This video really is a testament to how strong those San Quentin frames are. Can't imagine many hardtails would have survived the cases on those jumps; much less stayed intact when you kept on jumping. Kudos.
@@jakemercado7154 1 million I wish! I run Marzocchi cause it’s more affordable but just as durable as fox. I’m not so worried about adjustability, or weight when hitting big jumps.
@@jakemercado7154 Marzocchi is manufactured by fox and uses a lot of the same parts as the Fox brand Forks. The main differences are weight and adjustability.
Fellow hardtail freeride guy (and former San Quentin owner). I haven’t seen too many people hitting bigger features than I did on that bike but you certainly are 🤘 Just subscribed!
wow not many bikes can handle a case like that the Marin's are built strong i may be a little biased because i own one but they are great frames and great bikes overall
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This is why I don’t ride alloy hardtails anymore, I have cracked 3, it’s nothing to do with hard impacts it’s the flex that causes micro cracks, switched to a CrMo steel ragley frame and the thing is bomb proof, steel frames can flex without cracking and fatigue
Nice to SQ flying around like this, I gotta get mine up there, but I had to check start of video and see if it was same guy at end, gf talked you into a haircut and brush lol
No way! That would be awesome. I’ll get back to you. I’m gonna be in North Carolina for a couple months on a trail project. I have a dirt jumper but a trail bike would be nice.
Wow! I was just trying to find one of thes bikes to buy over in the UK. This wasn't a good advert for the bike. It was cracked at nearly every joint. Oh sheeeit!
Yeah. It was fine til I had the some huge cases. That said, it does have a lifetime warranty so once I have the bike back home in a month I’ll see if they’ll cover it. I’ll give an update.
@@bennybradford Hope you get it sorted, Benny. I was still going to buy one, but unfortunately i can not find one anywhere on line in the UK. Im gutted 😢 Only option i can see to getting a decent bike in the UK is to get a Nukeproof Scout. Seems impossible to find anything else at the moment. What are your thoughts on the Nukeproof Scout V3? They lowered the bottom bracket a couple of mm. That may be good for the handling, but not so good for peddle strikes over rocks. Awesome riding by the way. Great video.
Hey man, I just saw your Kanuga vid, and Im heading down there in October for some riding, and it's inspiring to see a fellow hardtail rider send so hard. I just built up an NS Eccentric, and slapped a RC Domain on there, it freeking shreds. Anyway wish you the best, and maybe I'll see you out on the trails one day.
@@bennybradford its a 27.5er I just watched your whistler vid and holy cow man you got some balls! I can't believe how little of a deal you made those jumps out to be... I mean my friend has a Transition Patrol and he just got back from there, he only did A Line, but hardly even looked at Dirt Merchant. You are a perfect example of how the bike doesn't matter, its the rider.
I'm planning on moving to a city with a major bike park next summer and have a SQ3. I actually searched whether it'd be okay to ride at a bike park and ended up on this video 😂 3 broken welds? Straight question here. Are your replacement forks a bit too long? I bought longer forks (160mm) then went back down to 130mm as the geometry just felt so wrong. Maybe something inbetween?
Yes 160 is too long. I wish I was at like 140. The seat stay crack probably had nothing to do with the fork. But the head tube probably did. However I don’t think the frame would have held up even with a 130 fork though
Did you contact Marin about a replacement? Their full suspension bikes only have a 5 year warranty but their hardtails supposedly have a lifetime warranty
Sup man super jealous that your out there. I discovered you when I found out about cottontail being redone and I live like 10 minutes from it. My question is do you ride tubes or tubeless setup?
Nice! Tubeless for mountain bike for sure. But my dirt jumper I run tubes cause they’re just easier to use and there’s not as much likelihood for a pinch flat.
Were you able to get a new frame no issue? I have a SQ3 as well, suppose to have lifetime warranty, my fear is that I will crack mine and they will replace it with the new 2023 frame, I DO NOT want the new frame.
Totally agree the new frame is too slack. Yes I was able to get a new frame without any issues. Only took a couple weeks through a local shop. I got it just before they came out with the new frame.
disappointing about your frame. However, you're really progressing on the jumping side of things. How did you get from the small jumps to the big ones? I have a San Quentin 2.
hey man, you’re f#&$ing insane… anyway, I’m going to order a San Quentin frame in 2 days… could you help we with sizing because where I live, I can’t test ride it to know my size… so I legit just order and hope for the best… “how tall are you and what you riding???? cheers mate ✌️
@Jibby I’m 5’ 8” and ride a medium. If you’re mainly interested in jumps I’d size down cause its a decently long bike designed for downhill. Otherwise being 6’1” suggest sticking with the x-large. Cheers!
@@vitokolmanko Im 5'8" so for me its a medium. Your size is 'Extra Large.' according to Marin's size chart. 'Large' size is 5'8" - 5'11" So that's too small for you. So yeah, you need 'extra large' size, which is 5'11" - 6'2" When ever you are wanting to know the size of a mountain bike go to the website for the particular bike brand you are looking at - they all have size charts for their bikes, plus the technical charts and the geometry charts. Go take a look at Marin's website.
@@Tony-1971 no, no… that’s why I’m asking, size charts never worked for me… I hate a bike that is to big for me… I had a Scott Genius that was a Large… than I bought a Specialized Demo 29 in a S3 size (which is practically a Medium), and it worked perfect for me, now I ride a dirt jumper… so you can see that size charts don’t really work for me… but according to your hight and the fact that you ride a Medium… I’ll just go size up and buy a Large… I’ve never ridden a Extra large that I would like… I doubt I’ll like this one… but thanks so much anyway :)
