Sept. 9, 2013, 10:32 a.m. -  DrewM

#!markdown I think the important moral of this story (and almost every fork review I read) is that, no matter what fork your purchase, it is a good idea to drop the lowers and do a basic service (lubricate foam rings and bushings). . The opportunity that Marzocchi is missing, by chasing RockShox/Fox down the road of more features and lighter weights (air springs), is to fill the same niche for 29'ers that they fill for 26'ers - namely ultra reliable, extremely smooth, super easy to service, coil sprung forks. There is a market for a coil sprung 44 RC3 - no one covers the, admittedly niche, demand for such a product in the 29'er world. None of the 44 Air Forks I have tried can compare to what RockShox / Fox are offering at the high end of the market (weight / performance) or the value that X-Fusion (performance per $) is offering at the lower end of the market. -D