Marin Team Ti - 1995 I think...

[starmagsi]

Hi all, I'm going to leave this here and upload a couple of pics when I get back from lunch...

The other half has bought me a Team Ti frame for my birthday so I will probably be badgering all of the Marin nuts for help/info over the coming weeks (probably years) as this is my first build.

 

[starmagsi]

Actually, serial number looks like...

F05 AAC 015

 

[simcfarlane]

Re:

Found a good guide to the serial numbers when I was looking for a frame.

F = Fairly Factory
0 = Not 100% (The lower the number the better the frame - 1 Team Issue, 2 Team Marin , 3 Pine Mountain etc)
5 = 1995

AA = Month and date (no idea how you work it out)
C = 17 inch

015 = Some sort of production number

Be interested to see it.... been told I should have a go at a high end Marin after my '94 Palisades Trail "adventure".

 

[starmagsi]

Here we go, a few images of the new frame...

Think I may have overdone it with the resizing - hope you can see them ok...

 

[starmagsi]

Re: Re:

Found a good guide to the serial numbers when I was looking for a frame.

F = Fairly Factory
0 = Not 100% (The lower the number the better the frame - 1 Team Issue, 2 Team Marin , 3 Pine Mountain etc)
5 = 1995

AA = Month and date (no idea how you work it out)
C = 17 inch

015 = Some sort of production number

Be interested to see it.... been told I should have a go at a high end Marin after my '94 Palisades Trail "adventure".

Aha, that is a great help thanks very much!

I have just been through your build thread and it's turned out really well. You've been much more sensible than me by going in at a 'lower level' (no offence meant) while you are picking up the skills, hope I don't regret it! To be honest, I have an 8 year old Kona Caldera in the shed for riding around so I am in no real hurry to get this built up. It's in amongst a number of little projects at the moment so I'm just going to take my time with it.

 

[starmagsi]

Also, you can see on the top tube (won't come out in pics) that there was once Mark Williams decals either side.

Name means nothing to me...

 

[Rotorhead]

Hi all, I'm going to leave this here and upload a couple of pics when I get back from lunch...

The other half has bought me a Team Ti frame for my birthday so I will probably be badgering all of the Marin nuts for help/info over the coming weeks (probably years) as this is my first build.

That’s some birthday present! Was it your partner’s own idea or did you have a hand in the choosing?

 

[simcfarlane]

Re:

That's a very smart frame. Will make an amazing bike.

Sure you've already found it but there's a spec sheet in the catalogue here.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/M ... 5.pdf.html

Might help you with collecting the parts.

 

[starmagsi]

That’s some birthday present! Was it your partner’s own idea or did you have a hand in the choosing?

Yes, I'm very fortunate. It was my 40th birthday, we just got back from a week skiing and got engaged as well so its been quite a few days!

I had mentioned the frame a little while back and she bought it and hid it on top of her wardrobe until yesterday.

 

[starmagsi]

Re: Re:

That's a very smart frame. Will make an amazing bike.

Sure you've already found it but there's a spec sheet in the catalogue here.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/M ... 5.pdf.html

Might help you with collecting the parts.

Hmmm, yes I had seen that. Actually seems quite an achievable spec sheet.

A lot of the bits are still relatively 'available'...