Marin???? (Hmmmm) cheap

[Siish]

It gets worse the more you look at the pictures

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Men’s Marin Light Bicycle used
Price:£25
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[Rotorhead]

Looks like a lower end early 90s Marin, Exage crankset, probs mechs too, horrible shifters, repaint job looks o-k from distance. Rear pad alignment requires attention. Decals are absolutely risible. probably worth £25.

 

[TreaderSteve]

Roller stem = a tenner?

 

[XTSTIMAN]

Paint looks original, looking closely at the headtube junctions. With the LX and Exage chainset would make it a 1993 Bear Valley SE

 

[shepp]

Paint looks original, looking closely at the headtube junctions. With the LX and Exage chainset would make it a 1993 Bear Valley SE

That triple butted?

 

[XTSTIMAN]

From memory I think it is Tange Double butted.
Head tube, Seat tube, bottom bracket and rear dropouts junctions are gloss charcoal rather than the silver in the other 1993 models.

 

[Rotorhead]

From memory I think it is Tange Double butted.
Head tube, Seat tube, bottom bracket and rear dropouts junctions are gloss charcoal rather than the silver in the other 1993 models.

Great knowledge. I agree: 93 BVSE. And you’re right again: I don’t read German, but looks like two of the main tubes are double butted. I think the triple butted version was later?