2022 Trek Marlin 5 Vs. 2021 Trek Marlin 6

Hello and Welcome to the flow! Today on Cycling With Sully we are comparing the brand new 2022 Trek Marlin 5 to the 2021 Trek Marlin 6. Trek’s Marlin line is a staple in the entry level mountain bike hardtail market. For many their first mountain bike was a Marlin. When I took a first look at the 2022 Trek Marlin 5 it looked awfully familiar to the 2021 Trek Marlin 6. Stick around to learn the differences and similarities between the 2022 Trek Marlin 5 and the 2021 Trek Marlin 6.

[wayniewayne]

I'll go to marlin 5 2022 thanks for the good review!

[ballom]

I have a feeling that the marlin 6 2022 will be a huge upgrade over the marlin 6 2021. It will probably get upgraded to have the same kind of specs as fx 3 and dual sport 3 with an acera-alivio drivetrain. Marlin 7 will probably not be touched by trek since it jumped from acera to deore last year and thats a huge upgrade and also went from xc30 to judy fork. Marlin 8 is going to the be new flagship and yet again marlin 4 will be conveniently ignored by trek because they don’t care about that model.

[Tullowit]

Very informative. Thanks for the comparison video!

[andrewspaez]

I just bought the 5 2022 M for me and the 6 S Marlin for my wife... She gets the best one 😂

[vasekvi]

I literally bought these two bikes yesterday in the same colors. The 5 for the wifey in XS and the 6 for me in L.

[jasonprince]

I wonder since the Marlin 7 got upgraded for 2021 if the 6 will get components from the 2020 Marlin 7.

[xixas]

CAN you made a video, the best bikes under 1500$, im looking at Canyon Stoic 3 but dont know if is good

[mikeironman]

Awesome, I have the marlin 5 2021. Wondering if it's with upgrading?

[outdoorlifetn]

They don't have the same cassette. 11-34 on Marlin 6 and 12-32 on Marlin 5

[tubefxmstr]

Everybody who bought the Marlin 6 2021 just got duped! 2022 Marlin 5 is exactly a 2021 Marlin 6 that's $60 cheaper! But I'm keeping the 2021 M6 cause my son likes the color :).

[thescienceandfuncrew]

I think there is not much of a difference in marlin 7 and marlin 8 except marlin 8 has air fork of same travel as 7 and 8 has sram xs eagle . I would still prefer marlin 7 as it is 300$ less than 8 .
Plz share your opinion

[abhishekhundalekar]

Why Trek marlin 6 7 and above models have low gears while 5lmarlin 5 and dual sport have 24 gears
Why Trek is reducing the number of gears or speed to costly cycles
And does speed reduce from 3x to 2x

[L]

Yeah no even with $5000-$6000 bikes you're not getting anything that even resembles alpine blue. Breaks, drivetrain, and fork can be upgraded so marlin 6 can perform better than marlin 8.

[gonzalogarcia]

Hello from Chile with respect good video so is the same bike

[josephgray]

Really? What's to dislike about this video!

[ChoBoTa]

marlin 6 has better tires. its not the bontrage