1995 Vario No Limit downhill prototype

Not had much time to do anything with this build recently, but was always puzzled as to why the rear wheel was so heavy…so on Sunday I decided to remove the original Schwalbe rear tyre and found out the reason for its excessive weight, another tyre within the rear tyre for puncture protection. Interestingly the shop / distributor the bike was originally built / run by was also the French Marin distributor

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You can see the little use this bike has had by the little to no wear on the rear disc rotor

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A few bits sourced…

XTR M900 rear mech
XTR M900 headset
XTR M900 cranks
XTR M900 shifters / levers (X2 sets, will choose the best set)
XTR M900 front & rear canti’s
XTR M900 seatpost

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Some more bits sourced…

Selle Italia Flite Trans Alpes saddle

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Some NOS Mavic 117 SUP CD rims

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Bullet Bros Chain Tensioner

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Cleaned up the original ATI grips after 25+ years in storage. Once again you can see the little use this bike has had

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Also sourced a silver Hope Titanium front hub (with no cracks) to match the rear silver Hope Titanium disc hub and a Hope silver titanium front quick release 799BD5F6-F2FC-4D27-802A-0ABF426808D2.jpeg 02093406-940D-4D36-B507-CA58E722DC58.jpeg
 
I found your bike as I was looking for the bike used here in this video from Rob Warner.
It made me curious as the missing bottom tube reminds me of the folding bikes of today. And looks similar to my project e-mtb.
 
New front wheel freshly built by Brink Cycleworks.

32h NOS Mavic 117 SUP CD built onto a silver Hope titanium suspension hub with first generation Hope titanium QR in matching silver.

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