when were marzocchi forks still good?

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,665
edited September 2009 in MTB buying advice
ive decided to build a kinesis pha5e so want a 150mm fork. ive noticed on crc that they have got a bunch of older marzocchi forks available for good money.

this is the one im thinking of: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=8343

am i right in thinking the older marz forks were good and more importantly, reliable? if so, does anyone know owt about these, ive read a few reviews on mtbr and they look like a good bit of kit so i may well buy em

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    why cant people give the model and year as well as the link. as CRC takes forever.

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  • bomberesque
    bomberesque Posts: 1,701
    nicklouse Marzocchi All Mountain SL 2006

    and I don't know sheeps. I was going to say 04/05 but that's really a guess. I have 03 JrTs and they've been OK, but that's really no indication of overall brand reliability.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    2006-2007 were the last years. 2008 was where thing were noticeably off.

    the AM were a mix... i would go for it as you can play with the internals and change it if you want.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    cheers for the advice. looks like i might get one then.
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    erm...I thought you wanted a lightweight, nice riding 110-120mm travel Steel HT?!

    the pha5e is a 130-150mm travel frame that is and I qoute "the stiff side of stiff".... and its not steel.... :roll:
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Oh yeah, I forgot to say, the pha5e is one of the stiffest frames ever.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    erm...I thought you wanted a lightweight, nice riding 110-120mm travel Steel HT?!

    the pha5e is a 130-150mm travel frame that is and I qoute "the stiff side of stiff".... and its not steel.... :roll:

    erm, ok stalker.

    i did want a steel frame, but i have saved up a big pile of money tht i am going to spend on a pha5e now, hope you dont mind. i also figured that in all of the situations i would ride the steel bike, i would prefer my stumpy most likely.

    i know exactly what a pha5e is, i did some research. if you want to look through some more of my posts you will find i have confessed to always hankering after one in the past.

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