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Marin has a brand new long travel 29er called the Alpine Trail, and Wil travelled to Les Gets in France to get a first ride on this tough enduro-capable beast.
Check out the review right here: https://singletrackworld.com/2018/07/first-ride-review-2019-marin-alpine-trail-8
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you know guys it's will hear from single
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track magazine and single track WorldCom
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and I'm currently in a very sunny
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leisure in France here for an event
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called bike connection now as part of
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bike connection we've been chatting to
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the marine guys and they brought along
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this brand new bike it's called the
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Alpine trail now the Alpine trail is a
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completely new model former in this is a
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long travel 29er it's designed as a
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burly all-mountain enduro capable bike
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we've got a hundred and fifty
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millimeters to travel on the back a huge
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Fox 36 on the front with 160 millimeters
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of travel 29 inch wheels and marine has
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built the frame with clearance for 2.6
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inch tires so there's room in here for
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some pretty meaty rubber now as far as
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the marine full suspension lineup goes
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this is designed to come underneath the
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flagship wolf Ridge as a cheaper more
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accessible aluminium frame or mountain
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bike the suspension design is much
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simpler this is a single pivot
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suspension design with a rocker link
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activating the rear shock Marine calls
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it multi track it's a fairly
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straightforward design but they've
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executed it really well on this bike
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we've got a trillion mount between the
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rocker link and the rear shock so two
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bearings on either side of the shock and
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that helps to provide a more supple kind
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of initial stroke and it is a really
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smooth suspension design the shock
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itself is quite a long stroke as well 65
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millimeters so over the hundred and
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fifty ml of travel you get a really nice
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low leverage ratio plenty of shock
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activity and in general the rear
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suspension on this bike is really very
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good frame itself we've got nice burly
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hydroformed aluminium tubes big chunky
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pivot junctions as well seal bearings
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throughout - so it is in the lightest
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bike and but it is designed to be a
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really tough versatile bike for day and
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day out riding the spec on here is quite
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eclectic I would say and so some
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components that you might not always see
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we've got tires from the rubber these
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are the flow snap tires which are two
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point six inches wide very toothy very
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meaty tires the brakes actually come
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from trp these are the slate t4 so they
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use a four piston caliper to provide a
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little bit more power than TRPs two
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piston brakes to be honest I haven't
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found them to be particularly powerful I
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have tested these brakes before and they
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provide really good modulation the lever
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each dial
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nice and easy to adjust but not a huge
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amount of gut churning power and to be
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honest because this is quite a long
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travel 29er and it's got a bit of weight
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to it as well it can really fly downhill
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and and I have found on a few occasions
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wanting more powerful brakes and what
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come on here I do quite like the Devi
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handlebar and stem that's a nice touch
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and something you don't always see on
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stock bikes as well underneath the
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saddle we have a KS Lev dropper post
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with the excellent southpaw remote lever
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- now I've been riding this for the last
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couple of days in leisure and you can
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read my first impressions on single
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track WorldCom early impressions of this
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bike are very very positive it's a
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really nice ride really stable great
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suspension nothing odd about the way it
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handles there's nothing weird or funky
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about the rear suspension no handling
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quirks at least that I've uncovered
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anyway and it's given me a lot of
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confidence on some pretty rooty trails
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that would be riding here in leisure so
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so far I've really enjoyed riding this
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bike as I said jump on single track
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wheel comm for my first impressions of
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this new bike from Marin and to find out
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all the details of the brand new Alpine
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Trail thanks guys turu
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