Punching Above Its Weight Class | Value Bike Field Test: Marin Rift Zone Review

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No strangers to creating idiosyncratic and unique bikes, Marin has done it again with their new update to the Rift Zone. The 130mm trail bike manages to deliver a ride feel well in excess of its numbers, and the little ripper lives up to Marin's claim that it is "made to party, whatever your jam might be."
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@nascarisawesome5018 Год назад

Good to see PB reviewing budget bikes like Marin and Norco that is actually accessible to most riders. It's a breath of fresh air seeing these bikes.

@quitemountainous2528 Год назад

Do you know most riders to make that kind of statement?

@kabir52 Год назад

Didn't know Norco is considered a budget brand, I just tried the Optic C2 and it's easily the best short trail travel bike I've ridden.

@nascarisawesome5018 Год назад

@@quitemountainous2528 Yes I would say so. I sell bikes for a living and know pretty well what people buy and don't.

@Rico-ex3no Год назад

Can confirm, this person rides a Santa Cruz or Yeti with pit vipers on at all times.

@corail53 Год назад

Norco is budget?

@Nicoya Год назад

Just to clarify things, it's pronounced "Marin".

@amylaila2252 10 месяцев назад

Not isn't, it is pronounced "Marin".

@Checkitwithamagnet 4 месяца назад

I prefer to say, "Marin". Just my opinion.

@theamazingtacocat9270 Год назад

I have a rift zone carbon and absolutely love it. Feels so natural and fast compared to my Scott

@rossanderson4972 7 месяцев назад

What’s the weight of the carbon build?

@betoalvaradog.7064 Год назад

It will be great to see a comparison between Norco Optic and Canyon Spectral 125. Two 125 mm bikes that behave almost like Enduro Bikes

@chriscowan6630 Год назад

thanks for the focus on this price point.....achievable/attainable for many of us!

@Checkitwithamagnet 4 месяца назад

Which Rift Zone is this? Please add to video description if you can.

@RidesWithJake Год назад

I've been riding the Junior 26" version for a couple of months now, and while previous bike which is a Norco Fluid FS1 is better in specs, I now enjoy riding it. It's made me ride faster in the chunks, but I needs quite a few upgrades. I agree the value on this bike is not that great, I spent quite a bit to upgrade it and it now feels amazing!

@chrispierdominici3891 Год назад

Interesting tire choice of the Assegai on a trail bike. Beast of a tire, but overkill and sluggish to my mind for a trail bike. Rode a set on my enduro bike for awhile and found them quite delimiting unless riding a lot of loose, gnarly terrain. Minions are better for a trail bike that can play a bit in the enduro realm.

@HeidiFegles Год назад

Dude you haven’t ride our Oregon greasy red or grey clay, if u don’t have an asseegai on the front then be prepared to just slide and fall over and over again.

@wd99999 11 месяцев назад

I’d swap them out for some Dissectors, lighter, faster rolling and still nice and grippy

@slcwhere1534 Год назад

Have this bike. Love this bike.

@Arturito2017 Год назад

I have a 2022 Marin Rift Zone 1 27.5 and love it to death. So good

@peterronzoni9264 Год назад

What happened to Mike Leavy!!??

@TheNnyx Год назад

I picked up last year's 27.5 rift, put a coil shock and swapped the z2 for the z1 and it's a tank. Rides like a slope bike on flow tracks. And mini Enduro on the north US chunk. First mid travel bike that I can just point down hill and trust it to work.

@karlovracaric9219 Год назад

I put a 150 ml lyrik on the front of my rift zone 29, love it

@worgle123 4 месяца назад

I reckon I'm gonna pick one up. Bikesonline has 'em for sale at $1,800 AUD off! Pretty hard to beat at that point...

@montanaharkin Год назад

Friend has the previous generation Rift he got on clearance. Easily the best money ever spent in the history of mankind. Punches way above it's class.

@RotormanMTB Год назад

I got my son the same, in the 2. He rides it pretty hard and hits some geniune enduro like lines with it... a Cat 5 frame at this price is unheard of.

@Arturito2017 Год назад

I got a 2022 XL 27.5 for $800 on Facebook market. Literally brand new. Steal of the century

@creativechimp03 Месяц назад

Good review. I'm looking at the Rift range vs the Giant Trance X range. Both 27.5 variants as I'm 5ft 6, what do you think is a better bike for a mix of XC/local trails, plus bike park visits (Reds, not blacks/huge drop-offs etc).

@endianAphones Год назад

I really like my 27.5 Marin. It's just fun to ride. Hard to fault it for the price. Wouldn't mind trying a similar sized 29 er to see how it feels like.

@griffmtb Год назад

Say it with me... MUH-rin

@waldowsxxghostxx8577 7 месяцев назад

Aside from the 2023 models having UDH how much improved is the new Riftzone compared to the previous 2022 models?

@SilverbackOrangutan71 Год назад

Marin are the best bikes out! I can’t wait for the dh bike they are working on

@therealmeachy71 24 дня назад

I just got a brand new 2022 Rift Zone 1 27.5 for $1099 on clearance. Good bike, but it was never worth anywhere near $3500, even for a 29er. That's crazy. MAYBE $1899 at the most.

@ChunkyWalnutX Месяц назад

I did not know about the option of switching the cassette. I know this video is 1 year old, but how would one be able to contact Marin to do that?

@Alaakso Год назад

Also one amazing thing about that float x performance, ypu can add the lsc knob yourself and make it black version of factory version.

@francisdee9955 Год назад

Loving the reviews! Good job guys

@SudoChuckwalla Год назад

every time henry says mare-inn I die inside

@alexanderjones1739 Год назад

Did Levy get abducted? Was he too close to the truth?

@whispering_pines Год назад

He’s training for a seat on a SpaceX Starlink launch.. 🚀 🎉

@nite760 10 месяцев назад

Picked one up on clearance for $2299 couldnt pass that up! Yeee

@McSchwabl Год назад

Does anyone know where Mike Levi is?

@ratpatrol69 Год назад

Just got one and it’s great 😊

@tomd1826 Год назад

If it's the same cable routing as the Alpine Trail then yeah, it's an absolute nightmare to work especially through the BB

@exothermal.sprocket Год назад

It's pronounced Marin....... not Marin. 😆

@AaronAshear Год назад

If my older bling bike breaks or gets stolen, I’m going budget next time. The law of diminishing returns has never been more present.

@zodshells 2 месяца назад

Nice bike 🎉

@AdventureRich Год назад

I had the option of this bike vs the Vitus Mythique that was cheaper with the same fork up front. I went with the Mythique and I'm LOVING IT!

@17madracki17 Год назад

Muuuurin

@petedog9581 Год назад

At 35 lbs. and 130mm of travel, I'd have to say this bike didn't make weight for the fight... not punching above its weight class. My alloy Stumpy 150/130 is 30 lbs. packed w a full 15 oz. water bottle.

@vrwgq3q Год назад

is this a Norco Fluid beater?

@benjy288 Год назад

You'll probably be splitting hairs between them, I own the 2019 norco fluid, and I rode the new fluid around a car park and I actually preferred the 2019 model, the new model just felt like my old enduro bike, and there's plenty of those kind of bikes around, but the 2019 model feels like a cross between a fun, nimble, poppy xc bike and an enduro bike, fun to ride on both xc tracks and steep gnarly bike park tracks too.

@marinsender5677 8 месяцев назад

It is pronounced mr-in. I live in Marin County where the Marin bike brand was founded.

@komoonkh Год назад

“Murrin”

@jeffrogers2180 Год назад

Where are bikes going that a 140 / 130 bike is called short travel?

@Wieva919 Год назад

😂 agreed!

@laurynasjagelo5075 Год назад

DH tracks & natural gnar. Where else would you go?

@benjy288 Год назад

That's the mountain bike industry, they need something new in order to entice people into buying new bikes, with motorcycles they might give it more horsepower, or new electronics, but mountain bikes don't have that, so instead they change the geometry and add more travel, and they convince people that slacker bikes with more travel are better so you need to upgrade, but in reality that's not really the case, otherwise why stop at 130/140? or 140/150? why not just make all bike downhill bikes?

@jeffrogers2180 Год назад

@@benjy288 don't forget sticking motors on bikes...

@benjy288 Год назад

@@jeffrogers2180 Yep, and calling them something new, like ebikes, when in reality that's how motorbikes began, by putting a motor in a bicycle frame, its just a different kind of motor this time.

@hktcss 10 месяцев назад

How’s this bike compared to the Polygon Colosous N9 ?

@stefromfortworth 10 месяцев назад

The N9 is an Emduro bike with way more travel. A better comparison would be the Siskiu T8

@hktcss 10 месяцев назад

@@stefromfortworth okay, thanks for that, might just seal the deal on the N9 today then, hard choice but I believe the N9 would suit me most. Cheers again love the vids 👍

@d3l1a2704 Год назад

Do this bike support 300lb?

@octodadmtbmartyrichards2862 Год назад

Down duro bike 🚲

@onlysendsmtb Год назад

MArin huh? Is that like Ahlumillenium? Or CelEEEka.

@antwake Год назад

no marin-hating here! 🤣

@Happy_Biker Год назад

🤔 Marin (EN) vs. Marrin (CAli)

@jurisx85 11 месяцев назад

It’s Marin! Like María. It’s Spanish!

@MarioXcore1 Год назад

Dario won me over the 2nd time around

@ridemx323 Год назад

#whereslevy

@Happy_Biker Год назад

#howislevy

@barfo281 2 месяца назад

It's Muh-RIN'

@Niknamew Год назад

I can promise you, us Californians are not the ones saying Marin wrong....

@adrianw3985 Год назад

How do you say Aluminum in British... also how do you say pound sand, go do that.

@alexh.4068 Год назад

It’s Marin duh

@nhiathor3616 Год назад

Who else is just waiting for all the videos to buy your next bike 😂

@franklee6301 Год назад

Marine County, educate yourself Charlie.

@downtoridemtb Год назад

I know we’re generally pretty dumb, but I think it’s safe to believe us Americans when it comes to pronouncing a county in California.

@jimmy8x541 Год назад

dude. it's NOT Marin. It's Marin!!!

@snigs5T5 Год назад

Or how you say it in CA. Leave it to the English to butcher names in the name of "proper English." Never mind that Henry's version has two Rs: Maer-rin vs. Mah-rin. 🤣

@memyself2458 4 месяца назад

Never buy marin ,brorke upper tube made in Indonesia after 1 year and dont respond an when they do want to weldeit for me ,joke brand,nxt brand Europe thanks,,,and is pronounced Crap😊

@thebikeguy1988 7 месяцев назад

As it's actual my surname, I'll tell you the American pronounced it wrong...

@spiffpilot2589 Год назад

The Giant Trance 29 2 has the same build for $700 less.

@anthonywalters7434 Год назад

Giant’s been doing a great job recently when it comes to their build kits. My local shop is a Giant retailer and I’ve been tempted to look into getting one.

@l4kerfan Год назад

Absolutely wrong. Maybe read the specs before commenting? Rift Zone 3 has a Z1/Float X, TRP, SLX/XT, Assegai/Assegai Trance 2 has a Z2/Float DPS,Tektro, Deore, DHF/Dissector They're different and the cost more than justifies the Marin if your budget can stretch Not to mention Rift Zone 3 is a 140/130 and the Trance is 130/120

@JustJake77 Год назад

An ick for me is English folk acting superior about the language they created..... Yet still pronounce things wrong or use incorrect terminology.... A perfect example is when they call the ground, the floor.... no, a floor is inside a building. The ground is..... THE GROUND! AND ITS PRONOUNCED MUH-UR-IN...

@jmd7070 Год назад

👎

@crashcoursezed7947 Год назад

Why though?

@luciansaintclaire Год назад

Why the change of heart from the old Marin rift zone 3? Many things are similar, it shouldn’t be too different.

@peniakfoto Год назад

Nice review but bike is over tired :-D :-D Assegai on the rear on the medium travel bike? And climbing? Really? Dissector and Assegai or Rekon and DHF gives much more sense on the rift zone... Can not even imagine assegai on rear on my ebike :-)