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marin man
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Ok,I have this ift frame...manitou replica sort of thing 8)

I am building it up for as close to nothing as possible....... :oops:

I have;

1995 marin ift frame
manitou three.....as new :shock:
wtb greaseguard headset
wtb ti rail saddle
titec seatpost 31.4mm/answer bodyshock when I get the right shim :roll:
mavic 231cd rear rim and hope ti glide purple hub
mavic front rim...worn out at the mo :roll: and hope bigun red front hub
xt front mech
esp 9.0 carbon rear mech
gripshift srt 600
black deore spds
xt eight speed cassette

need the following

chainset
bars
stem
chain
cantis
canti levers

parts all have been sitting around doing nowt or karma :lol:

It needs a polish and needs new elastomers in the fork which I already have :wink:

It will have various different anno on it not by design but because when I built bikes as a teenager my saturday job only allowed me to buy odds and ends and not to buy everything matching......


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hurin76
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:19 pm 
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if you get the desire to sell the frame..drop me an email, I just got n.o.s of the original rockstar forks and stem, which are redundant to me unless I can find a frame...
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marin man
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Headtube has a very small crack,....I drilled it to stop it and it is now fine and barely visible......

That is why it is a parts bin special.......

I will see what it rides like first anyway mate.....

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Location: Scotland!!!!!! Yay, at last, only 4 years waiting!
These may or may not be the right colour but they are the right brakes I am sure and at a very reasonable price I think.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=136912
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marin man
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cheers for that....may have a deal on them 8)
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looking good noddy
get on with it
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marin man
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Thanks big ears....just bought some nice marin lite cantis....... 8)
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got some of them somewhare red ones too
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marin man
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red you say :cry: :cry:

why didnt you tell me you horrible little scotchman :cry: :cry:

my ones are silver...want to swap :wink:
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