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Right - my frame is Litespeed 15.5 and is 2921 - def 1990 since that was verified by Litespeed. So yours is about 100 before - and has the same two hole dropout as mine. So again Litespeed and may be 1989 or perhaps 1990. Worth stumping up the 25 dollars to get provenance I would say. Here’s what I received back from Litespeed:
Hello Tim,
We looked up the information we have on file for the serial number you provided and show that Litespeed to be:
1990 Marin MTB frame size 15.5" build in July 1990.
Not sure if you are looking into buying a used Litespeed but keep in mind that second hand Litespeeds do not come with any warranty. If you are in the market for a new Litespeed frame or bike, you may want to have a quick look at our frames/bikes on sale, these come with our Lifetime warranty covering manufacturing defects
I suspect yours is an early 1990 but could be 1989. If 1989 is it EXTREMELY rare. Very few made, and most went to the race team, according to Duncan McCann.
I think you have really scored with that bike. Give it a good check for cracks, but this year the frames had an excellent record for resilience. Make sure that the seat post is the right diameter so that the seat collar is never over-tightened. Carefully remove the BB and replace with one which has loads and loads of copper-based anti-seize on it.
The forks look VERY interesting. The frames, when build into complete bikes, came with curved blades. It would be worth looking for ID marks on the forks.
Right - my frame is Litespeed 15.5 and is 2921 - def 1990 since that was verified by Litespeed. So yours is about 100 before - and has the same two hole dropout as mine. So again Litespeed and may be 1989 or perhaps 1990. Worth stumping up the 25 dollars to get provenance I would say. Here’s what I received back from Litespeed:
Hello Tim,
We looked up the information we have on file for the serial number you provided and show that Litespeed to be:
1990 Marin MTB frame size 15.5" build in July 1990.
Not sure if you are looking into buying a used Litespeed but keep in mind that second hand Litespeeds do not come with any warranty. If you are in the market for a new Litespeed frame or bike, you may want to have a quick look at our frames/bikes on sale, these come with our Lifetime warranty covering manufacturing defects
I suspect yours is an early 1990 but could be 1989. If 1989 is it EXTREMELY rare. Very few made, and most went to the race team, according to Duncan McCann.
I think you have really scored with that bike. Give it a good check for cracks, but this year the frames had an excellent record for resilience. Make sure that the seat post is the right diameter so that the seat collar is never over-tightened. Carefully remove the BB and replace with one which has loads and loads of copper-based anti-seize on it.
The forks look VERY interesting. The frames, when build into complete bikes, came with curved blades. It would be worth looking for ID marks on the forks.
