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For sale, Marin Wildcat Trail 2005.

Dust in the photos highlights how little this once slack and now very much not slack bike gets used - so with a heavy heart it’s time to move on in the hope someone might get a laugh out of it.

Bike is a mostly stock Wildcat Trail from 05, bought new from ATB direct in 08. I added the SLX brakes in ’16 so I could commute with a broken wrist for two months. Everything works perfectly, with the exception of the fork which could probably do with a service, or upgrade if you’re planning on getting airborne.

Perfect for learning wheelies.
Frame is small - probably best for anyone 5’5” and down.

Looking for £280, open to sensible offers.

Pick up SE22 or W1S.

2005 Marin Wildcat Trail (S or 15”?)
2016 SLX M675 brakes (recently bled, rotors + pads <100k)
Marzocchi EXR Pro 120mm (coil, not air)
Shimano Deore 8 speed triple
Shimano Deore Hubs on Alex DP-20 rims
Truvativ BB & Crank
DMR v8 pedals and DMR lock on grips
Thomson Elite 40cm seatpost

https://www.scribd.com/doc/16153748/2006-Marin-Catalog

Bunny hopped drain covers and used speed bumps as ramps on the way to school the office...

...did not have bar ends, maguras or a suspension fork though 7/10

Seconded - after my first foray at the weekend I’m dissapointed I didn’t back myself to do “wet work” sooner....

Answering my own question - just switch at caliper, much easier.

Yup - it has two holes near the top, and one in the tip. But is sealed - I cant see the end of the hose.

Edit:
after watching a useful video, it seems it should be pre-bleed, and has a clever auto olive system like a j-kit, but built into the shifter... so question:

If I chop the end off with the j-kit style insert, do I remove the bolt from the caliper, slide it over the hose, add an olive and an insert and away we go - or does this Direct system require a different method to create a perfect seal? #bleedingn00bwithastanleyknife

https://vimeo.com/85855556

https://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-BR0008-08-ENG.pdf (Page 20)

So - does anyone happen to know if the BR-RS785 that just got delivered with a rubber cap over the end of the hoses are full of juice or not...? Shimano calls the rubber cap 'easy hose joint system'...

This is going to be my first attempt at chopping and setting up hydro, trying to gauge how much mineral oil I should order with the bleed kit I will inevitably need to coat my kitchen floor in pinkish oil...before going to my lbs to fix it.

unlikely second dibs

If I didn't have a surplus to clear I'd be all over this. GLWS.

Know anyone that would want a Marin Verona and a Marin Wildcat Trail?!

...for evacuations or for import?

Did a tidy at home, and came across some boots I forgot I had -
Anyone interested in some Salomon F22 in a Mondo 28cm (~EUR44 in a Giro cycling shoe)?

Or any suggestions on where I could post them (other than eBay) so they'd get into the hands of someone that would use them?

Bread Ahead on Beak street just delivered - albeit at a price point that required a re-mortgage, and with a pastry colour several shades too dark - ample filling, soft soft fruit, lovely crunch / crumble on the pastry and a controversial sprinkling of granulated sugar that I whole heartedly embraced.

Will Mince Again. Maybe Before Sunset.

I had a similar experience earlier in the week with an unnecessarily large box lashed to my bag (think dangerous cardboard sail not dissimilar to an ironing board) - I'll accept it was a terrible idea, but actually felt much much safer on the roads as most vehicle-captains seemed to give the unknown package at large a wide berth...

First post here. And I'm ashamed to acknowledge that it'll be somewhat blasphemous. Those of weak disposition, or on a low sugar-pre-lunch slump be warned.

I'm waiting to kick the season off officially next week, but was lulled into temptation by a 'Mince Slice" with a crumble top at Benugos. In my mind it was sufficiently removed from a recognisable mincer to be well within the bounds of a standard 'mid afternoon treat' with maybe a hint of a nod of things to come next week. The problem is... it was lovely.

Perhaps a smidgen on the sweet side, but excellent ratios of mince and pastry with that warm satisfying tingle. Have I sinned or should I take this as a fair warning that perhaps it is time I kicked the season off in earnest, if a little early, to avoid further temptations? Please help.

To the chap reading his phone while cycling at full speed down east/west towards embankment where it narrows and a bus load of london-super-fans with Nikons had ejected into an excited huddle... you managed to eclipse the bus indicating left but turning right across a lane of traffic at camberwell for most nodder moment of my commute home this evening.

Shame you didn't look up when I shouted. Hope everyone survived the carnage I hope didn't happen.

All cleared out to @Yusuf987, hope you get plenty of use out of the parts!

Price drop on wheel-set to "reasonable donation at your discretion to the Forum"

This is pretty much the approach I take - Shell, then layer up underneath. I prefer non-hooded insulation layers though as the hood in hood tangling tends to wind me up. -20 last year with base layers, shirt, insulation layer and shell was fine. Have also worn proper full down outer jackets - super toasty but low regulation when you step in out of the snow!

Thanks for thinking of me! Sadly fell off the deep end into cross and have cleaned out the coffers for a while...

GLWS!

Have a spare braze on 105 - say a fiver and a beer?

Well that was about the most fun I’ve ever had on a bicycle.

I think I need to get a cx bike.

Cheers Tim - hope you heal up soon. Great Seller.

I thought that might be the case when playing around, did manage to miss spectacularly on one attempt though, which almost left me sans shorts...

Thigh first by the looks of it, that makes a bit more sense - thank you! I better get matching socks to my shoes too...

Having never raced a bicycle, I've decided I'd like to give cross a go - I've got a bike to borrow, and hope I don't get in peoples way too much at Herne Hill.

I tested the concept out last night, and it turns out bunny hopping a CX bike is significantly more difficult than an MTB. Dismounting and Running seems reasonably straightforward... but remounting without total annihilation of future children less so... any good tutorials or guides out there I could study in the next week?! Anything thing I can to mitigate annoying those with loftier goals on course?