Show me your ti bikes
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Have loved looking at all these beauts.
Just got hold of a simple Litespeed Firenze frame off eBay, shipped over from NY.
And am very happy with the removal of decals and build overall.
Rides really nicely; springy and responsive and fits me just as I hoped. So cool that you can reincarnate a 15 yr old frame and it look and feel better than a brand new bike. Thomson, etap, ultegra, with enve fork - all components I really like, with 4iiii PM for good measure. All in around 7.3kg.
My plan is to put some simple white Litespeed decals on the downtube (eBay). I’ve got a sweet second-hand ti bottle cage en route and silver Thomson clamp and steerer cap to round it off. Maybe cut the steerer a couple of mm to get a 5mm ti spacer instead of the black 10mm currently on there.
Then get some training miles in
Just got hold of a simple Litespeed Firenze frame off eBay, shipped over from NY.
And am very happy with the removal of decals and build overall.
Rides really nicely; springy and responsive and fits me just as I hoped. So cool that you can reincarnate a 15 yr old frame and it look and feel better than a brand new bike. Thomson, etap, ultegra, with enve fork - all components I really like, with 4iiii PM for good measure. All in around 7.3kg.
My plan is to put some simple white Litespeed decals on the downtube (eBay). I’ve got a sweet second-hand ti bottle cage en route and silver Thomson clamp and steerer cap to round it off. Maybe cut the steerer a couple of mm to get a 5mm ti spacer instead of the black 10mm currently on there.
Then get some training miles in
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My 3 Lynskey: Vialé, Pro Cross, and MT650
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T1sl Disc
M size 7.9kg
M size 7.9kg
Rikulau V9 DB Custom < BMC TM02 < Litespeed T1sl Disc < Giant Propel Advanced SL Disc 1 < Propel Adv < TCR Adv SL Disc < KTM Revelator Sky < CAAD 12 Disc < Domane S Disc < Alize < CAAD 10
Here is my Soulrider Titanium.
My first ever titanium build back in 2013! Look KG282 with Campa Record and carbon clinchers. I really miss it!
Was featured on Cycle EXIF back in the days - more pictures in the link: https://www.cycleexif.com/look-kg-282-ti
Was featured on Cycle EXIF back in the days - more pictures in the link: https://www.cycleexif.com/look-kg-282-ti
Nice! I just ordered the Tempest Titanium with the SRAM Rival 1x groupset. How do you like your Planet X Ti bike?
Lovely frame, but why bother with a negative stem when you have that many spacers underneath it? Would it not have made more sense to cut the steerer and run a 0 degree stem instead?
Yep also lose the lay back seatpost and lengthen the stem, again a strange decision, the lay back Thomson seatpost is pants and should be avoided at all costs unless all options are exhausted.MiloAS wrote:Lovely frame, but why bother with a negative stem when you have that many spacers underneath it? Would it not have made more sense to cut the steerer and run a 0 degree stem instead?
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What's wrong with Thomson? I always though their posts were well regarded as the benchmark aluminium option? (maybe not for WW purposes though... i've got one on my 26" Rock Lobster commuter/MTB/everything bike and haven't had any problems with it.)fxx wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 2:19 amYep also lose the lay back seatpost and lengthen the stem, again a strange decision, the lay back Thomson seatpost is pants and should be avoided at all costs unless all options are exhausted.MiloAS wrote:Lovely frame, but why bother with a negative stem when you have that many spacers underneath it? Would it not have made more sense to cut the steerer and run a 0 degree stem instead?
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Sorry I meant in terms of looks for their lay back posts, not performance.MiloAS wrote:What's wrong with Thomson? I always though their posts were well regarded as the benchmark aluminium option? (maybe not for WW purposes though... i've got one on my 26" Rock Lobster commuter/MTB/everything bike and haven't had any problems with it.)fxx wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 2:19 amYep also lose the lay back seatpost and lengthen the stem, again a strange decision, the lay back Thomson seatpost is pants and should be avoided at all costs unless all options are exhausted.MiloAS wrote:Lovely frame, but why bother with a negative stem when you have that many spacers underneath it? Would it not have made more sense to cut the steerer and run a 0 degree stem instead?
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