1997 Marin Hawk Hill restomod - not one for the purists!

[hawkhill97]

Bargain! Let's see how it turns out

 

[hawkhill97]

Went out for a spin on the woods - slippy muddy roots are... certainly engaging... on a rigid fork! A very different experience to riding the same trail on a hardtail.



Thinking of swapping the stem and spacers for silver ones. I lent some silver rimmed wheels to a friend a while ago so might see if he's willing to swap them out too. While I don't mind the way it looks at the moment, when I look back at old photos I reckon it looked betterer with more silver kit hung on it.

I'm also considering getting the fork powder coated to match the original one (slightly orangey metallic red). The only thing holding me back is that I'm not that keen on the aesthetics of a straight blade fork (and it's a bit of a naff hi-ten one). But so far I haven't been able to find a suitable curved disc fork online.

 

[hawkhill97]

Made a few tweaks to this one recently, as I felt it had lost a bit of the retro aesthetic in the conversion to disc brakes.

So fitted a silver stem, a nice wheelset with silver rims & hubs (thanks @Splatter Paint! They're ace and will save me bugging my friend for the silver wheelset I gave him ages ago), and painted the fork. Looks a lot more like "my bike" in its previous incarnations now

 

[hawkhill97]

Also swapped the tyres out for something a little less aggressive. The Maxxis high roller was overkill, these days I don't want to ride a rigid fork hard enough to get anywhere near the limits of grip! Tan walls would be lovely, but I had these in the shed and they will do nicely for now.

 

[hawkhill97]

Would obvs look nicer without the mudguards, but I sure do like staying dry