[Closed] Marzocchi 55 CR - Any experience/thoughts?

They are ace. Im running the 2013's at 150mm on my BFe. Really easy to adjust the travel. Really stiff. Nice and plush. Can't fault them really!

had them for a year and they are superb. currently got them at 170mm. they are surprisingly light for a big travel fork with 35mm stanchions. out on the trail they are stiff and track brilliantly. the suspension action is typically smooth and plush like the marzocchi forks of old and they've handled everything i've thrown at them with ease.
they come with the 3 year no service warranty so should be a fit and forget component.
they also look very pimp with the black lowers and gold stanchions!

Sounds good and no complex TST/ATA fail stuff

I specced a set of these for a mate's build. Nearest thing we could find to the original bomber in terms or just quietly getting on with its job.

I think avalanche also do a cartridge to fit them if you want them tuned.

I bought a set of these a couple of weeks back for my Wolf Ridge and am very impressed indeed - they're nice and plush, very linear compared to the Wotans I replaced and they're nice and tuneable too. There's a little braking dive, but it's easily dialled out with some compression damping without upsetting the small bump smoothness. They're light too, surprisingly so for an enduro fork.

The only real bugbear for me is that the supplied spacer will only drop to 150mm, not 160mm but a few minutes with a hacksaw, sandpaper and superglue gave me the 10mm spacer I needed.

Bought/received. Wow they are frankly gorgeous arent they 🙂

Yes. Yes they are. 🙂

Winstanleys come set at 150mm with the spacer in the box.

Fitting the spacer is an absolute doddle, the fact that it only comes in 20mm is an inconvenience, but not an insurmountable one. According to Windwave, they are looking at supplying a 10mm spacer.

Winstanleys come set at 150mm with the spacer in the box.

Doh- I'll double check tonight. What psi do you guys run? Are the official figures bang on?

Very interesting, was just looking at these last night. I've currently got a set of Fox 2013 34s CTD and not massively impressed. I'm debating on whether to spend c£200 getting this plush tuned by TF or selling and getting some of Marzochi's.

Not sure at the moment? Anyone had the opportunity to compare the Marzochis with Fox 34s?

i got them on my transition bandit at 150mm. love em

What psi do you guys run? Are the official figures bang on?

i weigh 10.5st(ish) (66kg/145lb) and i think i'm running mine with about 80psi. marzocchi recommend 87psi for rider weights between 65-85kg/143-187lb...so it seem to be reasonably accurate but i'll double check what my forks are running tonight to be sure and let you know.

i was contemplating bodging the spacer but, i think i'll wait for the 10mm spacer to become available so i can drop them to 160mm....

Anyone had the opportunity to compare the Marzochis with Fox 34s?

i've never owned a pair of fox but a friend has a pair of fox 36s and he's ridden my bike and seemed tolike the smooth and plush feel of the marzocchis over his foxes.
on paper your 34s are lighter and are more adjustable especially with the CTD cartridge but they come with a 15mm axle. compared to the 20mm axle and 35mm stanchions on the marzocchis is would be easy to assume that the marzocchis would feel stiffer. also with the 3 year no service warranty marzocchi seem to be taking a step in the right direction again regarding reliability which is more than can be said about fox. personally i'd rather not waste time servicing a fork everytime i looked at it....once its set up correctly it should be a fit and forget item and be worked on once every every blue moon or when it actually needs the work doing

Thanks. Well the plan would be to ditch the CTD mechanism and have it replaced with the Push tuning conversion kit to a high speed and low speed compression adjustment;

http://www.pushindustries.com/2009/index.php?menu_id=38&type=products&title=FOX%20FLOAT%2034%20CTD&product_id=108

But like I said previously this isn't cheap at £200 and giving I can pick up a pair of 55s for about £450, providing I can get £250 for my Fox 34s it then becomes a cost neutral decision.

Decisions decisions...

Mine have just gone back to LBS then Windwave, leaking oil and air after fitting new seals to stop an air leak 😥
I find them really divey aswell, putting 50ml of oil in the air chamber helped.

Scruff are yours the R or the CR?

Scruff's are the CRs

Yep at 170mm. Need to drop down to 150mm however I cant open the pdf's on my phone and only found this guide which seems 'drastic' :O

m.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=15445&pagenum=132

Any easier way?

Love my CRs
Moved from a fox 36rc2, these are so much plusher
Ignore the psi settings I'm a big boy 100kg and run 85 psi for a sag of 20%

checked my forks last night....running at 70 psi

Mine arrived this morning and they're a thing of beauty to look at.

Just need to find time to fit ready for saturdays ride 😆

checked my forks last night....running at 70 psi

Weird I did the street spin last night and I'm 'sure' I need 100psi minimum!. I'm 15stone 4 without any kit

according to the marzocchi website for your weight (97kg/213lb) you should be running 101.5 psi so i reckon you're bang on there.
http://www.marzocchi.com/template/detailProdotti.asp?LN=UK&idC=1561&IDFolder=113&IdOggetto=62487#

EDIT: this air pressure can be used for rider weights between 85-105kg/187-231lb so unless your kit weighs a ton then you should be fine at 100 psi

Mine seem ok at 85psi with my weight of 85kg.

They look better on the bike than they did in the box!!

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Out of interest, how many clicks of compression are you guys running??

Dave

i think my compression is set to halfway....i didnt count the number of clicks!
TBH i cant even remember how many clicks of rebound i've set either but i'll be having a fettle of the bike tonight to fit the new 10sp drivetrain so i'll be checking so i know how i've set it up.

I've just fitted some 55R to my Zesty and they are lovely to look at and ride well happy with the Bombers

I'll give that a whirl at half way. think from memory there are 7 clicks of compression adjustment.

Perhaps i've missed it, but did anyone get instructions on fitting the spacer??

Dave

Perhaps i've missed it, but did anyone get instructions on fitting the spacer??

Cheers for that. I'm thinking the same as the little bit of rubber didn't look overly symetrical and don;t fancy cutting it and destriying it or causing more problems at a later date

I'll take another look in the manual tonight.

i justed asked windwave about the 10mm spacer and this is their response:

Hi,
At this current time there is no 10mm spacer available to set the forks at this travel.
We shall be enquiring further about this in April at a Marzocchi meeting. Hopefully we have further news on this later in the year.

Regards

Shaun Kendall

www.windwave.co.uk

we may be waiting a while then.... 😕

Can't be too difficult to make a spacer can it?

I haven't (unfortunately) got these forks but if you're only talking about 170mm versus 160mm (0.5 degree angle change) couldn't you just run them a bit deeper into their travel to achieve the same thing and with the benefit of more negative travel?

Or just run them at 170mm....

2 clicks of compression here otherwise the ride gets harsh and full travel is harder to achieve

Can you not use M10 washers (or whatever) as a spacer as per Rockshox forks?

2 clicks of compression here otherwise the ride gets harsh and full travel is harder to achieve

wow!! only 2 clicks? i cant remember how many clicks but mine are set with about 2 thirds of however many clicks in total. with 75 psi and that many clicks i'm still getting full travel but the forks dont dive as much....so they're spot on now.

I went with about 3-4 clicks of compression with 85psi. The travel and brake dive was fine, but it did feel like i had a bit of "top out" when lifting the front wheel. Saying that though, it could just be play in the headset as i fitted them in a rush.

I found climbing a bit more of a challenge with the extra travel but i reckon just a bit more angle on the seat and it'll feel fine.

This was the top of Nan Bield - A nice test for their first outing 😆

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On the compression - I found on a carpark test my forks feel harsh/horrible but spot on on rocky descents. If I turned the compression/rebound to feel smooth on the road it packs down etc on the rocky stuff!

hora - what air pressure are you running? also how much compression and rebound? its a bit odd that they feel like that for you. mine sometimes did feel a bit sticky but i put that down to them still bedding in but they felt spot on at llandegla on saturday.
at the moment i'm running 75 psi, compression is wound in 2/3rds and rebound set to about halfway.
maybe you have too much air in them...frogleek seems to be getting away with 85 psi and he's a similar weight to you...so maybe use 85 psi as a starting point and see how you go on from there

100PSI for me

hora - having thought about it marzocchi's recommended pressure of 100 psi is for riders weights between 85-105kg/187-231lb. as you are around the middle of this weight group maybe 100 psi is the pressure for the upper weight limit...try it at 85 - 90 psi and increase if needed to 95 psi.
were you fully kitted out when you tried it on the carpark/road?

Didn't want to start another thread so posting here. I'm looking seriously at these forks as an upgrade from my old 2006 Fox 26 Talas (150, travel ones) which are on my Covert which is my Alps/"big bike". I'm convinced they would do the job very well (will have them at 170). My question is they seem to come tapered or straight steerer, I have a hope "converter" which means the straight fox forks can fit the tapered covert frame, should I switch headset/insert and get taperered forks for future proofness (not sure my riding warrants the improved performance 🙁 ) as I'm likely to keep these forks a long time or save some money and get straight steerer.

I think you'd be mad not to get tapered versions personally!

Anyone ridden these 55CR's back2back with the latest Pikes??