{"id":64947,"date":"2024-04-14T17:19:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=64947"},"modified":"2024-04-14T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:19:52","slug":"first-ride-on-my-new-trek-marlin-8-mtb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/04\/14\/first-ride-on-my-new-trek-marlin-8-mtb\/","title":{"rendered":"First Ride On My New Trek Marlin 8 MTB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First Ride On My New Trek Marlin 8 MTB 4\/14\/2024\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XjXKaIQ01tc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today was my first ride on the Trek Marlin 8 MTB I bough last month. I haven&#8217;t had an opportunity to ride it until today. I can&#8217; remember the last time I rode a MTB and this was a get to know me ride. Checking SportTracks I saw the last MTB I owned was a Motobecane &#8211; 2010 700HT last rode 6 years 2 months ago. The Trek rides on 29&#8243; tires and is a size M\/L which took some time to learn how to get on and off. Figuring out how to change the rear gears took a few minutes too. One lever was behind the brake lever on the right side. Compared to the 28mm tires on my road bikes the 29&#215;2.35 tire looked huge but they absorbed bumps my road bikes would&#8217;ve bounced over. The weather was great for a MTB ride on Kingwood&#8217;s greenbelt trails. Weather: Start 82 degrees, humidity 62%, dew point 67.5, partly cloudy, wind S 12 mph gusts 20 mph; Finish 81 degrees, humidity 61%, dew point 66.7, partly cloudy, wind SE 14 mph. 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