Marin Indian Fire Trail 1994

[Inigo Montoya]

That's looking like it will build up into a cracker.

I had a friend who had the IFT with the CNC chainstay bridge (I think that's the '95). His was all XT with a Manitou fork up front. It was a beaut of a bike.

ifts from 1992 to 1994 were all the same frame afaik. the 1995 was a really nice update with that cnc bb section. they are rare though.

I'm looking forward to watching this one develop.

don't hold your breath. this will take a while...

 

[Benandemu]

don't hold your breath. this will take a while..

I'll race yer!
I'll be watching with interest.

Oh, another thing. Just realised that your username is the spaniard from 'the princess bride'. Cool. I like that.

 

[clockworkgazz]

that is starting to look very good mate- will keep an eye on this build- keep up the good work

 

[Inigo Montoya]

:evil:
with a headtube of 12cm and a fork steerer length of 15,3cm the Shimano XT M741 is to tall with its 37,5mm stackheight. will have to go for a ritchey logic with 33mm stackheight. some more waiting
polished up the old seatpost. looks cool but no pics yet

 

[hamster]

I have a Pine Mtn of the same age. I think they all had Ritchey Logics.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

I have a Pine Mtn of the same age. I think they all had Ritchey Logics.

right. wanted to go for the shimano xt headset because its from the m737 groupset and high quality. bad decision

 

[hamster]

Try a Campagnolo Road one - they have very low stack heights. They also last, unlike the Logic!

 

[development_cycle]

The original headset did actually last for a long time on this bike. I only changed it for a new Ritchey Ahead set when I changed to suspension forks. Sorry I didn't keep the original headset, but you should be able to re-sell the XT one, and the Ritchey one that was fitted when I sent it to you as it had done less than 50 road miles. The rigid forks probably still had the crown race attached too.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

there's still some rust left in and on the fork but i would be way too much work to get rid of the chrome plating asf. so i just cavity sealed the fork yesterday. luckily the ritchey headset arrived in time so i was able to install both today.

the next problem i face is that i have to respray the stem. it was quite rusty when i got it so stripped the paint. bought some aerosol cans with primer asf. but its too cold to do the respay (~5 deg in my cave :shock: ). hmmmm....

 

[Inigo Montoya]

finally i got around to respray the stem...

worked perfectly! degreased with nitro solvent. 3x primer, 3x blue metalic and 3x clear lacquer. never thought it would look so good