Marlin 5
A 27.5″ / 29″ aluminum frame hardtail crosscountry bike with mid-range components.
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$489Weight | 32.0 lbs |
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Frame | Aluminum |
Suspension | Hardtail, 100mm |
Fork | RST GILA |
Wheels | 27.5″ / 29″ Aluminum |
Drivetrain | 3 × 7 |
Groupset | Tourney, Altus |
Brakes | Hydraulic Disc |
For This Bike
Dec 2019
This cheap mountain bike is the perfect gateway drug to your next (trail riding) addiction.
Wide range of gears with 2x9 drivetrain
Wheels and tires aren’t tubeless-ready
Jun 2019 · Alan Muldoon
The first of two 29er to make it into the sub 500 category, the Trek Marlin 6 certainly didn't behave like a fish out of water.
Top-rate frame quality, available in seven sizes Independent Shimano shifters
Cable and chain rattle. Rear tyre is too skinny
Dec 2015 · Guy Kesteven
Violently uncontrolled fork and blunt frame lead a list of reasons that Trek’s Marlin is best kept away from real off roading. Buy if you're a glutton for punishment looking to get into mountain biking
Size-specific wheels, range of paint jobs available
Punishingly stiff frame and handlebars, undamped fork, some poor finishing kit
Frame | Alpha Silver Aluminum w/semi-integrated head tube, rack & fender mounts, G2 Geometry on 29ers |
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Fork | RST Gila, coil spring, preload, mechanical lockout, G2 Geometry w/51mm offset on 29ers, 100mm travel (13.5: 80mm travel) Travel: 100mm Spring Type: Coil |
Bottom Bracket | Sealed cartridge |
Headset | Semi-integrated, 1-1/8˝ |
Stem | Bontrager alloy, 31.8mm, 7 degree, Blendr compatible |
Handlebar | Bontrager alloy, 31.8mm, 15mm rise |
Saddle | Bontrager Evoke 1 |
Seatpost | Bontrager SSR, 2-bolt head, 27.2mm, 12mm offset Type: Rigid |
Pedals | Wellgo nylon platform |
Grips | Bontrager Satellite Plus, ergonomic |
Rear Derailleur | Shimano Tourney TY300 |
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Front Derailleur | Shimano Tourney TY500 |
Crank | Shimano Tourney TY501, 42/34/24 |
Shifters | Shimano Altus M310, 7 speed |
Cassette | Shimano HG20, 12-32, 7 speed |
Chain | KMC Z51 |
Brakes | Tektro M285 hydraulic disc Type: Hydraulic Disc |
Rims | Bontrager Connection 32-hole double-walled |
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Front Hub | Formula DC20 alloy |
Rear Hub | Formula DC27 alloy |
Tires | Bontrager XR2, 29x2.20˝ (13.5 & 15.5: 27.5x2.20˝) |
Last updated February 15
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