Originally Posted by
bigbossman
Yes, they sure are.
Here's a couple of pics of my 2009 Marin Mt. Vision 5.8. I bought it in early November, and paid half of retail for it. It was a rental bike for about 6 months until I bought it from the outfitter. It had seen very, very little use.
FS mtb's go vintage at an accelerated rate.

That bike is SWEEEET. My friend bought his Blur the same way. It came from a rental store near Moab.