Decisions, decisions - help me decide!

[Imlach]

I don't have the space or the parts to keep both unfortunately. I'm learning towards the Trek but it could go either way. I also have no forks for the Marin and the long head tube is making it difficult to source some that are suitable.

Reckon you answered your own question there mate

*people in dark cloaked hoods appear from the woods, chanting*

Trek! Trek! Trek!

 

[Jamesbike]

Marin looks a much cleaner frame!

 

[mk one]

Marin, and use the forks off the Trek.

 

[retroJIM]

Marin, and use the forks off the Trek.

I wondered about that but the steerer is an inch too short and they're 1", the Marin is 1 1/8".

Marin looks a much cleaner frame!

That's true but the stays have some pretty bad fading from the sun. They're almost Orange now.

 

[marc two tone]

Ive gone for trek.
Its a one colour powder job. As much as i want the marin to be built and ridden, those 1992 colour jobs are never the same again once stripped off. No matter how you go about it.

Yeah trek.

 

[RetroDavy]

Having the forks with the frame makes life much easier. The Trek frame will look good in single colour powder coat, as marc two tone says. I guess the wheels (135mm rear hub spacing?) and other parts will fit either frame so...

Trek for me too

 

[CTK]

Even if the Marin had the forks I'd go for the Trek. Without the forks it's a no brainer.

 

[KermitGKona88]

Much as I like the Marin, the Trek is a far more interesting frame...

 

[Jamesbike]

I wondered about that but the steerer is an inch too short and they're 1", the Marin is 1 1/8".



That's true but the stays have some pretty bad fading from the sun. They're almost Orange now.

Thought you were pounder coating it?

It's give it a modern look and the some Marin decals.

Mazda soul red for instance and black graphics.

 

[Bearvalley90]

I would say Marin; I am am however heavily biased towards early 90’s marins, but they are such a lovely riding frame