1990 Marin Team Titanium - updated 5th June page 3
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Been a while since anything has happened with this long term project.
I decided to get a move on with some things, since I now have all the parts needed to build one of them up.
I started to polish the Titanium by hand, but soon realised it was pretty fruitless due the surface hardness of Ti. I gave up, and dropped it off with my local metal polisher. What a difference! It looks better than new. It wasn't cheap, but well worth the extra money. They took real care in ensuring that they didn't wipe away the grained suraface of the bottom bracket and dropouts.
I put some of my decals on, but ran out of time.
I have put my other NOS frame behind as a comparison for decals and quality of finish.
I will build the 2 bikes up alongside one another. One will be my dream 1990 race spec and the other will be pure catalogue standard.
Enjoy the pictures...
I decided to get a move on with some things, since I now have all the parts needed to build one of them up.
I started to polish the Titanium by hand, but soon realised it was pretty fruitless due the surface hardness of Ti. I gave up, and dropped it off with my local metal polisher. What a difference! It looks better than new. It wasn't cheap, but well worth the extra money. They took real care in ensuring that they didn't wipe away the grained suraface of the bottom bracket and dropouts.
I put some of my decals on, but ran out of time.
I have put my other NOS frame behind as a comparison for decals and quality of finish.
I will build the 2 bikes up alongside one another. One will be my dream 1990 race spec and the other will be pure catalogue standard.
Enjoy the pictures...
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Good job well done, it looks a bit better than the Tcut job I did on it for you 10 years+ ago.
After many other projects have pushed this one to the back of the queue, it finds itself towards the fore once more.
I took stock of what parts I'd accumulated and stored away. Then i decided to start the mock build using some old wheels and a set of old porcs, to get the feel.
I've not properly fitted the forks, as i'm just dialling in the height.
So to commentate so far, the forks need cutting down and a small Black headset spacer putting in between the Black logo-less King headset. The Ti Odyssey Svelte seat pin bolt is securing the series 1 Syncros post and first year Flite saddle that's had a recover. The NOS Syncros stem (needs lowering a touch) clamps some uncut Black Hyperlites. The Black Cook's cranks use a Ti granny with ti bolts and Black SR rings with Black alloy bolts. All this spins on an Action Tec Ti BB.
I need to trim the hoses on the Magura Hydro stops, and bleed them with new fluid. The rear brake fits the U-brake mount quite nicely.
I have to admit that I have put the XT rear mech to one side as I struggled to get the alloy pivot bolt back in place as the spring is so strong I did manage to swap the jockey bolts for Black alloy and the cage for carbon. Not forgetting the Ti clamp bolt too. The front mech is standard XT but will receive some lighter bolts as well. I am using XT rapidfire (push push) first edition shifters on this bike, but will have to split and service the 2 sets I have to find the best pair.
The wheels are being built with NOS Araya RM20's in Black with Black alloy nipples and DB DT spokes. The hubs are the first edition Ti Nuke proof. The cassette is Action Tec Ti and the chain is NOS HG90, still on its way from Germany.
I can't wait to weigh it!
Sorry for the low grade picture for the time being.
Here's another next to its younger brother for sizing purposes.
I took stock of what parts I'd accumulated and stored away. Then i decided to start the mock build using some old wheels and a set of old porcs, to get the feel.
I've not properly fitted the forks, as i'm just dialling in the height.
So to commentate so far, the forks need cutting down and a small Black headset spacer putting in between the Black logo-less King headset. The Ti Odyssey Svelte seat pin bolt is securing the series 1 Syncros post and first year Flite saddle that's had a recover. The NOS Syncros stem (needs lowering a touch) clamps some uncut Black Hyperlites. The Black Cook's cranks use a Ti granny with ti bolts and Black SR rings with Black alloy bolts. All this spins on an Action Tec Ti BB.
I need to trim the hoses on the Magura Hydro stops, and bleed them with new fluid. The rear brake fits the U-brake mount quite nicely.
I have to admit that I have put the XT rear mech to one side as I struggled to get the alloy pivot bolt back in place as the spring is so strong I did manage to swap the jockey bolts for Black alloy and the cage for carbon. Not forgetting the Ti clamp bolt too. The front mech is standard XT but will receive some lighter bolts as well. I am using XT rapidfire (push push) first edition shifters on this bike, but will have to split and service the 2 sets I have to find the best pair.
The wheels are being built with NOS Araya RM20's in Black with Black alloy nipples and DB DT spokes. The hubs are the first edition Ti Nuke proof. The cassette is Action Tec Ti and the chain is NOS HG90, still on its way from Germany.
I can't wait to weigh it!
Sorry for the low grade picture for the time being.
Here's another next to its younger brother for sizing purposes.
