Interesting, I thought they would find a way to keep him on. I hope no one sends anything in for warranty for a few weeks...
DVO Suspension - potential new player?
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Well they still have another guy. I'd imagine they'll hire someone else soon.
I think Gideon is still there, but man, this is bad.
ronnie is the man. super nice guy and he knows his sh1t. if he does go to DVO then they are on the right track for good CS
wow. ronnie is the man, big loss for marzocchi.
So now I take it all the keys members of Marzocchi USA are moving towards or are already at DVO?...
This does not look good for Marzocchi in the states/north america. Its weird given how back in April/May when the news broke out of Tenneco selling Marz and Suntour dropping the Marz contract, that everyone at Marzocchi USA was confident of the brand living on. Now all the guys that were confident are now moving on the something else... I hate to say it because I honestly love the brand, I think Marzocchi are in deeper sh!t then they show...
This does not look good for Marzocchi in the states/north america. Its weird given how back in April/May when the news broke out of Tenneco selling Marz and Suntour dropping the Marz contract, that everyone at Marzocchi USA was confident of the brand living on. Now all the guys that were confident are now moving on the something else... I hate to say it because I honestly love the brand, I think Marzocchi are in deeper sh!t then they show...
im sure they were all just putting their corporate game faces on and playing the game until something came up for the employees
Eh, I'm sure they'll still be fine. They've already got a new mfg. for their forks. Their current product lineup is still really solid. Their rear shocks are dated for sure, but they are still the most reliable and robust fork by a large margin. Let's hope they can recover. Although if they can't, the DVO stuff is going to be awesome.
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with Tenneco purportedly hurting, that was probably the last place theyd be mfg'd. they did move production out of Italy a few years ago for a reason.
Yep, Anthony on board. Things gonna get interesting for sure.
LOL you crazy!
Hodaka was making their shocks before I believe. Seemed obvious that they would be the ones to make their forks now.
I almost started a thread about you yesterday. Where have you been hiding?
One can dream....
I'm perfectly happy to just run Fox, but it'll be cool to see what DVO can come up with.
Saw a van wrapped with DVO suspension decals in the Northstar lot today, and a few people with DVO jerseys. Didn't see any new product though, but I didn't get a very close look. I'd imagine they are going to burst on the scene quickly. Will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Nah, they weren't on DVO stuff. It's still a few months away from proto stuff. They have hinted that it will be a very robust platform, so hopefully nothing like a boxxer or 40. I also have a feeling their might be an inverted design in the works.
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A reply from them to the pinkbike article:
DVOSuspension (Jul 24, 2012 at 8:13)
"In many ways, inverted dual crown forks are really the best way to go. Keep your eyes peeled on the new DVO products, we just may offer something like that!"
DVOSuspension (Jul 24, 2012 at 8:13)
"In many ways, inverted dual crown forks are really the best way to go. Keep your eyes peeled on the new DVO products, we just may offer something like that!"
i saw that too and i got giddy
that sounds cool, and is likely the only way they could manufacture a fork in the US (if that's even a possibility) and keep prices competitve.
I like USD forks too, so there's that.
I like USD forks too, so there's that.
Suntour and RST will manufacture DVO suspensions.
yuk and yukka
RST also? i thought it was just Suntour
Suntour made the current Marz lineup..and they are pretty sweet
took em a couple years.
Shhhhhh!
Interested to hear what Marzocchis lawyers think about the intellectual property of 'new' stuff that DVO come up with that mirrors stuff they worked on at Marzocchi.
More suspension players = good IMO.
they have some patents pending and that means a lot...for advertising
If these guys left on bad terms Tenneco could lock them up in courts on stuff like intellectual property and it would be a drop in the bucket for their in-house legal team.
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As much as the idea of a proper, robust inverted fork gets me hard, a "Chevy" you might say. I think what peaks my interest more is what they might do for rear shocks. There's nothing really perfect out there right now. Roco is robust, but rebound stroke blows, CCDB isn't reliable enough, Elka's are a pain to work on. RC4's are pretty close, but I hate fox for no good reason. Well actually I think the Revox is damn good too. People seem to hate on it for no reason though.
I hope they can make the perfect one. They haven't released and teasers about that though.
I hope they can make the perfect one. They haven't released and teasers about that though.
what issues have you seen with them? I had a slight leak on my main seal head on one damper which was replaced under warranty before I sold it. but the three I've had, have pretty much been solid
Leaking adjuster seals, leaking main seals, bending shafts. They do seem to fix them without any hassle though, which is nice.
Not a single issue with X-Fusion Vectors..
avalanche, yo
I've tried those. They are very nice that's for sure. Not progressive enough for my frame though. You're right though, there's nothing bad to say about avy stuff.