The Hitcher Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I think it works out around 120 quid posted to your doorstep. The frame itself is 120 USD and postage it 65USD to UK. As for the quality I dont know yet as waiting to receive my frame. But I would also like to know the answer this if anybody who has a Marino would answer it? I think you can have as many brake mounts as there are. On the Blog, there is a link to his sale frames and some of these have magura, vee and disk mounts all on the same frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hmmmm, I paid by western union, sent him the mtcn number to collect the money his end, sent a few emails to confirm it but haven't had a reply since 29th Yeah, he does that, don't worry, you will probably get an e-mail in a week or two after your frame has arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Lol, just got an email from the Gmail account, posting today, said he's been non stop making frames. Leon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenhopper Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Morning all, I got astock frame sent across late last year, just before everything froze over. So I've not had much more than a kitchen session on it. The steel is alot more spring-y but it is a little heavy. I wouldn't buy a fork from him again. The one I recieved reminds me of an old Raleigh MAX fork. It's a long way too heavy & unfortunately he got the +20mm mount wrong so I had to chop it up & make my own. I had a rear disk mount added as well & have not checked to see if it is in the right spot. I'm using a maggy. Contact was good and regular through the build process. Once he'd told me the frame was built I had no contact for a few weeks but then out of nowhere he sent me a tracking number & the frame arrived in good time. The build quality is pretty good, all of the welds are perfectly acceptable. Better than mine in alot of cases! If you go for horizontal drop-outs, he offers a wee welded on pair of tensioners. These wouldn't work with a freewheel on my DMR hub. I had to go to front freewheel and a fixed screw on rear sprocket because it doesn't protrude out over the axle where the tensioner screw was to touch. The clearance on the chainstay & seatstay wouldn't allow me to run a 24t Middleburn chainset either (the chain fouled the frame), so again FFW was the only way around it. I had minor problems with an ENO fouling the frame around the BB but I think that's normal for any FFW & ENO, right? If you need to know anything else, send me a PM. I can get you some snap shots of anything you're concerned about too if you'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Would be cool to see some closeup snaps of the welding around areas like the dropouts/headtube if you wouldn't mind. Purely out of interest, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Dan's 24" looked really tidy, as you know Luke. Darren if your eno was fouling on the chainstay/BB yoke are then surely you needed a longer bb to give the clearance needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 what length BB are you using? My rs7's had a 24t ring on a truvativ 118mm isis and that cleared it, not by much, had the 2.7 tyre clearance too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Dan's 24" looked really tidy, as you know Luke. Indeed, but I'd quite like to see more pictures, as I'm sure anyone looking to buy would be too I'm being a cheeky git, I've already got one on a boat (motherf**kers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanLegend Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Indeed, but I'd quite like to see more pictures, as I'm sure anyone looking to buy would be too I am currently camera-less, and I wouldn't want to post phone pics of something that clearly you want in detail!! To be fair, it's under £200 for a custom build frame delivered to your door. The quality is more than good enough for that price point. From what I've seen, the welds get better and better. Mine are more than good enough. DO NOT under any circumstances get the built in tensioners that he offers. I had to grind mine off after 2 minutes because they quite simply aren't strong enough. If you want horizontal drop outs, get snail cams, I had them on mine and it's fit and forget. So long as you are very clear with him about what you want, he will sort you out. IMO the best way is to choose some geo, and keep the frame SIMPLE. The simpler it is, the less chance there will be of you being disappointed when it arrives. Bottom line, love mine, would buy another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Good to know, cheers for the info mate Mwahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I had minor problems with an ENO fouling the frame around the BB but I think that's normal for any FFW & ENO, right? Not particularly - with a 68x128 BB mine cleared fine. The frame wouldn't really dictate if it was going to rub, that's purely BB length Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenhopper Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Darren if your eno was fouling on the chainstay/BB yoke are then surely you needed a longer bb to give the clearance needed? Nah, it was the removal tabs fouling on the BB shell when I had a bashring on but I moved that to between the BB & Frame. Actually come to think of it that was another problem I had... Marino only threaded the first 10mm or so of the BB shell so the longer threaded section on my BB wouldn't go in past that. Fortunately I have a BB tap so I just made the threads go in further. I'll get you some snaps this evening & post tomorrow when I'm being paid for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenhopper Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Morning, I forgot to take photos for you but the ones (I think) I've attached are the frame when it arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Frame looks lovely, love the design and the colour. Although nothing looks aligned exactly ("seat tubes", BB yoke area etc.... but then it is filthy cheap so small defects on a hand built frame at this price point can be expected.. Is everything all Ok clearance wise? Have you measured up the geo and compared it to what you ordered? Don't mean to sound an arse just trying to find out how good for the money they are . Edited January 15, 2010 by craigjames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Looks as well designed as any Deng frame out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenhopper Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I did measure it as it happens. I was only using a cheap inclinometer for the head angle but it measured up bang on. The photos really don't do the build quality justice. Everything is in pretty good alignment. Aside from getting the +20mm disk mount wrong on the fork, everything was tickety boo. I would buy another, if only because steel frames are fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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