Marin Bear Valley

Newest Review: ... seat post used to sink no matter how tight the seat bolt was done up, apparently some Marin bikes went out with 27mmm seat ... more

... posts instead of 27.2mm and I thought mine was one of them - but it's not. The problem now seems to have gone away - a new seat bolt and with a blob of grease allows me to tighten it up a little but more and the sinking has stopped. The chain and cassette also wore quite quickly as did the front inner ring, but these are easily replaced. The supplied tyres (rear especially) are not really upto muddy Scottish conditions and are more...more

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Marin Bear Valley - still a cracker (updated) (640 words)
by - written on 25/11/00 (Very useful, 4240 readings)
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Bought a Marin Bear Valley a couple of months ago and I have loved every turn of the pedal rotation since. Shopping around I saw loads of bike in my price range (£500ish) most of them aluminium and carrying Alivio components. But I didn't want an aluminium bike - not being a hard core mountian biker I like the slightly more flexible steel frame and the ride it gives and I like the narrower tubes. So I bought a Marin Bear Valley and haven't looked back since. It's comfortable to ride (thanks to a nice WTB Comfort Zone saddle)and handles great, on the long uphill slogs you hardly notice the fact you aren't on an aluminium bike and on the twisty ... Read the complete review