Marin Mount Vision 1998

[Akula]

New project. It’s not going to be period correct. Thinking of using zolatone style coulour scheme on frame and having torque tube and forks in fluro something , green yellow or orange , to bark back to early nineties style Marin’s.

I’m looking at stealing some parts off some other bikes (which will subsequently become more period correct.
I have sram x0 2x9 setup on my AMP B4 and initially considered just moving this over to the Marin. However I reread that someone had used a 9 speed sram rear mech with a 10speed cassette and Shimano shifters. Anyone else tried this out. Would be fun to try this as a 1x10

 

[legrandefromage]

Theres no point in going period correct with these. The frames are great, the shocks were terrible and the best thing is to throw and air shock at it and a decent set of forks. After that they are great.

 

[Duxuk]

I loved my 1997 Rift Zone. I upgraded to a shock like yours after 2 of the originals gave up the fight. That lasted me the remainder of the 18 years I had it. I wouldn't want an air shock on it myself since they compress at first then ramp up. This frame is designed with the constant spring rate of a coil shock in mind. You are lucky to have the Mk 2 swinging arm. The first ones were prone to fracture. I also fractured 2 frames under the head stock. They could have done with a gusset for strength. In it's life mine had 3 of everything-frame, fork, shock, swinging arm.
It's a great bike which revolutionised full suss. You can pedal without bobbing (much) and tackle just about anything. The original fork on mine was a Manitou with 78mm of elastomer travel. Something I wouldn't like to return to. The stem was about 140mm in length! With a modern stem it may seem a little short.
Best of luck with your build. I like your decision not to be a slave to originality.

 

[mezzanine]

Love this frame, think it should get more attention than it does. I think it's fair to say they where a ahead of their time even though the pivot design is simple for £1000 it was a really good introduction to dual suspension for a lot of people. Looking forward to build pics. I'm a fan of period correct apart from rear mechs which can be best to just use a new XT and avoid a lot of headaches

 

[W7Ford]

Great frames, this will be a decent ride with some modern parts added to it. Personally I like the graphics of this era of frame but looking forward to seeing how it turns out

 

[Meejoir]

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I’m at exactly the same stage as you with my Mount Vision 98. She was perfectly serviceable but I just fancied a new paint job and a modern component upgrade. Managed to nab myself a later swingarm with disc tabs so it’s Hope callipers for me!

One problem I have got is that I can’t get the damn Octalink bb out. It just won’t budge. Tried all the usual tricks with no luck. Going to try hairdryer treatment this weekend! I shall watch your build with interest.

 

[trxrincon]

Does anyone happen to know the i2i of the rear shock, my mate has just bought a frame minus shock. Cheers Rob

 

[Meejoir]

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165mm I think.

Also does anyone know the bearing set up on the swingarm? Just the bearing on its own or it washer/bearing/washer?

Just asking before I put the bearing in and then have to knock it out again!

 

[Akula]

Still collecting parts here, hopefully some progress in january

 

[Akula]

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The day after my last post on this , I got retrenched , as they say

Plans got scaled back. Finally picked up a job after 6 months and eventually threw this together.

1x10, using srAm X0 9 speed with xt 10speed shifter , so far changes are silky , result . Most parts were for other projects , swing arm I picked up for reasonable price . Forty quid air shock was biggest purchase. Well worth it as it’s half the weight of original which was like riding a pogo stick