700cc titanium frame with drops, discs and rack guard mounts

NickBroon
NickBroon Posts: 17
edited December 2010 in Road buying advice
Anyone know of a bike that has all of the following:

700cc wheels
Titanium frame
Drop handle bars
Disc brake mounts
Mounts for mud guards and rack

Comments

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Yes.
  • Can you provide details?
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    what was the Airborne Carpe Diem

    and is now the VN Amazon (although the geometry is a little different...)

    see

    http://vannicholas.com/WbmBikeHome.aspx ... 6a6w%3d%3d

    ama_1_m.jpg

    although you'd need a disc fork, obviously
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • maddog 2 wrote:
    what was the Airborne Carpe Diem
    and is now the VN Amazon (although the geometry is a little different...)
    although you'd need a disc fork, obviously

    Can you recommend a 700cc compatible fork with disc mounts suitable for use with this frame? (bonus if also has rack and guard mounts).
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    there's not that many

    Winwood and Trigon do carbon ones.

    Bonty do the Satellite Elite (disc only)

    Do a search on carbon cyclocross fork and see what comes up.
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Lynskey Custom Level 1 also.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Or get Xi'an / XACD Titanium in China to make you a custom one for half the price of the Van Nicholas - that's what I did. They'll do you a matching titanium disc fork too - not the stiffest but great for the rough stuff. Be wary that some of the carbon disc forks are 420mm e.g. Trigon, whereas the frame might be set-up for 400mm - raises the front slightly and changes the handling a bit
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • We can make you one. We have done for a number of customers under the lucky seven guise. You'd be looking at a price about £150 above September model price. Dealing with UK designers and a small amount of common sense.

    Greg
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    And a lifetime warranty plus half-price replacement if you crash it!!!

    Go Sabbath - loving mine Greg :)
    x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
    Commuting / Winter rides - Jamis Renegade Expert
    Pootling / Offroad - All-City Macho Man Disc
    Fast rides Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra
  • Given the customer service I've had from him this summer, I should probably put shout out for Justin Burls http://www.burls.co.uk/titanium.php

    I'm sure he could get something knocked together for you - I love riding my Burls frame :-)

    (Oh, and for forks, it's http://www.woundupcomposites.com/team_x_disc.html that I've been drooling over.)
  • Plod
    Plod Posts: 42
    What did you get in the end? I would be interested in a similar frame.
  • The Salsa Mule or Yakk or whatever it's called has what you're looking for. Just try getting one in this country however....just try...rocking horse poo
    When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.
  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    Don't forget to spec a rear disk mount on the chainstay, this is out of the way of the rear rack and fenders. The alternative is to use a "disc-compatable" rack which is 2" wider (2" more air resistance, 2" less gap-goingforability). You have to think carefully about the cable routing as well.
  • ColinJ
    ColinJ Posts: 2,218
    Do Merlin make one? :wink:
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    In terms of forks, the Kinesis fork is pretty good - is a proper road fork with disc tabs rather than some MTB/hybrid fork to suit suspension adjusted frames. I run a Trigon, but the frame geometry is compensated to suit.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Burghley
    Burghley Posts: 412
    Hi

    Like Monty Dog I have a titanium frame from X'ian with mudguard eyes, mounts for rack, and canti rear brake.

    I run a Kinesis DC19 disc front fork with mudguard eyes in carbon. It is 400mm long and helps provide a very comfortable ride.

    Total cost of around £600 delivered for the package.

    Go for custom if you can.

    Rgds

    Pete
    www.bikesetup.co.uk
    miles more cycling comfort
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,492
    I've got one of these;

    wpf936045a_05.jpg

    Available from Everti in Canada. I love how it rides, not so keen on cable operated discs though.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    nice.

    I've seen those before and thought they were tidy.

    The world is still waiting for a full carbon disc fork though......

    (apart from the 415mm Trigon which is a tad long)
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • Cotic do the >X< fork. Carbon, disc & v-brake compatible. V-bosses screw out and can be plugged if you're using discs. No idea what they're like but think it's around £150.