Marin Rift Zone 1997 rebuild with planned modifications

parkysparky

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Well had the rift zone around a month now, paid £185 for it with all documents which is great piece of mind even though its a old bike.
The plan at first was to keep it simple but as with everything parts get worn and you want it to look better.
I have since brought a later frame to swap the rear swing arm over as mine is v brake only and the later one has disc mounts.
Started stripping it today so will take a few months, going to the powder coating company soon
 

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Has anyone drilled out brake cable fixing points to feed hydraulic brake cable through rather than just tie wrapping it to the frame, not sure how I would get a drill in though?
 
Nice looking bike, i thought this was my thread for a minute as i bought a 1997 rift zone just before new year, will all documentation, for £185 lol


Here's mine..



 
well abit of progress today, trial fitting swing arm from a 2000 model. My new shock bushes from tft tuned are perfect.
Just realised ive put the shock in the wrong way oops.
Also tried a later east peak trailing arm and it fits perfect so maybe do another build with a tara whyte design arm
 

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Here is a east peak frame and nicked the trailing arm off to try on another rift zone triangle
 

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