Coolwall - Marin

[john]

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.

 

[Easy_Rider]

Old steelies, cool as a dogs danglies, later ones :?

 

[drystonepaul]

Cool...?

I hope not.

 

[Curly68]

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.

 

[South Bound]

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...

 

[andrewl]

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

 

[bwhsh8r]

im not even sure.... :?:

 

[WD Pro]

I was wondering when this one would come up No prizes for guessing which way I voted ;-)

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 ...

WD

 

[Benandemu]

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

Cool, probably not, but fantastic bikes, yes!

 

[drystonepaul]

Cool, probably not, but fantastic bikes, yes!

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