2011 Marin DH Team
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DH - racer
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sorry dude, pic didnt work for me
heavyp
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They used to have a sweet dh bike single pivot 9 inch of travel bit over kill for the time it was out around 99/00/01 im pretty sure.The Kona operator isn't too bad.
However the Marin doesn't look particularly attractive
At least they have started to make a downhill bike and from here, it can only get better
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for those about to rock
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That's saying something. I wonder what it sounds like.
I reckon it wouldn't be too bad without that brace/strut/pole/stick thing right in the middle. Same with the bike.....
Tomshak
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Well at least they are starting to re-produce a downhill bike again then
And 9 inch is probably over kill these days too
hazza6542
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I'd rather ride the Marin though..
Seriously though guys I like it, looks brutal, and as for 9" being too much, how is it everyone loves the Session 88's, 8.8" is so close to it anyway, and look at peat's history on a 10" bike.
Welshy
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Hah, where'd you get 8.8" from?
The Session 88 and 8 are, and have always been 203mm. (8")
muskimo
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i dont mind the bike, a little cluttered in the shock area tho not bad, much worse looking bikes out there.
what im more concerned about is that they clearly dont pay their design team all that much.....makes you wonder if they pay the R&D team a decent wage to make advances in technology.
2010 Quake 7.9
for me i like this better, seems quite a bit smaller and nimble, and with 7inch travel more than enough for most aussie DH also with a tapered head tube run a +/- rake headset and put dual crowns on it
what im more concerned about is that they clearly dont pay their design team all that much.....makes you wonder if they pay the R&D team a decent wage to make advances in technology.
2010 Quake 7.9
for me i like this better, seems quite a bit smaller and nimble, and with 7inch travel more than enough for most aussie DH also with a tapered head tube run a +/- rake headset and put dual crowns on it
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hazza6542
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Really?!
I've always thought the 88 was 8.8" and the session 8 was 8", with the shorter shock and all. Shows my knowledge of em then.. Let's just say I meant an old glory then...
hazza6542
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True, but in saying it, that gusset tube in front of the shock linkage thing looks a little out of place?
elliotdhmcgeary
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True.
But, for the amount you pay for a new DH bike, i want something that looks cool too. I'm pretty sure everyone does.
I think it looks (and here comes a 90's word so look out), RADICAL!
It has that Nicolai like industrial appearance.
Comparing it to the Kona Operator is a bit insulting. That Kona looks so bleed'n woeful that if it was in the street I'd by it a bag. The Stab was a good looking machine.
Maybe my taste is just a bit weird, as I think the new Demo is absolutely fugly and they had it nailed with the 08' models where the horizontal brace on the main frame was horizontal and looked right.
It has that Nicolai like industrial appearance.
Comparing it to the Kona Operator is a bit insulting. That Kona looks so bleed'n woeful that if it was in the street I'd by it a bag. The Stab was a good looking machine.
Maybe my taste is just a bit weird, as I think the new Demo is absolutely fugly and they had it nailed with the 08' models where the horizontal brace on the main frame was horizontal and looked right.
Tomshak
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The 2010 (and before) demo's looked absolutely awesome in my opinion, but the 2011 looks a bit ugly.
Either way they still perform very strongly
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