Marzocchi 44 ata

lawman

Any body had any experience of these?

Need some new forks for the HT and they look very good for the price! I know the RC3 is the one you really want, but will these be any good? Either these or Sektors?

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/mtb-bm ... ARZFORM200

rockmonkeysc

Dont do it. Marzocchi make some great forks but the ata is a big steaming turd. Terrible reliability problems. They were so bad TF Tuned won't service them.
Get the Sektors.

lawman

Yeah had a read through some reviews and they were pretty shocking. Sektors it is!

rockmonkeysc

I had a set on my 456ss for a while. They went back under warranty three times. I could start a trail with full travel and finish with only 80mm. They leaked air and oil. None of the adjusters worked. Not the best forks I have owned.
I would love a set of 55 rc3 ti evo forks or the new DH fork.

supersonic

I have a 44 ata micro too. Collapsed air chamber.

Tom Barton

I've read rubbish reviews about the 44 ata's too. Hopefully Marz will bring them up to date. I've got a new set of 55 Microswitch ta and they are the best fork I've ever ridden!!

rockmonkeysc

They dropped the ata system after a year or two. Modern marzocchis are ssomeof the best forks. Not cheap but I would definitely buy a 55 over a Fox 36.

YeehaaMcgee

the ATA forks are still unreliable? It's been years, and they still can't sort stuff out, maybe time to go back to the drawing board.

rockmonkeysc

Mine went back under warranty three times and each time they lasted a few rides before they lost air and dropped to 80mm travel. In the end they just replaced them with a 44 rc3 which was much better.
The ata system was only made in the years when marzocchi had epic quality problems.

supersonic

Am putting a coil in mine.

rockmonkeysc

supersonic wrote:

Am putting a coil in mine.

A common way to fix them.