Baum Corretto - Black & Purple 'Morpheus'

Rich-Ti

Hi folks, been a while - apologies if there's a protocol or anything for doing this that I'm neglecting to follow, but I thought I'd pop in and stick this up:





More shots here and here

Spec list is as follows:

Baum Corretto - Ti, custom geometry, internal Di2 wiring, ISP & PressFit30 BB
Edge 1.0 fork
Lightweight Standard C wheels, special order black edition
Di2 levers and derailleurs
EE Brakes
Conti GP24 tyres (originally Veloflex Corsa 22s, but they were too skinny)
Custom painted San Marco Superleggera saddle
Tune Cappy ISP head
Tune Geil Teiles stem
Zipp Countour SL short & shallow bars
Tune Bobo headset
Custom bar tape by Mick Peel of Busyman Cycles (hand stitched, hand punched with purple stitch)
Vertebr.ae ZTA brake cables
Dura-Ace 12-27 cassette (originally KCNC, but switched to DA as wasn't keen on looks!)
Rotor 3D+ chainset with Rotor Q rings (50/34 for now - will probably go to 52/36 though) with SRM currently being fitted
KMC X10SL chain
KCNC Ti-DLC jockey wheels
MCFK front derailleur clamp
King cages
Speedplay Zero Ti pedals

Zachariah

Now that is a glorious machine. You certainly live up to your username!

Flamez

Woweee...

Aggieboy

Rich, welcome back. I'll give it 2 weeks until you start tinkering .Surrey Hills'd it yet?

Rich-Ti

It's a month old Steve - done 1000km on it already, it comes to Italy with me next weekend, and the Alps the week after!

Tinkering? Saddle already changed (that one was only ever really on there to look good!), tyres changed, cassette changed... what is this 'tinkering' you speak of?...

wicked

Very classy (especially as its australian) bike that will age like a fine wine although that will not be very useful to you if you keep changing bikes as you say!

Rich-Ti

This one stays - given what it cost I just cannot bear to separate with it! :shock:

An amazing machine too, the whole experience is attached to it - including the 6hrs spent at the Baum factory in Geelong... 8)

Zoomer37

Bad ass bike. Bravo

markshaw77

Love it Rich - not sure the main picture does it justice though given the others in the flickr sets!

What did it weigh in at in the end? [pre or post tinkering... ;-)]

Scrumple

Can I have it - ?

Lush...

What are the changes? If I could, I'd spec a custom Ti up and Di2 the fella (where is the battery?)

Got the King cages - you have to start somewhere!

Rich-Ti

I know Mark - waiting for a proper side-on shot to be done! :roll:

FInal weight was 6.7kg, but the SRM will drive that up a bit

Rich-Ti

Scrumple wrote:

What are the changes? If I could, I'd spec a custom Ti up and Di2 the fella (where is the battery?)

Changes? Just the saddle, tyres and cassette - nothing significant.

Di2 battery is under the non-drive side chainstay 8)

Scrumple

You said - I was looking for the details! What type of saddle etc. And what is the frame size (hoping it isn't my size so I do not hunt you down and wrestle the thing off you).

Rich-Ti

"Conti GP24 tyres (originally Veloflex Corsa 22s, but they were too skinny)
Dura-Ace 12-27 cassette (originally KCNC, but switched to DA as wasn't keen on looks!)"



Saddle is still being determined - having issues with saddles at the moment and am gradually working my way through, well, pretty much everything on the market! Specialized Romin Pro is next up, but I don't hold out much promise for that.

The San Marco Superleggera is actually really comfortable as far as the shape goes, but it's just too firm.

Size is unlikely to fit many - that top tube is only 55.5cm, yet the saddle height is 79.5cm! Long head tube too, otherwise I'd have a monster saddle-to-bar drop!

I will NEVER sell it.

Scrumple

Sorry thought you'd changed again after the above!

It is ok about not selling it, as I'd not be able to afford it used. I'll let you keep it.

itsnotarace

Shame the cables don't match the frame, I would be inclined to swap them out for white to match the text and the bands on the seat tube and the line on the downtube (unless that's a reflection in the light).

Otherwise very nice, must have cost a lot of money

8)

Rich-Ti

The cables match in the right light - they stay regardless, they cost me £200 on their own. Yes, really. :oops:

If I ever changed the cable colour I'd probably go grey/silver TBH - the white graphics (yes, that is a line between the black and purple) are quite a dull white, and black would be too dull and boring.

As you can imagine given their cost I plan to run the purple cables for as long as I possibly can.

Oh, and I like them - that's the most important thing

itsnotarace

Fair play mate 8) Personal tastes aside, I'm sure you will get a lot of enjoyment from her for many years to come.

Wheelspinner

Was there a specific reason to use the integrated seat post version rather than the "normal" one?

I'm seriously considering one of these, but have never ridden a Ti frame. I have a couple of very fine carbon frames, which ride beautifully, and a couple of aluminium ones with variable ride quality, and am curious where a Ti frame would sit in "feel" and comfort.

Any thoughts on comparison with a (good) carbon frame?

nferrar

Wow, nice Must be the wrong side of £10k though? How much does custom bar tape cost, didn't even know it existed?...

Rich-Ti

Wheelspinner wrote:

Was there a specific reason to use the integrated seat post version rather than the "normal" one?

Nothing more than making it 'my own' really, although it does eliminate risk of seatpost slippage and creaking!

Wheelspinner wrote:

I'm seriously considering one of these, but have never ridden a Ti frame. I have a couple of very fine carbon frames, which ride beautifully, and a couple of aluminium ones with variable ride quality, and am curious where a Ti frame would sit in "feel" and comfort.

Any thoughts on comparison with a (good) carbon frame?

This is my 4th Ti road frame - previous ones have been an Omega (now Enigma), a Lynskey and an Enigma fixie. I've also had 2 alu road frames (Cervelo and Cannondale) and 2 carbon (Cervelo and Look). Fair to say there's enough experience to go on there...

BUT, it is all dependent on the way the frame is built. This Baum is easily as stiff as both of my alu frames were, although it's not at all harsh (although I wouldn't call either of my alu frames harsh necessarily either - again, it's about how the frame is built). I think it's every bit as stiff as my carbon bikes have been too.

In terms of 'feel', my Lynskey was quite 'soft' by comparison - silky smooth to ride and perfectly capable of transferring the power, but not exactly sprightly. The Baum has a lot more 'zip' to it, mainly because the chainstays are pretty solid, the seatstays pencil straight and the PF30 BB gives a larger area for the downtube to attach.

As a direct comparison to my current Look, the Look is possibly marginally more comfortable - something I attribute to the ISP on the Baum being much more rigid than a carbon seatpost. If I were to compare the Look to my old Lynskey, that was easily more comfortable, but not quite so 'direct' in it's power transfer.

Hopefully that helps somewhat?

Rich-Ti

nferrar wrote:

Wow, nice Must be the wrong side of £10k though?

I don't like to talk about it, but you're still quite a way off...

nferrar wrote:

How much does custom bar tape cost, didn't even know it existed?...

Not as bad as you might imagine - was about £90 I guess.

'Exist' and 'custom' - kind of an oxymoron, no?

There are folk who 'exist' and create custom bar tapes and saddle coverings if you know where to look, or you can go halfway and get some Handlebra stuff.

JonEdwards

:shock: I've just spaffed on my keyboard.

That is very, very, nice indeed.