My new ride - Marin Mount Vision 5.7 + review

My riding style has changed a bit over the past 6 months. Becoming more trail/all mountain orientated. Due to this my Norco 6 had become a bit redundant and difficult to ride on those longer trail epics. Enter the need for a new bike.

Since my light free-riding days are all but over, I still do like the occasional 4-5ft drop. I basically needed a do it all bike. It needed to be able to climb like a goat, ride trails all day long and descend techy rock gardens etc with ease.

After testing a number of bikes, and doing a heap of research, I decided on the Marin. It's such an impressive bike. I was dumb founded at how well it climbed rough, loose and steep climbes. Just sit down and go for it! The rear end felt like it had so much traction. It was actually exceptionally surprising just how well it followed the rough ground with barely any traction loss. U climbed up this particular hill faster and easier than all my other bikes, (Inc my carbon Rush, Norco 6, Jamis Parker and a Blur Lt I borrowed).

Descending it again has so much grip and stability, the slack head angle was one of the attractions. Taking it off a few drops I was again surprised at how bottomless it felt. I even intentionally went slow off a couple to see how it reacted and it was so forgiving. I can't wait for the forks to break in and get that awesome plushness to match the perfect rear end.

I'm going to change a couple of things, but it's only to suit me personally. I'm going to put a shorter stem on it, probably around 70mm. And I will probably get the 12mm maxle conversion for it. But I'm not sure how it will effect the handling.

I'll be sure to report back after a few more rides and let you all in on how it's going. I'll take a couple of pics and put them up too.