Send It!!! Maryland Mountain Biking Patapsco Valley SP Mckeldin Area

Trek Marlin 6 Mountain biking at Patapsco Valley State Park, Mckeldin Area. Parked by the Trian tracks in Marrottisville, Maryland and rode 5 miles around the park and checked out Mckeldin Rapids. Comment with any questions I hope you enjoyed. Subscribe and check out more channel for other adventures!!!
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[@markcooper3276]

your bike sounds like it's about to fall apart any second. Might wanna tighten some stuff up maybe?

[@kwaktak]

All low-mid level Marlins sound like that. It's a combination of internal cable routing rattle and chain slap. His is a 2020 Marlin 6 which has a Shimano Altus rear derailleur which doesn't have a clutch so the chain will slap against the chainstay. Newer Marlins now feature 1x drivetrains which have a clutch on the rear derailleur. As for the internal cables, the solution to that is to route a foam sleeves (they're sold by Specialized bicycles) inside the frame tubing. Both upgrades can be done for about $300 in tool and parts. I did them myself to a 2019 Marlin 7 which came as an Altus/Acera 3x9 and is now a Shimano Deore 1x10.

[@kwaktak]

Hello from Pittsburgh. How loose are the trails there east of the divide this early in the season? We typically have muck until mid April.

[@theadventureswithben]

Trails have been hit or miss latley. We had 2 weeks of warm and dry weather so it was good but now we got a lot of rain so it'll probably be muddy for a while longer.