When I bought the Enduro, I had my LBS replace the Fox Talas R with a 2004 Z1 SL. The ECC5 cartridge was faulty right outta the box (didn't stay locked down) and was told that it could be a few weeks to get it fixed. I suggested that Marzocchi simply ship another fork and take this one back but I was given the "sorry, its your fork now so we will have to warrantee it". I was pissed. I didn't even see the fork and I had to wait for warrantee work. I got the tracking number from my LBS and called Marzocchi Canada myself. Long story short, I got my fork back in 4 business days. No problems since. It is just like my 03 Marathon SL, it hasn't lost any air the entire year.

T.J.

Hi There,

Sorry for all the questions. I'm now in a situation where this upgrading can get very expensive and I might be better saving the money and buying a better bike in years time or something.

Now on the other hand I would quite like the project of reducing the weight on my bike. I just don’t want to end up spending all my money on it, which can easily be done. I have made a spreadsheet with the weights of my current components and the components I am looking at buying. (I have attached the file) Now from the spreadsheet I have worked out I can loose a huge amount of weight from my wheel set and tires. Now my bike weighs 32lbs what’s a realistic weight to loose from this bike with a small to medium size budget about £500, $900.

Lastly the budget is not including money for new forks. I already have that saved as my Axel’s are crap.

Many Thanks for all the replies so far

Danny

Just a quick guestimate, for $900 you could probably get the bike around 27 pounds. Still not a lightweight but much lighter. It's definately not cheap being a weight weenie.

Telling me it's definately not being cheap being a weight weenie! A mate at work even called me Mr. Weight Weenie this morning as I had made a spreadsheet. I was guessing 27bs as well. Would I notice shedding 5lbs of my bike?

Danny

You would definately notice 5 pounds, that is a huge amount. However you are the only person that would know if it would be worth the money.

I thnk its not worth to spend money on a rockhopper...at least get a m4/m5 (not the car) or stumper if you want to stick w/ the same brand. First those disc brakes are heavy...upgrade to XTR will be lighter...upgrade to air fork (SID or Fox Float), change wheelset to crossmax or American Classic hubs are light too with Ti spokes!

is weight really tat important? I have a Santa Cruz weights about 26lbs w/ fully XT but coil fork, chris king hubs, and front and rear disc...i think its ok for XC

That's all relative, it depends on the person. I like the geometry of the Rockhopper and all of the parts I pulled off went to building other bikes. Plus I didn't mind upgrading the parts on mine because most parts are transferable to another frame when I do decide to go to a higher end frame in the future.

Your quite right about being able transfer the new parts to a new frame in the future or to a better bike. I think this what I'll do when it times for a new bike.

Danny