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All-new Marin Hawk Hill trail mountain bike drops in with sweet spec, even sweeter price

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2017 Marin Hawk Hill affordable trail mountain bike

As standards progress and things evolve, there are times when it seems the low end is ignored until the best stuff out there starts its trickle down cascade. Fortunately, Marin didn’t wait for the latest 1×11 (or 1×12!) and Boost stuff to fall to the bottom.

The 2017 Marin Hawk Hill brings in modern (long, low, slack) trail bike geometry with an IsoTrack-inspired MultiTrack suspension linkage on a very, very affordable alloy frame. It gets 1×10 mostly-Shimano group, 27.5″ wheels with Schwalbe tires and Rockshox/X-Fusion suspension mix, all for just $1,500…

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The butted, hydroformed 6061 alloy frame is built around 120mm of travel on their new MultiTrack linkage design, which differs mainly in the fact that it has a rear pivot near the axle rather than relying on seatstay flex. Suspension is handled by a Rockshox Recon Silver RL fork with external rebound/lockout controls, and an X-Fusion O2 Pro R shock in the rear.

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The drivetrain is a mix of Shimano Deore shifters and rear derailleur, Marin’s own alloy cranks with steel BB3o spindle and 1x narrow/wide 32t chainring, and a SunRace 11-42 wide range 10 speed cassette with a KMC chain connecting it all.

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The Hawk Hill uses an interchangeable dropout system in the rear and ships with standard quick release on the rear, but can be upgraded to a 12×142 thru axle down the road. Front is 15mm thru axle already. The wheels are built with Marin-branded double wall alloy rims with 27mm internal width (holding 27.5 x 2.35 Hans Dampf tires) on Formula (front) and Joytech (rear) hubs.

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The complete bike will retail for $1,500 (£1,100) when it hits dealers this August.

MarinBikes.com

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Bikeryder85
Bikeryder85
8 years ago

This is a great use of trickel-down tech…love all these new trail bikes this year

Tim
Tim
8 years ago

These are the kind of bikes that almost no one comments on but that are ridden by a huge number of us. When people complain about the high price of bikes, I think they are really complaining about the price of high end bikes and the performance differential you get from purchasing them. But I think no one will disagree that bikes at this price point, even FS bikes, offer outstanding value compared to what they did even a few years back. This bike is a perfect example of that phenomenon. But… this bike should have external cables.

edge
edge
8 years ago

Marin always a good value.

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