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  • Guaranteed Death…….
  • northernmatt
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    …..and/or facial disfigurement, now available direct to you from ebay.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161557565342

    qwerty
    Free Member

    Death is our only certainty.

    qwerty
    Free Member

    Which on further investigation, seems likely to be premature!

    grenosteve
    Free Member

    FFS…..

    chambord
    Free Member

    I can’t think what reason anyone would have to do that… fatbike mod?

    richmtb
    Full Member

    C’mon lets not been unfair. I mean whats the worst that could happen?

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    are immaculate accept a scratch next to crown

    Oh yes. They looks perfect.

    bobbyspangles
    Full Member

    good grief. Perfect working order you say?

    warpcow
    Free Member

    wouldn’t recommend doing enduro with them cus marzocchi standard bomber forks are meant for freerid only

    Rampage only, obviously.

    z1ppy
    Full Member

    **** me £85 bid? I’m sure I’d be lucky to get that for my unmodded Shermans (any takers?)

    bobbyspangles
    Full Member

    I think the mod adds value?

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    I think the mod adds value?

    <Gets lump hammer and drill, heads to garage>

    stevied
    Free Member

    When asked what the plate and bolts are for I got this reply

    The upper crown of marzocchi are usually much wider like boxer forks and love the effect it gives therefore the titanium plate let’s it have a wider angle

    😯
    Looks like aluminium to me..

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    chambord – Member

    I can’t think what reason anyone would have to do that… fatbike mod?

    Somewhere on the listing he mentions Manitou – being that that bridge doesn’t have the ‘M’ of a Marz bridge I’m going to say the following thought process happened…

    “Oh shit, I’ve destroyed the lowers on my Marz forks”

    “but it’s okay, because I have a set of Manitou lowers in the shed”

    “Oh dear, they don’t appear to be wide enough”

    “Vera!!! have you seen my hacksaw?”

    richmtb
    Full Member

    So the extra holes?

    Are they:

    A: A really clever way to save weight
    B: A indication that he made more than one attempt at bolting the fork together
    C: A way of guaranteeing the lowers will fail catastrophically

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Somewhere on the listing he mentions Manitou

    Also note the scraped-off decal on the lowers.

    Stanchions look to be in excellent nick though, so well worth it.

    lunge
    Full Member

    P-Jay, this is my conclusion as well, a brilliantly engineered solution I’m sure all will agree.

    Richmtb, B with a side of C included.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    D: Couldn’t afford enough “titanium” to make the plate as wide as he first thought.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Love the fact that it’s not even mentioned in the condition or description.
    Good old ebay.

    northernmatt
    Full Member

    Maybe he saw this and thought he could do something similar but with a much lower level of no expertise.

    tuskaloosa
    Free Member

    this is why I love STW, always something here to put a smile on my face

    torsoinalake
    Free Member

    I’m intrigued by the tyre rub on the inside of the arch. “Flexy” springs to mind.

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Nah. I think there may be a slight dish problem in his wheel. In fact, that’s some impressive clearance his mod has left him. 🙂

    torsoinalake
    Free Member

    Nah. I think there may be a slight dish problem in his wheel.

    Wow.

    I don’t know why, but despite the quality engineering, the word “stiction” is now springing to mind.

    Drac
    Full Member

    I think the mod adds value?

    It’s got nothing to do with us.

    iolo
    Free Member

    At least he says they’re not for Enduro.
    Freeride only on these forks.
    Perfect for some North Shore 10ft to flat or even the next Red Bull Rampage.

    northernmatt
    Full Member

    Not sure that frame he’s had them on is meant to have that much travel either.

    torsoinalake
    Free Member

    I wouldn’t worry northernmatt, he’s probably sawed the frame in half and spaced it out somehow.

    wrecker
    Free Member

    Hypothetical question; what if someone with no knowledge of bikes or forks bought them and seriously injured themselves?
    Considering that the seller is stating that they’re original and safe, and suitable for freeride; could he be liable?

    ThePinkster
    Full Member

    apart from my first impression of WT actual F, where did the ‘zocchi thing even come from?

    Those stantions looks like Manitou (they’ve got ‘Hayes’ etched into the top of them) and the sliders are reverse arch like Manitou so what part of them are actually Marzocchi?

    And if they’re both Manitou why is there such a big gap???

    I’m really confused.

    😯 😕 😯

    ThePinkster
    Full Member

    Even more confused now – just noticed the ‘M’ in the crown, so why the Hayes branding on the stantions… 😕 😉

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Hypothetical question; what if someone with no knowledge of bikes or forks bought them and seriously injured themselves?

    They could own him with half a third of a bomber, I suppose.

    warpcow
    Free Member

    The Pinkster – Member
    apart from my first impression of WT actual F, where did the ‘zocchi thing even come from?

    Those stantions looks like Manitou (they’ve got ‘Hayes’ etched into the top of them) and the sliders are reverse arch like Manitou so what part of them are actually Marzocchi?

    The Hayes thing is a sticker. You can see the edge in one of the pics. Bodes well when everything else looks so pro.

    lerk
    Free Member

    I like the small detail that he uses nyloc nuts, but the screws aren’t long enough to meet the nylon!

    njee20
    Free Member

    The Hayes thing is a sticker Shirley. Just like he appears to have a Thomson one on the other leg.

    richmtb
    Full Member

    “perfect working order”

    Well that’s one way to describe them

    I’m also pretty sure those are shill bids

    p7rich
    Free Member

    A Gem.

    zippykona
    Full Member

    Do you reckon he could convert my 26 forks to 29?
    TF need to snap him up before someone else does.

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    SNap I see what you did there

    As others say WTF goes through someone s mind to both do that then [ considerign the dish and tyre rub] consider it a success and fit for sale

    D0NK
    Full Member

    FFS that advert going to take some beating (unlike the forks) so many levels of wrong.

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