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Something happened to the end of my post. and the standard Shimano headset did not fit. long story short, Merida made the frames with JIS (Japanese industry standard) size head tubes. the headsets in this size are not available in the US, Shimano USA did not carry them. So headsets had to be...

No unfortunately I do not have any MS bikes or frames. As stated in post 153, The first bonded aluminum frame broke on the down tube at the cable guide. Since the frames were made from a non weldable aluminum (a 7000 series tubing I believe) Merida attached the cable guide by drilling a hole...

In the original story on the first page there is a person named Bill. I know of no Bill that worked in the MS Racing mtb program. That was a Phil that came to work at MS with Roger from fisher.

If anyone has one of the aluminum bonded frames. The top tube and down tube were aluminum. A non weldable aluminum. If you look in the bottom bracket shell you will see a spoke nipple. There is a spoke that runs from the head tube to the bottom bracket shell. Unlike Trek bonded bikes that used a...

The catalog on the previous page is not the same catalog I posted. The catalog I posted was the original catalog when the bikes first came out. The bikes in the catalog were painted in the USA with hand painted decals. I think I may still have one of the hand painted head tube decals. They were...

Sorry if some of this was covered, I did not read all 15 pages. The bikes were sold to motorcycles dealers only. You had to buy a package that included 12 bikes. 6 of each model. The package was a turnkey mtb deal. The package also included jerseys, shorts, gloves, helmets, water bottles and...

I know this is an old story but lots of early MS Racing history missing here. Also the move from MS to Alpine Star is misrepresented at best.