On 19 Mar 2014, at 17:43, "steve harley" <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > > on 2014-03-19 24:05 David Mann wrote >>> http://www.gizmag.com/shelfie-store-bike-seat-weight/31217/pictures#1 >> >> That's quite interesting. Triathletes often hook their bikes onto the racks >> using the seat in that way. >> >> The Marin bike in the second pic is very interesting to me. I've never seen >> rear suspension like that; it must be an early design. It looks very heavy. > > yeah, speaking of minimal "gruppos" > > it's a suspension fork used as seat stays; probably 1995 Marin Team FRS > (design licensed from Manitou, which had produced similar bikes for a couple > of years; have never seen on in person myself, but i have one of Marin's > better steel bikes from 1995 (Pine Mountain)
My previous bike was a 1994 Marin Stinson, which I had until a couple of years ago. I gave it to one of my brothers when I got the Roberts. They're great bikes the steel Marins from that era. When it was new people used to shout "Marin!" when I rode past. Even when it was over 15 years old people sometimes still complimented it. But when I got back on it after riding the Roberts I wondered how I put up with it for so many years. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
