I'm not sure whether my hunch is right or not, but thought that I would share. In the late 80's/early 90's many frame builders were leaving companies they worked for and started some of their own companies... back then many big companies didn't want to build with ti. (of course that changed soon after) At any rate, it looks like a Ti Smith frame, previously they were builders for Fat Chance and at the time Chris(owner) didn't want to build with ti. Eight of his frame builders left and started their own companies. Ti Smith was a Maine company, and made incredible frames.... very similar to Merlin back in the day.Anyway, he made frames and also made custom frames for many local New England people, but he also built for quite a few national teams and they would put their sponser decals on the bike... he would leave the frame plain.
I have a custom frame that they built for me in 1994, and although I have several other bikes that are newer and lighter... this is still my favorite and the one that I ride most of the time.
So whether my hunch is correct or not, it was interesting to read this post, see your photos and I'll look forward to hearing the outcome. Thanks for sharing!!
OOPS! I almost forgot, look at the dropout and see if there is a serial number there. Quite often, Ti Smith would put their number there,and quite often it was only a two or three digit number.
Jackie
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