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Nice work restoring the seat post looks like new. I have been using the same post for almost 30 years and only had one problem when one of the screws snapped that hold the seat in place.

Someplace I have a Merlin metal works titanium bottle opener I got as a gift, it’s made from a piece of bike chain stay tubing with the Merlin decal. When I find it I’ll post a picture.

The crescent wrench is the titanium part the other pieces are steel and it’s pretty light a a little over 2oz for the crescent wrench part, the total weight is 169.5g in all the years I’ve had this I never noticed Robert Seals has a phone # on one side it’s usually wrapped in a shop rag, the...

On my dropout I assumed the serial number was 0861 not 086 is the last digit/letter a frame size mark and not part of the serial number? Also looking at the XTR history I guess my component 950 group could be as early as 1995, I remember I had to wait for the frame to come in from Merlin dating...

I think they only made a few of these out of titanium. I bought this from the guy that invented them from his booth at the Sea Otter Classic I think I paid around $100 for it back in 96 or 97, it was a lot for a bike tool, but I thought it was cool, lol. I still carry it in my seat bag.

This is an extra large

I was just reading the XTR M950 came out in 1996 so that might further support the frame on my Merlin being a 1996 with patent pending on the BB cartridge.

I was curious what year mine was built and found this Forum. It is serial number XM0861im guessing 1996? I had it built in the mid 1990’s mostly Shamino 950 group the bottom bracket cartridge is patent pending and has a 4 post chainring spider I’m not sure if this is early for the 950 group...