Marin frame commonality
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minor_LEGEND
Senior Retro Guru
Bear Valley & Eldridge, typically the same, the models below each share a frameset of a lesser spec. The Pine Mtn is a standalone & obviously over the years there are Team Issue & Team Marin of varying tubing variant. So I would say that outlines the frame 'quality' amongst the staple models.
Thanks for that, would you happen to know anything about Rocky Ridge and Indian Fire Trail?
I remember looking them up in catalogues, can’t recall which year but in your range. The Rocky Ridge was inferior is my recollection: not as much butting.
Bear Valley SE and Eldridge had the same frame, the plain BV shared it with Palisades. Around 1992-95 the Pine Mountain shared a common frame with Eldridge and BVSE.
Later Pine Mountains had nicer tubesets, but by then the lesser ones had generally gone to aluminium.
fguki
Senior Retro Guru
Well foremost the 1993 top steel models "Team Issue" and "Team Marin" were exactly the same. Only differed in the group set and color of decals.
Both share the superb TANGE Ultimate Superlight frame.
Although it mixes up, at least in theory the "Team Issue" models (in case you purchase a stripped frame) had the M1xxxx serial and the "Team Marin" had the M2xxxx serials.
Both share the superb TANGE Ultimate Superlight frame.
Although it mixes up, at least in theory the "Team Issue" models (in case you purchase a stripped frame) had the M1xxxx serial and the "Team Marin" had the M2xxxx serials.
