Not just another New England attic...

[danson67]

I'm not sure if this has been flagged up before, but:

Merlin's Gwynn Jones' attic: another shed full of dreams and unicorns from 2006:

http://www.sidewaystoyota.com/2006/newengland4.html

Starts pretty tamely, then skims through Merlins, girder forks, Pace, Fuji and back to the Raleigh roadsters and tractors... :shock:

All the best,

 

[yo-Nate-y]

Cooool. And with another example of the alternate red team logos that popped up in auctions recently.

 

[mrkawasaki]

Bonkers!

Is that comment about PACE stress calculations true??

 

[danson67]

Is that comment about PACE stress calculations true??

I don't think so. Adrian Carter commented in his RB interview a few years ago:

we used box in some frame areas for the same reason why many manufacturers now use them- because you can make them handle a load better when the load is directional. That is, if the load acting upon a frame tube is the same from all directions then it makes sense to have a round tube- but we know that in fact there are primary loads acting upon a frame tube and these don’t come from all directions but from a particular one (vertical loads being a main one). So we spent some time doing the math, studying what loads really were applied and using a bit of FEA to determine what the loads were, what direction they were coming from, then stretching the axis of the tube to best withstand them. So we had square, rectangular, round and of course round plus two vertical webs up the back in the case of the head tube! (just showing off at that point).

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/20-questions/20-questions-with-adrian-carter-of-pace-cycles/

Weren't they involved in motorbike trials frames originally? So they'd have had plenty of square tubing on their shelves..
Certainly a briliant distinctive USP.

All the best,

 

[tintin40]

Is that really the best way look after such highly rated bikes? leaning against each other like that?

 

[racer x]

Has anyone got pics they could put up on this thread of that full sus Merlin his held up in his attic from old shows or mags

 

[FMJ]

found pics of the one with the integrated Magura.

 

[racer x]

Mate Wow thats awesome there are the original pics of that bike in your mag from back in the day, there it is now in his attic

Is there any of that full sus frame and forks held up as a full bike in any mags

 

[danson67]

Is there any of that full sus frame and forks held up as a full bike in any mags

Some pics here :http://merlintitanium.com/content_merlin_various_gallery_merlin.html

The Bow Ti/Elevator/Girvin cross:

And the Elevator with that girder fork:

All the best,

 

[racer x]

Just stunning really there still about