I picked this one up locally last week. It was hanging in my buddy’s shop forever, but I always thought he said it was an “on one” and I never really looked too closely at it. The bike was just filthy ...
I was waiting to pick up a frame he was working on for me and looking around ... I noticed the unique BB lug. Funny I never figured out what it was until that moment. I spend a ton of time in the shop.
Anyway, it was in for repairs many years ago on the drive train and the owner passed away. Sad situation. Anyway I agreed to buy and restore it. Sorta feel it’s right it get a new life and stay in Toronto.
From what I am told this frame was built to run that crazy long post. The measurements are interesting. It’s only 12” c to c on the ST but has 22.5” virtual TT. It’s sorta like a 12” WTB Phoenix with a 15” TT. I have an message in form Mike Ausberger (co-founder of Merlin and One Off Ti) to see if he has any info. He only made about 40 One Off MTBs so maybe he remembers.
Here she is just mocked up with some 2.5 extremes. Wild looking thing. I’ll probably build it up to try and then do something cooler with it when I get a sense of the fit.
