posted by Brad on august 23, 1997 at 17:41:19:
Why do Merlins cost more than Litespeeds? I believe that Litespeeds welding and reliability are as good as Merlins. Both bikes are beautiful in a titanium way, obviously if beauty was not subjective everyone would think that italian steel bikes were the way to go.
I did a price comparo before buying my Litespeed Classic and found that Merlin want's as much for its cheapo RSR (not even all 3/2.5) as Litespeed did for its polished, ovalized, tapered/butted Classic.
Merlin also wants as much for the Extralite as Litespeed does for the 6/4 Vortex. I'm not saying Merlins are bad bikes, but why so much money.
Brad