marin or merlin frame..titanium apparently? roll a dice

[Drewson]

It's only 4 miles from me so i'm gonna pop along and take a look.

 

[sylus]

Ta Drew

 

[mr_ship]

Got some Cooks on it anyway

 

[Dr S]

This guy is a local BMX collector and sent me pics a few weeks back. He offered it to me as an early Merlin. I told him it wasn't a Merlin but might be a 92 Marin but no way am I an expert. I didn't think it was Titanium looking at the photos but an engineer he works with confirmed it was Ti. Welds are not the nicest are they.

 

[mr_ship]

I'm 99.9% sure its not a Merlin. Rear dropouts and cable routing are nothing like the early ones I've seen.

If it is ti though it is likely to be pretty early judging by the welds. My early Merlin has some pretty poor almost smeared welds on it.

 

[konaman1]

l asked him to do the magnet test and he replied saying the frame and bar are non magnetic. So not steel but doesn't look like Ti either :?

 

[ratbane]

Ti

Looks like an early Marin Ti to me. I recall welding like that BITD.

 

[Anthony]

I would say it is definitely titanium, and none of the features that are visible are inconsistent with it being an early 90s Marin, made by Litespeed.

It's hard to accept as a serious advert though - who is going to bid for a frame when they don't know what it looks like, and they don't know what size it is?

 

[sylus]

Someone with a keen eye, an informed soul and a desire for a bargain?

 

[Charlieboy28]

who is going to bid for a frame when they don't know what it looks like, and they don't know what size it is?

Me so bugger off you lot :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: