I Was TOTALLY WRONG About the Trek Marlin 6

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@sdk131tube Жыл бұрын

Yep, just goes to show you don't need to spend a fortune to have fun!

@eddievenuto1862 5 ай бұрын

The bike not that cheap

@lukas-a9234 Жыл бұрын

The rattling is the cables inside the frame, look up jagwire housing damper and have a mechanic install it, will silence the whole bike

@jny78 Жыл бұрын

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!

@lavapix Жыл бұрын

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.

@therealchatninja1005 8 ай бұрын

Hey did you ever bough this bike? I’m going to the store to check it out tomorrow and might buy it

@mattj6676 Жыл бұрын

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!

@Barnshal Жыл бұрын

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!

@kwaktak Жыл бұрын

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.

@flrn6233 Жыл бұрын

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.

@jonk967 Жыл бұрын

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!!

@ChibuikeUlasi Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos and I love my M6 2022. Keep up the good work and stay safe!

@gr8fulride Жыл бұрын

Sunset east. Erie trails are so good. Nice riding skills!

@alexgharf Жыл бұрын

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!

@Bostonharborwater Жыл бұрын

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.

@mrvwbug4423 Жыл бұрын

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.

@soulpowdr8532 Жыл бұрын

Haha! Dude your videos are simple and so great. I could watch trails and jumping all day long.

@seniordaywalker503 Жыл бұрын

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?

@dsimondublin Жыл бұрын

You can tighten tbe clutch up on the rear de railer on the trek. It'll stop the chain slap as your riding

@davidwangeman11 Жыл бұрын

Nice video Matty. Any video with the marlin is going to be a good one

@JAMESWESRIDES Жыл бұрын

Great video... What kind of equipment do you use to record?? Very clear

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I use the GoPro hero 8

@orionlightheart640 Жыл бұрын

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.

@JimG89887 Жыл бұрын

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.

@denislitisha7136 Жыл бұрын

You can fit a tapered fork with the right headset

@kwaktak Жыл бұрын

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

@kwaktak Жыл бұрын

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.

@JimG89887 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@JimG89887 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@4.8slow Жыл бұрын

And a 120m fork and a shorter stem and you will be surprised 💪🏽💯💯

@plamendobrev5416 Жыл бұрын

Matty is back baby! Marlin gang 👊🏼

@HawkGTboy Жыл бұрын

Damn, you were flying on that track. It looked like you were on a Yamaha or Kawasaki, lol.

@raymondvillafana8248 Жыл бұрын

Gonna get mine for Christmas Matty. Great video!!

@timpayne3401 Жыл бұрын

Did you end up getting it?

@Jacob99174 Жыл бұрын

Bro, you F’d up on the Marlin. Wrong wrong! It’s an awesome bike

@davepruitt5880 Жыл бұрын

Nice. I have the same bike and I love it. Where was this riding area?

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

Erie Colorado

@ElevationEveryWeekend Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Got any good winter trails you would recommend for my fat tire e-bike?

@ElevationEveryWeekend Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@zzubuzz Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should put Big Joe Turner's "Shake Rattle and Roll" on thru headphones than you wont hear it from the bike.

@jackkrauser2361 Жыл бұрын

Great video Matty!

@juanhuttoe4517 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to have a place like that to ride.

@dil4857 Жыл бұрын

Always good content. Keep it up brother. Love from India.❤

@timbacon7349 Жыл бұрын

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!

@hoopman05 Жыл бұрын

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.

@jamesruch4355 Жыл бұрын

No big sends with that frame! But small jumps smooth rolls it's great!

@christopherbaily8681 Жыл бұрын

I just took advantage of the Suntour upgrade program for my Marlin 6. Huge difference!

@Rebelscum985 Жыл бұрын

What fork did you pick?

@EarthSurferUSA 9 ай бұрын

We never know how good a off road bike is, until we take it off road. :)

@scotthanback4530 Жыл бұрын

Wonder if that can be turned to front wheel electric bike

@Rustyfingaz Жыл бұрын

Trials and the overall video look enjoyable.

@Shevock 3 ай бұрын

Fun jumps!

@Radiomagicabuinchile. 8 ай бұрын

Yo tengo esa misma bicicleta y es espectacular !

@vangfamily Жыл бұрын

I have a Marlin 5 and what will be a good upgrade for the fork?

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

A rockshox recon

@jasonrichmond7974 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Don’t need a $3K bike to enjoy the trails. Are we going to see some Marlin upgrades?

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

I hope so pretty soon! I’ve just done the tires so far

@jasonrichmond7974 Жыл бұрын

@@MattyActive I like seeing the budget builds. Keep it man!

@conormalinois Жыл бұрын

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)

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

I think you get the most value with the rockhopper

@jonesjoy834 Жыл бұрын

Did you change the Pedals, on your Marlin 6 ? Great Channel …thank you. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

@crtgamer2355 Жыл бұрын

It should be illegal to have so much fun on a bike, I'm jealous! :)

@scotthanback4530 Жыл бұрын

Wonder if that nice bike way hit the trails

@kwaktak Жыл бұрын

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.

@kwaktak Жыл бұрын

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.

@tusharbalihara3648 Жыл бұрын

Which bike is best marlin 6 or polygon cascade 6 ??

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

I would go with the Marlin 6 because I’m more familiar with that one

@minivipers Жыл бұрын

yesterday i bought marlin trek 6 grey for 700 euros in cyprus...

@arizonad8012 Жыл бұрын

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.

@EarthSurferUSA 9 ай бұрын

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.

@gregorysucher6987 4 ай бұрын

its just a cupple upgrades away from being truly epic

@vinaythakur8006 Жыл бұрын

Where is this awesome track bro???

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

Erie singletrack in Erie Colorado

@the_ericklima Жыл бұрын

Where is this at?

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

Erie singletrack in Erie Colorado

@raptor6799 Жыл бұрын

A marlin is all you need. You want to spend sub £1000 on a bike start there. Get an orange one though razzle dazzle.

@kalisztomzi Ай бұрын

zajebista trasa do przetestowania roweru

@robtoogood201 Жыл бұрын

That looked great

@newsnowyukon3435 Жыл бұрын

She let you go ahead because you were right behind her. Keep your distance

@EarthSurferUSA 9 ай бұрын

Great passing technique. lol

@louishansen2370 Жыл бұрын

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!

@r33keaton11 Жыл бұрын

drill a hole. who cares about warranty. frame will never break.

@jdomz Жыл бұрын

When does the Gen 3 release?

@louishansen2370 Жыл бұрын

@@jdomz Available now depending where in the world you're based

@lambertj.2892 Жыл бұрын

my 2022 Marlin has an extra hole for dropper post routing.

@louishansen2370 Жыл бұрын

@@lambertj.2892 Nah, you'll have the 2023 Gen 6. Same specs on the bike other than that hole

@TropicJesus Жыл бұрын

Yea but how long until it breaks?

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

Haha hasn’t broken yet so we’ll see

@17even Жыл бұрын

Sick! 😄

@eddievenuto1862 5 ай бұрын

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

@reggiesanders1284 Жыл бұрын

Is it much different than the Marlin 5????

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

There’s a difference but not by a ton

@reggiesanders1284 Жыл бұрын

@@MattyActive I really liked the trail you guys rode. Very fast-paced and smooth.

@fanawane6650 2 ай бұрын

@sdexcalibur Жыл бұрын

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

@MattyActive Жыл бұрын

I rode my Marlin all the time on the trails. I wouldn’t worry about them

@sdexcalibur Жыл бұрын

@@MattyActive thank you

@rubeng3091 Жыл бұрын

I hope you were joking. I have a gen2 M8 and love it. F them dudes!

@EarthSurferUSA 9 ай бұрын

Public opinion is pretty stupid. Beat them on it.

@devildoc214mtb3 Жыл бұрын

Cables hittin head tube

@r33keaton11 Жыл бұрын

not an issue on M7

@SteveGergetz Жыл бұрын

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!

@hunterkelly1486 Жыл бұрын

@eyefishinggunkchannel1011 Жыл бұрын

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

@Accu53Mation Жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq(a rarity), that does not cost thousands-of-dollars. Which is why most arrogant KZfaq 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 KZfaq, 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.

@EarthSurferUSA 9 ай бұрын

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.