What grade of Ti on Marin 93 Ti frame

[slimjoe]

Can anyone tell me what grade of Titanium was used on a 93 Marin Titanium?

Where these made by Litespeed, Sandvic or someone else?

My colleague is repairing a cracked one and would appreciate this info

 

[taffy]

should be 3 /2.5 ti

 

[BlackCat]

MarinTI

Has to be 3AL/2.5V - 6AL/4V only really came into play on really high end stuff later in the 90s, and then generally only on the stays (depending on where the damage is).

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Were the dropouts sometimes different?

 

[slimjoe]

Excellent

Yes, thats what we thought

The frame has cracked on the headtube/downtube weld and spread across onto the downtube!

It can at least have a weld put on it and used for pub runs etc

 

[MJN]

I believe they were made by litespeed but might be wrong? Yes they were 3/2.5 with 6/4 dropouts. Be careful welding Ti any oxygen in the weld will make it really brittle!

 

[scant]

Can anyone tell me what grade of Titanium was used on a 93 Marin Titanium?

Where these made by Litespeed, Sandvic or someone else?

My colleague is repairing a cracked one and would appreciate this info

post a pic. 2 hole dropouts were litespeed. later frames were tiawanese

 

[REKIBorter]

I thought Marin were one of the few to make their own ti frames, but I am probably wrong.

 

[scant]

I thought Marin were one of the few to make their own ti frames, but I am probably wrong.

very early days made by merlin
then litespeed
then taiwan (I lost interest after litespeed)