brandenjs

Yes they are. Thanks for pointing that out. I was not familiar with them, but now I want more of his stuff. Cool video I found from a Grafton Performance.

DorkDisk

Found an ad in my bikepr0n folder. The cranks were "common," the brakes and levers also, the perches show up once in a while but are easily missed. I've never run into the pedals IRL

mtaineer

So, my younger son's mountain bike (a Walmart freebie) got busted and repairs would have exceeded the value of the bike. I found a great guy on Craigslist selling a '95 Trek 830 Mountain Track, and after a couple of trips to his house, I now have 4 new-to-me mountain bikes. I'm just glad I wasn't shopping for crystal meth. I also got a '00 (I think) Specialized Hardrock FS (which my son has already crashed and bent the front wheel), a '91 Trek 8000 (which is going to be a project...lots to do), and a Marin Palisades Trail. I think it is a '92 or '93...I've seen this color listed as both.

I flushed out the shifters and got them working. It needs grips, but it seems to ride just fine. I think the purple is awesome. It has some surface rust to clean off, some touch up paint, and I might try finding new decals. Does anyone know what year this model is?

I guess this means I've gotta start riding bicycles again. I might even take my old '81 (I think) Schwinn World down and get it working again. Thanks for any help with the year of this Marin.

DorkDisk

I think that's a 93. That year also came out in a very handsome two tone grey

belacqua

1985 Fuji Sundance

2cam16

'93 like DorkDisk said:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/12573-2/1993.pdf

mtaineer

Great information! Thanks much. Any recommendations on grips? I’ve gotta get some for the Specialized, as well.

I’ve been checking out this forum for ideas for things to add to these. One will likely be on its way to Boone, NC for my oldest son, who is a freshman in college. He seems interested in having the option of something other than hoofing it.

2cam16

All depends on what look you're going for. Keeping it retro or retro-modern? ODI grips are cool. If you can find some period grips, most of them were pretty good. I have a pair of older Ritchey's on my '92 Marin Eldridge Grade and I like them.

tsep

Hi I am new here (so cant post pics).
Have been trying to identify a Hardtail steel lugged mountain bike I acquired last year here in Australia.
Came with Suntour Xc group, has a faded 2 tone paint- white to neon orange/red
The most unusual part is both the top and seat tubes are crimped in sections similar to a high end Italian road bike.
the frame is pretty light also

any ideas?
cheers

Nahuel_B58

That beauty seems to be a satanic speed machine, how many teeth that crank has? 52?

merziac

Oury, some of the best, then and now.

jbchybridrider 

Lol that was the intention she's very fast. 52-40, 11-34.

On a side note a suntour edge starfish crank just arrived, I'm going to sand and polish that it'll look grouse.
I've given up on the sunrace shifters I'll just have to accept buying them a loss. I suspect some of you knew they were crap but just letting me work it out myself so its back to sram x9 shifters and derailleur. The steerer tube is being cut and the stem dropped.

jbchybridrider 

Wrong quote, see post above

mechanicmatt

I think you have it right as a '89 Mongoose IBOC. I think Tomac was involved with the geometry (as he did with Raleigh and Yeti too). I'm not sure, but could be wrong, about your second statement. Yeti's had similar geometry and frame styles on FRO's and ARC's as Mongoose, they liked loop tales, but I thought that they made their own frames. They were obsessed with lightness.

https://www.yeticycles.com/tribe/archive

jbchybridrider 

This is it only different cable routing but is a iboc frame.
There's talk of it on mtbr forums but still unclear if they sold them like that or just a team race bike because at the time there alloy frames were breaking and using the iboc frames as a stopgap measure.

jbchybridrider 

Interesting Jonny O'Mara rode a F.R.O one of my favorite MX riders in the day.

DorkDisk

I don't recall the race team riding IBOCs or Yeti selling IBOCs. The first one is more probable, but would have been mentioned BITD. I may well be wrong or just have bad memory

belacqua

Possibly a Rossin Marathon

jbchybridrider 

I only really know it's claimed to be a rebranded Mongoose anything else is my speculation. I'm sure Yeti wouldn't openly say they used another brands frame either. More speculation

mechanicmatt

I promise I'm not arguing. Are we sure this isn't from someone repainting this as a Yeti? I was a big fan back in the day of both companies, if this was from '89, they had been welding steel since '85 at that point and were welding 'FRO's as steel through '91-ish. It doesn't make since that they would do this. However, there were a bunch of riders they had that started at Mongoose, maybe they painted one because they hadn't prepped a frame something for a new rider? I don't know, that is certainly a curiosity frame. Yeti admitted to copying the loop-tail that Mongoose had on their BMX bikes, and then Mongoose then got influenced by Yeti to do the same style on their aluminum mountain bikes.

Also Easton wasn't involved until '92, why would there be an '89 frame that was used for 3 years later? A '92 Mongoose IBOC frame looks nothing like that either.

tsep

Thanks for the reply, I wish it was a Rossin ! but the seat stays on mine attach on the side of the seat tube. There are a couple of other oddities such as it has a pump peg behind the head tube and the rear break bridge is shaped like a crown. It would of course be clearer with images, sorry.

jbchybridrider 

Yes looking at the frame disassembled today there enough differences to say it's not an iboc.

jbchybridrider 

Looking closer at my iboc there's something under the seat stays i dont know about, a hex bolt that doesn't turn or just covered in paint then a threaded hole in the hex I like the two bottle mounts on the down tube.
It's probably average weight, 820g for the fork.

Unca_Sam

I have similar bosses on my Cinder Cone for the water bottles. What's the size and threading?



Hex boss, accepts 7/32 wrench, tapped for m5 bolt

Unca_Sam

@jbchybridrider

I suggest you create a new thread to get an ID on your bike. You'll get more eyes that way.