Litespeed has gone through some changes in the past
few years. The same company owns both Litespeed and Merlin, but they have different production facilities.
There has been a shift to pushing complete bikes and
frames are harder to come by than in years past. The
aluminum bikes represent a down market push by Litespeed that in some minds may suggest the overall
quality levels have declined, but I don't believe there has been any change in the Ti end of the business which is still very innovative. The Al frames are almost certainly east asian sourced. I have been told that Litespeed sales in Ti frames are in the 10 to 12,000
frames per yr range. Steve