Wednesday 3 December 2008
Personalise
Help

Joining prize

Join BIKEmagic now

Join today & you could win one of five Joe's no flats tubeless conversion kits from Hotlines

why join?

Members Logon

Email:
Password:
forgot your password?

Premium Shopping Partners

Are you a retailer?

	Chain Reaction Cycles
	Merlin Cycles
	Wiggle
	D2 Leisure Group
	Cycle Surgery
	Rutland Cycling

Travel Partners

	The Mountain Bike Chalet
	Explore Cycles
	Ticket2RideBC
	Skyline Events
	Responsible Travel
	Snowdonia Charity Challenge
	BikeVillage

Shopping Partners

	Kudu Bikes
	Dales Cycles
	Sprockets.uk.com
» More Shopping

Latest Reviews

17827 Total Reviews

	Freeride Spain Sierra Nevada Mountain Range by Paul Iddon 2
	Specialized Low Pro Magnesium Pedal by Barry McCauley
	Ergon GX2 Magnesium Grips by Barry Robinson
» Loads More Reviews

Get your RSS now

Get bikemagic.com straight to your desktop with our RSS feed.

- All articles feed

Other feeds are available.
Need RSS help?

Get the bikemagic newsletter

Home > Product Reviews > Forks > Marzocchi MX Comp Air Reviews

Marzocchi MX Comp Air

Summary|Reviews|Discussions|Start a discussion

Sponsored by

Buy this Product

Places to buy

Bookmark this

Marzocchi MX Comp Air
More about Marzocchi

Average Rating: 5 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 43
RRP: £169.95
Year: 2006

view enlarged image

Description:

Weight: 1610g.

SSV damping system on one side, long negative coil spring on other side.

External air preload adjustable without adapter.

Internal Rebound Adjuster.

Air spring.

85mm or 105 mm travel.

Length: 464,3 mm (85)-484,3 mm (105); Total offset: 44,3 mm.

Superlight Marathon lower crown.

Magnesium Marathon monolite one piece arch and sliders.

Ø 30mm Alloy stanchions (inner legs).

Steel steer tube.

Post mount disc brake mount.

Standard drop out type.

REVIEWS

1 to 10 of 43 reviews, to post a review you need to be a member - Join now.Page: 1 2 3 4 5

flybywire

Posted: 23/12/06

'INCREDIBLE VALUE £116 NEW FROM MERLIN !!'

Strengths:
these are "OE" version 120mm & have over 110mm travel even after just 2outings.
Suit the giant full-susser ideally

Weaknesses:
A bit noisy (oil in valves on compression)
The technical data booklet is a not very clear or concise.
Not the most rigid of crowns/uppers

Overall:
A good upgrade from the Duke XC's in terms of travel and overall performance for the more agressive riding have adapted to in terms of demanding terrain & drops.
The slight increase in weight is hardly noticeable.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

miles frazer

Posted: 08/07/04
Updated: 27/11/06

'GOOD'

Strengths:
reliable long life, my last pair of bombers did 2 yrs before service and even then there was nothing that needed changing

Weaknesses:
unable to get 105mm of travel even with softer springs and 13st most 90mm

Overall:
mine are grey/black certainly not blue
reliable ive just done two enduros with no problems

Performance		80%
Reliability		80%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

87%

thomas ali

Posted: 08/02/04
Updated: 27/11/06

'Rare light forks.'

Strengths:
No mucking about with air pressure, feel soo plush look pimptastic in electric blue not much flex. 105mm travel.

Weaknesses:
none

Overall:
I only weigh around 8st and they are active over bumps of all sizes unlike my Suntour XCR's that I upgraded from.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

Nick Rawle

Posted: 18/01/06
Updated: 24/11/06

'THE BEST BUDGET FORK?'

Strengths:
Smooth, plush travel, very low maintenance, stiff enough for almost any terrain that you'd ride over on a hard tail with a 100mm fork.

Weaknesses:
Tech manual is illegible in it's layout and design.
Not sure it's a weakness, but it requires so little maintenance that I've only just given it any attention whatsoever, and I've ridden it hard all over the country since the summer. I'm so bad...

Overall:
I bought mine here on Bikemagic secondhand for £80.00, and I reckon that new, for double the price, it would still have been excellent value for money. Thanks Tim, it's still going strong. Probably the best 'budget' piece of kit money can buy, and when this one dies or I feel the itchy wallet of upgrade-itis, I will definitely and without hesitation buy another Marzocchi. Oh, and email the guys at importers Windwave or see their website if you need tech help. They must be the only people on earth who can read and understand the manual!

Performance		80%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

93%

Craig Scott

Posted: 16/05/04
Updated: 24/11/06

'GOOD FORKS BUT I BROKE THEM :'('

Strengths:
Plush Travel
They eat up anything you throw at them
They are very light
Look purty

Weaknesses:
They take ages to break in
I Cracked the left leg doing a dirt jump, it wasn't even a bad landing!

Overall:
Don't use them for jumping and they will you last you for a very long time. Iv had them for 2 years and i only started jumping about 3 weeks ago!! But apart from breaking them they were sweet!

Performance		100%
Reliability		60%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

87%

Tony luckett

Posted: 28/01/04
Updated: 24/11/06

'BLOODY GOOD FORKS '

Strengths:
For the money there a good alround fork.
Nice travel
There light for the money

Weaknesses:
they take while to bed in but thats it, if u can live with that hyou can live with just about anything!!!

Overall:
Buy them now you fools

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

Tom Wigginton

Posted: 01/02/03
Updated: 24/11/06

'WICKED!'

Strengths:
Nice 'en plush
Good damping
Luvly and stiff

Take a while to bed in - this may sound like a disadvantage but forks that take a long time to bed in have longer lasting bushings then those that bed in quick

Weaknesses:
Errrrrmm...
Maybe i'll think of summit later

Overall:
Luvly Jubbly!

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

matt Yates

Posted: 26/09/03
Updated: 24/11/06

'FORKING GOOD!'

Strengths:
everything- look good, strong, stiff, plush- amazing forks-and at £136 for mine they're an absolute bargain

Weaknesses:
only 1 minor niggle and thats that mine took an age to bed in, however after an oil change and they're buttery smooth

Overall:
before these forks i had some 2001 rockshox judys. they broke after a year and a half. my marzocchis are so much better. i used them on my jump bike for abot 10 months, and now i have them on my xc bike. what can i say-they're excellent for any disciplne(except if you jump off cliffs!!!)