Jerry S.
2024 Marin Alpine Trail Carbon 1
2024 Marin Alpine Trail Carbon 1. Bought almost exclusively for the frame. A few notes, i had a new set of carbon cranks (RF 175s) and I'm sure I hit every obstacle on the trail, ordered up a set of 165s and that sorted it out, I'd like to go down another 5mm to 160s. Not sure why I strike so much on this bike, it's similar to my other bikes current and past. The geo is fun, I'm 5'11" and all that was in stock was a Lrg, I'm wishing I'd have held out for the XL as that'd lengthen it out a little bit more for the extremes (up & down). But it holds it's own alright. The bent seat post limits the length of dropper post you can use, so i'm not able to get the seat as far down out of the way as I'd like, if I could slam it right down, that'd help the downhills significantly. Relatively light, but sizing feels smaller than I'd like. I'm eyeing up an XL to swap out, but that's a chunk of money I'm not sure I want to spend.