I really need a better camera, but here is my Ti entry into the mix...
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n...00/photo-7.JPG

It gets a hot from me! Is that an 11spd crankset and front derailleur on an otherwise 10spd bike?

Yes campy 11 crank and FD... Works perfectly with the 10 spd setup. Thanks for the hot ! Appreciate it

-Mike

meh!!!

Hot!

Drivetrain mismatch irrelevant IMO

Visually, black headset and spacers would be a little more icing. Accent the frame and make front end look shorter and more aggressive.

See my ti a couple posts back. It had a black seatpost on it, before I got the frame matching Lynskey ... Amd I almost preferred the black one :0

Something about the fork on this bike bothers me in regards to the aesthetic (boy don't I sound like a pretentious ******. ;) )

Nice bike though.

Fork looks possibly bent

The fork is carbon so I don't think it is bent, I think in this picture there is an illusion with one of the spokes that makes it look like an odd bend.

Mike

its that a threaded to threadless adaptor you're using?

that must be a really old school carbon fork because its very slender. Especially with the larger diameter Ti tubing.

Nice bike and HOT!


there are options with 1" steerer carbon threadless forks. the easton EC90 1" are still floating around out there on eBay every once in a while. plus eBay does have some other branded 1" steerer carbon forks too from Ritchey, or generic brands ect... if you ever want to go with a newer fork.

Yes it is a very old carbon Time fork, original with the bike. So yes, I am using a threaded to threadless adaptor. I have almost pulled the trigger a few times on switching to a 1" threadless fork but the cost of the fork plus a new headset seemed to not make much sense on a bike I primarily use for bad weather.

The general asumption is that the "french look" was standard, which it obviously wasnt. Smaller frames gives several benefits and I´m sure non-latin riders understood that pretty early. Looking through swedish catalouges from the late 80`s and early 90`s indicates high posts on classic diamond frames. People in northern Europe are not as short as people in Italy, France and Spain...

I understand this, and was one of those guys on smaller frames with alot of seatpost from the late 70's through the early 2000's. However, this was largely due to the fact that when I raced, I ran about 7"-8" of drop and my stems were at max insertion (these days called "slammed" I guess). Naturally, I had to be very picky with my TT and stem length to ensure a proper fit. Here's the last bike I raced as an example. The grammo quill got wider near the junction with the stem, so this is as low as it would go - plus, the old school headset added 2 cm that would not have been present with a threadless setup, and I could have gone with a 2 cm larger frame.
As set up, this bike was perfect for my riding style at the time- I could comfortably ride 80-120 miles on it as shown.
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=261063

A "French fit" would have had me with a frame at least 5-6 cm larger, and a threadlless setup another 1-2 more, which would not have suited my preferred style. So, I guess what I'm saying is don't misinterpret my intentions - I get it.

That said, when I see a bike with a ton of seatpost, but also with a stack of spacers or with quill extension, I think "frame's too small". In the case of the Masi, the poster could easily have gone another 2cm of frame with the same drop. I also know that the frame on that bike is limited in its available sizes, and that the owner was on the largest available, and did his best to make it fit.

1998 Fuji Team.....

Thank you for the info.

Old school Ti. I dig it! :thumb:

You pretty much got it all in there. + it is all about finding co-existence of riding position, handling and weight. Looking at pics of riders with "french fit" they were running a pretty up-right position and doing more time in the drops. Now, thats not how we look at riding positions today. To fully enjoy classic frames when it comes to long distances and high speed, I say go down one size.

can i play?
http://www.sonnygphotography.com/wp-....12.12-v1s.jpg

ok update with the newer smaller frame. 1st is the larger the following pics are the newer..I think its a bit sexier since shes some some more leg (seat post) and I cut the steer tube down

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...b/a168e537.jpg

new
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...b/5eef372a.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...b/bdcb7590.jpg

HOT.. before and after. I must admit after you had posted the original build prior to the warranty exchange, I've been tempted to buy the Orca(carbon/silver) frameset and get rid of the Caad10 I built up last month.

ddf.- wood. serious serious wood. thanks:) haha beautiful bike. :)

haha do it!

it's pressure treated ;)

@ DDF:
Hot before & after!!!

Very nice. My family is origi9nally from the region of the Iberian Peninsula (they would never say Spain) where Orbea is headquartered. This bike was my second choice, right behind the Colnago C59 that I eventually ended up with.

Very hot. I especially like the seat post clamp.