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rebadged blades?
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Are these mercx bikes rebadged blades? they look too much alike for them not to be

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=photos/2003/tech/features/belgium/Bike2
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Re: rebadged blades? [taku] [ In reply to ]
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I can't say with authority but it doesn't *appear* the Merckx has the same seatstay as a Blade. The Merckx looks straight and maybe thinner than the Blade. Of course, it could just be the angle of the photo...

Here is the caption of the picture; "While Litespeed's association with Lotto-Domo lasted only one season, it appears the American company's cutting-edge designs have influenced Merckx's latest TT frames, with the main triangle adopting airfoil-shaped tubes reminiscent of the Litespeed Blade."

Which would indicate that they are not rebadged Blades. Again, I don't *know* for fact. :^)
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Re: rebadged blades? [JAY] [ In reply to ]
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actually, fairly sure they are different.
the blade has seatstays slightly curved (if I am not mistaken from the pix on their site).
the rearwheel cutout on the merckx seems deeper than the blade.

and one thing which does not seem, look like, feel like...

the blade has an integrated headset, not the merckx. (although the blade used not to have one 2years ago)
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