opinions please

[Barrydanzig]

hey all,


i have been offered two very nice sets of forks that i really can't chose between.


1) 2006 marzocchi marathion sl's, they are in perfect nick and just received a service. price €220

http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=226&idproduct=10003


or


2) fox terralogic fork, i have seen pics of this and it appears to be top notch. price €300.


in the words of dr. fraiser crane, what is a boy to do?


cheers.

[Morgan]

The Marzocchi's will probably be less hassle in the long run. The number of Fox forks I've seem with serious wear on the stanchions would make me very wary of them. You can get a brand new Marz MX Pro for about EUR220 too.

[Barrydanzig]

yeah the zocchis seem to be better built for irish conditions, i was just undecided because the chap selling the fox knocked 100squid off the price for me coz he feels sorry for poor students, it is such a bargain for a fork of that calliber.


will probably get the zocchis.

[diamondG]

I've a set of F80s with terralogic (80mm), they look great but wouldn't recommend them. That said, I don't have much to compare them to as they're the first set of 'decent' forks I've had.


My main issue is that the terralogic (automatic lockout) stopped working shortly after I got them.


I didn't have alot of space in my shed, so I had to keep the bike up on its back wheel, this meant that the fork was horizontal.

Looking on the mojo website, there's a chamber in the fork that needs to be bled. I don't want to do without the fork, so I've never sent it off for a service.

Granted it was my own doing that screwed it, but there was no warnings from fox that I should keep the fork the right way up all the time, and it took months to work out that this was the cause, so I'm not that impressed.

Also, I hear they've stopped making the terralogic ones, and that doesn't inspire confidence in them.


That all said, they are very adjustable, which can be really good, but also a pain (getting them setup just the way you want seems to forever, trial and error).

[Scrivo]

Remember seeing the prices for spares on the terralogic. Scary stuff indeed. Especially now that they are no longer making it!

[Fergal]

wooh - more like "terror-logic" Graham!

bad-a-boom!

funny guh eh?

whose tha' funny guy?

bad-a-bing!