Re: [CR]Buying the classic bike brand new

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:00:37 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Buying the classic bike brand new
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 6/20/01 9:28:52 PM, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:

<< 1989 Gary Helfrich (one of the guys that started Merlin) custom titanium road bike took 2 1/2 years for delivery (told me he didn't want to build any more frames and wanted to refund my deposit). Gary is credited with bringing back ti bike construction (3/2.5) after the Teledyne fisasco. >>

This bike is unbelieveable. You cannot see the welds, it looks like one piece of metal. Perhaps Chuck will bring it on a ride one day. It's as classic as anything else I've ever seen. Phil Brown