Is this a Team Marin?

Westfailure":1xvfffp7 said:

wookiee":1xvfffp7 said:

Westfailure":1xvfffp7 said:

He's not that flexible Doug. It may be the fact we are communicating via Google Translator but he doesn't seem interested.

Trying to convince my wife that Frankfurt is a very up and coming short breaks destination. Not sure I can convince her before the auction ends at 9 o'clock though.

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Oh mate thats a shame I too have tried to get German sellers to send stuff to the uk and struggled with even a rear mech and bar ends! I gotta stop looking at it as I really like it too!

No German retrobiker near Frankfurt!!??

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Yep. Gutted. Always hankered after a Zolatone Team. Accepting i m probably not going to get a decent one (unless I get mentioned in your Will) then I figured this was as close as I would get.

Juice (Adam) on here is in Germany but 400kms away so not in a position to help.

Retro is fairly big in Germany so this may well go for silly money and that will make me feel a lot better.

Trying to convince myself that a 1000mile round trip in the car is both feasible and worth it.

Got nowhere to put the bike anyway.......so I keep telling myself.

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Westfailure":vke9r0dc said:

Sounds good to me. Took the new PM out at Swinley today. It rides lke a brand new bike, even felt a little tight.

The trouble is i was really nervous of scratching or chipping it. I think it will end up on the office wall

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juice":9v7onylb said:

It seems this bike is in nice condition but even if you think otherwise these really do come up from time to time. It is not the last one of its kind. It is beautiful but it is not worth the hassle. Just be patient and you will find another one.
By the way my Muirwoods which is from the same year as this Team was sold at what i think was the right price at about 80€ if i remember correctly and that was shipped from the UK to Germany. The Team is of course the better bike and even if some chaps might want to kill me for saying the following but 350€ is double the amount which this thing is really worth. I love Marins and one reason why i love them is because there are no where near the crazy prices that some hand made US bikes go for these days. Stay patient and you will get a Team frame for 100€. For real. Really real.

My guess why there are no Retrobikers around Frankfurt is because they have no real Mountains around that area.

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The History Man":2vpv3eim said:

So what des FedEx etc cost?

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