RM Vertex 10 or Marin Palisades Trail
07-02-10, 02:05 PM
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RM Vertex 10 or Marin Palisades Trail
I am trying to decide between these two bikes:
'09 RM Vertex 10 and the '07 Marin Palisades
RM here: https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...ex+10++09.aspx
Marin Here: https://bikeconnection.net/product/ma...il-30642-1.htm
I feel like both a good deals, I am just having a hard time deciding if the extra money is worth it for the RM.
I will be using the bike for moderate XC trails and riding around town. I used to have an entry level FS bike, but I want something that is a bit easier on the street and I can still have fun on the trails. My budget isn't huge, the RM is as high as I want to go right now.
Thanks for the advice.
'09 RM Vertex 10 and the '07 Marin Palisades
RM here: https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...ex+10++09.aspx
Marin Here: https://bikeconnection.net/product/ma...il-30642-1.htm
I feel like both a good deals, I am just having a hard time deciding if the extra money is worth it for the RM.
I will be using the bike for moderate XC trails and riding around town. I used to have an entry level FS bike, but I want something that is a bit easier on the street and I can still have fun on the trails. My budget isn't huge, the RM is as high as I want to go right now.
Thanks for the advice.
07-04-10, 10:57 AM
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I have a RM Vertex and it seems to me that every piece of this bike has been thought out to the N'th degree. I admittedly know nothing about the Marin so cant comment on it.
This may speak to my particular model of Vertex but this model is rather race oriented and for me cants me forward a bit, meaning that it isn't a pootle about leisurely kind of xc mountain bike. It's geometry is such that it climbs hills like a billy goat on meth(not that I know of billy goats on meth mind u) and descends and rails as well as anything I've ridden. I am very impressed with mine but I cant say its relaxed and I can sit straight up and mellow out. It very much feels and acts like a race oriented xc bike IMO.
Not good or bad, but just so you know...
This may speak to my particular model of Vertex but this model is rather race oriented and for me cants me forward a bit, meaning that it isn't a pootle about leisurely kind of xc mountain bike. It's geometry is such that it climbs hills like a billy goat on meth(not that I know of billy goats on meth mind u) and descends and rails as well as anything I've ridden. I am very impressed with mine but I cant say its relaxed and I can sit straight up and mellow out. It very much feels and acts like a race oriented xc bike IMO.
Not good or bad, but just so you know...
07-05-10, 07:10 AM
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A better comparison:
Rocky Mountain Vertex = Porsche GT2 - blindingly fast, pricey, and WORTH every penny spent...
Marin Palisades Trail = Ford Mustang GT - cookie cutter quick and cheap, but quality is nowhere near the P-Car.
Rocky Mountain Vertex = Porsche GT2 - blindingly fast, pricey, and WORTH every penny spent...
Marin Palisades Trail = Ford Mustang GT - cookie cutter quick and cheap, but quality is nowhere near the P-Car.
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07-05-10, 09:34 PM
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If you're leery about spending the extra $$, I'll put in a plug for the Marin.
I have an '08 palisades trail that I race on. The bike has very small differences from the '07.
You will want to change the tires that come on it though, as at ~25km/h they cause vibrations through the frame and the discs tend to make a horrible noise. Changing tires fixes it.
Only other thing I changed were the brakes but that was because the ones that came with it were leaking. (the '07 should have cheap hayes instead of the cheap shimano ones they put on in '08).
And some spd pedals.
I have an '08 palisades trail that I race on. The bike has very small differences from the '07.
You will want to change the tires that come on it though, as at ~25km/h they cause vibrations through the frame and the discs tend to make a horrible noise. Changing tires fixes it.
Only other thing I changed were the brakes but that was because the ones that came with it were leaking. (the '07 should have cheap hayes instead of the cheap shimano ones they put on in '08).
And some spd pedals.
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