Marin 1990 Bear Valley Rebuild - FINISHED !!! PAGE 38 !!!

[WD Pro]

Pretty much slap bang in the middle of the figures so far :shock: Quite surprising as it isn’t (other than inner tubes) a weenie build

I will hold back the exact weight until it has been on the trustworthy scales though – as soon as it’s dry, daylight and I have a picture to prove what’s on it, no missing pedals, chains, all the odds n sods that don’t get included etc …

WD

 

[sylus]

Dad, dadddddddd are we there yet?

 

[feetabix]

I'm going to kill a small puppy for every hour there isn't a finished photo on this thread........you wouldn't want that on your concience now would you?.......be reasonable!.....it will be your fault!......

 

[Khane]

as long as it's not kittens

 

[WD Pro]

I need daylight, dry weather and time at home - since the last build update the three haven’t coincided

I only have the gear cables to fettle / adjust now (and the scales to get out of the loft )

WD

 

[feetabix]

.....do you hear that?......that's 'spot' in the dishwasher.....you've been warned!......

 

[hamster]

I'd guess at 23-24lb. My 1990 Palisades tourer weighs 25ish and has a Use seatpost, White Ind Cranks and Real BB but also mudguards, rack, drops and Maguras.
:?

 

[WD Pro]

It's finished ... :shock:

I actually finished it last weekend but after a few spins around the estate I had a few tweaks / adjustments to do which were finished yesterday no final pics yet, I don't want to photograph it in the kitchen / bedroom / lounge etc and it hasn't stopped raining yet :-(

Rode very well faster rolling than I remember (but I never had slicks on it) and better stopping than I remember to - after reading all the 'canti's are sh1t' statements I hear on here I thought I was perhaps remembering them with rose tinted specs and my extra three stone since last time around wasn't going to help they are actually quite good though ... ;-)

My arse isn't happy about the flite either - needs wearing in I think

Things that needed tweaking :

I swapped a canti bolt fixing nut over - my spanner had a burr on it that marked the hex so I polished up a spare and fitted that

Mech hanger : it was bent ! I can only think it was done when the bike was stored and I never noticed when I stripped it at the start of the rebuild :? Soon fixed with this though :

The mech didn't want to sit / tension right which took a while to suss - they have adjustment in the spring tension on the main and cage pivots, they need to be matched and the cage pivot was a hole out. I can't use the noodle though as the combination of short cage and my ratios gives to much mech movement and the short length of cable outer didn't have enough 'give' :-( but I have found a nice route that avoids cable rub

I swapped the angle of dangle screw over for a stainless grub screw that I have rounded the end on - I don't like how the standard one cuts / damages the finish on the dropout, so the standard one was never given the chance ;-)

I swapped the plain black seat QR ringle over for the black / polished one and used a washer that broardy made for me, after a bit of a polish (couldn't resist ) :

But as it added a extra 2mm I needed a 2mm longer (Which had to have the ends polished to match the wheel skewers ) :

Final job was to clean the braking surfaces. I expected the first few goes at braking to help but it didn't :-( the rims were slightly marked where the bare alloy was - can be clearly seen on here (white patches) :

But the rim cleaning block I bought for the ceramics for the airborne worked wonders :

They look like new now

WD

 

[WD Pro]

Seven Marins, three of them Bear Valleys on the first page of readers bikes :shock:

 

[Andy B]

Seven Marins, three of them Bear Valleys on the first page of readers bikes :shock:

I make it 8 Marin's (well it is now anyway...)

So what's left to do on this build then WD Pro?