Pete.M Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Neither myself or my camera can take good photos, and the sun kinda needs to be out for the colour to 'pop'. I asked Marino for something along the lines of British Racing Green, and he came up with this awesome dark metallic colour that really shines in the sun. No back brakes because I ran out of bolts. It rides amazing. 18:13 gearing means my chainstay length is super short at around 358.6mm (In theory). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolasp1405 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Oh boy that looks nice! Is that a 200mm rotor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Cheers. 203 mm rotor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old boy chez Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Looks nice Pete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiaan Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 That looks awesome! Whats the geo on those archives? How is it for the more trialsy backwheel stuff? I'm really tempted to buy a marino aswel but i'm afraight it's to short(i'm 6,3ft) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Geo is 980mm wb, 20mm bb, 74 ha, 360mm cs. I couldn't really tell you how it feels for trialsy stuff, because I haven't sorted the back brake yet. Not sure about the length issue either. Hopefully someone else can help. What bike do you have at the moment? If you're already on a fairly modern street trials bike then I suspect you'll fit just fine on one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiaan Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 I had an mk1 fourplay for the last 4 years. Compared to your archive my bike has a 45mm longer wheelbase so thats a big difference. So i would like a streety bike with a modern geo but still want to do backwheel stuff, gaps, sidehops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 It's all about the reach, rather than the wheelbase. With the steeper head angle on the Archive, the reach is probably not much different. But I'll let Ross or someone else confirm this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 nice bike! get a pic done in the sun or with good lighting,i wanna see that green popping out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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