Post Your Titaniums
03-14-10 | 05:15 PM
#1302
Utilitarian Boy
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 3,235
Likes: 5
From: Bronx, NY
Bikes: Check the sig to find out
Updated from this...
Details:
When I originally bought the bike, it was intended to have Omniums on them, but because the chainstays were so fat, the crankarm spider would hit. Tom Kellogg didn't, at the time I addressed the issue, think to tell me to send it in to dimple the stays a bit further. Instead, I found a deal on some Campy Record cranks and proceeded to use those. Same isssue happened with the Campy's. I told Tom and he sent me a long BB to clear the stays. I settled for the problem without making a fuss for a couple of months, but it really was too wide. It wasn't until my friend told me I shouldn't have settled and revisited the issue again. Tom tells me to send in the cranks with the frame and it'll be taken care of. Done. Scored a deal on the Reynolds Recon wheels and now it feels like a whole new bike again!
Specs:
Thomson Elite setback seatpost
Thomson X2 stem
Dimension flat top shallow bar with Stella Azzura Eleganza tape (the grip is really nice to the touch)
Brooks Swallow
Reynolds Recon wheels (Bonktown special: basically Reynolds Attack carbon clincher rims with track hubs)
Time Atac XS
Profile Design Aqua Rack
Vittoria Rubino Pro/Vittoria Open Pave
Truvativ Omnium cranks (167.5mm)
To this:
In "rain gear" mode with fender and Vittoria Open Pave tires
Details:
When I originally bought the bike, it was intended to have Omniums on them, but because the chainstays were so fat, the crankarm spider would hit. Tom Kellogg didn't, at the time I addressed the issue, think to tell me to send it in to dimple the stays a bit further. Instead, I found a deal on some Campy Record cranks and proceeded to use those. Same isssue happened with the Campy's. I told Tom and he sent me a long BB to clear the stays. I settled for the problem without making a fuss for a couple of months, but it really was too wide. It wasn't until my friend told me I shouldn't have settled and revisited the issue again. Tom tells me to send in the cranks with the frame and it'll be taken care of. Done. Scored a deal on the Reynolds Recon wheels and now it feels like a whole new bike again!
Specs:
Thomson Elite setback seatpost
Thomson X2 stem
Dimension flat top shallow bar with Stella Azzura Eleganza tape (the grip is really nice to the touch)
Brooks Swallow
Reynolds Recon wheels (Bonktown special: basically Reynolds Attack carbon clincher rims with track hubs)
Time Atac XS
Profile Design Aqua Rack
Vittoria Rubino Pro/Vittoria Open Pave
Truvativ Omnium cranks (167.5mm)
To this:
In "rain gear" mode with fender and Vittoria Open Pave tires
03-14-10 | 05:35 PM
#1303
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,458
Likes: 16
From: Colorado
Bikes: Something Canadian, something Italian, something American, and something German
03-15-10 | 11:59 AM
#1308
Made in Norway
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,676
Likes: 18
From: Norway
Well.....I had an AlphaQ GS30, wanted a Reynolds Aero. Couldn't find that and ended up on a steel for the Easton Aero
Edge Aero wouldn't look any better. I might get the fork, stem and post painted 'wet' black
Why aero fork?.........They work
Edge Aero wouldn't look any better. I might get the fork, stem and post painted 'wet' black
Why aero fork?.........They work
Last edited by Lectron; 03-15-10 at 12:14 PM.
03-15-10 | 05:51 PM
#1311
Roadie
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 934
Likes: 0
From: Brooklyn, NY
I have one I've been thinking of putting on my race bike.
03-16-10 | 12:17 AM
#1312
Made in Norway
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,676
Likes: 18
From: Norway
By the shape I'd guess it close to the Reynolds...Maybe a bit lower savings, but with less turbulence from the wheel
The seatpost is getting the first coatings atm
edit: The Reynolds would not be legal for mass start events due to it's side area to frontal area ratio
Last edited by Lectron; 03-16-10 at 12:25 AM. Reason: More info
04-07-10 | 08:28 PM
#1315
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,458
Likes: 16
From: Colorado
Bikes: Something Canadian, something Italian, something American, and something German
04-12-10 | 06:28 PM
#1317
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 3,362
Likes: 0
From: Columbus, Ohio
Bikes: Cervelo Soloist
Here's mine:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh you meant Ti bikes....sorry, I don't own any of those.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh you meant Ti bikes....sorry, I don't own any of those.
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04-12-10 | 11:16 PM
#1318
Made in Norway
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,676
Likes: 18
From: Norway
Training-bike......I have a new CX coming up soon too
A better pic of the lynskey. Finally done with paint and decals
Sub 15lbs as pictured with thick rubber, no nonsense components and aero-fork
A better pic of the lynskey. Finally done with paint and decals
Sub 15lbs as pictured with thick rubber, no nonsense components and aero-fork
Last edited by Lectron; 04-14-10 at 02:29 PM.
04-13-10 | 03:48 PM
#1320
Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 29
Likes: 0
From: Singapore/Sydney
Bikes: Dean Super Lite and Gary Fisher Mendota
04-14-10 | 04:29 PM
#1323
My grammar sucks.
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 488
Likes: 0
From: NYC
Bikes: Merlin Extralight, Colnago Crystal, Serotta Club Special
04-20-10 | 12:02 PM
#1324
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 53
Likes: 3
From: Lake Ozark, MO
Bikes: 1987 Fuji Titanium, 1983 Fuji Touring Series IV, 1977 Panasonic Touring Deluxe, 1994 Mountain Cycle San Andreas