CAN A BUDGET HARDTAIL MTB SURVIVE WHISTLER BIKE PARK??

After riding Whistler mountain bike park for a whole week of Crankworx and Red Bull Joyride, it’s clear that almost every rider spends thousands of pounds on their enduro and downhill mountain bikes. But I wanted to answer the question, can an affordable budget hardtail MTB survive whistler bike park’s downhill tracks, jump trails like A Line and double black diamond downhill tracks.
Enjoy the test video on the Marin San Quentin 1.
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today we’re going to answer the question what can an entry-level hard tail actually achieve so it’s been a long time since I worked with the Marine San Quentin hard tail this was a project that I was super involved with with Marin where we wanted to design a hardtail mountain bike that can do everything a bike that’s as suited on pump tracks and kind of your local Trails as it is here at Whistler Mountain Bike Park so this is the San Quentin 1 which is their most entry-level model the prices for this are 895 or $1,100 it’s a super sick bike with like heavy upgrade options it’s got the routing dropper post it’s a bike that you can absolutely upgrade yourself and make better but fresh out of the box this is brand new and I’ve just got the lift up to the top of aine so I feel like we’re going straight in the deep end on a bike that I know is capable but I want to prove to you guys how epic these hard tailes truly are and for that price point coming to Whistler it’s going to be a sick video isn’t it let’s drop into aine I got Duncan Shaw following me on his trail bike I’m nervous let’s do it you ready aine but the brakes are definitely going to need to B in woo so far so good right I’m going to get into it now I can trust this thing properly here we go so sick actually feels really comfortable do you want to go into the woods and do some BMS this bike does do it all even though the brakes really need to bed in this is actually super hardtail friendly woo you can rip this bike oh my word this is honestly really surprised me I dropped you I actually lost you it’s not too bad this thing blows my mind honestly spend less than 900 quid on this and come to Whistler how much money will you have left over for beer and food and fun this is sick look at that feature there let’s push this hard tail to the limits pulled over on the side of that nice smooth blue and already I’m kind of getting really over excited about this hard tail so we found this proper a classic Northshore wher style track with a drop up there over a tree stamp and then they step onto a bridge and a drop off and the landing is full and riddled with braking bumps that’s a bit that’s going to catch me out but actually to prove what hard tail can do at wer bike park I can’t ignore this stuff this is Whistler so let’s do some proper black diamonds already this wasn’t what we had planned we were going to do blue runs and maybe aine and now look I love this bike oh wow all right boys oh we’re on now that was scary yes this bike’s brilliant all right let’s carry on it was so sick stopping and doing some proper jumps on this thing though I’ve got so much faith in it now so we can go Big Woo oh you do feel the Rocks but I kind of like it it’s proper involved oh my God that’s that was not the track but she loves it the hard tail loves it I’m so stoked that this bike can just hit the drops the jumps Road gaps now we’re back on real technical stuff because of the super slack head angle this bike just eats it up and you can maintain so much control I’m buzzing I’m so into it there’s a brand new track here called Tatiana it is a double black diamond I think it’ll be the first time San quenon 1’s been taken down a double black diamond I kind of want to be the first FA and if we’re out here to prove this bike let’s do it boys and you start things off with a nice skinny all right jump onto this and jump off oh my God this is going to be so hairy I I can’t I can’t believe I’m doing this wow what can’t this bike do that was nearly a nearly a crash but I didn’t this is a double black oh my God oh my God woo H tail yes M this thing this thing’s astonishing what a bike hey I’m pretty sure it’s only got 130 M of front travel all of these rocks are bigger than 130 mil just deals with it so well I mean you can probably hear the brake bumps but the fact that I’m still going and still have life in my arms and hands is a pretty good thing I’m loving this it’s like you get to appreciate mountain biking all over again cuz all the little elements of the trail come out yes I spent the entire start of my career riding hard tails and people told me like mt they told my parents even don’t get your sons Matt jono downhill bikes and jro bikes they don’t need them they need to learn all their skills on a hard tail and I think for me having that as a reminder I spend I spend so little time on these aggressive hard tailes now I I’m going to definitely build up my san quinon again it’s just so fun and the San quente one being the most entry-level spec the fact that we just did a lap of Whistler bike park and it just ate it out I hit the jumps the technical stuff the road gaps The Rock rolls The Roots the BMS it’s just so good value for money so brilliant so get online get down your local Marine dealer and ask about the than quenon one because honestly we’re at the best mountain bike park on Earth that feels like just the best bike if you’re getting into it Legends