1989 Marin Bear Valley-----SOLD

[Fucawi]

1989 Marin Bear Valley - Black with Gold decals Size - Medium[/b] -- SOLD

Frame is solid but has surface rust where paint has been chipped, she is 30 years old, so the old girl has done well...

Shimano Mountain LX Groupset
Biopace Crankset - FC-M452
Front Mech - FD-M452
Rear Mech - RD-M452
7 Speed Thumbshifters - SL-M453
Front Canti Brakes - BR-M454
Rear Canti Brakes - BR-M454
Levers - BL-M454

Wheels
Mavic Formula Components DX23 on Deore DX Hubs
Charge Splashback Amberwalls 26x1.8

Deore DX QR wheel skewers and seat pin

Marin Straight Bars and alloy seat post
Breezer 1" Stem 115mm x 15deg
Wellgo aluminium cage pedals

Spares:
1x Front Mech - FD-M452
2x Rear Mech - RD-M452
7 Speed Thumbshifter levers only
Deore DX QR seat post skewer
Deore LX 7 speed Rapidfire STi (pair) - SL-M080
Marin original roller stem

£180 ono excluding postage...

 

[retrobikeguy]

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Nice these, such simple looks.

got an 88 and a 89 frameset hung up in the shed awaiting a mountain LX rebuild so cant sneak another in.

stem is by breezer BTW

 

[Y282]

Re: 1989 Marin Bear Valley

Now we're talking. My favourite generation of Marin. I remember reading a magazine article over and over of a review on these when they first came out. Style made me think of an off-road Record Sprint.

Love it.

 

[raidan73]

Re: 1989 Marin Bear Valley

Nice! Think that’s a Breezer stem, not a Brodie?

 

[Fucawi]

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Thank you eagle-eyed peeps, listing updated....

 

[Fucawi]

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Bumpety Bump!

 

[Cleatus]

Re: 1989 Marin Bear Valley

What is the frame size?

 

[Fucawi]

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Hello,

Frame size is a 19". That gets you the following dimensions on this bike (stem is not standard):

Seat tube height (BB to top of seat tube) - 19"
Crossbar (Centre of steerer tube to centre of seat tube) - 22.5"
Reach (centre of seat post to centre of handlebars) - 27.5"
Standover height (floor to top of crossbar) - 30"

I am 5'9" with 30" inside leg, bike is a good fit for me. Wife has 33" inside leg and is 5'8" and she has been comfortable riding it.

Probably more info than you need, but sharing is caring....

 

[Cleatus]

Re: 1989 Marin Bear Valley

Thank you for all the info - that is such a shame. I need something at 21" really. I really appreciate seeing a list of all components and measurements. Probably would have gone for it if it were the right size.

 

[Fucawi]

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no problem, you could just buy it for the components and wait for the right frame size....