Submitted by
andre laperle
a Weekend Warrior
from montréal
Date Reviewed: August 13, 2007
Strengths: Frame is nuke proof. It has a low profile, a long top tube and a long wheel base wich make it very steady on hight speed descent. The frame is extremely stiff so the energy put out on your pedals goes strait to the rear wheel. great descent hard tail.
Weaknesses: All the parts that came with the bike exept for the stem, cables, and seat. Bike on the heavy side but strenth makes up for it. Not very good on ascents ,It prefers to go down as opposed to up.
Bottom Line:
have been riding mountain bikes for 18 years, competed on the senior sport class world cups for 4 years. I mesure 6'4" weigh 240 lbs and destroy bikes. I have broken five frames and a ton of parts (thank god for sponsors). I bought the quake in 2001 and have broken almost everything on it exept for the fork (surprisingly) and frame. The frame is a little on the heavy side but absolutely bullet proof. The quake series was put out in souvenir of Jake Watson "Earth Quake Jake" who raced for Marin and trajically died during a world cup in 1999. Jake was about 6'4" 220 lbs thats why he got the name earthquake. All to say that this frame is awesome and if you can still get one buy it it will last a lifetime.
Submitted by
simon owens
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: March 14, 2007
Strengths: Everything possible
Weaknesses: None as yet
Bottom Line:
I only bought this frame for £40 UK from my friend. This frame has blown me away in the fact that I terrorised it and tortured it and it begs for more! Its an old frame by todays standards but has really stood the test of time! I love the its tank type indestructible design!
Similar Products Used: Saracen Zen Extreme LTD Edition
Bike Setup: Element Disk Wheels, XT / Deore Mix n match gears, xtasy downhill stem set, specialised seat
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Submitted by
Jay
a Cross Country Rider
from Yallourn Nth, Victoria ,Australia
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2002
Strengths: Every thing is a strength on this bike, except the forks, they must have been a dodgy pair becuase i have only heard good about them
Weaknesses: No weakness except for the forks, they snapped the other day under braking from my very good Promax disc brake
Bottom Line:
Very good bike, i am not a small person and i throw the bike around a bit and not a fraction of sloppyness or any thing bad about it Great XC bike, light, strong, big headset, strong welds 18 inch, the best
Submitted by
Jim Worland
a Weekend Warrior
from Poole, Dorset, UK.
Date Reviewed: November 3, 2001
Strengths: Frame, it is the only thing remaining from the original spec bike!
Weaknesses: Where to begin, First to break was the Ovation Crank and bent chain rings. Crap Nsync Forks.
Bottom Line:
Bomb proof frame, which has proved an exellent platform for upgrading. Quite a long wheel-base, but still good for blasting down trails, jumping and general pissing about. Ideal for UK terrain. Nice, don't go large until you have upgraded: Wheels, Forks, Bars, Chainset, but standard V's aren't too bad.
Bike Setup: Marzochi Z1's, Mavic 321's, Hope XC4's, X-Lite Risers.
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Submitted by
simon goligher
a Weekend Warrior
from london
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2001
Strengths: The frame is a very strong and reliable one which is what you'd expect from a marin frame. One that can be built to create a stunning jump/ trail/ slalom bike
Weaknesses: err...where to begin, weight, rims (broke suprisingly quick), forks are below par, tyres, cranks (err, they kinda bent!!) for such huge chainstays theres little gusseting around the bottom bracket, bars (XC on a slalom?), chain stays are too big - on a 22 tooth the chain slakens and can sit between the chainstay and tyre!! causing damadge to the frame...it happens.
Bottom Line:
buy a coyote frame an do it up, its lighter, stronger and looks better, you dont get the chain problems running a small tooth and large tyres, Its bloody hard to fit a chainstay protecter cos the stays are damn large. Dont choose the synk forks, or the ritchy comp wheels, or the cranks. this is a stunning frame for the money...if your jus getting into it, then this is a good frame, but to everyone else this is a frame with too many design problems that cant be rectified with gizmos.
Similar Products Used: Orange Missile, Coyote frame, planet X jack flash
Bike Setup: planet X bars, Tioga 2.1 DH, DMR, Deore bits an bobs
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Submitted by
Adam
a Downhiller
from Bridgend, mid glamorgan
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2000
Strengths: Everything
Weaknesses: nothing. just like the above reviewer said, not even a small one.
Bottom Line:
This bike rules, it's taken all the abuse i've thrown at it and still come back for more, believe me this frame rocks. Buy One you wont regret it. Oh yeh the frames a great upgrade platform aswell.
Similar Products Used: gt ricochet, Kona ( can't remember the name)
Bike Setup: All top quality parts, judy race forks, hopec2's, mavic 521, mr dirt stem, tioga 2.3's, middleburn rs7 cranks, the list goes on.
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Submitted by
ostrich
a Weekend Warrior
from chester, cheshire, UK
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2000
Strengths: ermm everything, sweet fork, good components, fantastic frame SO CHEAP!!!
Weaknesses: none, not even a little baby one
Bottom Line:
get one quick. the frame is excellent, the fork is smooth, all the components are good quality (but some people dont like the gripshifters). everything on it is incredible value for money and quality, with none of the usual starting problems that u get on new bikes. hurry up and make your marin dealer richer.
