I did a quick spin on a Merlin MTB ~1990. (Founder Gwendalf Jone's personal bike at a family re-uninion, He's a distant cousin.) Knew right away "this is it!" Took almost 20 years and a major step up in jobs before I could afford a custom ti bike and when that happened I was living in Portland and TiCycles had made me a couple of custom stems. TiCycles has now made me two, And one of my sweetest and fastest 20 miles was behind TiCycles founder and his girlfriend on their ti tandem.

Ben