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Dating Legend Ti - help!
Hey folks - just finishing build of an (early 90s?) Legend Ti. Would love to know what year it was made. Catologs seem to only get me so far.
Serial: CTI 51 3136 F1 fork with 1"steerer Got it with a Serotta Ti quill stem 90 degree (wish it were coventional rise, but ok) Derailleur braze ons on head tube (got an issue with these I'll make a separate post for, but will describe below) Top tube labeled Legend Ti, not just Ti What I think is called "sizzler" paint scheme, Pearl white and color changing frost blue (that's what it looks like to me) can't seem to post pics, sorry. Last edited by msl109; 09-19-2016 at 11:43 AM. Reason: Adding pictures |
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Dang
I thought our buddy had a new GF! There is a sticky for decoding serial numbers and a section with catalogs They should help BK
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the girlfriend joke crossed my mind but I held off ... I'll check out the sticky
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This thread will decode the serial number for you.
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=99078
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Rear Dropout Style
The style of rear dropouts will help you date your frame too. The earliest Ti Serottas did not have the 3D dropouts - up to the late 90's. The earliest Ti 3D dropouts (around the year 2000) had very small holes in the sections that join to the seat stays and chain stays, the later ones (around 2001? and later) have very large holes in those areas.
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My 99 concours has 3d dropouts and f1 forks were around mid to late 90's as far as I remember. I also believe that cti was the concours, but I could be wrong. Does the sticker for the tubing say it's c3s or c4s ti?
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F1 was available through 2002 I think. DT shifter bosses or HT stops? They went to HT stops in 1997 I think.
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Thought that transition was later? |
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think you're right - beginning to think it's about an 02-03.
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C4s ti
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I had a 2001 Legend with 3D rear dropouts, head tube cable stops and a 1" threadless F1 Ti (dropouts) fork.
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Does anyone know when they stopped supplying the threaded forks ? Mine is threaded. Looks from the catalogs that it was about 2002-3? But if a threaded fork was always an option, then that doesn't help to date it.
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Mine, too.
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It looks to be a late 90's to me with the 1" head tube and cable stop placement. Could be a 2000 as well, but I'm pretty sure they went to 1 1/8" head tube as early as 01.
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Thanks - think you're right. Between catalogs and what I've gotten here on the forums, I'm being on 2000. Kind of glad it's not made a year later - I'm partial to a threaded quill setup. Very eager to ride it. Thanks for the compliment on the bike - pic doesn't do the finish justice, and it's almost mint.
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