Well, there is a back story to this bike...
In 1989 my dad took me to the bike shop in Birmingham to get a bike for my 15th birthday - and the Marin was the one I desperately wanted to get. When we got there they didn't have my size, they only had the XL frame. Me being me, I decided I couldn't wait the week for the dealer to get the correct size and I ended up with a Claud Butler Banshee.
Now there was nothing wrong with the Banshee but I still wanted that Marin and it started my long-running relationship with Marin bikes (look at the signature).
I found one late last year down in a basement in Bournemouth and luckily I had a friend who picked it up and sent it to me
It arrived in a bit of a state - someone had tried to retouch it and had sprayed it with cables and components intact :facepalm:
A full strip down and clean and actually the frame was the worst part - the components were nice and after a clean came up really well
In 1989 my dad took me to the bike shop in Birmingham to get a bike for my 15th birthday - and the Marin was the one I desperately wanted to get. When we got there they didn't have my size, they only had the XL frame. Me being me, I decided I couldn't wait the week for the dealer to get the correct size and I ended up with a Claud Butler Banshee.
Now there was nothing wrong with the Banshee but I still wanted that Marin and it started my long-running relationship with Marin bikes (look at the signature).
I found one late last year down in a basement in Bournemouth and luckily I had a friend who picked it up and sent it to me
It arrived in a bit of a state - someone had tried to retouch it and had sprayed it with cables and components intact :facepalm:
A full strip down and clean and actually the frame was the worst part - the components were nice and after a clean came up really well
