Year #2 / Build #2 - 2016 Titanium Lynskey Helix Sport And Our Journeys...

[McGilli]

Let's Start Building...

[McGilli]

PREDICTED WEIGHT AT THIS TIME


With the bike weighed as it stands above - and then adding the weight of the remaining parts - as well as close estimates for the parts that have not arrived or without weights - I calculate the bike at : 6327g when complete (13.95lbs)

[McGilli]

Alright - I put on my carbon bars and... hate them. Well - the bars are great. But on this build - they won't work. It just looks all wrong. And - looks are mucho important!

So I've ordered a different bar

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BRAKE PADS

These are hands down still my favourite carbon wheel brake pads for the $. Cork/rubber compound from China that brakes great in dry & wet, and doesn't wear as fast. And they sound awesome on Zipps!

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SKEWERS

New ones arrived today - so this makes 3 sets I have lying around to choose from. But - I like the look of these the best...

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NEW BARS

[tomee]

those are some cool handlebars.
never seen a Ti one before

[kgt]

This handlebar is a masterpiece.

[nobuseri]

OK, OK...

I am going to have to check out a bar set like that. I didn't know those were even around

Looking very good so far!

[McGilli]

Thanks guys - if you are interested in the bars:

I found them brand new on Amazon US for cheaper than people are selling them used on Ebay... This is where I bought mine...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GZ ... UTF8&psc=1

[McGilli]

Almost done!

I'm just waiting on the seat post/saddle/compression plug and bar ends - and just need to wrap the bars and cut steer tube. Was able to take it for a really, really small spin in the driveway just to make sure all the cabling and gears were good. Put on a seat post and saddle from my mountain bike and it didn't look too bad even with those! But - here's just a few shots from out in the sun today without giving too much away...

[nobuseri]

Looking good! You may hit the sub 14lb mark with this build. Mine (XL, Helix Pro) came out to be 6.9kg with reasonable, non-WW parts; pedals included. That's with handbuilt alloy wheels.

Anxious to see how yours will turn out!

[McGilli]

BAR TAPE

This is my 7th road bike in 3 years. This will be the first however - that I have bought - and used - bar tape. The only reason I am using it on this bike is because there is no internal routing on these bars.

So - here are the rolls of tape (of course each side is different - I'm eccentric like that) and then I can minus what's left on the roll from the weight. Roughly.

Close enough.

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SEATPOST

Chunky....But still good looking

[McGilli]

Cut the steer tube and that chops off 35g. With only the saddle, bar plugs and compression plug left it's at 6329g / 13.95lbs

The only other place I might be able to save weight - with the parts that I have is cutting the seat post down... But it looks like sub 14lb won't happen right now....

The compression plug I ordered is listed at only 7g. The saddle - well I ordered 2 of the same saddle - one with carbon rails - and one with titanium rails. The carbon one is listed at 145g, and the titanium one is listed at 145g also. The bar ends will just be a few grams each.