Denton frameset....

retrobikeguy · Sep 8, 2015

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Denton-o ... 5d5cfd125f

got excited for a while, then read up more on Denton cycles, I remember team hot pies and thought i'd found a gem, but upon closer inspection and reading the brands they sold.

1-1/8 headtube
ahead!
and checkout those rear dropouts....

is it me, or what do you see

RBG

Rampage · Sep 9, 2015

Do you mean you think it's too late a model to be what Hot Pies were using?

one-eyed_jim · Sep 9, 2015

Marin with a Denton paint job, innit.

retrobikeguy · Sep 9, 2015

one-eyed_jim":6i5l6no5 said:
Marin with a Denton paint job, innit.

On the nose, circa 95 Bv ish............... woulda loved a team hot pies denton

RBG

Spanky22b · Sep 9, 2015

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My favourite bike shop as a wee lad,it was how i got into this mountain biking malarkey.
It's an intriguing frame,the lads gonna find the serial number and i'm going to try and pass it onto someone who worked there at the original shop to see if any history can be found on it.

Spanky22b · Sep 17, 2015

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It's currently on route back home to Newcastle

Rampage · Sep 17, 2015

Is it a Marin?

Spanky22b · Sep 17, 2015

Rampage":3let3noj said:
Is it a Marin?

Not sure,plus i've never owned a Marin before so not really sure what i should be looking for. I just had to have it because of it being a Denton Cycles bike,my 2nd home as kid. The seller never got back with the serial number,so wasn't able to find out any history of it either. The toptube has got a Tange prestige ting to it when you flick it and the drop outs are funny looking,not something i've seen before.

pete_mcc · Sep 17, 2015

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As has been mentioned above, those are marin droputs:

Most decent bike shops used to send frames off for resprays and in the absence of correct decals, or to promote their own shop, used to put their decals on. I've owned a Geoff Butler Cinelli and a Pearsons Trek in the past

Spanky22b · Sep 17, 2015

Re: Re:

pete_mcc":6r38q3ba said:
As has been mentioned above, those are marin droputs:

Most decent bike shops used to send frames off for resprays and in the absence of correct decals, or to promote their own shop, used to put their decals on. I've owned a Geoff Butler Cinelli and a Pearsons Trek in the past

That makes sense then,any ideas how you can tell the age of a Marin and what sort of model it could be,it's not particularly heavy but certainly not race light.

Edit: just done the crude way of measuring the weight,ie stand on the scales,then do the same with the bike. The weight was 7lbs or 3.1kg

Edit:maybe a 95 Pine Mountain,looks similar to the one in the catalogue.

Denton frameset....

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