My first build, Marin Team frs

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Dirt Disciple
Been on here for years but always been in the background lurking rather than contributing.

Anyhow, I’ve always loved marins since my first mtb aged 12 which was a 1990 zolatone palisades. A few years ago I wanted to replace that so ended up with a 1990 team bought off here which I’ve still got.

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Then a few weeks ago another bike I’ve always wanted, an early frs came up for sale as a frame only so I snapped it up then realised I’d not built up a bike like this since the 90’s!

This was it after it arrived and I gave it a quick polish

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And this is it now almost complete. Just waiting for a front mech to arrive hopefully tomorrow and it’s done. Maybe I’ll add some bar ends at some point but not too sure yet.

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It’s not a rebuild of the original spec but instead is rebuilt how I fancied it. The purple and blue clash but I don’t care because that to me is how 90’s bikes were.
 

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Very nice, the purple touches do bring it to life. Nice little cave you've got there too - I can see the stella , lego and beer fridge in the background.
 
Cracking job with the FRS buddy and a great stable mate for the team 👌

Other than selling my Yo Eddy, passing that Team on was my biggest regret 😂
 
Hey, you are in the wrong year my friend :-D :-D :-D The 1992 version was polished & purple. You need blue or torquoise parts! ;-)
 
He wrote "It’s not a rebuild of the original spec".

The 1993 version was polished with purple. The 1994 version was polished with blue.
 

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