Mountain Biking - Check out my new Marin!

Just got this a week or so ago, I rode most of the day yesterday (30 miles) to break her in ;)

It's a Marin Quad rift zone. so far it's been one killer bike :d
I got a race this sunday so we will see how i do with a new bike :)

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Sweet!

Congrats on the new ride! Best of luck in the upcomming race.

Nice.

Hey, What race are you riding this sunday? I haven't really been up to date on races around Oregon lately.

Nice bike! Never seen one of those in person. Nice to have a bike noone else around has! I was wondering what is going on with the seat stay? Is that one piece just colored differently, or what? Anyways, nice, unique bike!

very nice ride, i love Marins they make a damn good bike. but then again i may be a bit biased i love my marin eldridge grade (steel hardtails rule)

Thanks! it is a bike not many have, and its kinda cool to be that way.

gonesh9, Im doing the Falls City Firecracker this weekend and the "seat stay" i think you might be confuzeing it with the seat "tube" and its decals, its one solid tube all the way down to the BB. it does kinda look like two pices in the pics.

Very, very nice!!! The water bottle cage seems in a bit of a scary place though.

Truly awesome looking (and I'm sure riding!) scoot. Let us know how the race goes on the new steed! :)

If you dont mind me asking, how much did it cost?

Originally posted by Mad Dog JR
Thanks! it is a bike not many have, and its kinda cool to be that way.

gonesh9, Im doing the Falls City Firecracker this weekend and the "seat stay" i think you might be confuzeing it with the seat "tube" and its decals, its one solid tube all the way down to the BB. it does kinda look like two pices in the pics.

Oh, yah, seat tube....

Falls City has some excellent trails! I went to school in Corvallis, so was up in that area quite a bit. Some great swimming holes to cool off in, too. Good luck in the race, and let us know how it went.:beer:

That looks like fun! :cool; Hayes hydraulics, too! :thumbup:

ya, its on sweet bike. im lovein it to death :D

I paid $850 or so, but its a $1600 bike if some one was to buy it at the retail price. i have my hookups if you know what i mean ;)

I GOT FIRST PLACE!!! I GOT FIRST PLACE!!! :d and third place overall for beginers :d
the course consisted of a 1.5 mile climb up a semi steep gravel/dirt road then 1.5 miles down STEEEEEP single track... very fast i must say, with a few jumps aswell :d. The beginers (me) did 3 laps of 3.5 miles and the sports did 4 laps. and the experts/pros did something like 6-8 laps.

It was a great race, fun course and all in the shade wich made the 80 deg heat some what nice. the course was what seamed like a "freeride/bighit" trail beucase there was a few bridges we went over and some bridges to drops of more than 10 feet (We didnt go over them :d) along with a lot of man made jumps off stumps and huge bolders.
But there was this one guy while i was on my first lap who bailed over the bars about 10 feet in front of me and broke his collar bone, i went around him :p.
But yeah, I won... Im happy, it's all cool. :d

Later
Jonathan

Congrats on the win and the new bike!

L8R

Congrats on the win. Sounds like a fun west coast trail :)

ya, im sure you would like some of the sections around there? your more into doing the "freeride" thing right Maelstrom?

later!

A little. You really can't help it out here. but really if I was gonna label myself right now aggresive xc. The more technical the better and I enjoy skinnies and stuff. Not a big fan of drops and hucks yet. I don't have the confidence to do anything too nutty yet. :)

Right on!
I ride fast singletrack mainly. I guess you could call it aggresive XC to but around here we dont have to manny skinnies but i also enjoy doing them when i get the chance. I like racing because its a challenge to push yourself

Originally posted by Mad Dog JR
Right on!
I ride fast singletrack mainly. I guess you could call it aggresive XC to but around here we dont have to manny skinnies but i also enjoy doing them when i get the chance. I like racing because its a challenge to push yourself

Well if you ever get up here I will show you River Runs through it. Good trail for beginner to advanced riders...fun...

Last time i was up at Whistler was when i was 13, i need to come up there again :D

Congrats.

I am actually obsessed with Marin for some reason. I like the name. So one day at the shop, when I wasn't working, one of the wrench's took a Marinbikes.com decal and put it on my left chainstay. Didn't notice for 3 weeks. They kept saying, you love Marin so much don't you. I bet you didn't know your bike is a Marin now. I finally caught on.

lol, nice

Originally posted by Mad Dog JR
Last time i was up at Whistler was when i was 13, i need to come up there again :D

Well depending on how long ago that was I can say I have been here 3 years and the trails have improved drastically in just that time :)

about 4-5 years ago :P. Im sure they have gotten better especialy with all thats happening around that area.

Could you tell me the standover height of your Marin bike? I'm looking for the new full sus. bike. Rift Zone is one of the bikes in my short list.

However, standover is the only item missing from the geo chart posted at marin website. I'm living in Corvallis and there is no Marin dealer around here as far as I know. Thanks :-)

I will get it tonight. I have to get ready for a race this morning :p

Nice bike. Very appealing looks :)

Ok, back from my race (got 2nd). Would you like to know the height where the "V" dip is lowest? or the imaginary line between the head tube and seat tube?

BTW Agressor, i stuck on some Panaracer fire XC pro tires and they have a sick looking RED sidewall :D so the bike looks even more wicked than in the pics above :p

Congrat. on the race!! Get on a podium a few more times and I will see you on KATU news :-)
Anyway, I would like to know the lowest height at the 'V'.

Thanks :-)

One top tube height coming right up....

alright, its 30 and 1/4 inches. thats with a set of Panaracer Fire XC pro tires, the height might varry from the stock by a tad (1/8 or so maybe) and this is the 19" frame BTW.

Thanks a lot. I aim for med frame with standover around 30. If the large frame is 30 1/4 inches, the med frame should be a bit smaller (yeh!)

Now I have a pretty good reason to go to that bike shop in Portland. :-)

thanks
CU

lol, yeah. theres also one here in Bend :D