Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 1 Fork ‘09

The ‘09 Marzocchi Dirt Jump series continues the tradition of excellence by being a strong and stiff fork, great in the dirt or in the concrete jungle.

• 100mm travel
• External rebound adjustment
• Air adjustable preload
• Aluminum steer tube
• 32mm stanchions
• 74mm post disc brake mount
• 20mm thru axle
• Approx weight 2595 grams(5.7 lbs)

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Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 2 Fork ‘10

Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 2 Fork ‘10

Dirt Jumping is not only a sport, not only a discipline, not only a state of mind; dirt jumping is all this together.  A sort of disease that can be diagnosed by an incredible seek of air.  The cure just fly higher!  Completely redesigned from previous years, inside and out.

• 100m of travel
• Air preload
• External rebound adjustment
• 1 1/8″ Steel steer tube
• 32mm stanchions
• 6″ post disc mount
• Standard quick release dropouts
• Published weight 2616 grams(5.8 lbs)

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Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 1 20mmaxle Fork’10

Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 1 20mm Fork ‘10

Dirt Jumping is not only a sport, not only a discipline, not only astate of mind; dirt jumping is all this together.  A sort of diseasethat can be diagnosed by an incredible seek of air.  The cure just flyhigher!  Completely redesigned from previous years, inside and out.

• 100mm of travel
• Air adjustable
• Adjustable rebound
• Alloy 1 1/8″ steer tube
• 32mm alloy stanchions
• 6″ post disc brake mount(max rotor 8″)
• 20mm thru axle
• Approximate weight 2300 grams (5.1 lbs)

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Priority Level Of Mountain Bike Rims

By Alison Addy

You must be aware that certain things might be useful to an individual but might turn out to be equally dangerous for some other individual like ice-cream, places like Ooty Simla, they might turn to be good for some and an asthma patient may die of them. Same is the case with bike rims. For riders who involve in cross-country, free riding and jumping heavier and sturdier rims work best for service whereas the same do not work or harm the trial riders. Instead the lighter weight rims work best for them.

SURLY LARGE MARGE XC RIM – $ 110.40
Retail Price: 165.00
You Save: $54.60

Some people are creative and wish to match the front and back rims in order to give their mountain bikes the cool and trendy look. While some other wish to keep them only for the purpose that works for them. Make sure to avoid getting incompatible rims. Means don’t commit the mistake of getting one wheel heavier than the other. That gets you into extremely dangerous situations when you loose the balance of the bike. As it is stated above one must keep in mind the usage of the bike also.

If you are one among mountain riders who alternate often between different types of riding or if you are mountain cross rider or dirt jumper, don’t worry. You can have different rims attached to different tires and quickly change them as per the requirement as many other experienced riders do the same.

MAVIC XC 717 RIM – $ 119.95
From: Jenson USA

If you are an experienced rider, it’s absolutely not required to be stated here that sometimes downhill runners be too hard on their bikes. They end up causing severe abuse to the rims of the bikes. This sometimes results in bending of rim in one or the other direction. This obviously results in damage of tires, brake pads and the chain.

Rims, if maintained properly can withstand long durations and last longer. The best way to maintain them properly is to keep tapping the rim with a screw driver. If you hear a dull thud then it’s obvious that the spoke needs to be tightened. By keeping the spoke to proper adjustment as directed by the manufacture you can prevent the rim damage to the best.

SURLY LARGE MARGE DH RIM – $ 120.00
From: Jenson USA

Make sure you don’t overlook any bent in the rim of the mountain bike because it causes severe damage to the brake pads to an extent that the bike goes too tough to be stopped. Remember rims form the major part of the mountain bikes and they need equal maintenance and care as the other parts of the bike do.

SHIMANO M505 DISC/RIM BRAKE WHEELSET 09 – $ 199.99
From: Jenson USA