Originally Posted by
seely
Honestly the similarities, in my eyes, stop at the fact they are both steel bikes. Apples and oranges in my book. The Marin can be made to do much of what the Clem can do, but it will never do it as well, and the geometry will always be a compromise... much like my High Plains. It's fine, but the geometry could be better, and the Clem pretty much nails the aspects of the geometry that most vintage MTB's lack.
I'm curious, what's better about the geometry of the Clem? I didn't see the geometry specs for the Clem and even vintage mtbs are all over the map when it comes to geometry since they became "racier" over time.