After more than two decades it looks like Marzocchi are no longer going to be brought into the UK by their long time distributor Windwave.

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Windave & Marzocchi UK announcement

After 22 years as Marzocchi distributor for the UK and Ireland, Solent (UK) Ltd t/a Windwave has ended their distribution agreement as of today.

Peter Nisbet, Managing Director of Solent (UK) Ltd, said: “The decision to end the distribution agreement after so long was not easy, but I feel now is the time to make some changes. I have enjoyed working with Marzocchi and made some great friends over the years. I am very proud of how my company and staff grew Marzocchi to become a market leading suspension brand in the UK. In 1997 we introduced the Bomber Z1 to the UK, the fork which revolutionised bicycle suspension as we know it today. I would also like to thank our customers and riders for their fantastic support.”

Any outstanding warranty issues will be passed seamlessly to a new distributor to be announced shortly.

Who’s going to distribute them now?

Marzocchi were bought out in 2015 by rival suspension brand Fox. As of last October, in a move that surprised a lot of people in the bike industry, Fox are now being distributed by Silverfish after themselves having had a similarly long-term distribution deal with Mojo. At the moment there is no word that Marzocchi are also going to go to Silverfish.

As the announcement above states: “a new distributor to be announced shortly”. Watch this space.