Gravel: Litespeed Ultimate-Gravel Ekar (7.15kg)

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Finaly had the time to take some pic of the new build today. So far a fantastic whip, mostly used it on rough paved road and the least I can say is how impressed I am by the speed and riding fun provided by the bike. The 35mm RH tire probably play a mojor role in that...

Nothing too fancy in terms of part, but pretty happy to be close to 7kg without pedals, and below 7.5kg with power meter and pedals.

Can probably shave 100g from the wheelset (lighter hubs and 20F 24R instead of 24 28) and another 100g if Campy (or others) decide to make less piggy cassettes, but don't plan on swapping much stuff in the near future.








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[BikeSwan]

Lovely bike. It's nice to see a Ti bike getting built up light, and that's seriously light for a Ti bike too! Hope you have a lot of happy km's on that thing!

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With some components I couldn't find on the weights of here:

[DHG01]

Great build. The weights Litespeed frames reach the are quite impressive.

Good to see a Berk on a gravel bike. I really like the Dila, and use it for road, but wasn't sure if it would hold up on gravel.

[whinefields]

I'm running the same Berk on my Crux and have no complaints (even withstood a pretty major crash). The one thing I'd caution is running those tires on a hookless rim. It's asking for trouble.

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I'm running the same Berk on my Crux and have no complaints (even withstood a pretty major crash). The one thing I'd caution is running those tires on a hookless rim. It's asking for trouble.

Who said they are hookless?

Agreed on the berk. I have a pretty high confidence in them since they moved to oval rails. Last year I hit a massive rock on the Lynskey which damaged the alloy rim beyond repair, and I had my full weight sitting on the berk, nothing at all. But also I weight 66kg...

[DHG01]

I'm running the same Berk on my Crux and have no complaints (even withstood a pretty major crash). The one thing I'd caution is running those tires on a hookless rim. It's asking for trouble.

Great to know on the Berk. Thank you.

[whinefields]

Who said they are hookless?

Agreed on the berk. I have a pretty high confidence in them since they moved to oval rails. Last year I hit a massive rock on the Lynskey which damaged the alloy rim beyond repair, and I had my full weight sitting on the berk, nothing at all. But also I weight 66kg...

I'm 65kg so I wonder if that has something to do with it.

My apologies if they're not hookless. I was looking to build up a pair of lightbicycle gravel rims and the ones I found were all hookless. But you could easily be running one of their clincher models.

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Who said they are hookless?

Agreed on the berk. I have a pretty high confidence in them since they moved to oval rails. Last year I hit a massive rock on the Lynskey which damaged the alloy rim beyond repair, and I had my full weight sitting on the berk, nothing at all. But also I weight 66kg...

I'm 65kg so I wonder if that has something to do with it.

My apologies if they're not hookless. I was looking to build up a pair of lightbicycle gravel rims and the ones I found were all hookless. But you could easily be running one of their clincher models.

No worries!

Here are the rims in question: https://www.lightbicycle.com/700C-road- ... lable.html

[Geoff]

Ok, that's nice. It is great to see something different.

[Gary71]

That is the ducks nuts !
Chapeau

[VvM]

Finaly had the time to take some pic of the new build today. So far a fantastic whip, mostly used it on rough paved road and the least I can say is how impressed I am by the speed and riding fun provided by the bike.

Great pics - thanks for sharing. Is that the "standard" etched finish?

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Finaly had the time to take some pic of the new build today. So far a fantastic whip, mostly used it on rough paved road and the least I can say is how impressed I am by the speed and riding fun provided by the bike.

Great pics - thanks for sharing. Is that the "standard" etched finish?

It is the Etched finish indeed, it was a for free offer at the time, but looks like they run these offers pretty often

[Rippin]

Great build, and great weight for the frame! Yours in UNDER the manufactured claimed weight for a 54cm! You don't see that too often.

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Great build, and great weight for the frame! Yours in UNDER the manufactured claimed weight for a 54cm! You don't see that too often.

If I remember correctly It was actually slightly above the claimed weight before removing the seat post clamp, cable guide, bottle screws, etc... their seat post clamp alone is a pig O_O