HELP unknown Ritchey frame

[obetski]

hi, i'm glad i bumped into this forum since i have been researching on exactly what kind of frame i have.
I have this old Ritchey frame that I got from a local bike shop. It has a chrome finish and the only thing that made me identified that its a Ritchey is a logo that is engraved on its drop outs. It also has a MEGAMO engraved on its head tube which is 1 1/8" serial number is RE9907118 it is commonly mistaken to be made from Ti but it isn't. its made from chromoly.
here are some photos (sorry if the quality isn't good). I hope somebody can help me identify this frame. thank you in advance fellas!

http://img709.imageshack.us/i/dsc004111.jpg/
http://img192.imageshack.us/i/dsc00428c.jpg/

 

[cannondale king]

it looks exactly the same as the merlin frame that i had they turn up from time to time merlin had them made to build up for there mail order bike range cool frames though very very liverly any pics of the bottle cage mounts are they star mounts

also megamo are a trials bike company now but they did used to make nice xc bikes from what i remember so its proberly one of them

 

[obetski]

yes it has star mounts for the bottle cage. the finish was dull when i first got this frame. it must have been sitting in that bike shop for some time because it took me numb arms and heck a lot of hours to clean and polish it but its all worth it.

any idea why it had the ritchey badge? thanks!

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

not looking like a Ritchey from here.

 

[jimihendrix]

any idea why it had the ritchey badge? thanks!

Just Ritchey manufactured drop outs, quite a few steel frames of the period used them, leads a few people to believe they have a Ritchey frame .

Frame is probably a Merlin as CK suggests, looks like a nice thing though, should build into a nice rig

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

I didn't see any Ritchey "badge"....those are usually on the head tube....just dropouts and dozens of companies spec'd Ritchey dropouts at one time or another. If it were a Ritchey it would likely have fastback seatstays similar to these.

 

[cannondale king]

after spending the last 10 mins staring at it and the pics of my old frame its defo one of the mass produced merlin frames loads of different companys brought them to build up they had ritchey logic tubing made by tange and ritchey drop outs with the star bottle boss brass on's very nice frames though

 

[24pouces]

Frame is probably a Merlin as CK suggests, looks like a nice thing though,

Merlin didn't weld steel frames :?
And they created their own dropout in 6-4 titanium…

The oval section diagonal tube couldn't be ritchey

 

[obetski]

it is a megamo. similar model of it is the megamo columbus.
http://img692.imageshack.us/i/dsc05723800x600.jpg/%5D
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4046 ... 00x600.jpg

this is when it was a single speeder. i've converted it to geared and i will post a photo of it as soon as i get a decent picture

i can't find an exact model of this frame. driving me nuts!

 

[cannondale king]

Frame is probably a Merlin as CK suggests, looks like a nice thing though,

Merlin didn't weld steel frames :?
And they created their own dropout in 6-4 titanium…

The oval section diagonal tube couldn't be ritchey

i was on about the english company merlin not the american one

those frames where produced for a couple of companys including megamo, merlin and some shops that brought them for there own brand builds there very well made and light how much did you pay for it