MKM frame and forks
 

SOLD 19 Sep

This is a little weird but definitely demonstrates why making a "homage bike" or "reproduction bike"is a bad idea.

PO took a perfectly good handmade British racing frame and stripped the paint and repainted and decaled it as a Pogliaghi!

It's an MKM Dominator. Frame is 22 inch or 56 cm. I would rate it as nicer than say a comparable Raleigh Super Course but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and to my eye this one has been horribly painted.

$75 plus shipping?

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Wow, that's a fun project for someone.

For reference, MKM on Classic Rendezvous: MKM, main

So how did you figure out it's an MKM?

I'd like to say it was all me but when I saw it I was able to "that ain't italian" and maybe it was British but that was it. T-Mar and Bertinjim and scarlson and juvela and unworth1 and a few others recognized it. I contacted the MKM website and gave them the sn 3878 and they confirmed it and confirmed it was built in 1976. Also said that as a plus it was upgraded with fastback seatstays which cost 3 pounds (about $16 US) extra bitd!

The main British MKM site is here: https://www.mkm-cycles.co.uk/ I have seen the frame in the metal and it has lovely craftmanship and an appalling re- paint.

No-jig building. That's pretty impressive.

I bought my 1973 MKM Dominator as a used frame in 1981, and the label said that its tubes, forks, and stays forks are 531DB. I believe the Super Courses have straight gauge 531 for their 3 frame tubes.

I had an Atala with a label that said 3 straight gauge 531 frame tubes, and I loved it, but the MKM is a sweeter ride. I attribute that to the double-butted steel, but that's just the most obvious difference. In any case, I expect your rebadged MKM is a sweeter ride than a Super Course, given the same components and wheels.

I bought it because it was such a weird story and I just had to go look but if it were a 24 or 25 inch frame I'd have blown $20 on brazeons for DT shifters and $75 on powder coat and kept it.

Sorry all - my mistake

I got emailed about the size and something didn't seem right so I remeasured C to C and it's a 21 inch (54cm) frame.

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Apologies!
Wesley

You and me both.

I just checked the old ads and MKM made frames in 1/2 inch increments so might actually be 21.5in frame...

How long is the top tube?

WGB-

Maybe right both ways? Brits measured center to top. Italians, center to center. So, since it's an MKM, decaled as a Pogliaghi it must be a 56 cm, 54cm frame.

Just adding photos of top tube measurements for posterity as sold.

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Left side of tape is actually centered as shown in next photo


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Tape
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Apparently they went for longer top tube than seat tube.

Next time I'll add the measurements properly since I have another small frame - a Brian Rourke, also 54cm IIRC.

thanks.... just dodged an n+1 bullet thinking that would be a great single speed

Those of us who are short and have relatively longer trunks and shorter legs than most cyclists really like 21" STs and 22" TTs.:) BTW, your frame's head tube is longer than my 21" frame's HT, so I think yours is 22" CTT.

You might market it for long trunk/short legs, though $75 for a full 531 frame that doesn't really need repainting is a great deal, IMO.

PM Sent.

: Mike

Sorry for any confusion but it sold on here on Sept 19th.

Wesley.

Personally, I thought the paint job was cool. Tear off the decals and go to town for October!

I was just thinking the same thing...