Ok, here's the deal:
About a month ago, i sent my '02 super t back to marz. through a local bike shop to be rebuilt. A couple of weeks later, when they had taken it apart, they called the lbs and told them that the rebuild was pointless because i had ovalized the lowers (m-arch) and cracked both of the lower part of the stanchions... and the fork is pretty much broken. They said that they'd give me a deal on a new fork since i broke the last one ($450 for a new jr. t, or $650 for an 888VF, and maybe a shiver for a little more that the 888VF).
I delayed for a while because i wasgoing out of town and marz. said that they'd hold my super t for a while. Plus, i didn't have any money at all, and i wasn't sure about the 888VF.
So, i went to the shop the other day and told them to go ahead and see if they can get me a shiver because i really wanted the HSCV damping and i've always loved the shiver... about 3 minutes ago, a guy from the shop called me and told me that he had just got off the phone with marzocchi and that they only made 100 shivers this year, and they have no more... and the guy from the shop went ahead and ordered me the 888VF.
So, what i really want to know, is how the SSVF damping works in the 888? I have the SSVF in my dirt jumper, and it works fine for DJs and street, but i don't know about DH. I've heard alot of bad things about it, but i want to hear from some people that have actually had some time on this fork, and not just guessing of performance based on earlier forks with SSVF. I was going to start racing this year and i was planning on my first race in a little over two weeks
OR, should i call back and see if they'll change my order to the 888RC? Even though i'll still be horribly in debt with the VF or [would have been] the shiver. I'd have get the 888 put in the 7 inch position because it's going on a bullit.
OR, should i boycott Marz. for discontinuing the shiver?
Please give your opinion and help me out!
About a month ago, i sent my '02 super t back to marz. through a local bike shop to be rebuilt. A couple of weeks later, when they had taken it apart, they called the lbs and told them that the rebuild was pointless because i had ovalized the lowers (m-arch) and cracked both of the lower part of the stanchions... and the fork is pretty much broken. They said that they'd give me a deal on a new fork since i broke the last one ($450 for a new jr. t, or $650 for an 888VF, and maybe a shiver for a little more that the 888VF).
I delayed for a while because i wasgoing out of town and marz. said that they'd hold my super t for a while. Plus, i didn't have any money at all, and i wasn't sure about the 888VF.
So, i went to the shop the other day and told them to go ahead and see if they can get me a shiver because i really wanted the HSCV damping and i've always loved the shiver... about 3 minutes ago, a guy from the shop called me and told me that he had just got off the phone with marzocchi and that they only made 100 shivers this year, and they have no more... and the guy from the shop went ahead and ordered me the 888VF.
So, what i really want to know, is how the SSVF damping works in the 888? I have the SSVF in my dirt jumper, and it works fine for DJs and street, but i don't know about DH. I've heard alot of bad things about it, but i want to hear from some people that have actually had some time on this fork, and not just guessing of performance based on earlier forks with SSVF. I was going to start racing this year and i was planning on my first race in a little over two weeks
OR, should i call back and see if they'll change my order to the 888RC? Even though i'll still be horribly in debt with the VF or [would have been] the shiver. I'd have get the 888 put in the 7 inch position because it's going on a bullit.
OR, should i boycott Marz. for discontinuing the shiver?
Please give your opinion and help me out!
Exactly, pay a little extra and get exponentially better performance.
Conrad, the vocab man 
