The marble peak is an awesome bike for anyone who live in an area filled with rocky or technical climbs and descents.
Ventana marble peak.
Roller cam front derailleur cable guide.
This section of the marble peak trail is a delight and thanks to the crews for the excellent work.
Handbuilt bicycle frames from the heart of northern california mountain fat cross tandem beautifully crafted.
The trans red paint is awesome.
The frame is fairly light has excellent suspension action and is very simple and reliable i had an el habanero that i sent to ventana to get the bushings replaced for free and they called me to say that the frame was cracked.
Copious bear scat was observed from strawberry valley through indian valley.
Judging by the volume of scat it seems the bear population in this part of the ventana is growing.
Aluminum frame 1 head tube 130mm spacing 26 wheel compatible.
The bicycle looks good may have minimal cosmetic only blemishes on the frame fork components parts and or accessories.
My mantis is faster on the smooth stuff but i can climb steep nasty things on the ventana that i never could on the mantis even though i m not nearly as conditioned.
Rare 90 s ventana marble peak mountain bike frame with fork.
I ve noticed a substantial uptick in bear scat observations in recent years.
The bicycle may require minimal service adjustments without the need of replacing any parts.
Ventana s legacy has yielded many heralded full suspension frames with rear travels ranging from 2 4 in the beginning with the marble peak fs up to a leggy 9 with the el cuervo dh sled and all sizes in between.
Now to be fair debbie and i have done a fair amount of off road riding on our ventana el conquistador de montanas off road tandem since june of 2000.
I m almost embarrassed to say the last time i rode my ventana marble peak was on june 3 2000 when the blanket s creek mountain bike trails off of sixes road in canton georgia first opened.