Have too many projects on the go! Still trying to finish my brothers and his wife's marin builds, and this pops up. Have had a couple of hardtail sworks but never one of these, so kind of had to get it! 
I believe it to be a 2004 model as its got disc and rim brake options. From what I've read the 05 was disc only
Anyway here she is, frame only at the moment
 
It's going to be a very slow build as I still need to finish other builds, and I haven't decided what to build it up with. I think it originally came with m960, but I hate the dual shifter levers, so options are m970 (costly) sram x0 (cheaper, but have always had shimano) or xt
Anyone had experience with these frames? Opinions on sram x0 over shimano?
Thanks
				
			I believe it to be a 2004 model as its got disc and rim brake options. From what I've read the 05 was disc only
Anyway here she is, frame only at the moment
 
It's going to be a very slow build as I still need to finish other builds, and I haven't decided what to build it up with. I think it originally came with m960, but I hate the dual shifter levers, so options are m970 (costly) sram x0 (cheaper, but have always had shimano) or xt
Anyone had experience with these frames? Opinions on sram x0 over shimano?
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