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Thanks for the comment and for your advice! Yeah great bike and crazy good deal when they were clearing them out (Wish I had bought more to re-sell). Yes, I agree the fork was garbage but for the clearance price, tough to argue. Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for the comment! Yeah It has been tough and not fun this last month or so, especially moving everything out and saying goodbye to customers… Yes, even though it hurts and I am left licking my financial wounds from it, It was a great experience and would have always regretted it or wondered what if… hopefully later it will make more sense why I shut it down and new opportunities open up because of it. Take care

Thanks Paul for the comment! Scotland sounds like a fun place to ride! Yeah, hopefully the experts like that will still be around… somehow… Like you said, that one on one help and communication is important and super helpful on specialty items like mountain bikes… models change though I guess, so we just have to figure out how to get our information in other ways! Take care

Thanks for the feedback, yeah I guess an extra shock bolt isn’t that big of a deal, some like it concealed while others want to see it. I guess it is a preference thing… I would say for most people, press fit is a problem and requires more effort and prone to more creaking… One of the reasons a lot of new designs are moving away from press fit. I guess for most the headset isn’t that big of a deal to clean, but when you want to replace, it just requires more effort and a bleed that normally wouldn’t be needed. But, that’s my opinion. Clean look though and a sweet bike! Enjoy yours, sounds like a sweet build

@@BikingRoots Any creaking from a PF BB is due to poor manufacturing tolerances and little or no QA.

Congrats! Sounds like a lot of fun

Hmm, interesting… thanks for the suggestion and comment… I’ll have to check that out and try it!

@ I can confirm the temporary fix works. No issues on my ride last weekend. Warranty replacement will be here soon.

@ Awesome, glad it worked… I’ll need to try if it happens again (hopefully not). Glad you have a warranty coming though. Take care

That sounds fun! Haven’t heard of one, but don’t see why they couldn’t

Ha! I wish! I love Tucson and lived there for 19 years. If I knew I could be stronger than other market forces hurting the bike industry right now, then maybe I would but too many unknowns and retail in general is just very difficult right now…

Oh wow, where are you located? That’s a long wait! Glad you finally got it though!

@BikingRoots manila, philippines. Just that my size (xl) wasnt readily available here in my country

@@merlingili9507 oh nice, ok cool! Well enjoy!

Sorry for the delayed response… Hmm, that is an excellent question… It will depend I think a lot on the area you are in. I’ve learned that there are a few things at play in this business… Some things you/I can’t control… For me I couldn’t control the local government shutting down a lot of our popular trails to build large retention ponds that somehow are supposed to help when we have 30” of rain in 24 hours (which won’t help). We do not have government or private businesses that help much with trail development and maintenance… it is all volunteer base… So that would be my first assignment is to make sure that there is enough opportunity for people to do the sport and if there are any potential developments on the horizon that could increase that demand in your area… next I would then become an expert in knowing what the current needs are and if the people are getting everything they need to do that sport. When you talk to enough people, you start to see gaps in the market and potentially opportunities to fill that void. In the end, due your research, don’t risk the farm, and realize you’ll never have all the information or answers and you’ll have to take a step in the dark and just trust your gut and have faith it will work out OR you’ll learn some valuable lessons along the way…

I’d say a medium 27.5 or 29 would be fine. They don’t offer a small in a 29 on the bobcat, only the team marin. Smallest 29 you could go would be the medium

Good question, I never heard of any issues, and it is pretty common for some brands to do it upside down, it just comes down to the suspension design and patents and what not. When they went to the high pivot design for the new model, looks like the design had to do it right side up, which I’m fine with

Sorry for the delay, I’d say a medium would be a good size for you. I’m 5’8 and love the medium

Yeah they changed colors for the 2025 year and then made a dropper standard on the 1. Yeah they’ve never really had good bottom tube protection on these, some on alpine trail. Correct, no grommets for cables anymore but they sit pretty snug in there so I don’t recall any issues with cable noise, so I think they work fine.

Thanks, Sorry this video is from many years ago so pricing does change. We actually ended up having issues with this crankset and started using and recommending another one

I own this bike shop or did (we just closed down our retail shop). Best sellers for the Houston market tend to be trail bikes probably just because they are less expensive and can handle most terrain pretty well. We did have some customers wanting a high end race bike like this but it is more rare for our area. I don’t have the stats on other areas but it probably just depends on what terrain is around that city

Oh yay! Yes, helping hands is a plus when doing this repair! Glad you could fix it and show your son. Thanks for sharing and take care!

Thanks for the question! Carbon wheels appears to be the biggest difference (at least here in USA). The 9.7 build has GX AXS but alloy wheels. You can then go to the 9.8 shimano build, sheds a couple lbs and you get carbon wheels. They also have a 9.8 X0 build but it is almost 2k more expensive. If you like the carbon wheels on the 9.8, go with that, but if you want to buy your own, buy the 9.7 and pick your own wheels would be my decision to make. May come down to colors too! Good luck!

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@@egemenpolat9964 Sorry for the delayed response, been super busy. I would say where do you see yourself riding the most? All great bikes but for different purposes. Supercaliber is your lightweight, cross country race bike that will be light and fast but not as confident on chunkier knarly trails. Mega Tower is your longer travel enduro bike that is built to handle big jumps, tough terrain and soak up all of the rough stuff for you, but a lot heavier than a supercaliber. Fuel EX kind of splits the two as far as weight, travel, and capability. More of an all rounder for lots of terrain. Again, depends on what your goals/dream ride scenario is. Wherever you see yourself riding the most, get a bike that will handle that the best. Good luck!

Haha, why?! I’ve had good luck with them over the years on numerous bikes. Pretty durable and accurate on our rentals and inexpensive

Nice congrats on the 5! What upgrades did you end up doing?

Hello in Mexico! Thanks for the comment and question. I would recommend a Rockshox Judy or Recon which has and air spring and a quick release axle and straight steerer tube. The Recon is a bit lighter and has a compression damper and 32mm stanchions so stiffer than Judy. Just keep in mind 27.5 the only wheel option for 120mm option. 29 only goes up to 100mm for some dumb reason. If you need 120 in 29, go for manitou markhor.

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@@AlejandroM-j7n Hola! I bought a 2022 Marin Bobcat 4 in Ajijic. The shop went out of business and thought I'd have a problem buying parts. Most components can be bought from Amazon luckily such as chains, shifters, cassettes etc. The front fork is really mediocre and the air schock would be an upgrade. My preference would be a Trek bike if I started over.

So sorry missed this question. SRAM AXS is the app

You become a single speeder! Hopefully it is the right gear or you have a backup battery. That is one of the cons of AXS.

Yeah, it basically is now. Its a popular bike with BMX/jumping people that need a fun beefy hardtail. Only con is the weight. If you want to change wheelset in the future though, go for the 2 or the 3 which has thru axle in the back

Oh nice! That’s good people are repairing them. Yeah with all the engineering dollars SRAM has and failed pogo pins, you’d think they would recall or at least change the design. Unfortunately the design change was to remove the bolts so you can’t remove and repair/replace as easy! Well played SRAM. This isn’t all of them though and hopefully yours will be fine as I’ve seen many go a good amount of time without issues, so who knows

Thanks for the comment, sorry for delayed response. Yes, San Quentin is a popular beginner MTB for people coming from BMX! The frames are very tough, geometry is very aggressive and should be great for you! See if you can test ride one and see what you think. I think you’ll like them. Good luck!

@BikingRoots thanks for the advice!

Technically if you changed the tires to tubeless ready tires and wrapped the rims with rim tape, added tubeless valves and sealant, yes you could make it tubeless

no they discontinued the colors, so you’ll have to go used or find old stock. Marin updated the colors

Hello in Germany! Sorry for late reply, have been closing down our retail location. Did you end up getting the Spur? Both sound like good options and sweet colors. Yeah UDH would be nice but have to go with the new colors and pay more so you’ll have to decide if it is worth it to you. Take care and good luck!

Sorry for late reply. From my experience, coil (once you get the right spring weight) can be better for bigger riders or more aggressive high flying riders but it does add weight. There is less maintenance however with coil. Air gives you as lighter package with more adjustability on the fly. You gain weight or lose weight or change your riding style, you just change the air pressure, adjust your rebound and compression, add or remove tokens, and you’re good to go. Coil, you do not have all those options and it isn’t as easy to adjust. Hope that helps

I would say so!

about 34 lbs

Oh nice! Yeah that was the debate I had as well as I probably mentioned in the video. For me, yes I would have like to have the option for transmission, but the price difference was over $2k if I remember correctly! Not worth it for me! I decided to just do the older GX AXS shifting to still have wireless, just not UDH transmission. Loved it with that and doubt I would have loved it $2k more to have transmission! Good luck

Glad you like it! You should buy it

Haha, glad you enjoyed that. Ok, yeah so far, no offers ;-)

Heck yeah! That sounds like a sweet ride!

Haha, I totally forgot the name of the seat while filming! Cool colors, not that comfortable if I'm honest!

Thanks for the comment. We'd like to keep selling some things online or just being an affiliate, still working that out and seeing what our vendors will allow without a physical store (usually they won't sell to you anymore). Yeah, hopefully we will! I haven't been to Sugarland in forever

Haha, done, I'll bring them over tomorrow

Ha! Lots of love for the rockhopper. Sold it to my friend locally already so it will live on(at least here in Houston). Take care

Nice! Yeah it was a cool bike. My friend actually just bought it while I was editing this video! It will stay in the Houston area apparently. Take care

Spur was a medium and actually just sold ;-(. Literally while I was editing this over the weekend! I will miss that bike. Ebike is still available. S2 size so 5’4 - 5’8. Also have an s3 but brand new