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The marzocchi forks arent very responsive to their screw adjustment. If you are a relative beginner id find it a tad unusual the forks are too soft for you. Dont worry if you are using most of your movement over smallish obstacles, trials suspension is a fair bit softer than road or motocross suspension. However a bike that age could be more than due an oil change, old oil will reduce the damping and make it feel soft. Can be a bit of a pain on the marzocchis. If they still feel to soft for you you could make up a pastic or alloy spacer to go between the top of the springs and end cap to preload the spring about 1/2 inch (if you dont fancy buying new springs), although to reiterate, ive never really known anyone to want to harden the marzocchi forks, beginner and expert alike.

This is wrong! Preloading the spring will change the effective spring rate. With the bike on the ground with no rider I aim for about 1/2 to 1 inch of sag at the rear guard. It should not be locked out with no sag and anything more than an inch you are loosing movement and upsetting the balance of the bike.

Which makes you think, why dont we hold the british world round at a venue like this? Hawkstone was always a great venue and suited the british riders. Im sure the Spanish must be rubbing there hands when they go to Nord Vue!! Penrith may be a stylish venue, but is it a good venue, is it representative of the british terrain, absolutely not!! Why not give our guys the best possible chance?