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    Unknown Ti Forks - help with id?

    Re: Well, Thank you for the ideas. Just happened to start from the bottom up and researched SIBEX. And what I found within two mins wasn't what I really wanted to see. I'm going to err on the side of caution and not ride these (I haven't ridden them yet! just put them on my most valued Ti frame...
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    Unknown Ti Forks - help with id?

    I wondered if anyone can help me ID these forks. I bought them maybe 8 years ago, they came on a '94 Merlin Titanium. They are for a 1" headtube, 26" wheel, legs are 1.12" Diameter, no markings anywhere.
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    Black Sheep Ti single speed.... but

    Yep. What a shame. thanks for the second opinion.
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    Black Sheep Ti single speed.... but

    tell me there isn't a hairline crack in the lower weld on the rear stay by the sliding dropout on this frame... http://www.ebay.com/itm/200817671001?_t ... 97.c0.m619 (look in the 9th pic, starting top row, left to right) :?: :?: :?:
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    Bike Collecting Article - NY Times

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/nyreg ... .html?_r=1 Sound familiar?
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    non bike holiday in the USA, advice please from locals!

    US hols I'm a brit, been in Houston 11yrs. You're just as likely to get shot in the wrong part of London, Liverpool, Brum as you are here. There are cities that don't allow guns, New York and Washington DC being two of them, there are probably more I dunno. Remember though, crims don't give a...
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    New Brake Shoes Anyone?

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    SNATCH WARS!

    then this one also --- also NSFW (language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhOS6K47Xt8
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    Merlin Titanium decals

    here's my suggestion. Which works, well it did for me. Write / Email Tom Kellogg at Spectrum Cycles (http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/) and ask him for a set. I did and bought a set of correct decals for my 1995 Merlin (M and E merged, capitalized TITANIUM etc. ) for 42USD plus shipping...
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    Merlin model...?

    some (not much, sorry) serial number help... gave my brother a Merlin, serial number 763X - Craig Sutton at American Bicycle Group aged it at 1992. I have a Merlin, serial number 1250X - and has been aged as a late 1995 - early 1996.
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    lets see you retro singlespeeds...

    1993 Fat Ti M
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    Urgent help from American retrobikers for small ebay purchas

    right, Konahed, you're not really helping yourself are you mate? below is a scan of my receipt for shipping one MTB frame to Shropshire from Houston Texas. I used FedEx Economy (5 days) (FedEx Priority is 2 days). As you can see the actual weight was only 7 lbs 14ozs (the frame, rigid...
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    Canal Towpath Riding - North East USA!

    Check out this article on CNN... http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways ... index.html 185 miles out of a total of 32O forming the Great Allegheny Passage Rail Trail on canal towpaths! Traffic free (i.e no OAP ramblers setting up 'obstructions' just around blind bends, (referring to...
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    I'll buy this Ti Lite please

    ask him to remove the rear wheel (if he can!) and take pics... me thinks it's bent enough to be tight against the cassette.
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    Chain Suck Damage - Before Purchase Pics

    How many of you specifically ask to see pics of the drive side chain stay on a bike you are interested in or planning to purchase? If I can't see this critical area in the pics than I specifically ask and if I don't get pics back then the bike stays on the 'shelf'. And I've walked away from a...
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    cycling on the roads

    Lethal, where I live anyway. Houston, Texas. A..holes have no idea how to deal with cyclists. Dickheads can't drive here at all actually. And adding to that I've had stuff thrown at me (fast food items, liquids) and the 'how close can I get my wing mirror to him' attempts. And I used to ride...
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    Answer 'Snap-in-Two' 1993

    Fracture Mechanics Looked cracked to me. This would be a great purchase for a uni. They could use it to teach fracture mechanics, crack propagation, fatigue etc.
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    Hei Hei

    No pics Emailed seller for pics 3 days ago, nothing yet.
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    Who frequented Cannock Chase BITD..

    I did, loads I used to ride there regularly. I lived near Wolverhampton. Great place, last time I rode there was maybe 1996. Loved it, miss it. Knew the place backwards too. Remember the stepping stones? Is it still as open as it was then, or have they closed some of it to cyclists?
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    annoying girlfriend, so i'm going for a nightride!!

    Avoid that awkward phone call... This service just started up over here, "Slydial lets you connect directly with another person's cell phone voice mail, bypassing the traditional ringing process that often results, sometimes disastrously, with someone picking up on the other end. Users...
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