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Description:
- Frame: 6061 Aluminum with Edge II Plus Top Tube and Hydroformed Down Tube
- Rear Suspension: Fox DHX 5.0
- Fork: Morzocchi 66 RCV, 160mm
- Shifters: Sram X-7, 9 Speed Trigger
- Brakes: Hoyes HFX-9 Hydraulic Disc
- Rims: WTB SpeedDisc XL, 32 Hole Disc
- Crankset: TruVativ Hussefelt 2.2RGDH
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Submitted by
John
a Downhiller
from california
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | horse canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | marin | | Strengths: | This is the do-it-all-bike, racing, freeriding, and yes climbs great for a heaver bike. | | Weaknesses: | Rear shock is a little hard to get to | | Similar Products Used: | norco aline, rmx,rm7 | | Bike Setup: | syncros wheels and parts | | Bottom Line: | Get this bike! if you like to climb to your ride, its done, if you like to nail tight single track its done. bottom line, its the bike for you. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Racer
from Boise, Id.
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | 5-mile creek | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Bicycle Mania | | Strengths: | Great handling, Great components, Great price. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | X7, Norco teamDH, Bullit, VP-free, session77, botle rocket, stab, judge | | Bike Setup: | stock except mtx rims | | Bottom Line: | This bike is awsome. I will go anywere with it. It bombs with the best of them and still climbs, how I don't know but it does. Feels great in the air, on the nar nar, and the tight single track. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gremlyn
a
from Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Lopuh-Alfa (www.lopuh-alfa.hr) | | Strengths: | Virtual pivot point suspension that works perfectly when adjusted corretly, beefy but not heavy frame, optional maxle 150x12 rear dropouts, OnePointFive headtube | | Weaknesses: | Initial adjustment of rear shock is pain in the ass, frame lacks ISCG/ISCG05 mounts | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Dawg, Kona Dawg Supreme (140/130mm travel) | | Bike Setup: | Quake 7.2 L size, Marzocchi 66RC2X (180mm), Fox DHX 5.0, Syncros wheelset and components, Truvativ Holzfeller OCT cranks, CrankBros 5050XX pedals, SRAM drivetrain, Hayes Mag brakes | | Bottom Line: | Basically, I knew that I'm buying a great bike because of all the flying colors reviews, but even with that in mind it suprised me when I've tried it for the first time. It rode great. Adjusting the shock can be pain in the ass, but when dialed in correctly it works just like it should: bike is easy to pedal, it soaks up the big hits without the bottoming, and it works great on the smaller stuff. OnePointFive headtube gives a plenty of choice when it comes to picking up the right fork for it, and I would recommend something with 180mm of travel if you plan to use it for FR or DH. Headtube angle is slacker that way, and bike it self act more predictably on agressive DH runs. Chainstays are on the longer side so you need to put some muscle in wheelies and manuals, but overall geometry is great for trail riding... for anything from normal AM up to more intense DH runs. Also, I would recommend optional maxle 150x12 (or some custom made bolt on) dropouts and a new rear hub... because the stock one for '07 Quake 7.2 is piece of crap (Shimano M475). With those changes the rear end of bike is lot more stiffer making it act more predictibly.
Real bottom line: Quake has it's (minor) weaknesses and annoying bugs like any other bike out there, but overall result is still a really impressive ride. Even my friends whith great bikes (Spec Big Hits and Demos, Kona Coilers and Stinkys, Haro Magnums etc) agree on that. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lance Pilbrow
a Downhiller
from NZ
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hot X buns | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$2500.00 | | Purchased At: | BikeBarn | | Strengths: | Super supple rear travel, best for someone who wants 1 bike to do a bit of everything on, but leaning towards doing the odd DH race and wants something semi competitive. Love the long'ish wheel base, good rear shock, good pedalling ability, | | Weaknesses: | Rear shock hard to get too, but to be honest I've only had to adjust it twice since owning, the DHX 5 is awesome, so once I got it right, i've never had to touch it, and I guess it's position keeps the crud off it. I also changed the bars to a Funn bar, a bit wider, the grips to Funn lockons, and the pedals to Funn soljam vipers, but these are just all personal touches. Also the stock tyres WTB motoraptors 2.4 are a little overkill for my riding area and have a LOT of rolling resistance, though, they are awesome on DH when things get a bit wet and rooty etc. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona stinky DL, Coilair, | | Bike Setup: | bout 100 in the boost valve, oh, and the stock spring was too hard for me, I'm 75kg and am running a 350lb spring and its pretty spot on, would maybe even go for a 325 if I could get one, as the design ramps up at the end of the stroke, you don't need to worry about bottoming out too much. | | Bottom Line: | Love it! am actually going to get a 2008 one as soon as I can get my hands on one as they have fixed the only few gripes I had with this one, ie, I would have liked a bit more front travel, next years has 20mm more, I hate hayes brakes, next years has codes, also relatively budget rear hub, next years has hopes pro2 with a 12mm maxle, brilliant! Anyway, I do a handful of DH races each year at expert level, and everytime I do a I am amazed at how well the suspension soaks up some seriously rough terrain. Also it's quite long (compared to Kona's I have also owned) which makes it really stable at higher speed. And I can still ride it to the top if I have too thanks to the full length seatpost. This is a brilliant bike if you can get one you won't be dissapointed.
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Submitted by
Pedal Shop
a Weekend Warrior
from Ashburn
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wet, like your_ _ _ _ _ | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | direct through Marin | | Strengths: | Frame is very efficient (aka well designed). I was really impressed with the way it handles every different type of riding. | | Weaknesses: | Would rather have a rear through axle. Rear shock settings are difficult to get to. I hired my 5 year olds to do the work. | | Similar Products Used: | I haven't ever used anything quite like the Marin. I have usually used frames that designed more like the Kona Coiler (my last frame). Also used: Banshee Chaparrel, Transition Dirt Bag, Mountain Cycle SIN & Fury, K2 Lithium, Iron Horse HollowPoint, Santa Cruz SuperLight, Ellsworth Truth... and more. | | Bike Setup: | Totem Coil, Syncros 1.5 headset, FSA/Gravity stem and carb0on bars, Avid Code (8"/7"), SRAM X7 shifters, XTR front D, Sram X.9 (short) rear D, 26/36 Saint cranks w/ Race Face BB with E-13 bashring and dualy chain guide, Time Z pedals, Thomson post, Hope clamp, WTB Pure V saddle, A-Class Kaprun wheels, WTM Timberwolf K front tire (2.7), Maxxis 3D 2.5 rear tire, ODI Rouge lock on grips. | | Bottom Line: | First off all... why the heck are there only two posts on this bike? mine being the 2nd. This bike is way better than the shortness of reviews would leave you to believe. I actually didn't buy this bike last year because I simply didn't like the way it looked. I thought it looked too funky that it could be a nice riding bike. However, one of the guys who works part time for me had a chance to ride one in CO and he really liked it. I consider an expert level rider so if he likes it, it's gotta be good.
I was due for a new frame, I was getting bored of the same ol' four bar linkers (like the Kona Coiler series // great bike but my 4th style like that in a row). Let me say, I have demo'd serveral different frames through the years, some had way more travel than I would ever really need. As a shop owner, I can't really risk getting hurt so, I take it sorta easy. This Marin rides really really well. I can't believe how well it climbs too. I often ride the same trail so I know very well my limitations at certain sections. Every single other frame I have used, I can climb different climbs with different results: some are harder than others. With the Marin, I have cleared each semi difficult climb with ease. The only thing setting me back, just like any other FR, is the weight (my is 41lbs). The really difficult climbs are still difficult but with the Marin, I was able to get to the top without being poop'd, ready to fall over. AS for the down hill... weeeeeee, that frame is super flickable. It feels buttery smooth through the rock gardens (and I'm rolling some nasty stuff). The really high speed stuff I haven't had a chance to hit yet. I gotta travel for that but, the few times I hit some higher speeds in the local area, it felt very stable. There was never a time I felt sckecht'd out. The Totem helps of coures. The slow hucky stuff, the bike is flowing really well. That's where I think the frame design is best suited. It's so nice... Drops big and small do have have that "endless" feel. I don't know if I have bottom'd out yet. If I did, I didn't feel it. Time after time, I'm comparing it with other frames I have had. This one offers fantastic bang for the buck. The only thing I would change (which they are) is offer a through axle for the rear wheel. Diggin' the 1.5 head tube: that's BEEFY!!! when is Chris King going to make a 1.5!?!?!? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bubba
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonchuck Alberta Canada
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | J line | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Quad link suspension Jon Whyte is the man great parts kit 1.5 steerer respect | | Weaknesses: | hard to hike a bike nowhere to put your hand stock grips not to my taste and the crankbrothers pedals are poser crap the shock adjustments are hard to get at but not really an issue | | Similar Products Used: | norco vps bikes santa cruz bullet balfa bb7 rocky rm9 and switch foes fly intense uzi blah blah blah | | Bike Setup: | stock except grips and pedals switched the 24 granny for a 22
and the 50/50s for dx, crap wtb grips for oury going to try the new schwalbe freeride tire when the stock tires shred off | | Bottom Line: | I know this bike won the world masters dh last season but it really is a freeride bike easy to sprint and throw around wheelies like a urban park bike holds speed over rough like crazy it pedals like a bike with half the travel but has a bottomless feel to the suspension with the seat up it will climb anything just not in a hurry if you want to DH race wait for the next marin team dh if you want a freeride bike for parks and tech trails this is your baby I could get all technical about the quad link but just leave it at this this bike knows what its doing get one before they sell out | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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