1994 Merlin Titanium

[RockiMtn]

No biggie. Get some lightweight anodised bling ones

EDIT: you beat me to it!

:twisted: evil ain't i?

 

[mikesnowdon]

 

[RockiMtn]

i think i've found the winner!

normally i won't touch coloured crank arms as i fear them becoming ugly with scratches and wearing. but these NOS pewter/gunmetal RF turbines i just couldn't resist picking up. probably paid too much for these, but they did come with a nice set of NOS Crank-o-matics as well!

will either use the other set of RFs to donate it's rings or perhaps go with a new set of matching pewter/gunmetal triple Pro chainrings from Canadian Blackspire company.

 

[Octsoc]

That spline pattern on the ring looks like it'll fit an old M950 crank arm, correct me if I'm wrong. Wherechu find that picture?

I have used Blackspire rings, very good quality indeed.

 

[RockiMtn]

you mean the pictures of the blackspire rings? that's directly off their website.

 

[RockiMtn]

finally got a temporary fork sorted out to work how i want it to. thanks to mechagouki for supplying a spare Manitou crown and a long 1" steerer for what i wanted to do. only issue was the 1" steerer had a part of a quill stem stuck in it. took quite a bit of work but managed to get it out and salvage enough steerer length to use my RF Ti ahead stem.

 

[mechagouki]

That is looking so nice Frank!

 

[RockiMtn]

was hoping for about 7" of steerer but i just couldn't bang out the quill even after soaking it with penetrating oil overnight as there was just too much stuck in there. so i decided to cut off the threaded section with a hacksaw, which was about 1.5" or so. even with that cut off, there was still quite a bit of quill left in it, but i managed to bang that out.

but when i re-assembled the fork i realized i ended up with about 6.5" of steerer. luckily it was enough, but it would have been nice to have raised the stem a tad higher, as it has no rise and the bars seem a bit low for comfort.

we'll see how it goes. :roll:

 

[24pouces]

What size is your Merlin ? 15" I think ;-)
If you don't use the marin stem, contact me !

 

[RockiMtn]

Yep, size is a 15"

still holding on to the Ti quill stem as backup. but once i know it's not needed, i will indeed pass it on.