Marin Alloy El Roy Hardtail Mountain Bike

Review

Marin Alloy Hardtail Mountain Bike

Marin says the brand new and advanced El Roy Enduro / All-Mountain Hardtail is designed to deal with any path,

Marin Alloy Hardtail Mountain Bike

Frame and Specification

Marin Alloy Hardtail Mountain Bike

which is an ambitious claim for a bike without a rear squish.

Marin Alloy Hardtail Mountain Bike

Looking on the Marin El Roy geometry chart, it’s miles clean that that is a totally particular hardtail. 

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El Roy Hardtail Mountain Bike

Is the Marin El Roy only a tease for people with enduro goals on a hardtail budget?  I desired to discover for myself.

El Roy Hardtail Mountain Bike

El Roy appears lengthy, and that is due to the fact.  There are the most effective sizes to be had – everyday and Grande – and the Grande I examined has an attainment of 510mm.  It’s now no longer the longest bike I’ve examined this year, even though it is first rate for the bike’s affordable standover peak and Marin riders five’10” and taller are healthy well. The front triangle is specifically elongated to house the short, 435mm chainstay duration.

El Roy Hardtail Mountain Bike

The body is built using butted, chromoly metallic tubing with water bottle mounts at the downtube and an accent mount under the pinnacle tube.  The derailleur cable and rear brake hose are each externally routed for clean setup and maintenance, even as the seat tube has an inner routing port for the dropper put up.  There aren’t any bottle mounts at the seat tube, despite the fact that there may be room for them, which might possibly interfere with seatpost fitment.

El Roy Hardtail Mountain Bike

Only a construct package is to be had for the El Roy, despite the fact that Marin sells the body with the aid of using itself for $699.  In my opinion Marin did an exceptional task with this construct, spec’ing high-satisfactory components which you might typically locate on a greater conventional enduro body.  Well, besides for the fork.

El Roy Hardtail Mountain Bike

Pros and Cons of Chief El Roy