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Okay, so here's what I've actually found out ...
The bike is a Ridley Force 6 (d'oh!), with a special Marsini design, probably from the early 00's. I got this information from Ridley themselves, having given them the serial number off my BB. Okay, I feel a bit foolish now, as it says *"Force 6" *and "by Ridley" on the bike. The Dave Marsh reference came from the Universal Cycle Centre website, where it says: "Dave Marsh and Marsini custom built bikes and wheels, have been ridden to success by World, Olympic, Commonwealth and National Champions" ... so naturally, I had assumed that he might have had something to do with the bike's construction.
However, Ridley still haven't come back to me with any information on why the bike has "a special Marsini Design" (their words in an email to me).
So, what I'm still trying to find out is why the bike has "Marsini" emblazoned over it. Can anyone shed any light on this? Any ideas would be appreciated, however speculative.
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I might be a bit naive, but do I really come across as a complete twat?
I can't believe that noone knows anything about the Marsini name, or have some idea how it might have related to Ridley in the early 00s.
C'mon, honour my crappy thread with a post, even if it's an insult!
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Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
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I fucking love you in Star Wars
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I was better in the Clangers. Having said that, I am a big fan of furry onesies.
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I love the clangers too!
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Iron Chicken FTW
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Got to the bottom of this at last ... it seems Ridley used to make private label framed bikes, and made about 20 bikes for Universal Cycle Centre about 10 or 11 years ago. Mine is one of those.
End of mystery. Thread closed Dear Watson.
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My dad had a Marsini track bike that he rode at Manchester Velo Drome. Yellow frame. Not sure where it is now, may be in my mom's loft. If it was one of
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Only twenty then like you say they are rare. He came fourth in 2010 World's.
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Forgot to say, seniors over fifties.
Please be nice, as this is the first thread I have started.
I have a Marsini framed bike that I bought this Summer. It says on the frame "Marsini Force 6 by Ridley". The guy selling it had picked it up in a house clearance and was no cyclist , so I knew very little about it when I bought it, but it seemed to fit me nicely and I liked the bike, so I replaced a tube, pumped up the tyres and with the front tyre on the canvas, rode the bike back to my flat in Old Street from Catford. Since then, I've made some minor alterations to the bike, incuding new tyres of course, but nothing major ... yet.
Anyhow, to the point ... I wanted to find out a bit more about what I thought to be a fairly rare bike, so I trawled the interwebz. I found a fellow forum member fixbmx had a Marsini fixie (nice bike btw!) in this thread ==> http://www.lfgss.com/thread106354.html ... but it didn't tell me much about where the frame originated from, so I looked further, and this is what I think I've found out ...
It seems it might be a custom frame built by Dave Marsh. A friend of mine suggested the bike might be built by him, but using Ridley tubing? If not, what association does Marsini have to Ridley? Has Dave Marsh ever done any building with Ridley? Any ideas?
It would be really nice to find out a bit more about my favourite bike. We've done a fair few miles together this year. Here's the bike ==>