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Hey guys,
A buddy of mine asked me what the fair price of a ridden (of course) but not very abused (mostly ridden on road) Ti Yo Frame would be. It's a medium (if it were a large I'd have told him that there had been a recall and I'd take $100 to take it off his hands), but these are so rare, I don't really know what to tell him. Anybody have any advice? |
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$1000-$2000 USD depending on the market, condition, size etc.
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It also depends on if the frame has machined tubes for the downtube and chainstays or if it is sleeved.
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Agree, I think in general area around 1k makes sense. I would be a bit surprised to see it hit 2,000, but you never know. I am interested in a Medium Ti, and 1993 1994 Somervilles suspension adjusted would certainly peak my interest.
Keep us informed, I am definitely interested if he decides to sell. But the market seems pretty random on the rarer Fats and the good money seems to be in the Yo's. Good luck
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I think it's a 94 Sommerville, if it goes on sale I'll let you guys know. He has an interested buyer and wanted to know what's fair, but I'll tell him if there is a broader market.
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Just curious, is the sleeved frame worth more or less? I recently saw one that a local frame builder had. He changed it to a 1 1/8 steerer tube.
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Hi Gang
This is just my opinion, of course, but I did weld most of the Somerville TI frames. The machined tube frames are WAY nicer than the sleeved tube frames. They are lighter and have a better design on the head tube. We had trouble maintaining alignment on the first runs of sleeved tube frames and it took me a while to figure out a straightening procedure. By the time we changed over to the machined tube design, I had welded quite a few TI frames and finally thought I had reached the level of the guys at Merlin. I built several custom tools for purging and heat-sinking which took some time to perfect. I would love to have a machined tube frame now. I have a sleeved tube frame that was returned to Fat City after it developed a crack in the downtube sleeve near the BB. The crack was not in a weld, but in the middle of the sleeve. It was an odd place for a crack to develop and I still am not sure why it occured. The frame hung around for over a year and when it became apparent that Somerville was going to close, I asked Chris what he intended to do with it. He said I could have it as part of my severance. I repaired the crack and put the frame on the alignment block and it was straight as an arrow!! I still have it and it is one of my prized possessions. It was stolen out of my car and I somehow managed to get it back with nearly all of its parts still there. Now if I could just find some time to ride the damn thing... Enjoy Scott "I-Robot" Bengtson |
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What a fascinating thread...really awesome to be reading of your experiences welding up those early FAT ti there Scott.
I have one of those early FAT ti's , no. 13 which must have lived up to it's frame numbering...as it too developed a crack close by the b.b. (I geuss if you play with the cutting edge sometimes you get cut eh?!) Luckily though the kind folk at Indy Fab repaired it; and now it spends it later life getting very muddy back here in blighty. Absolutely my favourite frameset...cheers fella for fabricating that! John Williams
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The market has spoken.
This very sweet 93 external butted sleeved Ti Fat just sold on eBay for $1,625. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150318423492 Anyone on this site get this frame?
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Just joined this group. Sitting at work and feeling nostalgic about FCC.
I remember those first Ti Fats that came through the Finishing department. Those were a bear to align! Good memories Scott. Glad you are well. |
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Peace............ Last edited by fat-tony; January 16th, 2009 at 8:46 AM. |
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Thank you Fat-Tony for the warm welcome. I am sure I will be adding some tidbits here and there.
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I just realized this is an old thread but I was searching for something and this thread came up.
Even though it is old-ish...I thought I'd thank I robot for welding up my arrow straight 93 M Ti Yo! I actually just dropped it off at the shop today for a couple minor things I was too lazy to do. Of course those that were in the shop "in the know"...knew. Anyway thanks! |
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check the frame number on that frame? if its 005T2M then its my old frame. it cracked in the exact location you mention, in the middle of the sleeve.
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