1995 Team Marin reimagined: Bumblebee

[Bearvalley90]

I have always been a Marin man. My first ever mtb was a 1992 Marin Muirwoods. A couple of months or so ago, I bought a rough as a badger 1995 Team Marin. It had a bad respray with the bb and headset still in, but I saw a diamond in the rough and sought advice from my brother (classicdodo on this site) as to what to do. After discussion and several glasses of red wine, it was decided that I would not restore to factory, but rather seek inspiration from the euro spec 1991 marins; specifically the Muirwoods with its all fluro paint frame and forks, and black groupset. This will not be a full XT or XTR M900 build exiotica. This will be classic black deore LX with a couple of XT/hope thrown in. It’s not going to be original, it’s my idea (with a lot of brotherly advice), and I think it will turn out pretty cool.

 

[Bearvalley90]

Titanium bottle cage bolts for the crucial performance gain…

 

[Bearvalley90]

XT and hope Ti glide hubs on halo rims. Modern rims as I intend to use this and I don’t want retro rims to implode. Terra One tires

 

[Bearvalley90]

how it looks after my fettling today; ritchey logic headset, zoom bars, inline seatpost and titanium seat clamp bolt. Sweet Jesus it’s so yellow in the sunlight it burns the retinas

 

[ClassicDodo]

Looking awesome, so very yellow!

 

[Bearvalley90]

Looking awesome, so very yellow!

Thank you! It’s so bright! The guys at Argos Racing came outside with the frame to show me it in sunlight to get the full fluro effect

 

[CTK]

Love the paint, looks brill so far.

 

[brocklanders023]

Looks ace! Paint looks a great match too, what is it?

 

[Bearvalley90]

Looks ace! Paint looks a great match too, what is it?

The guys at Argos based their fluro yellow on the really early Pace bikes; it matches the fluro yellow of my 1991 Marin palisades pretty well

 

[BOBU]

That's a stunning job you're doing, just love it! I'd define at as a sympathetic re-imagine as although latest-gen parts are fitted, they are entirely in keeping with mid-90's Marin ethics/aesthetics. It will be, I'm sure, a gorgeous machine to ride - well done.