MARIN NEWS & REVIEWS

“The 09 Marin Mount Vision 5.8 is better than the version that won our Bike Of The Year Award in 2008”

“Marin has taken everything I love about the 2008 model and added more edge.  If your idea of a perfect weekend is to pot as many black runs as possible, this is practically perfect.”  Guy Kesteven, What Mountain Bike November 2008

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The all new Bicycle Buyer magazine has launched with a super nine out of ten review of the Marin Point Reyes in a commuter bike test. They say it has street cred by the boatload! Read the full review here, or buy the launch issue of the magazine from newsagents. More »

When it was launched the Mount Vision was proclaimed bike of the year in an American magazine. WMB made it their bike of the year in 2008. Now the Mt Vis is going for an unprecedented hat trick.What Mountain Bike magazine’s testers have awarded the new Marin Mount Vision 5.8 a Gold shield in their 2009 guide to the best in the world of mountain bikes. Read the full review here on line or buy the November issue of the mag from your local newsagent. More »

Maximal fun on tight technical trails that’ll claim full suspension scalps. Superb fork & solid kit make a great value bike with a frame that’s well worth upgrading.

Read the full bikeradar.com review here.

Billy Whenman – the 19 year old wonder racer – helped the Whyte team to their fourth successive victory in the successful Marin Dusk Til Dawn event. More »

“Marin has taken everything I love about the 2008 model and added more edge.  If your idea of a perfect weekend is to pot as many black runs as possible, this is practically perfect.”  Guy Kesteven, What Mountain Bike November 2008

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Sammy bows out

Marin’s Sammy Bryant is hanging up her pedals……but something tells us the super-talented teenager will be back.

The 16-year-old has struggled with illness over the past few months and has also started a tough course in Sports Science at North West Kent college.

And fitting in her studies with a part time job in a bike shop at home in Swanley means that something’s got to give.

Emotional dad Peter told us: “Racing is all she has done since she was nine and it’s been a huge part of our lives. I am going to miss it and I know Samantha will too.

“We will see how it goes and maybe she will be back before we know it.”

Sammy finishes this part of her career as the third ranked national youth girl and the Southern area champion for her class.

She would also have won the Southern XC girls’ title but missed the final event recently.

Fat Tony from Marin UK said: “Sammy has been a familiar figure on the podium at events for Marin and Wilier over the past few years. Her blonde hair and pretty, mud-splattered face have been a picture when she hasn’t had time to get cleaned up before the podium presentations.

“We are all going to miss her. Let’s hope she makes a come back after a complete break from the sport.

“And we should also pay tribute to her dad Peter. He’s been the driving force behind her success and the driver who has taken them all over the UK racing. I know he’s gutted but he is standing by her decision like any good dad would.

“I have a funny feeling we haven’t seen the last of Sammy Bryant!”

MBUK team up with Marin UK to test the new selection of the 2009 Marin bikes product range including the spanking new Hammerschmidit equipped Attack Trail.

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