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Marin aims high with hardtails, carbon road models

The Marin Bike warehouse at its Novato, California world headquarters resembles the final warehouse scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but your Marin is just a phone call away for your dealer.

  • 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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The Marin Bike warehouse at its Novato, California world headquarters resembles the final warehouse scene from

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