1991 Marin Pine Mountain

PopsTrippin · Nov 5, 2013

Not a fan of the saddle bud but it's your bike mate so do want you want. I think it might clash.

Plenty of cheap saddles can usually be found in the for sale section. If it were me i'd look for a battered old Flite or even better a Vetta SL and recover it with a cheap offcut of leather from eBay.... Or if you really want to go down the budget route, put a Sainsbury's carrier bag over it

Rich.

coomber · Nov 5, 2013

Looks a good colour match to me. Nice shape too. Not unlike a turbo really.

superstu · Nov 5, 2013

Appreciate your comments Rich. I thought it would be but now its here I'm pleased wto say the colour is a good match. I seem to be the only person on here who doesn't like flites! Had a couple in the past and not got on with them.

Bad news though... Have managed to remove seat post but required heat to do so. Therefore the paint had been damaged. Waiting to pick frame up to assess how badly...On the positive side the dark grey isnt too hard to match if I need to respray.

wookiee · Nov 5, 2013

superstu":2jly6vun said:
Appreciate your comments Rich. I thought it would be but now its here I'm pleased wto say the colour is a good match. I seem to be the only person on here who doesn't like flites! Had a couple in the past and not got on with them.

Bad news though... Have managed to remove seat post but required heat to do so. Therefore the paint had been damaged. Waiting to pick frame up to assess how badly...On the positive side the dark grey isnt too hard to mat h if I need to respray.

Yeah I too was a bit unsure about the orange saddle but hey if it fits! Just be cautious with the frame colour match...and the frame finish is not easy to replicate!

Doug

Exeter Man · Nov 5, 2013

Hmmmm. Always tough to colour match saddles without seeing them in the flesh, and I have surplus yellow and oranges examples to prove my incompetence :facepalm:.

Regards

superstu · Nov 5, 2013

Point taken on the saddle! Meant to be a cheap build but may to look at alternatives.

superstu · Dec 30, 2013

The seatpost has been removed - but was a real struggle. Had to use heat to get it out, which has of course damaged part of the paintwork. Its not disastrous, will probably build it up and then look at getting powdercoated if I get on well with it.

Some nice period XT STI units have been bought, some black marin straight bars, dx chainset, nice wheelset...need cables, pedals, grips and that's about it, provided the mechs this came with are ok.

I must confess that with a small baby and no electricity in my shed I have found next to no time to actually clean this up or start building. Hopefully in the next month or so though.

superstu · Feb 3, 2014

Update of the damage to paint in getting the seatpost out...

Not too bad...really needs a good clean and a t-cut but I have literally done nothing with it since I picked it up.
Am (hopefully) moving house in the next couple of months which will give me a garage and enough space/shelter/light to get to work on my projects

Have bought most of the bits I need for when I am ready to build

1991 Marin Pine Mountain

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