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Having 4 of the little blighters is always my excuse for not actually finishing any builds, (that and the fact that I keep starting new ones!)
Marin 1990 Bear Valley Rebuild - FINISHED !!! PAGE 38 !!!
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OK, its looking a bit sorry for itself now with no forks / bars etc … 
I have striped the forks and found that Ti epoxy is a pain to remove but some elbow grease and lots of paint stripper took it back to metal The front doesn’t look to bad :
But the back is a different story :
Don’t you just love supporting your LBS ? :evil:
The pics have been sent to Dave Yates, hopefully to be told they are fixable, time will tell … :?
WD
I have striped the forks and found that Ti epoxy is a pain to remove but some elbow grease and lots of paint stripper took it back to metal
The front doesn’t look to bad :
But the back is a different story :
Don’t you just love supporting your LBS ? :evil:
The pics have been sent to Dave Yates, hopefully to be told they are fixable, time will tell … :?
WD
dannywhiteley
Dirt Disciple
Amazin build, just read all 11 pages. Ive come from BMX (RadBMX) where im familiar with builds like this (done a few myself including a Sjyway TA and a Quadangle), but massive respect for the attanetion to detail on your Marin (I cant comprehend all the components coming from BMX that takes about 12 pieces to build a bike...lol)
I will be contacting your decal man I think...
I will be contacting your decal man I think...
Well the spare pair of forks I picked up have now been stripped and de-bossed :
They are all packed up now and ready to be sent to *** (Edited ) for the mods to the steerer
Hopefully I will have the ProFlex bits ready for powder by the time these are returned so I can send the full lot off in one go ...
WD
They are all packed up now and ready to be sent to *** (Edited
) for the mods to the steerer Hopefully I will have the ProFlex bits ready for powder by the time these are returned so I can send the full lot off in one go ...
WD
PIGEON
Retro Guru
Wow I've just seen the pictures of the mocked up bike and it looks marvelous. It has got something I can't quite put my finger on, let's just call it attitude Hurry and finish the build because I'm curious to see it done!
Looking at the mock up I can't help but spot some similarities with my bike. They're both Bear Valleys in similar colours, both with flex stem and slicks! I'm sure your bike will be a lot more desirable to most people when it's done, but I hope mine will have just a little bit of that attitude of yours
Hurry and finish the build because I'm curious to see it done!Looking at the mock up I can't help but spot some similarities with my bike. They're both Bear Valleys in similar colours, both with flex stem and slicks! I'm sure your bike will be a lot more desirable to most people when it's done, but I hope mine will have just a little bit of that attitude of yours
Marin Bear valley 1992
Hi I was just browsing the net looking for any write ups and pics of 92 Marin Bear valleys and well there was pretty much only two threads I could find. I bought mine maybe ten year ago, I used to sell good quality mountain bikes and had to grab this one when it came up and to use it as my 'Pub bike' ive obviously sampled a lot of mid range mountain bikes in my time but despite its age this thing runs like a Swiss watch. Ive deliberately disguised it to make it look scruffy and put tape over all the Marin badges plus big mudguards and BMX handle bars ( dont want to crush my belly when full of beer) I use a 2003 Palisades trail for going rides on but my Bear Valley is an 100% dark horse and I love it
Here's a pic
Hi I was just browsing the net looking for any write ups and pics of 92 Marin Bear valleys and well there was pretty much only two threads I could find. I bought mine maybe ten year ago, I used to sell good quality mountain bikes and had to grab this one when it came up and to use it as my 'Pub bike' ive obviously sampled a lot of mid range mountain bikes in my time but despite its age this thing runs like a Swiss watch. Ive deliberately disguised it to make it look scruffy and put tape over all the Marin badges plus big mudguards and BMX handle bars ( dont want to crush my belly when full of beer) I use a 2003 Palisades trail for going rides on but my Bear Valley is an 100% dark horse and I love it
Here's a pic
