... has spent more than 100,000 kilometers in the saddle of over 1000 different mountain bikes. The essence of many hours on the trail: Mountain bikes are awesome when they match your personal preferences! With this realization, he founded bike-test.com to assist cyclists in finding their very own dream bike.




The Pine Mountain 1 is a dream made of steel with numerous options for attaching kit for bikepacking. We have checked all geometry measures and come to the following conclusion: the Marin Hardtail is a very balanced customer. The upright seating position gives the Marin Downcountry-Bike a comfortable character. If you want to hunt Strava-KOMs uphill, the Marin Pine Mountain 1 is probably not the right bike for you. A good argument for the Marin Downcountry-Bike: Such a successful geometry is usually only available if you have deep pockets. The guarantee of 5 years proves that Marin puts a lot of trust in its products.



