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Bought a Marlin 5 Gen 3 to get back into mountain biking and says it rides like a dream. Has swapped the pedals and grips, plans a RockShox Judy fork and a dropper post, and is very happy with it for the price.
“I recently bought this Trek Marlin 5 (Gen 3), as I was looking to get back into Mountain Biking, It's been fantastic so far, rides like a dream, and helps make rides more fun.”
Rides a four-week-old Marlin 5 Gen 3 as a fitness bike on asphalt and gravel. After about 800 km with no hard drops, the stock nylon pedals had broken; the shop knocked their price off a pair of Bontrager Line Elite pedals.
“Bit disappointed to notice this yesterday, been riding this for maybe 800km mostly as fitness bike on asphalt and gravel, no hard drops etc. Surely this can't be normal”