Thanks everyone, for the kind words. It rides nice now that it has been on a diet. I read where Nagrom had a bikes direct bike down to 17 lbs? That's sick (in a good way).


Franswa's bike has lots of nice bits and I borrowed some of his ideas. I think he has the same IRD Defiant crank you linked to. I liked his short reach/shallow drop Nitto bars and can't wait for the rain to end so that I can try it out. I've had my eye on the Tange Prestige fork for a while and saw that they come stock on the Rush when he posted his bike but that will have to wait.

My bike has the Sram levers but I did a logo delete. Not sure about paint adhesion though - I'm pretty confident that it won't last. eBay Dura Ace Br-7900 calipers pull the levers back really well. The stock FSA Tempo crank is really heavy and will most certainly be replaced, maybe with Dura Ace, but that's enough $$$ for now. I need a new hot water heater and the HOA sent me a letter about my fence. I hate the HOA.