Marzocchi Bomber DJ Suspension Fork [Rider Review]

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The Marzocchi Bomber is such an iconic fork in the freeride side of mountain biking and Marzocchi has finally entered the dirt jumping scene with the release of their DJ fork last year. It's beefy, bright red, and incredibly durable. Our buddy Alejandro recently purchase one of these forks. Let's see what he thinks.

Alejandro's Review

First of all, I ordered the fork as a special order at the end of April because the store run out of stock, the guys were very kind answering my question and telling me it will arrive in June, I ordered it and they told me the fork will arrive in September, because of some delays from Marzocchi, I did not have any inconvenient about waiting patiently, knowing how everything is in the world because of the pandemic, so I was waiting and it finally arrived last days of June. So it made me very happy.

Fork package was perfect, it has its user manuals and some extra volume spacers, it has 11 in total, I don´t know why, because max is 10, and came 8 already installed and 3 in the box. The first thing I did was installing the max of 10 spacers, as it´s a dirt jump fork, only thing to note is that recommended air pressure is a bit lower and it felt soft so I put a higher pressure than the recommended for my weight

Fork installing was pretty easy, I cut the steerer the same as my old Manitou circus, the 36mm stanchions are very noticeable, fork feels a lot stiffer compared to the older 32 mm, especially when pushing the fork with the front wheel turned to one side. Apart from that, it looks gorgeous.

It´s impressive, as it is a dirt jump fork it is still sensible in the first part of travel (the same as my 29" 38 from my enduro bike), then it gets very progressive, it lets you fly higher on the trails thanks to it, my old circus expert had the maximum 50 psi of preload apart from its coil spring and it felt soft on bigger take-offs, Landing is perfect, it just gets the shock of it and doesn´t feel like going to much on its travel, so you can be prepared earlier to the next jump on the line you are doing. Also, it happens on pump tracks too, I feel the bike is more rigid, more closer to a BMX bike without any suspension, I feel like going faster than with the old fork.

I did some little cases on some jumps and the fork was flawless, sometimes on the circus when you made a mistake you can hear some crackle and felt the stanchions flexing to the side.

Conclusion

"I´m very happy with my new fork, can't ask for a better one, the price/quality is the best for me on DJ forks, the fox 831 is more expensive and you don´t get so much from it and this fork is almost the same (my friends called it MarFOXcchi) apart from kashima, and the damper, but who cares about having hsc, lsc, hsr and lsr on a dirt jump fork, you want something bombproof, Pikes are almost the same price but lots of my friend's buddies get some crackle on their steerer tubes and one got a damaged damper. You won´t regret buying this fork, just go with confidence and enjoy your ride!" - Alejandro