Marin frame commonality

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.
 
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?
 
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.

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.
 
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.
 
I forgot to add that the Team Marin had a black painted Spinner fork and the Team Issue model had a nickled Spinner fork (matching the frame).
 
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