Bikeradar Ti Club!

gbr236

Not a great photo of what for me is a great bike...

napoleond

Hooray! A custom Enigma that doesn't have a hyooj stack of spacers! Looks good.

beancounter

Currently commuting on this rather beautiful Colnago CT1 (dry commutes only!). Has a mix of Record and Chorus and the wheels are handbuilt Mavic Open Pro on Veloce hubs. The upside down stem is due to a combinations of a dodgy back and a too-short steerer, never mind...

bc

jrduquemin

jboyslick wrote:

Great thanks for the info...

smidsy wrote:

Wheels:

They will be H Plus Son Archetype Rims with Chris King hubs and, most likley, Sapim CX Ray spokes. (difficult to tell from the pic)

Probably about £600 worth.

You're right about the hubs and rims. The spokes are Sapim Race on the rear and Sapim laser on the front. I couldn't justify upwards of £60 per wheel for the cx-rays :-)

tommo7567

My new bike....love the way it glides compared to chattering carbon


Kinesis Racelight Gran Fondo Ti v2 with Shimano Ultegra 6800 11 speed

napoleond

beancounter wrote:

Currently commuting on this rather beautiful Colnago CT1 (dry commutes only!). Has a mix of Record and Chorus and the wheels are handbuilt Mavic Open Pro on Veloce hubs. The upside down stem is due to a combinations of a dodgy back and a too-short steerer, never mind...

bc

Love it!!

ctc

tommo7567 wrote:

My new bike....love the way it glides compared to chattering carbon


Kinesis Racelight Gran Fondo Ti v2 with Shimano Ultegra 6800 11 speed

very nice!

Don't suppose you could either post or send me what it's like to ride? SWMBO has come into some money and is offering to buy me a new frame for Crimbo. This is one of the shortlist

tommo7567

In a word...fantastic. I should add bloody brilliant to that but its more than one word.

I'm no speedster, but do plenty of club runs, sportives etc and cannot fault it's performance. Its not a bike to break records on, but it's no slouch. So much more comfy than carbon, not in the slightest bit 'whippy' and very surefooted. I've hit a couple of potholes on night-time club runs on it and you don't feel like you're riding a bucking bronco like you can with stiffer carbon frames.

My advice, try and ride one and you'll see what I mean. For sure, I 'ain't going back to carbon.

ctc

Cheers!

I know a place that has the Mk I as a test bike, so will head up there in the next couple of weeks...

tommo7567

CTC wrote:

Cheers!

I know a place that has the Mk I as a test bike, so will head up there in the next couple of weeks...

If you do test one, bear in mind there are some subtle improvements to the Mk II, but enjoy

nchappy

My Echo

s2_dpd

my Litespeed Archon Ti

awsm

Some lovely Ti's in here. Going to be stripping mine this weekend and upgrading pretty much everything

kingstonian

That Litespeed is lovely

MountainMonster

Some of the bikes on this last page are absolutely gorgeous. Hats off to them!

awsm

Stripped mine yesterday, waiting for a couple of parts to rebuild her up with new groupset

milleman

Some lovely bikes on here!

Have a VN Zephyr myself, had it for three and a half years and done quite a few thousand miles now in the UK and in Europe. It's been fantastic for me, changed from a carbon bike after only putting 350 miles on it, felt like riding a plank and hated it.....

Due to a combination of shedding 20kgs of weight this year and attending the NEC bike show last month and chatting to the guys at Enigma, I REALLY fancy an Enigma with Dura Ace 11 speed 7900.

Was looking at some of the maybe more "racy" frames but after talking to Jim (I think) on the stand he convinced me that the Echo with its compact frame would be more suitable due to a back issue that I have.

Anybody with an Echo have any advice?

Thanks.

pastey_boy

My recently rebuilt Titus Solera.

awsm

milleman wrote:

Was looking at some of the maybe more "racy" frames but after talking to Jim (I think) on the stand he convinced me that the Echo with its compact frame would be more suitable due to a back issue that I have.

Anybody with an Echo have any advice?

Thanks.

Photo in the post above yours is an Enigma Echo. It's a good frame. I use it for commuting and as a winter hack. I personally prefer my Carbon bike but then again it's in a different league to the Echo.

I wouldn't discount a "racy" frame without riding a few. The right bike also depends what you plan to use it for or the type of riding you like to do which you haven't stated. It's probably worth a thread of its own in the buyers advice forum.

Smithster

s2_dpd wrote:

my Litespeed Archon Ti

That's a lovely looking bike. One of the best I have seen on here.

s2_dpd

Thanks... although it doesn't look quite the same now with it's winter boots (Mavic Aksium and SKS Race Blades), at least it will remain out on the road.

navrig2

Finally got a decent day to take some, poor, photos. Still not been out on her yet.



and a touch of colour:





Spacers and top cap courtesy of Kapz.

Vandiesel

Perfect
Love the Kapz roundel

Garry H

Vandiesel wrote:

Perfect
Love the Kapz roundel

+1
However, -1 for wearing crocs ;0)

navrig2

Garry H wrote:

Vandiesel wrote:

Perfect
Love the Kapz roundel

+1
However, -1 for wearing crocs ;0)

I love my crocs, so comfy and convenient.

The service from Kapz was excellent if anyone wants a recommendation. http://www.kapz.co.uk/

Dozzina

Full read here -> viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12959979

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Bordersroadie

Burls custom Ti.

Details: viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12962675

guinea

I haven't seen one of these on here:

Bryn_Mawr003

Recently built this up..



Bars have been lowered and rotated forward slightly following first ride.



Wheels are Campagnolo Record hubs, Sapim spokes and Open Pro rims. I had these built up back in 2001 and were my best wheels for a few years until, like most handbuilts at that time they were relegated to the back of the man cave when some factory built wheels arrived on the scene. Only used in summer so still in great condition.



Fulcrum 5's and SKS Bluemels for winter.

Rides beautifully.

tommo7567

Bryn_Mawr003 wrote:

Recently built this up..



Bars have been lowered and rotated forward slightly following first ride.



Wheels are Campagnolo Record hubs, Sapim spokes and Open Pro rims. I had these built up back in 2001 and were my best wheels for a few years until, like most handbuilts at that time they were relegated to the back of the man cave when some factory built wheels arrived on the scene. Only used in summer so still in great condition.



Fulcrum 5's and SKS Bluemels for winter.

Rides beautifully.

Lovely! I changed from 23s to 25s on mine and it has made a big difference in comfort. I found the 23s at 90-100 psi really quite unforgiving, 25s at around 85 psi have changed the way the bike handles and feels much more comfortable now.