MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Nice and light ones please 🙂
bit of a cheat but its my orig thread....
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135841&highlight=whats+box
will be finished tomorrow and raced on sunday...
Mines a bit of a cheat from my [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-bike-ti-content-2 ]orig thread[/url] as well.
Does 23lb count as nice and light ?
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amazingly, haven't got a pic of it out of the kitchen yet
Not desperatly light, but saves a good few pounds over the steel frame it replaced, which is noticebale climbing up stuff I didn't think I'd make.
Now sporting a gravity dropper post and Salsa stem & bars
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Girlie one for you, around 22 lbs:
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No idea on weight, but it's a beautiful thing to ride! Quite possibly my favourite bike 🙂
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Also my favourite bike.
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MrsbeanZ 14" 456 .
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not massively light in this build, but a lot of fun 🙂
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Not sure this does it justice, now fitted with crank bros risers! Charge Duster Ti, SRAM XX, Crank Bros finishing kit, Charge Splashback skinwall tyres 🙂
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About 22lbs in this guise. Maybe my scales weigh heavy 🙄
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The only photo I have of this one so far. Weight unknown.
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just under 22lbs
It's [b]very[/b] light as it's not very built. I'm working on it now!
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On-One 29er, looks better without cheap decals, rides better with a QR15 fork as well.
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It broke unfortunately, the parts are now all attached to a lurid green PA frame.
elliptic - broke how/ where?!
And I've just noticed that fotopic no longer exists 😯 and hence I have no photos of my Soda, so you'll have to imagine it:
17" Soda, white air Revs, blue Hope XC wheels on 717 rims, XT drivetrain.
Weight... not sure, but I'd be surprised if it's much less than 25lbs
a few of my Pegasus...
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elliptic - broke how/ where?!
Top tube cracked 3/4 of the way round, from the tip of the mitred weld against the downtube, where they meet behind the headtube joint. That particular weld only exists on the 16" frame, yours will have a gusset I think.
It was genuinely JRA - seemed an odd place for fatigue failure, but there you go.
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elliptic - good to know mine won't have that issue (hopefully!). Did you get a half-price replacement under warranty?
pedalhead - nichetastic! Is it a P321 steerer you have for the Lefty? And have you had any concerns over the (theoretical?) extra leverage from the semi-triple-clamp design on the headtube? I've always wanted a Lefty myself, just not the Cannondale frames they normally come with...
yeah it looks pretty silly, but rides great. Yes using P321 adapter. No concerns about the head tube, lots of people out there running them on non-cannondale frames & I've not heard of any issues. Lefty is excellent, other than the bearing migration, which is an annoyance and is particularly bad on mine. Need to get it sorted really.
just built this week! 1 ride old, the stem will be changed when i can afford it.
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Did you get a half-price replacement under warranty?
Sadly not, it was secondhand - sent some pics to Cotic anyway but wasn't really expecting any comeback.
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27lbs. Not the lightest but a lot of fun and comfortable too.
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DeKerf Elysium
Commencal Ti Flame - don't know the exact weight, but feels pretty light to me
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TheSwede
Nice bike - what is it?
Dialled Bikes Morning Glory until it cracked 2 months ago 🙁
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24lbs!
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Light enough.
21.2lbs including pedals - my Merlin Oreas - sadly no longer with me 🙁
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trickydisco & druidh(top picture) - what frames?
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Light IF Ti
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No idea of weight but.......
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Scotland spec
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local spec
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El Mariachi 29er...
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And it's baby sister the Ala Carte - now 1x10 and with the stem upside down.
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Pipedream Sirius Ti
That Merlin is absolutely gorgeous.
Rigid(ish)
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With bounce
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Not posting a pic of mine cos its not that light...so youll not be interested ❗
😉
25 lbs but it has got big wheels and 30 gears guvnor.
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DBR Axis TT, 23lbs
My litespeed Obed single speed - now just over 14 lbs 🙂
Changed a few parts since this picture
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Definitely not a thing of beauty, currently on the wall, but comes off now and then and good (interesting) to ride, amazingly direct and very accurate. Pretty light, around 21lbs, feels like cheating on the up hills but a touch scary on our local 'soft-ish' down hill tracks.
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My first serious bike - and at the time more expensive than a full DH bike is now! Everybody does not realize how cheap things are now 😕
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Must take some decent pics. It's about 23lbs in a fairly burly xx build. Teralogic forks are heavy.
Pedalhead. I'm in love with that 29er with lefty! Looks great in my opinion.
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Was about 24.5lbs until butchered by scummers. Shortly on it's way back to Chattanooga, Tennessee for a new top tube.
pjbarton - Member
Pedalhead. I'm in love with that 29er with lefty! Looks great in my opinion
Thanks...it's a marmite thing 🙂
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Lots of stunning bikes but the Pegasus looks so clean, my best so far with Merlin XLM close second.
hummer looks LUSH !
Just built and posted a few days ago on here, but since you asked. Going to weigh this weekend, but feels around 21lbs. And, no it isn't as steep as it looks at the front. The camera angle is wrong.
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LimboJimbo, which DTSwiss forks are those on your ti456 ? I'm currently running EXM130mm on mine and they're lurvely, knocks spots of the Revs which were on there before - lighter, faster, smoother, stiffer, better.
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Kev
Shak47
Nice pic of Dumgoyne there. The descent off the summit is short but a lot of fun and the singletrack round the base is cracking too. Ends with a nice fast descent to Cantywheerys.
No Ti hardtail for me. Gusset cracked on my Hummer frame and headtube insert came out with insert attached to the headset - it appears ABG and Cove are in discussions over who will pay for it to be fixed. ABG do a 2 year warranty and Cove a 5 year warranty but it was Cove who bought it. Upshot is that my frame is still stuck with Silverfish who are caught in the middle of this one too. Not their fault but now into the 4th month of the frame still not having been taken back by ABG to repair. A bit frustrating given that had I bought a much cheaper Van Nic, I'd probably be riding a brand new frame by now. Ho hum. Expensive lesson learnt.
Sanny
4 months? Blimey, time for a solicitor's letter, surely?
sanny - truly shocking - i feel for your pain !
Cheers Sanny, not been up the summit yet, but noted the route you detailed up Earls Seat and back down Cantwherry a while back, intend giving that a bash some time soon.
Not gonna post the same grimey grey washed out snow photo of an unridden bike. As the back ligaments seem to be improving I'm planning to head out for a pootle on the soda at the weekend sometime, see how it feels. I'll take the camera and try and get some new shots.
Can't believe I've had it for almost 4 months and never ridden it yet, the shame! 😳
Which reminds must check with dipper to see if my new bars are here yet too...
metalheart - text me for a ti fest run 🙂
solarider, do you mind if i ask how much your bike cost? it looks amazing, but expensive!
Does my CX count? 🙂
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Pedalhead
It's a tricky one. If I was to go down the legal route, it would have to be against Leisure Lakes who sold me the bike. I'm remaining fairly pragmatic about things but given that it will take approx 3 months from the frame going back to ABG to it being fixed and returnd, I'm already looking at not getting the frame back until July at the earliest. I understand Cove have now switched to Lynskey for their Ti frames which doesn't help me in any way. Like I said, Chinese and Taiwanese made Ti frames look an awful lot more appealing than anything from the States to me.
Ho hum!
lightish, and loved 😆
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Well best of luck Sanny, quite a tricky situation you're in there. I hope it works out for you.
ericemel, that cx is lush!
bol, love the soda. No Ragley Ti's yet? Wish I could post a photo of mine but I don't have one 😐
EDIT: .... yet 🙂
Some beautiful bikes thus far.
Has anyone got a Rock Lobster Team Ti ?
They look lovely and £1700 with full 2011 SLX groupset and Marzocchi 44 RLO Forks seems like a decent price compared to other off the shelf Ti bikes.
The [url= http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/mountain/product/review-rock-lobster-team-titanium-10-35582 ]review on bike radar[/url] doesn't give a weight though so not sure now light they are. Does anyone know?
@ Keva, They were XMC130's but they got stolen unfortunately. I had 32 Talas's before which were great but the DT's were just awesome.
Love that hei hei
Global TH 1.5 frame from Ride On built up with a medley of bits including now very rare Suntour XC Pro thumbshifters with original Hope minis (yes, it can be done!) and a rigid carbon fork, £85 off the web. The only time I miss the Rebas (which leaked oil like a good 'un) is when you get a big hit like a brick or a big hole. Otherwise it rides dead smooth and is super lightweight.
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Here's mine, although it's got an alfine now. No idea how much it weighs but its lots of fun.
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Holeshot? Nice.
on and on - Member
My litespeed Obed single speed - now just over 14 lbs
Changed a few parts since this picture
Lol, I love these threads, how the heck do you get a bike to 14lbs, SS or not?
My 3.2lbs Ti framed SS with RC31's, RS7's with uno & ti BB, Hope XC's with Ti hub & what I would consider pretty light weight kit comes in at about 20lbs, just how do you save another 6lbs?
like this LOL. Most of the stuff I had in the shed so put it together for fun.
It rides really nice and still comfy after 20+ miles
Litespeed Obed M Frame 1530
Mortop Headset 60
Trigon Forks 493
Ameriacn classic wheels 1404
KCNC Ti Skewers 45
Kenda Klimax tires 660
Maxxis flyweight tubes 160
Wellgo M111 pedals 240
KCNC ISIS Crank/bolts 470
Renthal 32Chain ring 35
KCNC BB/bolts 155
KCNC VB-1 brakes F/R 250
XTR Cables 78
KCNC Seat clamp 10
KMC x9SL Chain 210
Kestrel Bars 110
Syntace F99 Stem 96
143 toupe Saddle 170
KCNC Post 153
Pork rind grips 17
superstar 14t Sprocket 32
6378g 14.05 lbs
Page 1mrblobby - Member
No Ragley Ti's yet?
on and on - Member
like this LOL. Most of the stuff I had in the shed so put it together for fun.
It rides really nice and still comfy after 20+ milesLitespeed Obed M Frame 1530
Mortop Headset 60
Trigon Forks 493
Ameriacn classic wheels 1404
KCNC Ti Skewers 45
Kenda Klimax tires 660
Maxxis flyweight tubes 160
Wellgo M111 pedals 240
KCNC ISIS Crank/bolts 470
Renthal 32Chain ring 35
KCNC BB/bolts 155
KCNC VB-1 brakes F/R 250
XTR Cables 78
KCNC Seat clamp 10
KMC x9SL Chain 210
Kestrel Bars 110
Syntace F99 Stem 96
143 toupe Saddle 170
KCNC Post 153
Pork rind grips 17
superstar 14t Sprocket 326378g 14.05 lbs
Impressive, my scales must be out as I can't for the life of me see those extra 6lbs 😉
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22lbs. Bonus for telling me where this is.