My first titanium
 

After couple of steel frames, got a titanium one. :)
From seller, it is a 2003 Litespeed Firenze.
Going to rebuild it with a shorter crank arm - 172.5mm is not for me.

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Welcome to the club.

phtomita , nice looking bike and I am happy for you. I purchased my first, and only, titanium bike in 20017. It is a 2003-04? Airborne Zeppelin purchased from an Ebay auction. Ti is very close to riding high quality steel with considerably less weight. The durability and ease of cleaning/polishing the ti is a definite plus. Enjoy the ride and be safe.

Those curved seatstays look great, very elegant.:thumb:

Wow, it looks to be in very good condition! Congrats,

Love all three of my Ti bikes. Looking to add more to the collection (at some point further down the line). You will love it.

Congrats and enjoy !
BTW, I enjoyed riding my Titanio today

I have owned two titanium frames and loved them both, and am looking to get a third. They ride like top shelf steel, but really don't save much on weight compared to a top shelf steel frame. The benefit of not having to worry about paint makes a huge difference to me and is the reason I am geeked out on titanium.

Drive side pic :lol: - Need to remove the spacers and replace bb.
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So, is this too ugly?
Not wanting the hassle to make it shorter ....

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It would look better with a spacer moved to under the stem. I'd be surprised if that negatively impacted your riding position. Such tidy welds on the HT/TT junction!

Moved all the hardware from my Nishiki to the Litespeed.
Noticed I don't have a closer photo yet .... So far around 100 miles on titanium on after couple adjustments. Very nice.

I noticed the wheelbase is shorter for the Litespeed that has a frame one size up from the Nishiki.


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After some 250 miles :).
Something is missing from when riding a full steel frame - my Tri-A was one size smaller and don't know what it is exactly. I will be keeping the Tri-A frame now. Initially was thinking on building it with a Ultegra 6700 and pass forward.

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Since was a nice ride to pick it up and just 5 bucks, I got some more real state on my cockpit.
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I like that bottle location :D
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I've never had titanium but I've been keeping an eye on this '04 on CL. The price has dropped a couple of times. If it goes down below 1K I might not be able to resist.

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