Very nice bike! I like the blue headset. IMHO, it needs a couple more subtle blue touches - bar ends, perhaps?

I'm currently waffling between Moots and Seven for my first Ti bike and am almost coming down to a coin toss (or series of them).

So what's the specs on the Moots? And congrats!

Go with the Moots.
I did my first ride with it today and I am pretty amazed at the ride quality.
And the headset is the Chris King Turquoise.

I like the Moots. Is it a smaller frame size? The tubing somehow looks large proportionally. I like the Kona Esatto Ti frame, made by Lynskey to Kona's spec. Would be my choice probably if I was shopping, and had money to burn..

It is a 54cm
Moots uses bigger tubes for the RSL road bike.

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My 2004 LeMond Arrivee

Bought this 2001 Merckx Titane frame from France and had it shipped to Australia.
Built it up with a 7800 groupset.

Not much info available on the Titanes but my understanding is that unlike the EX and AX that were made by Litespeed for the US market (predominantly) the Titane was made by Merckx from Litespeed tubing for Europe. Can anyone confirm that?



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I have no way to confirm it, but I remember reading about them a long time ago. I'm almost certain the frame was made in Tennessee with dropouts provided by Merckx, shipped to Belgium and painted there. I think the fork was made by Merckx as well. I think the ti Merckx team bikes in the late 90's were made by Litespeed also. Litespeed made bikes rebranded for a number of teams.

My first ever Titanium. My first ever Frankenbike. Just completed last night. I am taking it on it's maiden voyage right now, I'm hoping not Titanic voyage... bad "dad pun", as my daughter says. I will post details and more pics tonight. I decided to forgo a front derailleur and second ring, this is a tt bike, who needs 20 jumbled gear combinations. 650c and mostly pre-2000. I love the clean lines. (I'm from the drillium era.)

STOP! That bike will sink worse than the Titanic, WARNING, do not take it out onto the water!!! If you must, at least wear a life preserver.

Nice to see some more Lemond Ti out there. Love the style of that fork. I've been looking for one for my '02 Victiore for awhile.

1994 Litespeed Tachyon. A previous owner put the incorrect Saber decal on there at some point. It's a TT frame that I put road kit on. Ultegra 6800, Ultegra wheelset, Wound Up fork.

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Lynsky Viale

My Franken bike.

6800 hydro, FD, RD, and cassette
7900 Crank
XTR calipers
Brontrager XXX stem
3T Rotundo Carbon Bar
Brooks cambium B17 saddle
CK R45 disc hubs laced to DT TK540 hubs
CK BB and Headset
King Ti bottle cages, because I needed more Ti in my life :D

This bike is great as a city bike. I ride it on the MuPs with my husband and on the road. It's marketed as a do it all bike and I really think it suits that description. I LOVE this bike even though it's a little wonky.

I don't think I like the brown bar tape. I think I'm going to switch it to black, what do you all think?
So some might wonder why the mishmash in parts. This bike started life as a crazy "hybrid build". It was setup with flat bars, 10sp. With a mix of DA and XTR. It was all road up front and all MTB parts out back. I was running road flat bar shifters. But after building it and riding it that way for several hundred miles, I didn't like it and wanted this to be a proper road setup. So instead of starting over, I just used some of the parts on the bike and this is what I ended up with.


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I agree on the brown tape, it doesn't suit this bike. (Brown bar tape, more often than not, looks great in the mind, but not so great when on the bike.)

If it were mine, I'd match either the seat, using beige or "ivory" (Deda do an ivory bar tape, I have it on a celeste Bianchi and it looks outstanding), OR match the wheels & forks, using black or a dark, "gunmetal" grey. (Again, Deda do a "gunmetal" grey.) I like the Deda tape because it's cheap, stretches well, cleans up nicely and comes in lots of colours.

My 1996 Bianchi Ti Megatube.

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I really need to strip off those ugly stickers from the wheels.

I agree, the brown just doesn't go with the bike at all. However I also disagree on the black even though the black would be a lot better than brown. I think that since you have white saddle you should have white bar tape due to the black hoods. Problem with white bar tape is that it does get dirty looking quick but if you use 409 frequently it will look like new for a long time. Fizik makes the best tape for cleaning grime off easily. Of course this is just my opinion, so take it for what's it worth.

Picked up this for under a grand (with 700c wheels and sans pedals):

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My former road bike about 12 yrs ago.. sold it since too small for me:
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My hardtail:
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Current road bike, since 2004:
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I got it in February and it's all I've ridden since.

My Litespeed with titanium cranks
 

This is my Litespeed that I was able to get professionally photographed at the Classic Rendezvous event a couple of weeks ago in Greensboro, NC. It's a rider and not a wall hanger, as you can tell by the chain and handlebar tape. As a matter of fact, it was photographed right after a ride called Tour de Guilford. I bought it used and am not sure what model it is but best we can tell it's a 1998 Tuscany. It's got "37377" stamped on the BB so if anybody can confirm the model it would be much appreciated. You'll have to forgive me for showing off a little but I just love this bike and the way it rides! The custom triple fade paint, the titanium cranks, stem and seatpost make it pretty special to me. The story goes that the original owner had it painted to match the color of the three Ferraris he had owned. He never rode it and his wife ended up selling it eventually.

For some reason, pictures won't upload, but here is a link to the album:

https://goo.gl/photos/nrsZ9K8xTppDgLvV9

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That is an awesome bike, great find.

Kish
 

My new Kish

^^^ Nice bike :thumb: Has anyone ordered one of the these?
Thinking about a new Ti with SRAM eTap wireless $3,200

Titanium Road Bikes | Motobecane Le Champion Team Ti

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2001 ls
 

This is the latest iteration of my 2001 Litespeed Tuscany. just about dialed in now! I want to put a black Dura crank on 'er, maybe a new carbon fork next season. I like the simple, no nonsense look it has now. Only thing left for right now is, I'd like to make the word 'Litespeed' disappear from the front of the forks - just to get rid of the yellow up there and keeping consistency (any ideas?). Enjoy...

I think you need white bar tape and white saddle..