br0qn
Retro Guru
Well this thread over here popped up and inspired me to make a thread of my own.
Will keep it as short as my ownership of the bike was and just post the pics for posterity.
I had been hunting a project for my first road bike and I couldn't get the triple triangle out of my head. I found this bike and though I had my doubts it was a size large for me I couldn't pass it up. Then, as it was was en route the Ti Edge popped up in the size down. Go figure.
Much like the Bontrager OR and the Race Lite ,which I got on the same morning from 2 different sellers, I had 2 Edge's within 2 days.
This one came to me complete as you see it, slapped it together with my own post, saddle and pedals and rode it around for a day. The guy who had it prior to me got it from a friend that said it was a Mavic Neutral Service bike but he nor I had any way of verifying that. It didn't matter to me anyhow, but was surely a bonus. I'd found a little info about the Edge in my research but I had questions so I contacted @SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum on facebook with some questions I had. He let me know that the tubeset was for certain Excell Superlite which I was unsure about. I thought perhaps True Temper which GT used for the Edge prior to switching to Reynolds 853. True Temper was '95 only I think though some of the early '95 bikes were Excell as well?
I also thought maybe I got a Nobilette built frame but @SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum said most likely there'd be an "N" somewhere on the BB shell which I couldn't find.
As we were shooting it up a bit he let me know he knew someone that would very much want the frame if I decided it was too big and after a day on it with slammed seatpost I felt for sure the 50 would do me better. And so off it went to a new home, I don't believe he's a member here or I'd let him share the bike and his build so instead I'll post the pics I took during those 72 hours in which I was her steward.
In any case, it's a '94 sz 52 and it's pretty glorious.
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Will keep it as short as my ownership of the bike was and just post the pics for posterity.
I had been hunting a project for my first road bike and I couldn't get the triple triangle out of my head. I found this bike and though I had my doubts it was a size large for me I couldn't pass it up. Then, as it was was en route the Ti Edge popped up in the size down. Go figure.
Much like the Bontrager OR and the Race Lite ,which I got on the same morning from 2 different sellers, I had 2 Edge's within 2 days.
This one came to me complete as you see it, slapped it together with my own post, saddle and pedals and rode it around for a day. The guy who had it prior to me got it from a friend that said it was a Mavic Neutral Service bike but he nor I had any way of verifying that. It didn't matter to me anyhow, but was surely a bonus. I'd found a little info about the Edge in my research but I had questions so I contacted @SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum on facebook with some questions I had. He let me know that the tubeset was for certain Excell Superlite which I was unsure about. I thought perhaps True Temper which GT used for the Edge prior to switching to Reynolds 853. True Temper was '95 only I think though some of the early '95 bikes were Excell as well?
I also thought maybe I got a Nobilette built frame but @SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum said most likely there'd be an "N" somewhere on the BB shell which I couldn't find.
As we were shooting it up a bit he let me know he knew someone that would very much want the frame if I decided it was too big and after a day on it with slammed seatpost I felt for sure the 50 would do me better. And so off it went to a new home, I don't believe he's a member here or I'd let him share the bike and his build so instead I'll post the pics I took during those 72 hours in which I was her steward.
In any case, it's a '94 sz 52 and it's pretty glorious.
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for a happy ending.
