I hope you have not bought a bike yet but the marlin 8 is a good bike for the money but the Marlon 7 is also a good bike for the money for a mor entry level bike and it will last the only difference is the drive train and the fork but those two bike are good but you must choose if witch one to get but if you get the 8 the sram sx is srams entry level drive train a it does seem to brake
