Merlin Newsboy and Extralight

[GoldenEraMTB]

Look at the bar that becomes the seat stays on my newsboy. It is a single piece of bent titanium. On the ebay newsboy, it is two pieces, welded at the seat tube. Cheaper to fab, but not so elegant.

http://www.kalimotxo.com/mtb/merlin_newsboy_084.html

Ahhh, I see. Cool, that's a beauty.