Since you guys were so helpful about recommending a new fork, I was wondering what else you might have to say about my bike. This is especially considering I might not completely grasp its significance. I just thought it was cool to have a titanium bike with a NOS Dura Ace group.



I had been planning to change the stem for a while. I lowered it a bit and I think it made a mess of the cable housing.



Does that look REALLY bad? If I end up switching the bar, I could change back to the original 3ttt stem, which is in really nice condition. I need to redo the bar tape, too. Don't mind that the left shifter is temporarily an Ultegra.

The bar is a Nitto Noodle, I'm not sure what to make of it. I like to ride mostly in the drops and I don't think I'd want the stem much lower than that with the amount of drop on this bar. Does it look unusually high? Maybe there is a better bar out there?

Any suggestions are welcome.


BTW - apparently this bike was previously ridden by a high level triathlete for years, including at some championships, and featured in an issue of some triathlon magazine. I'm not too familiar with that scene, I have yet to track that article down.