Did you buy this CL ti MTB?
02-29-24, 05:20 PM
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Did you buy this CL ti MTB?
If you sold or, preferably, bought this bike, I have questions for you!
Or if anyone knows who made a ti MTB with chainstay mounted brakes and --horizontal-- dropouts, please let me know!
02-29-24, 05:53 PM
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02-29-24, 06:12 PM
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what kind of VooDoo is in that link? When I click on it, it takes me here https://www.bikeforums.net/g/picture/32859915? Tried a few times because I thought I was crazy. How is that possible? If I copy it and paste in new tab it takes me to what you would expect, the Merlin site.
https://merlintitanium.com/merlin_evolution.html
02-29-24, 06:51 PM
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I guess I should have specified forward-facing horizontal dropouts. Not rear facing.
Are any of those Merlin dropouts forward facing?
The only manufacturers I'm aware of that made use of traditional, forward facing horizontal dropouts in titanium were Fuji/Sumitomo, Pino Morroni and Coassin (the latter two using the same cast campagnolo dropouts).
Or am I just interpreting the original pictures incorrectly? Are they just chunky vertical dropouts? I agree that the other details look sufficiently merlin-ish. I wish I had seen the original post so I could have gotten better pictures.
Are any of those Merlin dropouts forward facing?
The only manufacturers I'm aware of that made use of traditional, forward facing horizontal dropouts in titanium were Fuji/Sumitomo, Pino Morroni and Coassin (the latter two using the same cast campagnolo dropouts).
Or am I just interpreting the original pictures incorrectly? Are they just chunky vertical dropouts? I agree that the other details look sufficiently merlin-ish. I wish I had seen the original post so I could have gotten better pictures.
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02-29-24, 07:15 PM
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If you scroll down there are a few. Their Fat Chance seems closest.
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03-03-24, 02:34 PM
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I asked Ashok, it's not a Merlin and it turns out I was wrong, it has normal vertical dropouts that just looked weird in the low quality pictures. But it does have an externally butted/reinforced head tube so that's cool.
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Merlin I rebuilt, the only quirky features are the s-curves stays and grease fitting in the BB shell. Originally had a suspension fork.
