Forking Around Part 5 – Marzocchi
Marzocchi forks were an easy one to find specs on. Unlike Rock Shox, all of the important details can be found under their support section by selecting your fork and then the ‘Tech’ tab. Easy peasy.
Marzocchi forks were an easy one to find specs on. Unlike Rock Shox, all of the important details can be found under their support section by selecting your fork and then the ‘Tech’ tab. Easy peasy.
The three previous spec compilations for Fox, Wound Up Composites, and ENVE were pretty straightforward. These three companies, in their brilliance, lay out all of the information needed to understand the effect that their forks will have on bike design. Unfortunately, not all companies choose to make life simple. And, with that, it’s time to…
The latest build is a gravel grinder display model. The frame is ‘extra-medium’ in size and is designed around a Wound Up Composite Gravel X fork with a 47mm rake. With a 35mm cyclocross tires running on a disc wheelset, the 72.5/72.5 geometry results in a trail of 60mm which should give a stable ride….
The latest frame to be built is a bit of a hybrid road frame. For the most part, the geometry is a pretty standard road geometry. The owner, however, wanted something that he could run a 28mm tire on and not worry about tire rub. The frame that we ended up designing is based on…