Coolwall - Marin

Marin - Cool or Uncool?

  • Cool

    Votes: 6 75.0%
  • Uncool

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • Total voters
    8

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Next up for the dreaded coolwall vote is Marin. The say pictures speak a 1000 words so here's a short essay on the brand.

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Easy this one. My first proper mtb was a Marin in '91 and started racing on a Pine Mountain in '92, so tey hold a place in my heart just for that.
Not so keen on the newer ones but I bought a 2004 Rift Zone for my 11yr old to start racing on.
 
Decent quality functional bits of kit - it was an Eldridge Grade that inspired me to take it all a bit more seriously. But cool? I think not...
 
Some of the bikes pictured here would be lovely with the decals removed...

In fact I normally hear Marin mentioned along with phrases like, "I bought it for the parts"

Marin is very uncool
 
I was wondering when this one would come up :LOL: No prizes for guessing which way I voted ;-)

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Love em or hate them - a lot of old / steel / retro ones are still going strong :) Not sure if that makes them cool though, perhaps if they were a bit more brittle ... :LOL:

WD :)
 
I may off point here, but exactly when was mountain biking cool?

Cool, probably not, but fantastic bikes, yes!
 
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