Originally Posted by Red is Faster!
Your thoughts, fellow BF members?
You askedfor thoughts. I shared mine. Please don't blow a gasket just because my opinion does not echo yours and what you want to here.
My bad if I misunderstood about your returning the frame.
Originally Posted by Red is Faster!
In short, I wanted an all titanium frame with a short chainstay length. These specs (and a few others) resulted in picking this bike (06 not the 05). I want this bike to be OK. For $3000 I assume you would too! That is the outcome I am looking for here.
Nowhere on Litespeeds site does it say "make sure you do not use Mavic SL's with certain tires on this frame.
You state that you wanted a ti frame w/ short chain stays. That is what the Ultimate offers. Now you are upset that it doesn't fit w/ the tires (not wheels: AKA Mavic's) that you want @ the pressure you want.
These things are trade offs. As others have stated, switch tires, pressures, or use tubulars, or chose a different frame. Your choice.
I also spent $,000+ on bikes this past year. I received what I desired, paid for and all those that I dealt with were top notch stand-up vendors. Here is to hoping your outcome is a good as mine were. Bob