03 Marin Wolf Ridge

I'm running a 5" Fox Vanilla on Marin Trail pro which is similar. Yes it slackens the head tube into a more downhill like stance so it works much better going down than up.Climbing is harder but I compensated with a longer stem and moving my seat up on the seatpost so its working out fine. Going another inch I would not do. Also if you are planning to put on a double crown fork you better check with Marin, I'm not sure if the headtube is burly enough to handle the stresses of a double crown fork.

some good points, but why can I get 6"inches of travel in the back if I can't upgrade the fork to match?

I have an 01 wolf ridge with 150 mm on the front...

and it works great. I put the steerer angle setting at its slackest (69 deg) and put the rear travel to 6 inches.

no problems. Obviously doesn't climb like my NRS or even my Dakar XLT but it works great especially at Plattekill.

REEK

Gotta luv that Fugly mud guard.

What's up with the chalk outline in front of the bike in the photo? Did someone die there?

Reek said:

and it works great. I put the steerer angle setting at its slackest (69 deg) and put the rear travel to 6 inches.

no problems. Obviously doesn't climb like my NRS or even my Dakar XLT but it works great especially at Plattekill.

REEK

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Is it manageable on the climbs. This is going to be my only bike?

Yes it is manageable but....

It is manageable on my 01. I have a fox float RL. Don't use the lock out much. The bob seems worse with the head angle in the 70 or 70.5 setting but in the 69 setting with 6 inch rear, the rear end actually stiffens up on climbs as you might expect with a high single pivot bike.

As long as you 're not obsessed with overall pedalling efficiency, I say go for it. I use my bike as my main ride.

REEK

got any pics

I will post some soon!

I'll get some pics of my Wolf Ridge up in a bit. It's in the middle of a mid summer tear down that all started when I went to replace the bottom bracket. One thing lead to another and now it's getting the 'works'. Brakes "NEED" bleeding, hubs "NEED" packing, fork "NEEDS" a tear down...

You get the idea.

Anyway, keep an on out for the pics.

REEK