Fork it, we'll do it live! Mezzer pro vs Zeb Ult

[Huskier]

Searching for a meatier solution for a particularly meaty trail style and park duty. Big root drops, heavy full-speed chunder. Current fork is a 36 I can't help but think i might be faster with a little more plow factor. I want to stick with 160 travel and not turn my bike into a full tank if possible. Anyone run both back to back? Preferences?

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[XXX-er]

I have read ZEB vs Fox compros on line so I would do a search

[toast2266]

Haven't ridden the mezzer. Prefer the 38 over the zeb by a wide margin, especially with the new x2 damper. But would take any version 38 over any version zeb.

But notably, I would take a lyric over a 36 (by a slim margin).

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[carlh]

I haven’t ridden a Mezzer or a 38 but my zeb was a massive improvement over my old lyric and feels much better than the 36 on my firmed bike I recently spun around the parking lot. Bigger is better.
If I wasn’t getting a deal I would take a hard look at the Olin’s 38 too.

[Dantheman]

Excellent thread title. I have years on the Mezzer but haven't ridden the new crop of 38 mm forks. Mezzer is lighter by a non-trivial amount, so if you're going to run it at 160 and want to avoid tankifying the bike I'd probably lean Mezzer.

[XXX-er]

I had the fox 36 then 170 zeb and now 160 zeb so they all seem fine I found zeb has a lot of early and mid stroke suport which I like zeb could run at < recommended pressures I donot think I ever used the whole 170mm of the last zeb


so zeb seems to be speced on the lower end offering of a bike model so they must be cheaper for the mfger to buy I would use which ever came on a new bike but I have never tried fox 38

[volklpowdermaniac]

fox fan boy a longgg time til last 3-4 years, in love with the charged 2.1 damper on zeb and pike ultimates, hear the 3.0 was shit and the 3.1 is delightful again. zeb ultimate on a status 2 coil park super enduro bike and it's friggen awesome

[TAFKALVS]

Fork it, we'll do it live! Mezzer pro vs Zeb Ult

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[TAFKALVS]

Fork it, we'll do it live! Mezzer pro vs Zeb Ult

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(Edit: I give up. The site at the top has OEM packaged 38 x2 for $699, I just bought one. Buy a 160mm airspring and you’re money ahead.)

[Marshal Olson]

FWIW, the Fox 38 is a far more linear air spring and the Zeb is much more progressive. Can't speak to the other ones on the market. But love the 170 38 on my Sentinel.

[frorider]

I’ve ridden Mezzer Pro and current 38 but not the 3.1 charger Zeb. Since Huskier cares about weight, the Mezzer is what I recommend here. Same chassis stiffness as a 38 per testing in a German lab, yet almost 300 g lighter as I recall. And the air spring technology, which only EXT mimics, makes it pretty easy to get the initial plushness plus midstroke support plus full travel when you need it … attributes most everyone wants. I expect years from now people will recognize tokens as a pretty primitive way to adjust spring characteristics.

[toast2266]

And the air spring technology, which only EXT mimics, makes it pretty easy to get the initial plushness plus midstroke support plus full travel when you need it … attributes most everyone wants. I expect years from now people will recognize tokens as a pretty primitive way to adjust spring characteristics.

Ohlins air spring is similar as well.

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[Roxtar]

Haven&#39;t ridden the mezzer. Prefer the 38 over the zeb by a wide margin, especially with the new x2 damper. But would take any version 38 over any version zeb. But notably, I would take a lyric over a 36 (by a slim margin). Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

I had the same experience and then tried the Mezzer.
Ordered a Mezzer the next day and sold the Fox. Haven&#39;t looked back since.

[Huskier]

FWIW, the Fox 38 is a far more linear air spring and the Zeb is much more progressive. Can't speak to the other ones on the market. But love the 170 38 on my Sentinel.

That progression is kind of what I'm going for. Just about damn near broke my wrist through my bars clapping out my fork on an ill-advised maneuver this morning. Love HBO in my shock, looking for the same kind of ramp-to-infinity feel.

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[Huskier]

FWIW, the Fox 38 is a far more linear air spring and the Zeb is much more progressive. Can't speak to the other ones on the market. But love the 170 38 on my Sentinel.

Oh hey Sentinel friend! You don't feel that 170 hurts climbing skills at all? And that progressive curve is kind of what I'm looking for. Ramp to infinity kind of deal

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