Date my litespeed!

[bikeworkshop]

I've owned this around 20 years.
I'm sure I used to know what year it was.
I wanted to put the date into the thread about ti welds

Thread 'The titanium weld and detail appreciation thread.'

Sunday at 14:01

As a result of previous (is it / isn't it) ti threads, I thought I'd put something together to display the details of certain ti welds. I've taken these pics of bb shell, dropout, top of stays and head tube.
Against a basic cardboard box background gave me the best colour match of the frames, others made them look yellow.

Merlin XLM 2000ish

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but found all the Litespeed catalogue photos seemed to feature vertical dropouts, unlike mine.

even 1991.
It's a very short frame number
7393 (XZW)- I know i can send them £21 for details, but let's see if anyone has an idea?

 

[grantoury]

Sexy thing, I would love to date her.

 

[pigman]

Is it 1" or 1 1/8 headset?

If 1", I'd say late 90s, if 1 1/8 then early 2000s.
By mid 2000s there were different frame transfer designs

 

[bikeworkshop]

It's 1"
I know it's earlier than 97
The frame shapes are all quite simple.