Merlin Titanium MTB in the UK

[Archangel]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0206614211

 

[Crell]

17.5....err I think not. 20" + by the look of it.

 

[Archangel]

Nope, 20" Merlin would have a HUGE headtube. It's 17.5" allright.

 

[Crell]

Maybe it's the photo but the Top-tube to Seat Tube intersection looks way too high for a 17" ? ... or do they have a wierd way of measuring?

OK maybe not a 20" +, but a 19" rather than a 17". As someone who normally rides a 17" or 18" it looks too big for me

 

[Archangel]

Well it has a 23" = 585mm toptube so quite large for a 17.5" frame...

 

[Corduroyboy]

'Hayes adjustable hydraulic discs front and rear'

I think not! :roll:

 

[Corduroyboy]

And unless I'm mistaken, they are Cooks Skewers, not Hope!
Man does this fella not know his own bike!

 

[Dave_H]

And unless I'm mistaken, they are Cooks Skewers, not Hope!

Looks like Cook Brothers to me....

 

[Anthony]

As a general rule of thumb, if you imagine a line joining the tops of the tyres, the amount of seat-tube below that line is about 15 inches, give or take. In this case, there's at least four inches, more like five, above that line, suggesting a size of c20. If Merlin measure from bb to top of top tube, that would make it a 19, but I can't see how it can be a 17.5 on any basis.

Also I think Wu-Tangled's Merlin is a 17.5 and that's a superb-looking bike and I'm sure it's not as tall as this one.

 

[Carsten]

the short head tube already tells that it cannot be a 20" frame. that's a 20" frame of the same era

http://cgi.ebay.com/Merlin-Titanium-Har ... dZViewItem

23" is the top tube lenght of the 17.5" merlin frames since long so i see no reason to doubt what the seller states. the head tube on a 17.5" frame would be around 4.5" long.
but the easiest way to find out is to ask how he has measured. merlin measured the frames center bb to center top tube.

Carsten