Marin Bikes are Made For Fun. Since the first mountain bikes bearing the Marin Bikes name debuted in 1986, the brand has been dedicated to enriching the lives of riders by making fun, high caliber bicycles, which provide years of riding enjoyment. Marin claims to operate business based on hard work, fueled by passion, and fulfilled by the satisfaction of bringing the joy of cycling to riders across the world.Whether your idea of fun involves riding rugged trails to that high alpine lake, pinning on a race number and entering your first race, taking the long way home on your commuter bike, bikepacking to that remote campsite, or just exploring the neighborhood bike paths, Marin brings the fun to your ride. It’s the principle that guides them when developing new bikes, from long-travel, trail-devouring machines that are at home in some of the world’s most challenging race circuits to the multi-surface capable pavement collection. Each model is designed to be playful and to maximize the opportunities for two-wheeled fun.

Hardtails are mountain bikes in their purest forms, and Marin has been an innovator in the category since 1986. These are bikes that stick to the traditional frame design that we know and love.
The frame is a single piece without any suspension or pivots. It’s mostly up to the rider to deal with the rough stuff, by picking smoother lines and absorbing the shocks from the trail with their legs and arms. Hardtails go back to the dawn of the sport and they’re not going away any time soon.

On a full-suspension bike, the rear part of the frame is able to move and absorb impacts. A suspension unit, or 'shock', controls the rear end of the bike’s movement and reduces impacts from whatever you happen to be riding over, be it a kerbstone or a ten-foot drop.
It’s a technology that’s revolutionised mountain biking, opening new frontiers of what’s possible on a bike, from cliff drops to race podiums.

Marin produce a big range of both full suspension and hardtail bikes which cover a lot of riding types.