I always tell people tats that it’s not the bike. It’s the rider I own a rigged out Santa Cruz and my riding buddy rides a schwinn Axum and kicks my butt. And his friend who showed up on a marlin 6 killed us both. So the price of the bike is b.s. the rider makes the difference. You rocked out there man! Keep it up!
If it can handle all of that, it will certainly work for what I want. Exercise, hill climbing, and the occasional off-road ride. Too old for crazy stuff.
I saw a good rider coming back with better skills dominating that trail! You'd have done that on any bike. All the great stuff you have on your Roscoe or the more upgraded bikes are better than what comes on the Marlin, but let's be real...Air shocks are fairly recent, all upgraded bikes had spring forks not that long ago. Hell, in the 80's kids my age were jumping tables and doing crazy stuff on BMX bikes, no suspension at all and drag brakes on a 21" wheel! The better parts give you a better ride, less noise, lighter, blah blah blah. In the end, it's a bike and you can have fun on anything if you have the skill and the attitude and you have both!
That looks fun! Matty, the Gen 3 has a bit slacker head tube angle so in theory I expect it to perform even better. I think that they also changed more things. That along with current economic climate lead to an increase in price unfortunately. I got the same version you have, got it slightly discounted, happy with my purchase so far!
I’m curious about the proposed slacker head tube, inclusion of a dropper post and the discontinuation of the use quick release axles on the upcoming Gen3 Marlin 8. I’ve been riding the current geometry Marlin 7 for 4 years and made use of the discontinued internal routing point for a dropper post. It and going tubeless made the bike feel much more versatile yet the head tube and stock rims seemed to cap the bikes upgradability. I’ve also had issues with caliper alignment from continuously removing the wheels.
Great Video, I had a Marlin 6 a couple years ago and loved it. Pretty much the best bang for the buck. Seeing this makes me want to go out and try to find another one! Good Stuff, keep it up!!
That is a really fun place to spend time, fast flowing with some jumps, and you still got that stock heavy fork. You need to make something with the cable noise because that's your fault. There are lots of videos on youtube with diferent solutions to eliminate cable noise. I eliminate cable noise with just a peace of tube, pull the cables and tight them up with the peace of tube and noise solved.
For the money, the Marlin is a great entry level bike. It might be limited on upgrades (fork due to non tapered head tube, some wheels because of not being through-axle compatible, etc) but it’s a solid bike to get into MTB on. Mine is pretty modded, but I took it on a really tough trail this weekend and it took everything I threw at it and that includes my mistakes from still being new to MTBing. My Marlin will always stick around, because it’s a great bike for the money.
Interesting. I too have modded a lot on my Marlin but not the fork. I’ve been thinking it’s time to upbike next year, though to either an XCal 9 or Marlin 8
Interesting. I too have been modding my Marlin (2019 Marlin 7) but haven’t done the fork. I was considering on riding it through one last winter then upbiking in the spring to either a Marlin 8 or Xcal 9.
@@denislitisha7136 Yeah and I’ve thought about going that route, but the stock Judy fork is fine, a bit heavy, but it does the job. If it breaks, that’s when I’d probably go that route and see how it works with the external head head to accommodate the fork.
@@kwaktak I discovered the fork think after I purchased it. For that, I would’ve went with a Roscoe, but I also didn’t think I’d get into mountain biking as much as I did and I’ve been putting the marlin seriously to the test. My next bike is a full suspension and the marlin with go back to being a daily ride around town / XC bike.
Yeah my Marlin is pretty reliable. Nowadays I just put a bunch of bikepacking gear on it and using it for that purpose now. For bikepacking expeditions and long distance trips. Love it.
Erie is probably the best place to work on jumping with a MTB on the front range, and is a good winter riding spot because it's in the open and at low elevation.
It can handle jumps alright but continuous pounding can shorten the life of the marlin's frame I think coz it's just not designed for that type of ride. Marlin is more light xc not aggressive xc.
Hi, great content! For this kind of riding would suggest following the Trek sizing recommendation? I'm 190cm, so they're saying XL. I heard people size-down for MTB's?
Loving the Marlin love but your skills have a lot to do with it. Don’t worry about that rattle. It’s just a little slack in the shifter cable. Put some black electrical tape or zip ties around them where they come out of the frame.
PS: specialized sells frame inserts that also dampen that sound. Anyway, I've got 4 years, $600+ worth up upgrades into and a couple thousand miles on my 2019 Marlin 7 and can say with confidence that these bikes are great for XC where you do a lot of climbing and sprinting on flats but not so good on downhills and jumps. With the upgrades that Trek has added over the past few years I've seen the bike mature from a rugged hybrid to a nice poor man's XC platform. With the shorter stem and slacker head tube angle they give the Xcaliber series a run for their money IMO - though they gotta get rid of the threaded cartridge bottom bracket. I'm currently on my third one.
Love that Erie trail system. I took my Procal there for a trail test vid (yet to release) and it did really well. I’m not great on the jumps either, switching to clipless pedals made me feel better about it though.
@@MattyActive Peaceful Valley and Brainard Lake are both good ones up my way. I know Staunton State Park is popular. You’ll want to check on the e-bike aspect just to be sure it’s allowable. What bike are you getting?
Be more interested in seeing the bikes components than the handlebars. I still use a Marlin, for my Autumn double-century ride along the St. Lawrence River. 9 & 10speed is all ya need. Brands, spend too much marketing what ya don't need...12 speed, WiFi shifting, full-suspension, and those limited range e-bikes, that require a mortgage to afford. Most impressive, is your video shows a bike on RUclips(a rarity), that does not cost thousands-of-dollars. Which is why most arrogant RUclips MTB viewers, frown on bikes less than five grand. That stated, I just ordered the XXL Marlin 7, with expected delivery by March 23rd. Just sooo exhausted of these pansies of RUclips, posting videos of how ya need a rear shock and wide tires, and carbon frames, for a no-hassle epic-journey and trail-blazing bike.
I was into Mt. Bike riding pretty heavy in the mid 90's. Funny how the fast guys said more than a 2" travel fork, disk brakes and rear suspension is not needed. In fact, when Steve Simons and Mr. Turner took their first suspension fork to the Anaheim Mt. Bike trade show in 1987, (the first Rock Shox), they were laughed at. None of their bikes today will climb as easily as my 1995 TI framed 22lb Nuke Proof bike, (It was a 3 grand bike back then). I see no need to spend that much money on a bike today. Get one for the purpose, but it is still the rider, not the bike.
Hello I wanted to tell you just recently I been riding my bikes I own. I enjoy ride every other Day. Even in winter now I ride. I rather ride my bike over a car I have a gold eagle bike made in twaiwan and a mongoose bike and a old schwinn I'm going to buy a marlin by fx within a year. The bike you have it's a monster. You were wrong about the marlin never talk bad about it
I have a 2019 Marlin 6 bunch of full suspension guys ride up and spit on it. Saying get it off our trails. I guess i'll list it if that is how the people are
I'm just gutted that I ended up with the 2022 Marlin. The earlier ones had internal dropper post routing, and the 2023 (Gen 3) Marlin's brought it back, but on mine and yours (2022) there's no way to add a dropper other than messy external cables. Wish I'd waited a year!
I have to be honest, that video did not deliver much useful information. It was a lot of fun to watch, for sure! But based on the title I expected some narrative, some explanation as to what specific things you've said in the past that you were wrong about and much detail about what changed your mind and how you feel now. Fun to watch, but almost zero applicable information. Not trying to be critical, just saying that that same awesome footage with interesting and informative narrative laid over top would have been an excellent video!
ive just left u a s..t comment hahaha saying the bike is bad cos it has cable in its frame all good bikes have that mine aint rattled once and saying its slow compaired 2 a ebike..how can u compair it 2 a ebike lololololthe..i can not hear any rattling m8
Yep, just goes to show you don't need to spend a fortune to have fun!
The bike not that cheap
I always tell people tats that it’s not the bike. It’s the rider I own a rigged out Santa Cruz and my riding buddy rides a schwinn Axum and kicks my butt. And his friend who showed up on a marlin 6 killed us both. So the price of the bike is b.s. the rider makes the difference. You rocked out there man! Keep it up!
If it can handle all of that, it will certainly work for what I want. Exercise, hill climbing, and the occasional off-road ride. Too old for crazy stuff.
Hey did you ever bough this bike? I’m going to the store to check it out tomorrow and might buy it
The rattling is the cables inside the frame, look up jagwire housing damper and have a mechanic install it, will silence the whole bike
I saw a good rider coming back with better skills dominating that trail! You'd have done that on any bike. All the great stuff you have on your Roscoe or the more upgraded bikes are better than what comes on the Marlin, but let's be real...Air shocks are fairly recent, all upgraded bikes had spring forks not that long ago. Hell, in the 80's kids my age were jumping tables and doing crazy stuff on BMX bikes, no suspension at all and drag brakes on a 21" wheel! The better parts give you a better ride, less noise, lighter, blah blah blah. In the end, it's a bike and you can have fun on anything if you have the skill and the attitude and you have both!
That looks fun! Matty, the Gen 3 has a bit slacker head tube angle so in theory I expect it to perform even better. I think that they also changed more things. That along with current economic climate lead to an increase in price unfortunately.
I got the same version you have, got it slightly discounted, happy with my purchase so far!
I’m curious about the proposed slacker head tube, inclusion of a dropper post and the discontinuation of the use quick release axles on the upcoming Gen3 Marlin 8. I’ve been riding the current geometry Marlin 7 for 4 years and made use of the discontinued internal routing point for a dropper post. It and going tubeless made the bike feel much more versatile yet the head tube and stock rims seemed to cap the bikes upgradability. I’ve also had issues with caliper alignment from continuously removing the wheels.
Great Video, I had a Marlin 6 a couple years ago and loved it. Pretty much the best bang for the buck. Seeing this makes me want to go out and try to find another one! Good Stuff, keep it up!!
That is a really fun place to spend time, fast flowing with some jumps, and you still got that stock heavy fork. You need to make something with the cable noise because that's your fault. There are lots of videos on youtube with diferent solutions to eliminate cable noise. I eliminate cable noise with just a peace of tube, pull the cables and tight them up with the peace of tube and noise solved.
I just got the Marlin 8 and I am loving it so far! This trail looks fun, need to find some like this in AZ, everything is so chunky here lol!
For the money, the Marlin is a great entry level bike. It might be limited on upgrades (fork due to non tapered head tube, some wheels because of not being through-axle compatible, etc) but it’s a solid bike to get into MTB on. Mine is pretty modded, but I took it on a really tough trail this weekend and it took everything I threw at it and that includes my mistakes from still being new to MTBing. My Marlin will always stick around, because it’s a great bike for the money.
You can fit a tapered fork with the right headset
Interesting. I too have modded a lot on my Marlin but not the fork. I’ve been thinking it’s time to upbike next year, though to either an XCal 9 or Marlin 8
Interesting. I too have been modding my Marlin (2019 Marlin 7) but haven’t done the fork. I was considering on riding it through one last winter then upbiking in the spring to either a Marlin 8 or Xcal 9.
@@denislitisha7136 Yeah and I’ve thought about going that route, but the stock Judy fork is fine, a bit heavy, but it does the job. If it breaks, that’s when I’d probably go that route and see how it works with the external head head to accommodate the fork.
@@kwaktak I discovered the fork think after I purchased it. For that, I would’ve went with a Roscoe, but I also didn’t think I’d get into mountain biking as much as I did and I’ve been putting the marlin seriously to the test. My next bike is a full suspension and the marlin with go back to being a daily ride around town / XC bike.
Yeah my Marlin is pretty reliable. Nowadays I just put a bunch of bikepacking gear on it and using it for that purpose now. For bikepacking expeditions and long distance trips. Love it.
I bought a 2024 Marlin 6 Gen 3 a few days ago, and it should arrive at the bike shop next week! Can't wait to ride it!
Erie is probably the best place to work on jumping with a MTB on the front range, and is a good winter riding spot because it's in the open and at low elevation.
Wanting to get back in to riding. Just ordered a new Marlin 6 for myself and a 4 for the misses. Thanks for the videos.
I enjoy your videos and I love my M6 2022. Keep up the good work and stay safe!
Sunset east. Erie trails are so good. Nice riding skills!
And a 120m fork and a shorter stem and you will be surprised 💪🏽💯💯
You can tighten tbe clutch up on the rear de railer on the trek. It'll stop the chain slap as your riding
Bro, you F’d up on the Marlin. Wrong wrong!
It’s an awesome bike
Haha! Dude your videos are simple and so great. I could watch trails and jumping all day long.
It can handle jumps alright but continuous pounding can shorten the life of the marlin's frame I think coz it's just not designed for that type of ride. Marlin is more light xc not aggressive xc.
Damn, you were flying on that track. It looked like you were on a Yamaha or Kawasaki, lol.
Just saw this. Bought a marlin 6 gen 3 literally this morning. Should be in in 2 weeks. Super excited! Thank you for this video. Great stuff!
I'd love to have a place like that to ride.
Maybe you should put Big Joe Turner's "Shake Rattle and Roll" on thru headphones than you wont hear it from the bike.
Hi, great content! For this kind of riding would suggest following the Trek sizing recommendation? I'm 190cm, so they're saying XL. I heard people size-down for MTB's?
Great video...
What kind of equipment do you use to record?? Very clear
Thank you! I use the GoPro hero 8
No big sends with that frame! But small jumps smooth rolls it's great!
Gonna get mine for Christmas Matty. Great video!!
Did you end up getting it?
I just took advantage of the Suntour upgrade program for my Marlin 6. Huge difference!
What fork did you pick?
Loving the Marlin love but your skills have a lot to do with it. Don’t worry about that rattle. It’s just a little slack in the shifter cable. Put some black electrical tape or zip ties around them where they come out of the frame.
PS: specialized sells frame inserts that also dampen that sound.
Anyway, I've got 4 years, $600+ worth up upgrades into and a couple thousand miles on my 2019 Marlin 7 and can say with confidence that these bikes are great for XC where you do a lot of climbing and sprinting on flats but not so good on downhills and jumps. With the upgrades that Trek has added over the past few years I've seen the bike mature from a rugged hybrid to a nice poor man's XC platform. With the shorter stem and slacker head tube angle they give the Xcaliber series a run for their money IMO - though they gotta get rid of the threaded cartridge bottom bracket. I'm currently on my third one.
We never know how good a off road bike is, until we take it off road. :)
It should be illegal to have so much fun on a bike, I'm jealous! :)
Nice. I have the same bike and I love it. Where was this riding area?
Erie Colorado
Love that Erie trail system. I took my Procal there for a trail test vid (yet to release) and it did really well. I’m not great on the jumps either, switching to clipless pedals made me feel better about it though.
Nice! Got any good winter trails you would recommend for my fat tire e-bike?
@@MattyActive Peaceful Valley and Brainard Lake are both good ones up my way. I know Staunton State Park is popular. You’ll want to check on the e-bike aspect just to be sure it’s allowable. What bike are you getting?
Matty is back baby! Marlin gang 👊🏼
Nice video Matty. Any video with the marlin is going to be a good one
which one to choose:
- TREK Marlin 6 2023 (€ 760)
- TREK Marlin 5 2023 (€ 690)
- FUJI Nevada 29 3.0 LTD 2022 (€ 630)
- CUBE Aim 2023 (€ 600)
- CUBE Aim Pro 2023 (€ 630)
- CUBE Aim EX 2023 (€ 750)
- CUBE Analog 2022 (€ 640)
- SPECIALIZED ROCKHOPPER COMP 29 (€ 650)
- GIANT Talon 29 3 2022 (€ 690)
I think you get the most value with the rockhopper
Looks like a lot of fun. Thinking about getting the 6 for my son. Cool.
I have a Marlin 5 and what will be a good upgrade for the fork?
A rockshox recon
Nice! Don’t need a $3K bike to enjoy the trails. Are we going to see some Marlin upgrades?
I hope so pretty soon! I’ve just done the tires so far
@@MattyActive I like seeing the budget builds. Keep it man!
yesterday i bought marlin trek 6 grey for 700 euros in cyprus...
Wonder if that can be turned to front wheel electric bike
Yo tengo esa misma bicicleta y es espectacular !
Which bike is best marlin 6 or polygon cascade 6 ??
I would go with the Marlin 6 because I’m more familiar with that one
I have Marlin 8 2022 and I'm doing decends that are not ment for bike that type, but is completely fine. Hydraulic breaks help a lot.
You should have seen what we rode on those descends 30 years ago, and thought they were great. :) I just picked up a 7 Gen 2 yesterday.
its just a cupple upgrades away from being truly epic
Trials and the overall video look enjoyable.
A marlin is all you need. You want to spend sub £1000 on a bike start there. Get an orange one though razzle dazzle.
Wonder if that nice bike way hit the trails
Fun jumps!
That marlin RIPS
Great video Matty!
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She let you go ahead because you were right behind her. Keep your distance
Great passing technique. lol
Where is this awesome track bro???
Erie singletrack in Erie Colorado
Yea but how long until it breaks?
Haha hasn’t broken yet so we’ll see
Always good content. Keep it up brother. Love from India.❤
Is it much different than the Marlin 5????
There’s a difference but not by a ton
@@MattyActive I really liked the trail you guys rode. Very fast-paced and smooth.
Where is this at?
Erie singletrack in Erie Colorado
yes you were wrong but thats ok though thinking of getting either the marlin 6 or the 5
Be more interested in seeing the bikes components than the handlebars. I still use a Marlin, for my Autumn double-century ride along the St. Lawrence River. 9 & 10speed is all ya need. Brands, spend too much marketing what ya don't need...12 speed, WiFi shifting, full-suspension, and those limited range e-bikes, that require a mortgage to afford. Most impressive, is your video shows a bike on RUclips(a rarity), that does not cost thousands-of-dollars. Which is why most arrogant RUclips MTB viewers, frown on bikes less than five grand. That stated, I just ordered the XXL Marlin 7, with expected delivery by March 23rd. Just sooo exhausted of these pansies of RUclips, posting videos of how ya need a rear shock and wide tires, and carbon frames, for a no-hassle epic-journey and trail-blazing bike.
I was into Mt. Bike riding pretty heavy in the mid 90's. Funny how the fast guys said more than a 2" travel fork, disk brakes and rear suspension is not needed. In fact, when Steve Simons and Mr. Turner took their first suspension fork to the Anaheim Mt. Bike trade show in 1987, (the first Rock Shox), they were laughed at. None of their bikes today will climb as easily as my 1995 TI framed 22lb Nuke Proof bike, (It was a 3 grand bike back then). I see no need to spend that much money on a bike today. Get one for the purpose, but it is still the rider, not the bike.
That looked great
Did you change the Pedals, on your Marlin 6 ?
Great Channel …thank you. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Hello I wanted to tell you just recently I been riding my bikes I own. I enjoy ride every other Day. Even in winter now I ride. I rather ride my bike over a car I have a gold eagle bike made in twaiwan and a mongoose bike and a old schwinn I'm going to buy a marlin by fx within a year. The bike you have it's a monster. You were wrong about the marlin never talk bad about it
I have a 2019 Marlin 6 bunch of full suspension guys ride up and spit on it. Saying get it off our trails. I guess i'll list it if that is how the people are
I rode my Marlin all the time on the trails. I wouldn’t worry about them
@@MattyActive thank you
I hope you were joking. I have a gen2 M8 and love it. F them dudes!
Public opinion is pretty stupid. Beat them on it.
I'm just gutted that I ended up with the 2022 Marlin. The earlier ones had internal dropper post routing, and the 2023 (Gen 3) Marlin's brought it back, but on mine and yours (2022) there's no way to add a dropper other than messy external cables. Wish I'd waited a year!
drill a hole. who cares about warranty. frame will never break.
When does the Gen 3 release?
@@jdomz Available now depending where in the world you're based
my 2022 Marlin has an extra hole for dropper post routing.
@@lambertj.2892 Nah, you'll have the 2023 Gen 6. Same specs on the bike other than that hole
I have to be honest, that video did not deliver much useful information. It was a lot of fun to watch, for sure! But based on the title I expected some narrative, some explanation as to what specific things you've said in the past that you were wrong about and much detail about what changed your mind and how you feel now. Fun to watch, but almost zero applicable information. Not trying to be critical, just saying that that same awesome footage with interesting and informative narrative laid over top would have been an excellent video!
Sick! 😄
Cables hittin head tube
not an issue on M7
ive just left u a s..t comment hahaha saying the bike is bad cos it has cable in its frame all good bikes have that mine aint rattled once and saying its slow compaired 2 a ebike..how can u compair it 2 a ebike lololololthe..i can not hear any rattling m8
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