We have had a Marin in the garage for a few years, its old... prob early 90's, anyhow I have stripped it down, paint has all gone and I am about to give it a new paint job, does anyone know what size BB, Heasdet and stem it would take? I am hoping to either put some retro sus forks or rigid carbon forks on it and a cleaner stem. here is a pic of it before I stripped it
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Get yer ruler/tape measure out, 68/73mm BB shell and 1" or 1+1/8th HT is pretty obvious with a decent steel ruler on it. For stem length measure the effective top tube length & compare to your current bike.
Required BB axle length is more tricky if you're going to use square taper. Edit: Looks like you've got one in so measure that.
Looks like an old style headset with cup and cone and a quill stem to me.
1 1/8" and 68mm respectively.
ah just spoke to a mate, should be a 1" HS, im doing it up for my wife and want to get a new stem, bars and post for it, the rest of it runs as smooth as the day it was made, funny thing is it only weighs about 22lbs. Its fully stripped and I have to say im having fun with this project 🙂
Just one tip for anyone doing somehting similar... dont wear flip flops when you niromorse 🙁
I reckon 1 1/8" headset - my '91 Marin was 1 1/8" and I think that one is a 92 or 93 model.
yep, i reckon it will be a 1 1/8 as well (you should be able to measure to confirm)
just make sure u get the right stem - looks like a quill jobbie
1 1/8" headset.
means you can put some decent judy's etc on and normal stem!!
got one just like that sat behind me as I try to bash out an old plastic BB. headset is definitely 1 1/8", originally had threaded forks like yours, now has Project II's in almost matching grey.
Intending to rebuild it as something similar to what you just stripped down.
nice. I may go for some pace rigid forks then and a new HS, stem and bars 🙂