1995 Marin Team project

[kingoffootball]

That looks a really good match to the forks, great work.

 

[alimack04]

Good enough to ride!

The paint cured beautifully and after a week it is still on my little fingernail so I'm guessing it's pretty durable!
I followed the Park tools order for reassembling the bike with the exception of the wheels which were already assembled.
First i reassembled the headset and attached the forks, then i reassembled the bottom bracket and attached the cranks and pedals. Then the brakes and rear and front derailleurs. I put the original chain back on with a new quick link but will prob get a new chain as this one has had a ton of muck on it for a while and is probably corroded. Finally i attached the brake and shift cables. This was the hardest part as i used Jagwire braided race cables mainly cos they look cool and were cheaper than buying separate MTB specific ones. The issue was that the Marin has canti brakes and so needs a separate 4inch piece of cabling for the rear brake which means i didn't have enough/the right cable ends. Also despite using a Park tools cable cutter (trust me the only one you should use) the ends have little frayed edges which make it really hard to get the end caps on. I trued the wheels to as close as dammit and then indexed the gears. I HATE INDEXING GEARS! I can never get it right and all of my messing about stripped some of the teflon off the cables and frayed the front cable. But they seem to be indexed correctly tho i may replace that cable. Enjoy the pictures, there are still decals to do which will be intetesting especially the embossed metal ones but for the moment I'm off to (tentatively) get some mud on it!!

 

[k-rod]

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jeepers dude, that turned out awesome!

 

[alimack04]

Before and afters

Cos it's Monday.

 

[marc two tone]

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Very good!

It's all come up nice, you should get another 21 years out of it. Just shows that some rust can look bad, but pretty much cosmetic.

Although not essential, i plugged up the rear pannier/guard fixing hole, just to keep the crap out. I recommend it.

 

[alimack04]

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Although not essential, i plugged up the rear pannier/guard fixing hole, just to keep the crap out. I recommend it.

Thanks, yeah that's a good shout. Will definitely do that.