|   Marzocchi Z1 150 | wXman
Aug 3, 2003 4:56 PM | | Anybody tried out this fork? Would love to hear opinions about its ride and tuneability. How about in terms of stiffness vs. DC forks like a slider or "T" series? I can put up to a 6" fork on my ID, otherwise I wouldn't be asking the question and the SuperT would be going on there. Thanks in advance.
wXman |
| re: Marzocchi Z1 150 | schnauzer
Aug 4, 2003 11:14 AM | | Just got mine and have one ride on it. I have had alot of forks and the main problem I always had is to soft for me. Even when I put X-firm spring in. Now the Z150 with stock springs is different story because you can add air. That problem solved you can make it so stiff it barly compresses if you want. As far as beeing stiff it's stiffer than anything I have ever tried and I go through forks trying to find some different it seems every month. If you like to cross country and need something light this is not it. If you free ride or hit trail hard Rocks , Jumps ,Logs... this is perfect fork. At least for me I think I will be happy with this one for a while. |
| Excellent performing fork | andy f.
Aug 4, 2003 11:21 AM | | Very tunable with the air assist. I have mine set up slightly undersprung with the coil springs alone then I add about 5 psi to one side.
It's very smooth riding, the HSCV damping is excellent and the ETA is great for climbing since it reduces the ride height by 2 inches. You still have 30mm travel available with the ETA engaged so you won't be riding a completely locked out fork on the climbs.
The downside is that it's actually about 1/2 lb. heavier than a Boxxer or Sherman Slider. For me, the ETA feature makes the extra weight worth it. |
| Manual | schnauzer
Aug 4, 2003 5:15 PM | | Did you get any instrutions with your fork? When I added air I was thinking maybe 100 to 150 pounds pressure like other forks or shocks. When I only added maybe 5 pounds I was thinking something is wrong. I compressed fork and could not even get it to move. So I do know it does not take much air at all. I am wondering if you can run with no air at all without causing any damage like on say 5th rear shock? Man it would be nice to have a manual on it. Thanks David |
| Manual | Ventanarama
Aug 4, 2003 10:14 PM | | You don't need to run any air at all if you don't want to. The air assist is just there to fine tune it.
Larry Mettler
http://www.mtnhighcyclery.com |
| Great!! first fork I did not need to order new spring | schnauzer
Aug 5, 2003 5:33 PM | | |
| Manual | jaxon
Aug 5, 2003 7:31 PM | | where can i sight picutures and specs. of the Z1 150 |
| I got the generic Marzocchi manual | andy f.
Aug 6, 2003 9:43 AM | | which is next to useless. I'd love to have a decent manual.
I bought mine from Larry Mettler (Ventanarama) who runs a shop called Mountain High Cyclery. First of all, Larry check oil height to make sure it's right. It isn't always correct from the factory so you might want to check that.
I'm ~170 lbs. and the fork was initially way oversprung for me even with no air. Larry emailed disassembly instructions so I could remove one spring and add air if necessary. The HSCV (right) side had a heavy spring (yellow) and the ETA (left) side had a light (red) spring. I might have those colors mixed up but anyhow, I removed the light spring and reassembled the fork. It was then just slightly undersprung. I tried 30 psi in the ETA leg and the fork was again way oversprung. By trial and error I found 5 psi was the sweet spot for me.
I also called Marzocchi tech to make sure there was no danger in running the fork with only one coil spring. No problem, they said. |
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