Marin Bikes and Andrew Taylor - Interbike 2009

sick bike dude!!!!! xfusion shock didnt know pros wanted to ride those:S

oh they do. when they get payed they love it!

i think intense rides x fusion

Carter Holland and the other Black Market guys have been running X-Fusion shocks and forks for quite a while now, as well as the Intense/X-Fusion racing team (formerly Mongoose/X-Fusion). The forks and shocks are getting better every year and are shaping up to be direct competition to the more well-established companies out there.

Rob- That's really an opinion thing. I think they are really unique looking bikes. I'm not huge on their entire product line, but their DH/FR/SS models are pretty cool looking imo. The spec leaves something to be desired, gravity parts just feel dull and unresponsive to me. But I'd still buy one if I had a couple grand laying around burning a hole in my pocket.

No, not really...? I don't think any of their stuff is straight up ugly, and a couple models like the quake and attack are pretty cool looking machines.

since when are you bike testing expert? IMO Marins ride way better than a demo... Somebody has been drinking too much haterade....

hahaha, haterade. Can I use that?

I have no idea how marins ride, I know what people have told me... but I have yet to get any saddle time on one. Personally, I am just speaking from an aesthetics standpoint.

i sold marins for over three years and they are really nice bikes to ride. they are responsive and they pedal extremley well. hyrdoformed tubes is also a nice way to keep the weight down, with a good look, they are not bulky, suspenion design works well. if you dont like it rob dont get one, no ones forcing you. go ride what ever you want. like butters88 sais.... no need to be a hater if thats not what you into.

i love marin!! i rode a intense socom last year for my team and i hated it..went to marin and we all love them..great bike all around..dont knock it until u try it..

I have ridden a Marin ...a sponsored riders bike in fact...he didn't like it either, enough that he didn't resign the following year. But w/e it is just my opinion. He also broke it in the first few months. Sold the replacement frame I believe.

lol..u think i would care what a 13 year old kid thinks?! no in fact i dont..i race on a team here on the east coast, and by far out of every bike that i owned or raced I like the marin best..i can think what i think and so with u..well thats funny to say he broke it,because i havent seen one broke,not saying they wont but thats news to me..u jus stick to ur opinion,and i will stick to mine..also should u be smoking herb at 13.sounds to me ur parant dont give a crap about u and need to be smacked..jus my opinion

I'm calling bullshit on this statement.
@robc, not felt20

In robc's defense two youths near where he lived won a contest a few years back. They each received bikes and at the end of the term each chose not to further the relationships. Be it due to one reason or another, but I am aware of that scenario. Bikes are bikes and they will ride differently for each of us and what we want to get out of them in the end. Please take a break on this chat guys.

yeah im lying lol...sorry Brule just expressing my opinion is all.

lol!!! wat a site..

yeah

gravity

FSA, but seemingly only as oem spec. Ah well, maybe next year.

http://www.ridegravity.com/fly.aspx?languageid=1

you'd struggle to get a bike for 450 new, tbh. If you do its likely to be extremely POS. 450 is about as low as id go on a set of forks, let alone an entire bike!

I'm beginner pretty much and what does POS stand for

poser bikes. anything from halfords basically. and those shitty shockwave full suspension bikes that NEDS ride about the place. Apollo BMX's too. If I were you I'd save about 600 and buy 2nd hand.

Save 600 when my budget is 450? I was thinking GT Chucker XS1 and people only complain about the frame but I wouldn't do 10 ft drops etc as I said I'm beginner

http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/543265/

too much

Hence why you need to save more. £150 isnt a lot of money tbh. Get a job and you'll have it in no time.

I only got £100 now, relying on Xmas and Bday cash ( I kno i shouldn't) & what kind of job i'm 13 14 in 2 weeks

When I was 14 I worked in a cafe washing dishes and till work and waitering, but when I was 14 I looked about 16 or 17 so it was maybe easy for me. I'm now 16 and working on setting up my own bike repair/hire shop and going part time self employed to fit in with school. Just think outside the box.

But yeah, tbh its support from your parents which gets you off the ground. I'd never be where I am now if I'd never got help from my parents in the begginning. Talk to them and see if you can come up with a compromise, especially if you're wanting to take it seriously and start racing or whatever. I'm not saying ask them to buy you a bike, but if you get a paper round or something and ask if they will loan you the money once you can start paying them back. As soon as you get a decent 2nd hand bike, you can just buy and sell and work your way up the foodchain as such.

Thanks I think I'll get a paper round when I move house because there will be a lot of new housing developments where I'm moving

Yeah but a lot of the bikes out there perform well enough so why shouldn't they look good, too?

If I were paying 4k upwards on something, I'd kinda like it to tick the aesthetics box too.

Well aesthetics are purely subjective. I think the bike looks good.

I never said it didnt