Anybody got a Merlin carbon / titanium frame?

[Globalti]

Saw one of these being built up about a year ago and fell in love with it, purely on the look of it.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/LargeImage.aspx?ModelID=24075

It's discontinued now but I met the bloke on Saturday and he said he was thinking he might sell it. I told him I'd always wanted to commit adultery with his bike and I might be interested. Anybody got one or ridden one? How do they ride?

 

[topcat1]

I've got one, it's very light.

However the rear derailer hanger isn't bolt on so if you crash and bend it you'll have problems
(talk to rich p)

Mine was built up with ultegra sl and rs80 wheels

It's now in a box waiting for me to send it off for repairs.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I've got one, it's very light.

However the rear derailer hanger isn't bolt on so if you crash and bend it you'll have problems
(talk to rich p)

Mine was built up with ultegra sl and rs80 wheels

It's now in a box waiting for me to send it off for repairs.

If you get it repaired can I have that rubbish Planet X hack?

 

[rich p]

Let me know how the repair goes Dave!

Sorry, Globalti, no relevant experience of that frame but if it's light, your size and a good price - what's not to like?

 

[Globalti]

I've got one, it's very light.

However the rear derailer hanger isn't bolt on so if you crash and bend it you'll have problems
(talk to rich p)

Mine was built up with ultegra sl and rs80 wheels

It's now in a box waiting for me to send it off for repairs.

Er... I have a Ti Global MTB frame; I have bent the gear hanger twice (once when the derailleur picked up a big sheet of plastic as I rode over it) and both times it as been easy enough to bend it back again, checking it later with a gauging tool. Admittedly the entire frame is Ti so there's less of a concern with those ti to carbon joints but... can't you just clamp the dropout and bend the hanger?