The Finest City Commuter | Marin Kentfield ST2 Review

This is an awesome bike, real honest review 👌🏼

This has become my dream bike ngl, i'm just in love with its clean lines and design!

Yes, bought my Marin Kentfield ST2 in Pensacola, Florida. Took it home with me to Detroit. But this really is a nice commuter which bailed me out a couple of times riding over chuck holes. The reviewer above is correct in stating that a hybrid like this should encourage bicycle transit. I have a couple of other road models, albeit the Marin is credible in its own right. Save on gas and park combustible engines! Buy a Marin and dress warm for cooler weather in Michigan if your headed this way. LOL. I welcome comments, questions or your own experiences.

Couple of my latest bikes are these "lady" form bikes, which I find great fun to use daily. And they look fresh to the eye, too. 26" wheels with MTB tire does great as a winter hack (but rust of steel parts), while 28" dressed Fat Frank is as supple, as this Marin, and nicely covers city distances in better conditions. All-in-all, these low frames make honest, loved bikes.

Just got the regular (not ST) version, rode 9 miles first day, absolutely comfortable and great gearing. Perhaps get new grips, easily takes rack, fenders and cages for whatever you want to carry. On short rides i put a speaker (fits perfectly) in a bottle cage. Tires are great on anything not muddy. Very long wheelbase and XL size is too long for some bike racks (local bus).

nice review! I just got a DSX 1 from Marin. Seems like there are a lot of similarities but the components are slightly lower tier on the Kentfield, but what a great bike if you have more every day runaround rides as opposed to more challenging bits.

Thanks --very helpful. Ddi you happen to compare it to the Raleigh Redux 2. Same price point. I was about to buy that bike and came across this review.

Good review man thanks. Yeah the Stinson/Kentfield/Larkspur look to overlap a bit. I have an all-road bike (Salsa Journeyer) for my distance, light touring, gravel grinding and a fat bike (Surly Wednesday) for trail/sand/snow/zombie apocalypse. But I'm looking at something for short runs around town e.g. grocery runs, pub-hopping, coffee shop with my wife Sunday mornings, whatever. I need something that will manage a rear rack and bags, be comfortable and upright for my 54 year old back, dependable and simple to maintain. Something like the Kentfield might be perfect. The only potential issue with this frame style is where to mount my Kryptonite U lock? A traditional diamond frame no problem. I guess in the panniers perhaps. Honestly I have agonized over this purchase as much as the bikes I spend most of my time on LOL. Thanks again for the review.

Thanks for the review! Do you know what's the weight of this bike?

I just bought this bike for a great deal, I got the step through as I will sometimes have my baby in a seat on the rear rack. I do a lot of rides around 30-60km in the city for commuting to work, and also on gravel trails. I was reading the cons of the step through and people mentioned the frame bending when going up hill, is this a real concern I should have? Personally so far I have found the bike quite stable (similar to my old Trek FX1 (Non step Through))

I'm looking at the Stinson at the moment, but this one could work as well. I was wondering if I could add a seat for a toddler on these bikes?

Hello, what do you think about bickepacking trip with this bike, 1000km +. Thank you

With a few minor adjustments to the current components, will this bike be able to do long distance bike touring? (such as around 1300+ miles)?

Hey what’s the biggest difference between Kentfield and Stinson? I’m looking for a daily commute to work with an upright position and not sure which one to go with..

I'm actually thinking about getting this bike I do long distance and short distance if the bike is comfortable and easy to pedal I think it would be perfect for where I live it's all flat no hills do you think this bike will be a good budget bike for me

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More entry level and commuter bikes should be a 1x.

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