EvMacBiker

I rode one of these for the final two stages of the Ashland Mountain Challenge / Oregon Enduro. My front wheel folded on me on the first stage and the Marin guys were kind enough to lend me a bike so I could finish the race. I haven’t ridden a Marin since a shop I worked at back in the 1990s sold them. Remember way back when they used Manitou’s design and actually put fork tubes with elastomers in place of the regular seat stays? Sorry, I digress. I rode the bike box-stock, with the exception of my pedals. They had the bike set up with the stem pointing up, on top of all the washers. I slammed it and reversed it, which greatly improved front end tracking. The bike rode extremely well, offering both solid pedaling efficiency and trail taming. And how did my time on a borrowed bike compare? I got sixth on my first run and fourth on my second (8 second improvement), out of 20 starters. I don’t care what kind of rear suspension it has or what they call it, it works. And a HUGE thanks to the dudes at Marin for letting me use the bike. You guys f-ing rock.