Latest project completed. Sold my S Works Tarmac to fund a new mountain bike build but was missing having a "current" road bike. Although current is debatable - i know that this bike is on the far outside interpretation of being C&V, - but by calendar years its actually getting close - and Campy 10 speed is pretty long in the tooth as well

Litespeed Classic -- bike was originally painted in Team Colorado Cyclist livery. The paint and decals were looking shabby so i hit it with some stripper --- That is NOT a fun job - ive done it in the past but it has likely been 25 years ago.. I rode the bike for years but never really liked it much so disassembled it and hung the frameset on the wall

I am really pleased with the resulting satin Ti battleship gray look - It reminds me of the old Dean framesets from the 90's. Went back with Campy Record 10 speed carbon with an FSA carbon compact crankset.
Gear ratios with the compact crank and a 12-26 cassette are close to the Specialized's ratios ----- but - rear derailleur is a long cage so i thought i could try a bigger cassette . Spun on a Centaur 12-30 and the result was a noisy , clattering mess .

Granted, the long cage was likely designed for one of the old Racing Triple setups with tight rear cassette ratios, but i was truly hoping it would work without resorting to a goat link or something like that.

Since the big road cassettes are a relatively new phenomenon, i thought my derailleur might pre date the trend, but do any of you folks know what derailleur Campagnolo makes that actually works with one of their big cassettes? (10 speed that is ) -- im logically guessing Centaur since that was the cassette i tried out but didnt know if there were others

Kitted it out the rest of the way with Thomson stem and post with Salsa flared handlebars and a Specialized Power seat --- these things are expensive as all get out, but truly are a revelation for my posterior. Bar tape is courtesy of Amazon and was cheap --- and i picked it because i wanted an 80's/90's look to it

just need to epoxy on the head badge and decide if i want to mess with decals or keep the stealth look . I'm just hoping i can like this bike more on its second go round.. I am very pleased with the aesthetics and the shakedown cruise went well

Anyway - pics or it didnt happen -- so ......................