[Closed] Marin wolfridge.....will I suffer

I had one a number of years ago. I really liked it. It got robbed and I replaced it with an orange 5. Thankfully that also got robbed.

Nah, they're great- not light frames, and you'll probably want to build it strong too but it's no worse going up than say a Pitch or a Five or other similiar bike. It just kept being compared to FSRs and other allroundery things, these days it'd be marketed as enduro/winch and drop/similiar.

Quite short TTs (or short feeling?) though, careful of sizing.

I have the '09 version. Yes, they are heavy frames, there's no getting away from that fact. Mine weighs around 33lb i think and I'm just over 9 stone for comparison!

BUT! Its an absolutely fantastic bike to ride, i choose that one over my 26lb XC full susser almost every time. It climbs pretty well for a heavy bike, the wind down pikes & rp23 shock are pretty effective in altering the angles for climbing.
As for the rest, i love it - confidence inspiring on the downs & the rough stuff yet still great fun on single track.

EDIT : Top Tube is quite short i agree, mine is the small/15.5" frame and it fits me perfectly with the stock bars & stem - I'm 5'2" .

Go for it!

Cheers chaps It would be used mostly on the downs and the odd trip to scarier climbs and decents in wales etc...

Im 6'1 and it is a large frame.

I've an '09 Wolf Ridge too. It's taken me a while to build it into my ideal bike, but it's bloody fantastic and I wouldn't swap it easily - consider that my other bikes are a Spesh Camber, an old Enduro and an Orange Pure 7. I've thrown an awful lot of money at it, but it's a labour of love.

Mine is just over 31lb fully built, with Marzocchi 55CR forks, Hope/719 wheels and no dropper post but it is a fantastic mile munching bike that seems to climb extremely well indeed, in spite of it's descending friendly geometry. No doubt, my Fox CTD shock and chain device help smooth out any drivetrain jerkiness in the small ring but it never ceases to amaze me how it seems to just get on with whatever I throw at it without complaint.

I'm 5'11" and ride a large. You might be better off going for a 2010 Attack Trail, which has a slightly longer top tube, a tapered head tube and ISCG tabs as standard.

I have a couple of 09/10 Wolf Ridge II's and think they're a blast. One was my bike from new and the other bought to be a hire bike. Both now are used as regular hire bikes and take some punishment but come out the other end all happy and smiling.

I love the bikes, they can be a bit painful to climb with if you're a bit of an out of the saddle pedal masher, but flick on the propedal and sit and spin and you'll reach the top no bother.

I'm 5'7" and use the M 17.5" frame and it feels fine. Had guys up to about 6' use it without too much of a problem too.

If you don't want to keep the frame let me know. 8)

Thanks for the comments chaps iv'e gone ahead and purchased it so will start building next week , I am going to use 140mm pikes up front (Taken of my yeti 575) it's a 21'' frame so will be using the shortest stem possible.
I'm over 6ft so think this combo should be ok.

Potdog i'll bear you mind if I have a change of heart 🙂

Brilliant - you won't regret it. They're a future classic bike with a cult following, in many ways they were well ahead of their time.

Pikes suit the bike reasonably well, but a Wolf Ridge is begging for a bigger fork to be fitted. They're good for 160mm and feel all the better for it. A 160mm fork should be near the top of your list for future upgrades.

That's a good point - these are not bikes designed for out of the saddle climbing as, even with the propedal on they bob horribly if you do. Sit & spin & you can winch yourself up pretty much anything, i have a 900ft climb local to me which isn't a problem.

Thanks chaps.

these are not bikes designed for out of the saddle climbing as, even with the propedal on they bob horribly if you do. Sit & spin & you can winch yourself up pretty much anything, i have a 900ft climb local to me which isn't a problem.

How very true - they don't like out of the saddle honking. However, I've found that a chain device helps tame the granny ring bobbing somewhat.

i've got a quake. The bigger brother to the wolfridge. It rides very well and it is a decent climber, despite the weight. It's also easy to manual..

I'd recommend getting the bolt-through dropouts (142mm?) if you're going to go crazy on it. Winstanleys should have those.

IIRC all the 140mm bikes came with bolt through dropouts.

PJM, that's right. I just had a look and it was only the 07 quakes that came with 135 qr as standard. In 08, the bolt through 150mm were standard for the quakes