Marzocchi has been off the boil with its forks for a number of years, but this marks a return to form, with a smooth and controlled unit best suited to aggressive riders.
It's not the lightest fork here, but it's usefully
stiff and tracks well, and there's plenty of support from the progressive
spring. It feels very sticky out of the box, but once the fork has loosened up,
it's super-smooth and supple, with a good range of low speed compression
adjustment available.
Our fork came with a bar-mounted lockout remote, which
was a pain to fit but positive enough in use. We didn't find that we needed to
reach for it too often however, with pedal bob well controlled.
The new Dynamic Bleed Cartridge is hard to upset and
sucks up drops and repeated impacts well, with nicely subtle feedback. The 320
is definitely a fork that allows you to push harder than the travel numbers
would suggest.
The only niggles we discovered
during testing, apart from the break-in period, are a slightly fiddly and not
very positive thru-axle system and the lack of a pre-fitted O-ring on the fork
leg, which makes checking sag and overall travel use a pain.
Great performance once bedded in, but some small
niggles prevent an even better score.
Weight 1790g
Offset 51 or 44mm
Axle to crown 530mm
Price 945$