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**Bike Of The Day 02/11/2010**
**Bike Of The Day 1/4/2011**
My Marin Quake AL7
888 forks ('07)
Direct Mount Stem
Yellow Wellgo V12 Copies pedals
Nuke Proof AM Wheelset
superstar Grande Bambino headset (red)
Blue Hope Seat clamp
Sunline Direct Mount stem
Front Tyre: WTB TimberWolf 26 x 2.5"
Rear Tyre: WTB dissent folding 26 x 2.5"
Superstar Components Excel Grips
NukeProof Warhead Flat bars
Rest is pretty much standard
Frame Construction TIG-welded
Frame Tubing Material 6061 QUAD XLT aluminum/Edge II Plus top tube
Rear Shock Fox DHX Air 5.0, 6.9" travel
Brakeset: Avid Juicy Seven - 203mm Rotors
Shift Levers Shimano XT
Rear Derailleur SRAM x-9
Crankset Truvativ Holzfeller DH, 22/32 teeth
Bottom Bracket Truvativ Howitzer XR
Chain FSA team 9spd
Seatpost FSA FR-270, 31.6mm diameter
Saddle WTB Pure V Race
**Bike Of The Day 1/4/2011**
My Marin Quake AL7
888 forks ('07)
Direct Mount Stem
Yellow Wellgo V12 Copies pedals
Nuke Proof AM Wheelset
superstar Grande Bambino headset (red)
Blue Hope Seat clamp
Sunline Direct Mount stem
Front Tyre: WTB TimberWolf 26 x 2.5"
Rear Tyre: WTB dissent folding 26 x 2.5"
Superstar Components Excel Grips
NukeProof Warhead Flat bars
Rest is pretty much standard
Frame Construction TIG-welded
Frame Tubing Material 6061 QUAD XLT aluminum/Edge II Plus top tube
Rear Shock Fox DHX Air 5.0, 6.9" travel
Brakeset: Avid Juicy Seven - 203mm Rotors
Shift Levers Shimano XT
Rear Derailleur SRAM x-9
Crankset Truvativ Holzfeller DH, 22/32 teeth
Bottom Bracket Truvativ Howitzer XR
Chain FSA team 9spd
Seatpost FSA FR-270, 31.6mm diameter
Saddle WTB Pure V Race
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ellsbells1973 said on 14 June 2011
very purposeful, love the wheels, gonna be my next purchase for my marin, lookin at some superstar red rims me thinks
LewSpeight replied... on 28 June 2011
Nicee! Them superstar wheels are top dollar. I'd of got some if they did them in yellow.
Had to get these wheels though, they're bomb proof and not alot of people have them
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philleonard said on 12 May 2011
Very nice build! truly unique!
LewSpeight replied... on 28 June 2011
Yes! i was trying to get it as unique as possible :)
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mossy84 said on 9 May 2011
looks phat mate, just do the wheels same colour as you garden hose mate :D
rate mine plz
LewSpeight replied... on 28 June 2011
haha! Yeh the hose matches the wheels alreaddy ;)
Thanks for the rate
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aeron said on 9 May 2011
Sweet rig and yes I think they ride just the way I like.
I like them that much I bought two. Good riding
LewSpeight replied... on 28 June 2011
Nice idea! If this ever breaks i think i'll get another one just like it. Cant fault em!
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culpzy said on 8 May 2011
Solid Spec right there, nice colours too
LewSpeight replied... on 8 May 2011
Thanks! :)
LewSpeight replied... on 8 May 2011
Thanks! :)
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QuickTime223 said on 7 May 2011
smart ride!! looks minted! BET IT RIDES MINTED TOO! rate my bike cheers
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MorzineJaxx11 said on 6 May 2011
Bang tidy ride...
Looks well aggressive...
Rate mine plz...
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Quake R said on 30 April 2011
Looking good, im a big fan of the XLT,(gravity assisted) though tough to get up hills. Bomb proof frame. like triple clamps too. did you have to change the rear ride height? thinking of boxxers for mine. black and yellow great colours. sweet ride!
LewSpeight replied... on 30 April 2011
Hi Mate!
No no i didnt change the rear height at all, just put the forks on and away we go. The geometry feels different but for the better IMO, feels alot more stable and chuckable :)
Thanks for the rating!
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kona_man2011 said on 28 April 2011
Sweet ride dude, loving the colours :)
LewSpeight replied... on 28 April 2011
Thanks mate!
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Chris30 said on 17 April 2011
Nice bike, geometry looks spot on with those forks!
LewSpeight replied... on 17 April 2011
It is! its great i love it. thanks for the rating
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BikEnUt said on 14 April 2011
ha cheer for rating my big hit . i duno sum 24 . 3.00 thing it massive lol . and the graphic are hard to find so got temp one on it for now . nice bike 10 from me . not like the 9 on mine tho lol
LewSpeight replied... on 14 April 2011
Ahh i see buddy. You contacted SlikGraphics? thats what i'd do if i had a bighit, would look amazing.
Thanks for the rating!
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BigHitBenson said on 14 April 2011
nice spec, love the forks aswell
LewSpeight replied... on 14 April 2011
Thanks man! Took about 10 minutes to do the forks! haaa :)
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joker6969biker said on 13 April 2011
nice ride mate looks like u ride it hard like it should b
LewSpeight replied... on 13 April 2011
Ha! thanks man its a beast, i love it
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1971 said on 10 April 2011
Great bike mate, i will have 1 one day
LewSpeight replied... on 11 April 2011
Thanks mate! You wont regret it :)
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steve c said on 10 April 2011
Looks the biz, does it ride as good as it looks ??
LewSpeight replied... on 11 April 2011
Hi mate, yehh its so planted!!
Love it, will never go to anything else aslong as i can help it :)
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EZROCK said on 9 April 2011
looks cheap and nasty.
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konastinky888 said on 9 April 2011
Nice bike. check mine. I just cracked the frame on mine but i got a new 2010 frame coming from marin under the warranty in the next few days! i cant wait!
konastinky888 replied... on 5 May 2011
Lol, i dunno how it happened but i have uploaded 2 pics if you want to see my crack lol. i have also uploaded my new quake frame/bike too. thank god for warrantys.
LewSpeight replied... on 9 April 2011
You cracked the frame!? Wow. How?
Thats cool, get some pictures up! :)
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edzman47 said on 5 April 2011
nice ride mate, great spec,but would have gone for red or gold anodised components, please rate my custom stumpy, cheers.
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Pantman said on 4 April 2011
Very nice mate. What rims are they? It deserves to be taken into some more space so you can get a better photo.
LewSpeight replied... on 4 April 2011
Hi buddy.
Yeh got a new photo up on pb, will upload it to this tomoro :)
Its the NukeProof Generator AM wheelset :)
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No1 Mtbiker said on 4 April 2011
The forks make this bike id say :)
LewSpeight replied... on 4 April 2011
Thanks mate! You should see them now :)
Go on my pinkbike, my username is Lewspeight
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SupraAddict said on 4 April 2011
Nice man, makes me want something more DH!
LewSpeight replied... on 4 April 2011
Ha! Thanks alot mate! Its an arse to get uphill though :L
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Wacko12322 said on 3 April 2011
Looks MINT!!
LewSpeight replied... on 3 April 2011
Thanks mate! i love it, its amazing :)
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alexweeman said on 1 April 2011
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LewSpeight replied... on 1 April 2011
each to their own :)
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armageddon72 said on 1 April 2011
Sweet ride mate ;-)
Rate my Rides plz ;-)
LewSpeight replied... on 1 April 2011
Ta mate. Will do!
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Riski4130 said on 30 March 2011
SAY WHAAATTTTTT!!! Awesome piece of kit mate. Love the colour scheme, makes it look like an angry f**king wasp.
LewSpeight replied... on 30 March 2011
Ha Riski thanks!
And it is just as agile as a wasp lol i love it. When/if it breaks, i'll just head down to the shop, buy a new en. Never going to anything else :)
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speppy2316 said on 30 March 2011
wow now there is alot of colours there very nice build, i saw you mentioned geting boxxers was talking to a a guy that owns the bike show near aston hill he told me that your lucky to get a boxxers strait out of the box that dont need working on to get them perfect he said you should send them to tf tunning to strait away to get them set perfect. just thought i would let you know.
also nice ride :D
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Biker21 said on 29 March 2011
nice bike black and yellow actually looks beast
rate my bikes
LewSpeight replied... on 29 March 2011
Thanks! i'm on it :)
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mckay112 said on 22 March 2011
sweet ride mate
nice rear suspension
rate my mantra :) cheers
LewSpeight replied... on 29 March 2011
Thanks Mckay! Its a fab sus, its only 7inch but easily feels like 8/9!
And yeh im on it!
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joewright said on 21 March 2011
grate bike :) rate my bikes
LewSpeight replied... on 21 March 2011
Thanks Joe :)
I cant fault it whatsoever.
Will do, thanks for rating!
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pogo said on 19 March 2011
best things marin made imo, supposed to eat everything in a straight line, hows this ride?
LewSpeight replied... on 21 March 2011
Couldnt agree more :)
All you gotta do is pull your weight back and it ploughs through anything and everything. Its a proper beaut to ride, cant fault it one bit!
Thanks for the rating
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Heath said on 13 March 2011
Nice ride mate, its a 10.
LewSpeight replied... on 13 March 2011
Nice one thanks!
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DaggerzMike said on 9 March 2011
great bike only few parts i change to make it my own :P
good work!
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KarmicReaper said on 26 February 2011
Sweet bike fella.
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downhillpayne said on 15 February 2011
very nice im lookin at getting 1 would u say anything ABOUT IT
LewSpeight replied... on 15 February 2011
Thanks Mate. Wrote on your wall :)
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Biker_jez said on 10 February 2011
Great bike mate! Love the colours also
LewSpeight replied... on 10 February 2011
Thanks mate! Like to stand out from the croud an that. This will allow people to know its me appart from the other marins :)
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jackdownhilldobson said on 10 February 2011
pretty nice spec mate :) i like the colour coordination. rate mine please?
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nigel1976 said on 10 February 2011
Awesome frame, cool ride dude..
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georgeGEE79 said on 10 February 2011
nice marin m8! on the preveiw pic on screen i thought it was that 7 inch travel cube fr bike! love the black and blue took a leaf out of cubes book eh nice job m8 :)
LewSpeight replied... on 30 March 2011
Haha! Thanks mate, that cube fr is my dream bike too ;)
Wasnt really copying off it, but now you mention it i suppose it did look similar ;)
Thanks for rating!
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DARKS7AR said on 9 February 2011
Coz Quakes Rock! and this one is extra stealthy!
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jhinton2010 said on 8 February 2011
Nice! gotta love the quad link marins!
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martthemanc said on 7 February 2011
looks quality mate good effort
LewSpeight replied... on 30 March 2011
Thanks mate!
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Goober said on 6 February 2011
Nice looking ride
LewSpeight replied... on 6 February 2011
Thanks! Its a REALLY nice ride :)
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monkey2 said on 2 February 2011
that is one fit frame!
LewSpeight replied... on 6 February 2011
Thanks man!
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swiftyx2 said on 20 January 2011
Tasty!!!!!,
How does it ride against the Wolfridge?.
LewSpeight replied... on 20 January 2011
hi mate. Thanks for rating.
it feels alot firmer, and obviously abit more absorbant to everything, but its a lot harder to ride uphill, even with the propedal on! Suits me alot more than the wolfridge :)
dedicated marin fan!
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TagumTrailRider said on 8 January 2011
This bike looks really mean! I'm afraid of it! haha
but seriously, I am now a huge fan of this bike, the frame's design looks really complicated and sophisticated, no wonder it got picked as BIKE OF THE DAY
please, if you have the time, check out my bike, It's not as awesome as yours but I love it cheers!
TagumTrailRider replied... on 9 January 2011
yeah, it will look simple when it's in action because that bike is very fast when going downhill, all you could see is a blur. haha
LewSpeight replied... on 8 January 2011
Wow man. Thanks!
didnt realise people like it so much, i love it, its immense at downhill and is really reassuring and stable.
The frame design is actually quite simple when u see it in action, looks cool!
Going for abit of bling now, when i first got it, it was ALL black lol.
Thanks for the rating, i'll go over and rate your now!
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sweeneyrider said on 8 January 2011
Verry sick dude i think the forks are the sex ;)
LewSpeight replied... on 8 January 2011
Yeh i was gunna upgrade em to some triples a few weeks back, but change of plan. Im sticking with these!
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muddyback said on 7 January 2011
nice looking bike
LewSpeight replied... on 8 January 2011
ThankYou :)
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Cameron2552 said on 5 January 2011
Cheers for the rating mate, I love marins, they're such mean looking bikes, like you have mentioned in one of your forums you should definately get some annodised blue components. :-)
LewSpeight replied... on 8 January 2011
Blue is on its way! lol :) Im slowly upgrading
Thanks for Rating
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KonaboltJoe said on 2 January 2011
nice bike!
KonaboltJoe replied... on 6 January 2012
I can't help myself...... where did you get the decals for your forks I love em'! :D
LewSpeight replied... on 8 January 2011
Thanks mate
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sixsixone said on 31 December 2010
Sweet bike man, love them forks ! rate mine please :D
LewSpeight replied... on 1 January 2011
Yeh forks are good! :)
Cant wait till end of january, upgrades!
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DeadHead999 said on 27 December 2010
Nice Bike!!
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bigwheel46 said on 5 December 2010
sweat bike mate.
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superwol said on 16 November 2010
Sweet bike. As for mods if it was mine i would go with new wheels and tyres, single 36t ring and chaindevice and sling the front mech and it would be ready for action.
superwol replied... on 13 March 2011
Looking good mate, how you finding the 888's and the new geomerty?
LewSpeight replied... on 8 January 2011
Thanks Buddy, what you think to the new picture?
Them upgrade you mentioned are slowly coming into play :)
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yelyayan1976 said on 5 November 2010
It looks complicated technically, but it does the trick. like the colour, and nice FOX forx.
LewSpeight replied... on 8 January 2011
Thanks, the design is mint i love it.
The forks are doing the job well, and the colour is too bland for me :) slowly adding stuff to brighten it up!
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Turanz said on 3 November 2010
crafted by the gods mate by the gods ;) lol
LewSpeight replied... on 3 November 2010
Amen to that (Y) :)
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ejcrasher said on 2 November 2010
lush i need to get mine up
LewSpeight replied... on 2 November 2010
Yeh man let me know when yours is up! I'll be sure to rate
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MountainBikerChris said on 1 November 2010
Wicked bike, forks are great! But needs a better pic.
LewSpeight replied... on 2 November 2010
cheers mate! Didn't even know it was bike of the day lol! :)
MountainBikerChris replied... on 2 November 2010
Thata much better, well done on bike of the day!
LewSpeight replied... on 1 November 2010
New pic for ya ;) thanks for rating mate
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dhulluk said on 1 November 2010
Nice capable bike you have there, the Fox 36 RC2s are great forks i wouldn't rush into changing them too soon.
As for a colour scheme I've always been a fan of contrast so with a black frame I would go with white rims and pedals and maybe brake hoses and leave the rest stealth black.
Enjoy your new ride.
LewSpeight replied... on 1 November 2010
I'm trying to get some Slik Graphics for it ;) And go for Anodized blue stuff: http://www.moredirt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=116485#116485
And yeh the forks are okay, i dont feel they're anything special though :)
Thanks for rating
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wythall1 said on 31 October 2010
They are excellent bikes. DARKS7AR has onethe same colour. I am sure he will answer any questions that you may have about your Quake.
LewSpeight replied... on 31 October 2010
Thanks i'll do a search for him. I'm seriously not a fan of the 'all blackness' atm and looking into Slik Graphics for it :)
Thanks for the rating mate
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almojonm00 said on 31 October 2010
love all the marins
LewSpeight replied... on 31 October 2010
Me too, Die hard Marin fan :)
Thanks dude
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univega said on 31 October 2010
it looks dangerous
LewSpeight replied... on 31 October 2010
It friggin is :) i love how safe it feels pelting it down a trail. Built like a tank
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easilee said on 30 October 2010
your not gettin a 10,its not as nice as my norco hahahahaha
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pipus said on 29 October 2010
a very stealthy ride.its itchin for some upgrades. marin make seriously aggressive bikes, like it mate lookin at a wolfridge/attack trail to pair up with my hardtail.
LewSpeight replied... on 29 October 2010
Thanks mate, yeh i had the Wolfridge before :) its nice, but if you've got a hardtail, i'd go for attack trail, completely different bike, where as the wolfridge is technically a Trail bike, and your hardtail would be too similar.
Also, what would ya suggest for upgrades?
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Ali061 said on 28 October 2010
Nice!
The original Quake!
Love the forks!
LewSpeight replied... on 28 October 2010
Yup. The original is always the best :)
Yeh the forks aren't too bad, gunna go upto some boxxers soon me thinks :)
Thanks for the rating!
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nathan83 said on 27 October 2010
sweet ride mate, great spec! rate mine cheers
LewSpeight replied... on 28 October 2010
Thanks mate!
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