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kurisu
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by kurisu on Mon Jun 20, 2022 1:37 pm
iamraymond wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:11 am
Absolutely beautiful bike. I love the modern take on a ti frame.
Do you have pics or a build thread on your Litespeed T5? I'm thinking about this as my first Ti bike.
Unfortunately I have modified that T5 heavily since I got it (circa 2010). With two other titanium frames, the T5 is now my go to for gentlemen's race type of event where there's going to be a lot of gravel/non paved roads... so not really a WW build. Initially I got it to a not-too-bad 7.3kg for a size 54, but I have changed many things since then, including a Thomson seat post, saddle, allow wheels and sturdier QR. It's still a Campy build but not something I would exhibit here as it's probably closer to 8kg now...
It's a good frame, which turned out to be a bit too big for me and eventually made me look at more boutique makers, and that's when I found No.22.
Litespeed T5 | No. 22 Great Divide | Ridley Helium SL | No. 22 Reactor
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mike
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by mike on Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:00 pm
I very much like how you stuck with what works even though a campy crankset would match the eps group. It is nice to see a mixture of components instead of everything campy
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iamraymond
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by iamraymond on Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:07 am
kurisu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 1:37 pm
Unfortunately I have modified that T5 heavily since I got it (circa 2010). With two other titanium frames, the T5 is now my go to for gentlemen's race type of event where there's going to be a lot of gravel/non paved roads... so not really a WW build. Initially I got it to a not-too-bad 7.3kg for a size 54, but I have changed many things since then, including a Thomson seat post, saddle, allow wheels and sturdier QR. It's still a Campy build but not something I would exhibit here as it's probably closer to 8kg now...
It's a good frame, which turned out to be a bit too big for me and eventually made me look at more boutique makers, and that's when I found No.22.
Thanks for your reply. The T5 in size "S" would match closer to the geometry of your Reactor so I can see why the M/54 would feel a bit big. 7.3kg is a very respectable weight for a 1400g+ Ti frame.
