First ride review! Canfield Jedi marz roco WC air!

[Bullcrew]

First ride review:
Canfield Jedi and Marzocchi Roco WC air

First off I’d like to say it was a great weekend and a good ride with the guys! Thanks

Trail description: really fast, nasty off camber loose rocky twisty run with lots of washouts, bermed corners, bermed corners with jagged rocks in them and pineapple sized pinecones (send you flying), flat corners jagged rocks and some logs in path with a lot of fast maneuvering and bike control needed. It definitely tested the suspension for fatigue and bigger hits as well as hips and run outs with big rocks. Although there were no big drops or step downs it was a very trying course and I could not have asked for a better one to jump right in the thick of things and dial a bike.

Initial thought trailside before descent:
Comparison F1 VS Jedi F1: hard to manual, front end is glued, corners kind of sluggish, weight to center to corner and have to sit down to pedal soaks up every hit and blows through stuff fast.. (love this bike and now my freeride bike).

Jedi: Extremly fast cornering nimble, easy control of the front end, pedals like a trail bike and soaks up big stuff as well as the F1, it even picks up speed in the nasty stuff making it easy to pass people while their bikes are bucking I can pedal through it (timed strokes of course).
The jedi has all the qualities that the F1 lacked and all the good stuff it excelled at; it is a different kind of bike all together. It’s the F1 in perfect form and faster. Higher bb made for a nice addition and the shorter chain stay definitely helped.

Marzocchi Roco WC Air: Performed flawless, didn’t bottom on bigger stuff as well as I didn’t notice any fade miles into the run with it being abused the whole way and slammed around. The shock feels like a coil and has a great mid stroke which another air shock lacks. I actually forgot I was riding an air shock, the adjustments will fine tune it for any kind of terrain easily and each twist makes a noticeable difference, the one thing I looked for was a bad ramp up on it which most air shocks do there wasn’t any it was butter from top to bottom. 200 lbs air in reservoir chamber and 160 in main worked perfect for big hits I would up it to 190 but this is my settings for most stuff.

We rode 3 runs at idyllwild several mile runs down with pedaling, and all the above stuff listed in regards to trail conditions, first thing I noticed was I needed to relearn to corner and weight the bike as it was different the the F1 and when pedaling came a specific gear wasn’t as important as it used to be. The bike pedaled great standing or sitting and was forgiving in this sense if you were in too high a gear on a climb. It soaked up the rough stuff which I wasn’t sure with all the changes and feel if it would compare to the old but it did, the changes had no effect on the suspension in nasty stuff or hard square edged hits. It felt like the F1 in bump response but handled like a fine tuned machined that was taunting me to go faster.
The faster you go the more stable it gets and its stable at a standstill so this bike has potential to put it down wherever its ridden. I wasn’t sure when I purchased it but Chris assured me that it was that good, I talked to a few others that rode the prototype and again got the same response. Still I kept doubt as to the handling and performance of it. I no longer question this bike it is exactly what they stated and performs that good.

So a big thanks goes out to Chris and Lance, you guys rock and thanks for answering my questions!
Anyone sees me at the races let me know and I’ll let you pedal around on it.
Jonkranked, Bobby Root and Me! Idyllwild run at top.

[RacinJason]

It sounds like your new bike rocked.
I will have to check it out some time.

[Bullcrew]

Originally Posted by RacinJason

It sounds like your new bike rocked.

Understatement of the year!

[DownHillPhil]

Sick man, good review

[Bullcrew]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

Sick man, good review

Unfortunently now I want to ride even more! I have both bikes built up and the difference between the 2 is staggering.

[DownHillPhil]

Better sell that F1..and make sure people can't read your RR of the Jedi!

[Bullcrew]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

Better sell that F1..and make sure people can't read your RR of the Jedi!

Nah the F1 definently has its place. If I decide to sell it Im not worried about it, its paid for and built to the gills so Im happy keeping it. Its the pit bull of bikes, its specialty is definently aggressive NASTY stuff thats super steep. It is more stable on a backbreak jagged descent then the Jedi can be and its based on the response of the front end and the longer WB of the F1 so it has a place no doubt.

[Geronimo]

Thanks for the review of the bike AND the shock. Post up some pics.