All that time and effort paid off. :thumb:

I'm glad you quoted it, so it can be at the top of this page :)

https://s32.postimg.org/wjc0pz9np/image.jpg
cleaned it up some today.

Awesome!

https://s32.postimg.org/c7v08dkat/image.jpg
starting to patina nicely...

You should check out the DIY metal etching guides/ vids that are online :)

That bike is so awesome!

My Main Squeeze
http://i.imgur.com/Jt4wK27.jpg

My Squeeze That Is Too Big
http://i.imgur.com/0WVHDv5.jpg

What I'm Hoping To Replace My Overly Developed Squeeze With
http://i.imgur.com/BAxOeGi.jpg

Here's my Lemond. Titanium frame, aluminum fork, 2x10 Campagnolo drivetrain. I built it up myself, including the wheels.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1-...w1816-h1356-no

Cool bike. How does the aluminum fork feel on the road?

So... here is my only geared bike. Originally a 2001 Trek 5200 (USPS model) I bought used for parts (the frame and fork both had cracks) to put on a 2012 Motobecane Vent Noir frame and fork from Bike Island.

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/2012-moto...ir-29409_5.jpg

Everything having to do with making the bike go or stop is Shimano Ultegra except for the pedals, which are Look KEO Classics. The wheels are Mavic Ksyriums, and the bars are Bontrager RaceXLite Blades. The saddle and seatpost were not original on the 5200 when I bought it, they're both Bontrager with the seatpost being, I think, RaceXLite (or Race Lite) carbon.

It's one hell of a fun bike to ride. :)

It's the only fork I've had in the bike, so I can't offer comment on it alone. The bike has a short wheelbase and tight handling, and it accepts 25mm tires, max, so it rides pretty hard. I can't say it's because of the fork material.

Right on. The only experience I've had with alu forks has been harsh, but they were also on alu frames.

Same I would hope titanium would soften up the ride enough to make the alu fork less relevant but it is aluminum and it generally doesn't ride as nice as steel or ti or that new fangled crabons with the weavy fibers.

What is that between the top tube and the cable housing?

Looks like a half eaten pecan or something left over from the feed bag. And there are three of them?

Gotta be custom masticated.

lol

cable stops, tied with twine

Oh!!! Twine, yeah, totally see that now.

It looked like pecans shoved in there or a piece of banana or something. I'm having trouble visualizing things lately.

where will you be when the acid kicks in?

This page delivers.

That better be single origin hemp.

I haven't taken acid since before you were born son.

Might want to look in the mirror.


-Tim-

never done acid in my life, dad.
also, I'm probably older than you think. but anyway, I'm not the one seeing pecans and bananas where there's twine.

My new Stumpy. Best MTB I have owned or ridden!

Looks nice, but picture is too small to be sure.

Ever since the new BF version, I have been having problems with my iPad and loading pics.