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Pootling up and down the road it all feels pretty good. I'll have to take it out on a proper trail ride before passing judgement on the bar height - I don't think I'd want it any lower, but then again a bit of weight on the front tends not to be a bad thing for sloppy muddy winter riding, and...

Found some stick on house guides that I'd forgotten about in the garage, so using these for the rear brake - couldn't be arsed with drilling out the cable stops!

Having filed down the outer plate of the adapter to fit around the drop outs, getting the rear brake working was very straightforward (just like on a regular IS mount frame). The braking is very good, no play or movement discernable, bolts stay tight so I'm optimistic this will be a good long...

It LIVES!!

After much filing, the disc mount adapter seems to fit. Hoping to get the brake working later today.

Some pics would be great thanks. Would be good to see how you handled the cutting / filing of the clamp plate.

@geddy1972 cool thanks, that gives me a bit more confidence that it should be possible to get this to work well with a bit of patient fettling!

I was thinking of adding a bolt into the rear rack screw hole to stop the adapter from rotating at all (the seat stay will brace it against the braking force, but there's currently nothing but the friction of the clamping force to stop it from rotating back in the other direction - eg if...

The rear disc adapter. I think all it needs is a bit of aluminium plate cut to add some height to the seat stay, and some washers to prevent the outer plate from bending when tightened down. In the worst case, the IS tabs may need filing to get the caliper alignment spot on. I suspect getting...

Planning on using these 780mm bars with a 60mm stem. I love this combo on my hardtail, and the geometry is fairly similar, so I reckon this should work. I'd prefer a silver stem to match the bars and seat post, but this is what I had in the spares bin so it'll do! Gripshifters swapped for...

The fork off the junked Subway turned out to be an exact match for the axle to crown height at 420mm. Wouldn't have minded it a smidge higher to slacken the head angle just a touch, but at least I won't have to worry about the BB being raised up beyond what's sensible. The crown race was...

Love that build of yours - the BMX style bars look great on it. Very envious of your workshop too!

I've already got a 1993 Kona Fire Mountain that fills that niche perfectly (and it doesn't get ridden all that much!). If this experiment doesn't pan out, that's plan B though.

I've used Avid BB7 road brakes with Shimano road brake levers and they were really good. I'd definitely use them again on a build.

I'm mostly into slightly more modern retro bikes with disc brakes and functional suspension, and for me: There's a charm and character to many 90s/00s bikes that I find lacking in most modern MTBs. It's a way to enjoy MTB without excessive consumerism, low cost and low environmental impact...

Final thought: - I wonder if a BMX or motocross handlebar would suit this project.....

So, me and the Marin have had some good times, but it's not really been getting ridden much recently. If the weather's decent, I'd rather take my modern (well - by RB standards!) fancy FS for a blast, and if the weathers terrible the vee brakes and tiny narrow bar / long stem feel really...

I'm lucky enough to still own my first ever MTB, a 1997 Marin Hawk Hill. It's been through various guises over the years... As original - complete with terrible terrible RST 181 elastomer sprung fork, and (the shame) riser bars with bar ends The RSTs were so bad I swapped them out for a...

That sounds like it'll look ace when you're done, looking forward to seeing the pics!

Ooh, the white industries cranksets are nice, I'd definitely keep that. Some of the OEM manitou forks were pretty good - I like the feel of the "TPC" damped ones. More importantly, the axle to crown length is a great match for the frame. M739 gears/brakes sounds like a good shout. Another...