dude, i know exactly who you're talking about. that guy with the tricked out newsboy got fired from Merlin over a sexual harassment incident. he came in wheelworks a couple of times and talked my ear off and didn't buy anything. but he had to show me his bike that's "so cool". avoid him at all costs.Originally posted by indieboy
those things are sick!!! there are some bikes like that rolling around boston by some of the former merlin employees. one of them is a complete freak and anyone from boston will agree w/ me, i honestly can't remember his name, i want to say martin...anways he has this sick merlin cruiser w/ disc brakes and a Ti rigid disc fork. then one of the original founders of IF, who is no longer working there, had this insane TI tandem that he built out of scrap Merlin Newsboy tubing (prebent, if you know what the newsboys are you know what i'm talking about) that he went into their dumpsters right when they closed down to get!!!! LOL but i'm glad to see that litespeed is starting to bring back some of the coolness that the guys at merlin put into that company w/ bikes like that. ppl may think they are weird but it shows someone has some originality and the balls to actually make a bike that they don't care what anyone else thinks about it....thanx for something that LBS
I said my hatred was irrational and totally brand oriented. My other intense hatred involved Klein and the 6 Klein logo's each frame has. One of my bike whore buddies showed up for last night's ride on an Attitude with that freaky black, green & purple paint job. I did my best not to notice his new wheels while not drawing undue attention to my 1997 Y-22...Originally posted by Echo
My Lefty isn't the plushest fork out there, or the lightest, but hey, it came on my bike and it works. It is super stiff, that's for sure. And it's better than a Psylo
My friend has that bike!!Originally posted by Serial Midget
I said my hatred was irrational and totally brand oriented. My other intense hatred involved Klein and the 6 Klein logo's each frame has. One of my bike whore buddies showed up for last night's ride on an Attitude with that freaky black, green & purple paint job. I did my best not to notice his new wheels while not drawing undue attention to my 1997 Y-22...
actually most ofthe employess of merlin went over to seven.
yeah when i was there for the summer i went in and talked to jason sutterman and martin started tryin to talk to me and jason snatched me up. some of the guys at IF were telling me that he was fired b/c he was caught doing some things that i wont' say that were quite unappriote(sp?). and naw, most of the merlin guys didn't go down to TN. they are all at seven, IF, and Serrotta. and yeah i agree w/ you on the litespeed subject, but i'll leave that one alone. don't want to start ranting.
yeah sorry i didn't say as much about the bikes as just crazy shiet related to it in a sense.....but yeah the IF rigid fork is sick and is now availalbe w/ a disc mount on it. and the lefty is actually a pretty nice fork. i've gotten to ride quite a few of them and they aren't all that bad. curious to see hwo the new ones w/ the manitou internals hold up.Originally posted by LostBoyScout
indieboy, I knew you'd have some insight to share! Thanks for the info! And yea, the Newsboy was my wallpaper for SO long, I wanted one like all hell... I had even talked to dealers about getting me one, I was fairly serious about it.
Instead I'm going to build up a Surly Karate Monkey and gradually spec it how I like, then upgrade to an IF
Word!
As for the Lefty... I never liked them either (nor any Cannondale stuff really), but I've seen some people going BIG on them, read about the strength/travel/weight ratios.... then when I tried one I realized, they are actually real nice.
That said, I'd probably never run one myself... but I plan to run an IF Notravel fork on my XC bike anyway!
