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So I FINALLY have a complete fork again. I just got the last of the needed parts from Marzocchi to fix my All Mountain 1 SL. As you may recall the ATA travel adjust was winding itself down. It has been happening since the fork was new and Marzocchi had attempted to fix it on 5 separate occasions, all with the same result–a fork that still didn’t work.

So, they developed this new “prototype” locking ATA adjust cap that should fix the problem. The warranty manager sent it directly to my house so I would get it faster. He told me that I’m the first person in the World to try this new cap. He told me this like I was supposed to be impressed or honored by that. I told him I’d rather just have a fork that worked from Day 1.

He also sent me new fork decals, since the factory protective wrap they shipped the fork in took the decals with it when we took it off. Nice “protective” wrap, eh? So, the fork is looking pretty good. Some people like to remove the decals from their fork. I’m just the opposite. To each their own I suppose.

I also got a new Gravity Dropper seat post. What it is, is a seat post that you can raise and lower 4″ with the help of a remote switch you install on your handle bars. Basically, it’s for when you get to really steep downhills, steep rollers or when you come up to something you want to huck, you can lower the seat 4″ by flipping the switch on the handle bar remote. Then, once you’ve cleared the section. you flip the switch again and the seat is back to normal height. It’s awesome because you can do it while riding. Whereas if you wanted to lower your seat with a normal seat post, you have to stop, get off the bike, open the Quick Release, lower the seat post, lock the Quick Release and then get back on the bike and continue on. Then once you’ve cleared the section, you have to stop again and put the seat post back up to the height it was at before. The “on the fly” adjustabilty is so cool!!

I got to use it on today’s ride a bit and it worked well. I’m excited to take it to Moab in April.

Here’s a few pics. I’m not posting any pics of the new ATA cap yet. I’m going to wait until I talk to the guy at Marzocchi again. I know it’s just a prototype and I don’t want to leak anything I’m not supposed to.

Fork–basically new. All new internals, caps and decals:

Gravity Dropper

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Mark and I rode some of the trails here in Ramona today. There’s a trail network up the street and it looks like a lot of fun. We didn’t have a whole lot of time to explorre it, but what we did ride was pretty fun. We are definately going to explore the rest soon!!

It’s supposed to rain all day tomorrow, so I may not get to ride again until Wednesday. We’ll see. At least March is almost here–which means rainy season is almost over. Gimme some of that sweet, SoCal sunshine!!! Until then, seek your bliss.

Ride lots…