MARIN NEWS & REVIEWS

Samantha Bryant – known as Sammy – lives in Swanley and is just 15 years old but has been riding cyclo cross since she was eight! She is a star of the future supported by Marin with a Pine Mountain and a brand new East Peak bike. This is her report from Round One of the National Mountain Bike Series and the Southern XC. More »

Rob Jarman – downhiller, free-rider and Berghaus Extreme Sports Athlete – has just signed a deal with Marin to be a bike ambassador and brand test rider. More »

Billy Wenham is a very talented teenager from Gravesend who is taking his racing so seriously he had no time to celebrate his 18th birthday. This is his report from his race on the continent at the weekend riding in the Oldenzaal Junior UCI MTB race for the Benelux Cup. More »

Kate Betts is a Marin and Whyte supported rider in the Women’s Masters Category where the 35 year old is ranked number three in the UK. Hailing from Porthcawl in South Wales she races under the Marin/Rush Extreme Sports banner. This is her report from the British Mountain Bike Cross Country opener at Thetford: More »

Kate Betts is a Marin and Whyte supported rider in the Women’s Masters Category where the 35 year old is ranked number three in the UK. Hailing from Porthcawl in South Wales she races under the Marin/Rush Extreme Sports banner. This is her report from the Trek marathon opener at Thetford. More »

Kate Betts – the number three ranked female masters rider in the UK is now being supported by Marin and Whyte Racing UK.

Kate, who’s 35 and comes from Porthcawl in South Wales, has only been riding for two years but is taking the female masters ranks by storm.

She is proudly wearing Marin racing kit and performing well on a women’s specific Alpine Trail and a Whyte 19.

Last year she won the Forest of Dean Enduro (30km, the Trek Marathon Series Round 4 (Series Finals) 100km and the XTERRA UK 75Km Enduro Senior Women’s race, among others. More »

Marin Alpine Trail (Ladies)

Tested by Cara Coolbaugh

“The instant I let off the brakes, the bike pelted forward, while the extra weight gave it a planted, solid feel downhill.” More »

Billy Wenham is a talented 16-year-old from Gravesend in Kent who is supported with an Indian Fire Trial and a new Mount Vision bike. Over the Bank Holiday weekend Billy The Whizz got onto his first ever National Series podium AND got an amazing third in the Thetford Enduro despite two ‘over the bars’ crashes and a chain failure. These are his reports: More »

Shaums March has a new stablemate at Marin after the Californian-based team signed semi-pro Ian Massey.

Massey is the current Expert National Downhill champion in the 19-26 category and his skills are set to give Marin even more podium placings than last year. More »

Billy Wenham is a very talented teenager from Gravesend who is making a big mark in the junior ranks of both the mountain biking and road racing fraternity. This is his report from Round Four of the Gorrick at Porridge Pot Hill on April Fool’s Day. He came last and fell off his bike * More »