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Wonder if I can do a full year of entries … came close once lol. Jimi911 1991 Ventana Marble Peak #17 https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/the-ventana-wiki-1985-to-2021.430840/

Here’s Marble Peak number 17 … Ventana #40 something if I recall correctly from Sherwood. This would have been a year one bike made in his garage. Weld quality is superb. Really advanced for 1991. Frame: Ventana Marble Peak Fork: Manitou Headset: Chris King Stem: Ventana Handlebar...

Oh man … so many great updates! Gonna add #17 pics :)

The voting hasn’t happened yet.

The repro bike should be migrated over to the 98+ BoTM if we’re going by past precedent. Cool bike … I’m sure lots of effort went into it, but repros don’t belong in this.

I’ll toss one in … Jimi911’s 1989 Yeti Ultimate Build - https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/a-pile-of-yeti-restorations-fros-arcs-and-ultimates.360830/

She’s a 1989 by serial number and rear stay spacing … built in Cali, but it obviously has been to the Colorado shop at some point for a repair or mod to those riveted stops.

And the 1989 Yeti Ultimate is done … full frame restoration built with almost all NOS kit. Frame: 1989 Yeti Ultimate Fork: FTW Headset: NOS Chris King no logo Stem: FTW Handlebar: NOS Answer Taperlite Grips: ODI Brakes: NOS Shimano XT Brake Pads: NOS Shimano XT r Brake Cables...

And another one to add to the mix. I think it’s about a 1989-90 given the group date on it, 1” HT, and frame design. It’s quite similar to my other one except for u brake on the rear. She lived a west coast life … thus the stem and fork ;)

One got sold … dirt bag and #17 are built. Really should take some pics I guess.

Little update ... So here's a few more pics and the build spec on the 1991 Tamarack E-Stay. As noted already ... its a custom job. All prestige and fillet brazed. It's a lovely little thing. And yes ... that monstrous 29er in the back is also a Tamarack Mark Beaver custom built for me. Brazed...

I’ll go east … way east. With this custom fillet brazed e-stay built in Nova Scotia Canada by Tamarack. Jimi911’s 1991 Tamarack Fillet Brazed E-Stay (I’ll update the build thread shortly)

Hmm … lotta west coast. Maybe we need something from the other coast ;)

Thanks for finding that info and sharing … such an odd bike to take to production. Things started to get so vanilla in the mid 90s from the bigger companies like RM … one last crazy design I guess.

Been a good year for me with Rocky’s lol. Not much luck for a couple decades. Then 3 awesome ones in a year.