than a Fox 40. I think so.
Why the hate bro?
Doesn't matter Fork has what I like.
Whatever floats you boat I guess.
Keep your backflips for Crankworx and let the terrain shine at Rampage.