Actually I've been reading the forum for more than 5 years. This forum have been giving me a lot of information and different perspective of building bikes. I think it's time for me to share mine and hopefully they will inspire someone who read here as well as I used to.
A little bit about myself. I'm 168cm high with long leg short torso (83cm inseem). I personally have a back problems, I can't go low and go hard for long. Therefore most (in fact pretty much all) of my bike will have high stack and short reach.
Here is my bike index ;
Scott Addict R1
Bianchi EV4
Cannondale CAAD10
Cervelo R3
Lynskey Breakaway
Lynskey Helix
Today I'm sharing my current bike, 2014 Lynskey Helix. The rest will be shared later
The reason I'm using titanium bike is because they last over time, don't have paint to scratch, and they doesn't require much attention after every ride or workout on a home trainer. The bike is not so weight-weenies since my main purpose of this bike is "an everything bike". It'll have to do century, up the climb, down the climb, little club race, pretty much everything. Therefore my choice of main components will lean towards reliability for everyday use as first priority, weight is the second priority, however the total weight must not exceed 7.5 kg. Also I'm a small guy with little FTP, you'll see a huge gearing here plus a lot weight penalty. It's a wall climbing set up as I said it'll have to takes everything I throw at it.
Why 2014 helix ? I'm not really a fans of custom geometry so I never look anything in that field. Ti bikes normally built with classic geometry, long reach, short stack. But helix is not. It has a very high stack and short reach, at size S it fits just like Cervelo R3 at size 54, which suits people with long leg like me very well. I start looking for the frame in the end of 2015 but after all bought the 2014 model. One with hour glass head tube, twisted top tube and clover leaf rear drop out, which are what I love and all three are only exist in the 2014 model. The 2015 and 2016 model are way over my like and budget with new top tube design.
SO, here is the spec
Lynskey Helix OS 2014 (S)...................1533 g
ENVE 2.0 Tapered................................315 g
ENVE plug w/ FSA Top Cap....................40 g
Generic headset IS42/52 bearing............60 g
WOOdman 3mm headset cover...............3 g
SRAM PF30 bb.....................................85 g
Cannondale SI Hollowgram 172.5 crank...448 g
Cannondale MkV 50/34 chainring............101 g
SRAM Force PG1170 11-36 cassette.........366 g
SRAM Force 22 shifter...........................318 g
SRAM RED 22 Yaw front derailleur...........78 g
Generic Braze-On adapter......................30 g
SRAM XX medium cage rear derailleur.....181 g
Shimano DA 9000 chain.........................240 g
Shimano DA 9000 cables.......................120 g
EE Brake W/ Shimano pads....................197 g
S-Works Power 143 saddle.....................161 g
WOOdman TCSL 34.9 seat collar..............12 g
Lynskey Ti 27.2 seat post (cut)................187 g
Non-branded stem 100mm 6d W/ Ti blots..100 g
Fizik Cyrano R3 snake 400mm alloy bar....248 g
Deda Nastro Perforate bar tape W/ plug....65 g
Cannondale IMMIX Ti-carbon bottle cage....59 g
3d-printing computer mount....................12 g
Wheelset @ 2273 g
Front hub Shimano DA9000 24H.............122 g
Rear hub Powertap G3 24H....................337 g
Sapim CX Ray + Brass Nipple F+R..........262 g
HED Belgium 24H F+R..........................920 g
Veloplug F+R......................................9 g
Schwalbe Ultralite SV20 Tubes F+R........130 g
Challenge Elite 23C tyres F+R................450 g
EVO titanium skewer............................43 g
TOTAL 7405 gram
More photos are coming ...
IF I get a good sunny day soon
(it's raining everyday here in Thailand
) Comments are welcome !!!
