Very Minty Marin Team Ti - £750 BIN

[GoldenEraMTB]

It came with a Marzocchi fork originally

All marins only had the option of manitou forks, not marzocchis. Marin was bought into the uk by atb sales who were also the importers for manitou. Marin had a licensing agreement with manitou for many years, resulting in the frs frames amongst others.

Original Manitou EFC forks

EFCs were not an option on marin xc bikes, EFCs were the 'downhill' option.

This one would have come with a set of spinner rigids or Manitou 2/3 and I would have thought they'd be ahead on this age. I spent far too long selling these bikes....

Hmmm, you're right, but not completely; they also had the option of Rock Shox, but it appears they weren't spec'd with the Marzocchi. The person I bought mine from must have had his shop swap his out when he bought it new. That happened as well.

catalog:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/mai ... 956c0d2316

These Marin Ti are not any more valuable than a DBR Ti, or later Kona Ti, or the Bontrager Ti (the bonty being worth more), and a few others, all made by Ti Sports/Sandvik.
I've yet to see one sell in the states for more than $750usd (under 500 pound) with better parts than the one that sold here.

 

[pete_mcc]

Oops sorry, I was referring to the uk market where there was no option other than manitou. RS were a no go on Marin over here because of the importer tie in, not sure about the rest of the world.

In my eyes the only Marin ti worth the big bucks are the early litespeed ones, mmmmm polished ti

 

[brocklanders023]

Original Manitou EFC forks

EFCs were not an option on marin xc bikes, EFCs were the 'downhill' option.

This one would have come with a set of spinner rigids or Manitou 2/3 and I would have thought they'd be ahead on this age. I spent far too long selling these bikes....

Have to disagree with this one as I have a copy of MBUK where they tested this bike and said EFC's were an option. The bloke that Beavis bought his Ti from had owned the bike from new and it came with EFC's