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Marin aims high with hardtails, carbon road models

Marin uses Scandium-enriched aluminium that's triple-butted, hydro-formed and dripping with XTR, Thomson, Fox and WTB.

  • Marin has full sus dialed; now it's onto lightweight Scandium and carbon hardtails like the Team Issue HT.
  • Marin uses Scandium-enriched aluminium that's triple-butted, hydro-formed and dripping with XTR, Thomson, Fox and WTB.
  • Check out the hourglass headtube...
  • ...and the sculpted dropouts.
  • Marin has made road bikes for years, and its flagship Stelvio Pro Fit doesn't cut any corners.
  • The Stelvio Ultegra SL relies on FSA's carbon SL-K Light compact crankset to keep the drivetrain smooth and efficient.
  • Like its carbon hardtail brother, the Team CXR, the Stelvio frame uses a triangulated CXR carbon monocoque design throughout.
  • Smooth, organic lines of the Stelvio.
  • The Marin Bike warehouse at its Novato, California world headquarters resembles the final warehouse scene from
  • An autographed hollow-body electric guitar from avid Marin mountain biker, Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir.
  • The heart of the Marin Team CXR XT is its triangulated CXR carbon monocoque frame, built with XT and the new SLX.
  • The Marin Cortina cyclo-cross bike, with SRAM Force/Rivel, FSA components, and Vittoria clincher knobbies.
  • The Marin Highway One flat-bar road bike is specced with Shimano Dura-Ace, FSA carbon cranks and handlebar, carbon fork and Mavic Askium wheels.
  • The Marin Ignacio is a road fixie designed with 4130 cromoly steel frameset, high-flange flip-flop hub, Sugino cranks, leather saddle and matching

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Marin uses Scandium-enriched aluminium that's triple-butted, hydro-formed and dripping with XTR, Thomson, Fox and WTB.

© Gary Boulanger