Do you ever cast your mind back to the days when most frames were steel, when brakes squeezed on rims and when suspension travel was dependent on the length of your limbs?If that’s the case you’ll probably remember Marin’s first Pine Mountain, a twin-tone chromoly creation that encapsulated mountain biking in the '90s. This latest Pine Mountain attempts to capture some of that original magic yet combines it with some of mountain biking’s more recent developments.
It’s a very similar proposition to last year’s Pine Mountain, a bike we enjoyed a fair bit. On the surface, the US £850 / US$1,249 /AU$N/A retail price might seem steep, after all there’s no suspension at the rear, no suspension at the front, no fancy tubing or acronyms for you to work out. What you do get is a double-butted chromoly frame, with a slightly different yet still fully retro twin-tone paint job inspired by Marins of old.
Under the paint things have changed too — the quick-release back-end now sports boost spacing, but curiously retains a quick-release axle making for a weirder than weird 141x9mm size.
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If Marin’s geometry charts are to be believed then things have been tweaked too. The overall sizing appears to remain unchanged, with five choices ranging from small to the gate-like XXL model we’ve called in. When compared to last year’s bikes, wheelbase lengths are up, as are head tube lengths, but probably the biggest difference is the frame’s dramatically steepened seat tube.
Yes, on this XXL version it appears Marin has taken a full 2.5 degrees out of the Pine Mountain seat tube angle for 2017. That sounds like a good change to us too, as we found last year’s bike placed you too far behind the bottom bracket, ruining climbing or sprint action.
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