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Re: Thanks for the reply. I got the one from earlier up the thread so all sorted now. Cheers

Re: Hadn't seen that one. Looks good. I'm hopeful it will be tough enough. If not, I'll strip it off and start again.

Re: Was just Hammerite grey stonechip paint. I haven't done the whole bike yet but I'm going to use a light coat of this: https://www.homebase.co.uk/rust-oleum-t ... ml_p653838 To get the textured finish. Would only work for 1991 onwards. The early ones are a much lighter grey.

Forks arrived from a top seller on here. Here it is mocked up. Will just be prepping for a while now. Untitled by Mac74, on Flickr Untitled by Mac74, on Flickr For about 10 seconds, I did think about just clearcoating it and building it up as is :P

I don't like it too easy!

Have a better stem for the Pine Mountain now, the other one was off a Muirwoods and had too high a rise. Needs repainted but so does the whole bike! Untitled by Mac74, on Flickr

Thanks. Quite pleased with it, going to try it out at the weekend, if it ever stops raining :-o

Re: Re: Can see your pictures now, that looks great, hopefully mine will end up as nice as that. Cheers

Re: Funny that you should ask this, I was actually just about to do an update. The project kind of took a sideways step as they have a habit of doing, I'm still doing the Pine Mountain, I just got distracted by another. As the PM was just a bare frame, I was on the lookout for fork, stem...

Pmd you. :-)

After a set of these. 11/8. Threaded. They are for a 17.5" frame so the headtube is around 150mm. I can do some more accurate measurements if anyone has a set. Going to be repainted, so not bothered on colour or cosmetic condition. There is a set in the for sale but they are threadless and...

Re: 1990 Marin Pine Mountain Build Thanks, looking forward to getting stuck into it. I bought grey stonechip paint, etch primer and flouro orange paint at the weekend in readiness. One thing I have realised after checking the serial no. is that it is actually a 91 Pine Mountain so a slightly...

Re: 1990 Marin Pine Mountain Build To break the monotony of sanding the old paint off, I started thinking about the saddle. I have a nice Flite which I was going to use but I don't find them particularly comfy. I have this old Velo which is like an armchair to sit on. It had red panels at...

Re: You can buy Dart (and Smoke) reissues. https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/pan ... wg_id-5600 I've bought a few from here. They get delivered in a few days.

Pm re fork, stem and bars.