[M_Six]

The 2021 Marlin 7 has a sweet looking 1x. That would have been my preference, but I would have had to order it and I wouldn't have received it until November. Trek is that far behind. But just from riding a few hills today, I can't see the need for the small ring on my 6. Granted, I didn't hit the really steep hills around here yet, but the one hill where I went to the small ring, I was spinning air on most of the rear gears. The trails around our local lake have some "bedroom wall" hills, so maybe the extra gears will come in handy there.