Recent content by rennington

I absolutely do not remember this ever being an original colour scheme offered. At least not in the UK. Never seen this anywhere before and I was big on Marin back then

Also in answer to another comment yes the paint was rather fragile. I remember Marin quickly moving to a hard dark grey chip resistant paint a year or two later.

I had this exact bike. Reading the comments and I know for a fact that this was the only colour for the pine mountain that year. At least this was the colour in the 1989 brochure which I viewed again online recently. I loved that bike so so much but ended up swapping out the forks for some...

My favourite bike ever. Was in love with this. I even totally remember this page from the brochure. Used to drool over it until I could afford to buy. Used to drool over the Raleigh Burner catalogue too many years before. Parents never would buy me one of those but by 89 I was old enough and had...

Oh god I love this bike. The first brand new bike I ever bought. Think I had the 17.5” model. I was in love with this bike.

Back in 1990 my Marin Pine Mountain had been stolen so this was the choice for my next bike. I was dreaming about it and even remember the adverts to this day featuring John Tomac with the bike over his shoulder. I had this on order from a bike shop in Crosby, Liverpool. I waited for weeks and...