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I've had one of those frames. Nice try at DH and alu frames, but not a great design. He makes super nice road frames today.

1991 Merida Albontech LX. All stock except, for practical reasons, since it is still in regular use, saddle, tyres, pedals, bell. And Onzas of course, for all that climbing. This one made me fall in love with our sport.

Super, thanks! Great info & conclusive.

I think that is the prototype beryllium frame that GT made before they licensed their brand to Ford for their race cars.

That makes sense, good to know! It should be easily seen if they are made in that way, the carbon would have a seam where they are joined. Pics of that?

hmm not referring to HED in particular, just general carbon fiber part production method related - I thought that foam cores were primarily used for production purposes, to have something to build the carbon around. And that it is only in recent years that "inflatable bladder" production...

i concur, wrt certain things. Such as bonded carbon/ steel one offs from Colorado which fell apart /trash, while the Japanese & Taiwanese had it all figured out and were already mass-producing (Miyata & Merida). BTW Merida were taught by Raleigh, UK?

repaint is an easy diy job.

a regular hardware store should have everything you need. I would possibly : 1. punch a dent in the center of the screw 2. drill with superthin titanium nitride drillbit 3. miniature / small screw extractor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_extractor

forgot to blend in some Tibet, I mean Xizang.

Well what do you know? Ivo Vinklarek I.V. Welding 1280 W. Lehigh Place Englewood, CO 80110 303 761-7724 https://maps.app.goo.gl/T7P1iMax3PHkdYqA7

Clark Kent. I believe ca 1991-92 due to spec.

Thanks for sharing, very interesting! Can the same mold be used for kevlar bead? I guess a thinner version / less material is not possible as a thinner "casting" would require material to be added to the mold, or is it perhaps the inner part / a "balloon" that determines that?

CK was made by various welders, so there was some difference between frames over the years. I've had one and it was very nice and has not had an issue.

Approximate year of manufacture would be useful, if you could add please, where available.

did you pay for the mold or do you have a say in what they use it for, or are they free to do as they please with it?

I would think the opposite, a shop that has access to lots of tubing and ordinary welders, and that is considering expanding into making bicycle frames. In particular bc they apparently did not put much weight onto the matter of weight ;)

if it was made or ordered by gt i doubt they would let it leave the company. a competent brand would cut it up so it could not be mistaken for a real frame.

little logic to make it like that, for a maker like GT, or a competent client. it will be heavy and stiff. welds and finish look like early 90s eg litespeed wo polish, but could easily be 2020s in an amateurish shop. the machined bosses look like 90s TW to me. the fact thst it is in CN though...

My guess it is not a vintage mtb collector at all. It's just a warehouse stuffed with vintage parts bought on ebay and other places for the purpose of analyzing them and copying, to whatever extent. Now in the process of unloading, but "not shipping abroad, just make yourself a taobao account...