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That’s an expensive repaint for someone.. Props to the original owner though - “never mind that fancy lugwork, mate.. is there a braze on for a stand?”

Hed wheels is an interesting shout on a skinny steel frame. Did you see one in your formative years with that combo?

I’ve seen worse thread revivals than 10 yrs on RB! I’ll pass regardless. I like my bikes crack free. So… do we get to see your dream build?

Sensational build. If it were 18” you would have presented me with a bit of a dilemma, given I’ve literally just acquired a mint one after years of looking - plus, per the map you look like you’re 5 mins away from me. Would have been all too convenient! GLWS

Yep.. that’s the one. If anyone has a (spare) mint 18” (or even a 17” at a push), pls do pm 😊

‘97 Kona AA Red Bomber z2 M739 Vs and levers Gripshift SRT800 Red X-lite DH bars Polished Answer Atac Gold Mavic 217s on Shimano LX (r) / (red) Pace suspension (f) Red x-lite s/post Red Kevlar Club Roost saddle Shimano m569 chainset XT r/mech LX f/mech LX headset Kona scratch n sniff tyres...

I was about to say the same thing to you, sir 😂

Had to double take at that pic… 😂

I remember the article 😊

Fantastic find.. Begs the question.. what else did he have in the warehouse?

Maybe Sun rims? I have a set in just that blue..

A 26.6 and a 27.2 would have finished off two builds for me! Damn you, millimetres..

Yeah, I know.. and you aren’t wrong

It’s always such a shame to see bikes of this quality in that state. One day, a long time ago, someone made the conscious decision to upgrade to Vs, stick on a set of Mach 5s and an I beam.. They must have been “into” mountain bikes, rather than just looking for a bike to ride. Then...

Interestingly, it is a Marin, just not that particular one..

A replica? In a factory sealed box? Hmmm..

What happens if the parts are never assembled in the factory, but just sit in the box, along with the frameset, unbuilt, for a couple of decades - only to be built by me, 30 years later? Cos I have one of those.

So, let me understand this. A bike entirely built from new old stock parts, that is never ridden, can only be deemed a new old stock bike if it was the manufacturer (i.e. some minimum wage dude in Taiwan, employed by a third party factory) that bolted all the new parts onto it? If anyone other...

Don’t even set the gears up on full NOS builds, much less ride ‘em

A NOS bike is everything NOS. The whole thing. If I chose then to sell that bike, and so long as it was built but not ridden, I am, theoretically, comfortable in referring to it as a NOS bike. However, as I never sell my builds, it is all a bit academic for me