JonTom
Senior Retro Guru
Saturday 8th April 1995: I left the girlfriend's house to buy my first mountain bike – a Marin Pine Mountain.
At the dealer (Channels, just outside Chelmsford, Essex) the girlfriend suddenly announced she wanted a bike too. I had to split my budget, and bought myself this Palisades Trail.
Over the years that followed I'd be out on it almost every weekend. During those years I also made many, many upgrades. Until eventually the bike was almost unrecognisable.
Then one evening in 2013, I thought about restoring it to how it once was. And I discovered Retrobike.co.uk.
Unlike the bikes I've restored since then, this one isn't restored to catalogue spec – but to how I had it back in the day (around 1996/97).
The girlfriend is long gone, as is Channels. But the Marin remains. Its restoration has been slow, but I wasn't in a hurry.
And while some may question the time, effort and expense of restoring a bike that isn't anything special, it's special to me – and that's what matters.
Happy birthday buddy!
At the dealer (Channels, just outside Chelmsford, Essex) the girlfriend suddenly announced she wanted a bike too. I had to split my budget, and bought myself this Palisades Trail.
Over the years that followed I'd be out on it almost every weekend. During those years I also made many, many upgrades. Until eventually the bike was almost unrecognisable.
Then one evening in 2013, I thought about restoring it to how it once was. And I discovered Retrobike.co.uk.
Unlike the bikes I've restored since then, this one isn't restored to catalogue spec – but to how I had it back in the day (around 1996/97).
The girlfriend is long gone, as is Channels. But the Marin remains. Its restoration has been slow, but I wasn't in a hurry.
And while some may question the time, effort and expense of restoring a bike that isn't anything special, it's special to me – and that's what matters.
Happy birthday buddy!
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