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Old School Hero
Thought I'd share a few photos from a ride I took today on my 1994 Team Marin.
It was just amazing to finally be able to ride this bike. Went for a bit of a ride through some fields, some dirt roads, some tow paths, and a few miles on road. Nice and varied (at least the type of stuff I usually ride on) to test the bike out a bit.
Has been a few months since I started this build, which, funnily enough, started life as a 1994 Pine Mountain. By the end I had changed so many bits on the bike, that I figured I may as well just change the frame too while I'm at it . So my Pine Mountain became a Team Marin.
So here she is.
The bike weighs in at 8960g or 19.75 lbs as pictured (minus bottle cage+front/rear led lights). It's awesome to ride. Very responsive, but not too twitchy.
This is 100% a bike meant to be ridden . The choice in parts have all been a compromise between usability, niceness and lightness. Basically all the parts used were absolute bargains though too .
Here's the full parts list. Still waiting on a couple more parts though
-Marin Team Marin 19"
-Shimano Deore XT front derailleur
-Shimano Deore XT rear derailleur
-Shimano Deore LX chainset
-Shimano Deore LX Parallax hubs
-Shimano CS-HG41-7ac 7 speed casette
-Lightweight ritchey rims
-Marin Eldridge Grade spokes
-KTER Titanium/aluminium allen key skewers
-PlanetX 'Frogs Bollox' cantilever Brakes
-Ultralight aluminium auxillary brake levers
-Sram MRX Comp grip shifters
-Marin Lite Aluminium bars
-SRAM slickwire MTB brake outers
-SRAM slickwire MTB brake outers as gear outers (these particular cables are awesome since they work well for both)
-Stella Azzura foam grips
-ETC black threadless stem
-Aluminium stem wedge, shortened stem bolt and diy bolt housing
-Schwalbe Marathon Racer tyres
-Schwalbe xxlight inner tubes
-Full Carbon saddle
-Titanium seatbolt and flange nut
-Nylon water bottle cage screws
-GUB alloy Chainring bolts
-CNC alloy 11T jockey wheels
-ROCKBROS Ti Flat Pedals
-GUB seatpost - light post with big clamp for carbon rails (in the mail)
For touring, I'll switch out the marin bars for modelo butterfly bars, brake levers for shimano ultegra flat levers, shifters for friction thumb shifters, saddle for brooks b17, add mudguards + rear rack. The bike is 10kg with all this stuff changed.
It was just amazing to finally be able to ride this bike. Went for a bit of a ride through some fields, some dirt roads, some tow paths, and a few miles on road. Nice and varied (at least the type of stuff I usually ride on) to test the bike out a bit.
Has been a few months since I started this build, which, funnily enough, started life as a 1994 Pine Mountain. By the end I had changed so many bits on the bike, that I figured I may as well just change the frame too while I'm at it . So my Pine Mountain became a Team Marin.
So here she is.
The bike weighs in at 8960g or 19.75 lbs as pictured (minus bottle cage+front/rear led lights). It's awesome to ride. Very responsive, but not too twitchy.
This is 100% a bike meant to be ridden . The choice in parts have all been a compromise between usability, niceness and lightness. Basically all the parts used were absolute bargains though too .
Here's the full parts list. Still waiting on a couple more parts though
-Marin Team Marin 19"
-Shimano Deore XT front derailleur
-Shimano Deore XT rear derailleur
-Shimano Deore LX chainset
-Shimano Deore LX Parallax hubs
-Shimano CS-HG41-7ac 7 speed casette
-Lightweight ritchey rims
-Marin Eldridge Grade spokes
-KTER Titanium/aluminium allen key skewers
-PlanetX 'Frogs Bollox' cantilever Brakes
-Ultralight aluminium auxillary brake levers
-Sram MRX Comp grip shifters
-Marin Lite Aluminium bars
-SRAM slickwire MTB brake outers
-SRAM slickwire MTB brake outers as gear outers (these particular cables are awesome since they work well for both)
-Stella Azzura foam grips
-ETC black threadless stem
-Aluminium stem wedge, shortened stem bolt and diy bolt housing
-Schwalbe Marathon Racer tyres
-Schwalbe xxlight inner tubes
-Full Carbon saddle
-Titanium seatbolt and flange nut
-Nylon water bottle cage screws
-GUB alloy Chainring bolts
-CNC alloy 11T jockey wheels
-ROCKBROS Ti Flat Pedals
-GUB seatpost - light post with big clamp for carbon rails (in the mail)
For touring, I'll switch out the marin bars for modelo butterfly bars, brake levers for shimano ultegra flat levers, shifters for friction thumb shifters, saddle for brooks b17, add mudguards + rear rack. The bike is 10kg with all this stuff changed.