well on a boxxer the bushings would be on the end of the
Took me about four seconds to find one.
the real problem with degrees (especially engineering), is that they teach you that you know everything. It takes some time before you start to realize what you don't know....
A cracked 888 is not a broke 888 IMO. The DH40 and Boxxer are broke not cracked. Im still waiting on a BROKE 888 pic.
or BROKEN...
Hahaha... You know where breaks start, right? They start as cracks. Sometimes they progress rapidly, sometimes they progress slowly. Sometimes people just don't notice them for a while and they turn into major breakage.
I gotta say, a fork broken in half is usually due to rider error as well. 50/50 a landing on a big jump is rider error as is slamming into a tree, exactly the same thing in my opinion as over torquing a bolt.Sorry, let me rephrase my question for BV.......
I want to see a "catastrophic failure" pic of an 888.
A crack at the axle pinch bolt due to rider torque error is not a broken fork. All the pics of the DH40 and Boxxer are due to riding.
I cant argue with that.
Word... Everything you just said applies to me too, every damn thing, even down to the Boxxer, except I have had to deal with Marzocchi's bad customer service.
a buddy of mine broke a tripple 8 around the leg just below seal you could see the bushing and everything ALL FORKS BREAK.
Actually, the over torquing a bolt is a mechanical error (even if the rider was the one working on the fork), and the design problem is that the designer did not anticipate the level of rock ape that might be working on the fork.
Actually, I did get it working. I pulled it apart and it turned out that the spring was in upside down, so the cap was on the bottom
. As I compressed it the cap was shifting. Somebody at Rockshox desserves to be shot!
Actually, I think he made his point quite well, or did you miss the attached photo with the broken arch?
- I can't find the picture at the moment, which I believe I saw on MTBR.Bwahaha... Let's not make silly assumptions that you can't even come close to backing up. I'd bet you a case of your favorite beer that there are a LOT more Boxxers being ridden on a daily basis than 888s.
If you can prove it Ill mail you a case of your favorite beer. Every resort I have ever ridden at uses 888s on their rental bikes for one. That makes up for a majority right there. I have only ridden in BC and the western US but I see a lot more 888s.
Not my fault god put that damn tree there or the landing too far away.
Pics, pics, we need pics.
Rider error in tightening the bolts and Risse crowns. hmmmm
I love Zoke.
Especially when my comment about Avy's being water proof was me trying to be a smart a$$. If everyone brought your comments up when you were being a smart a$$.....
Im in Canada all the time. But I think you are right about mailing alcohol.
The Avy water proof and tire stuff is really getting old.
I'm going to try to dig up some numbers for you - and for myself
The reason you have seen many more 888 on rental bikes than Boxxers is the fact that Marzocchi goes out and 'whores' (for lack of a better word) themselves to the resorts. People who are either newb's, or in the market for a new fork will see all of these forks at the resorts with world class terain, and think they must be hot sh*t, so they go out and buy them. You cannot get an accurate number of forks by riding at resorts, as the majority of the bikes there are rentals, and the majority of rentals use Zocchi's. Although I am not sure of what the data is, I am sure that it will swing more towards the Boxxer/Dh 40 side of the spectrum, than what the resorts would indicate.So maybe no one takes pics of broken 888s. That could be too. Ive just never seen many.
Ive ridden Fernie, Panorama, Silver Star, Sun Peaks, Whistler, and Silver Mountain and all had 888s on their rentals. I never wrote down how many riders were riding 888s vs Boxxers but I saw a lot more 888s on riders bikes too. Just an observation. I see a lot more 888s on stock bikes these days too.
The Avy water proof and tire stuff is really getting old.
The words "the reason" and "Fact" would lead us to believe that you know for a fact. Resorts also would demand low service intervals and reliability,I don't think any other brand could match Marzochhi for that,cost may also play a big part and also resorts don't wish for catastrophic failures.
moutain bike fiction did a little story a while back about how many forks of what were used at whistler. The 888's outnumbered the boxxeres by like 5:1, but that was like 04....
