Pasteys Planet X Ti Road Project (Finished)

pastey_boy

Just got myself a bargain titanium road frame from a Planet X clearance sale so, using parts I have knocking around I am going to build myself a nice comfy titanium bike. Most parts are new or nearly new, I only needed to buy a few bits to complete the build. Keeping everything black with the odd touch of gold so the bike will hopefully look subtle and classy. I have put the prices next to the components below. As you can see , I have scored some awesome bargains mostly off eBay. Total cost with everything included comes to less than £1420 !!!!!!!!

Here is the spec, just waiting for a few bits to arrive.
Planet x ti pro road project.
Frame planet x pro Road ti £200 new
Fork Full carbon 12k finish tapered carbon steerer £50 new
Headset Aerozine XH857 tapered £23 new
Stem Titanium 100mm £63 new
Handlebars Specialized Pro Carbon shallow drop off old bike
Bartape px gel £10 new
Seatpost Exotic Ti £50 new
Saddle Tioga Spyder £36 new
Seatclamp Kcnc Ti bolt £14 new
Seatpost shim 27.2mm-31.6mm £6 new

Chainset Rotor ti axle + TA rings £150 new (rings and arms)
Bottom Bracket Enduro ceramic bsa + Tripeak bb30 converter sleeve £61 new
Pedals Bebop Stainless £79 new
F/mech Sram Force 10 spd £25 new
R/mech Sram Force 10 Spd Off new bike
Cassette Shimano 105 10 spd 11/28 £20 new
Chain KMC 10spd Tour edition ltd ed £28 new !!!
Levers Sram Force Doubletap 10 spd £152 new
Brake calipers Tektro R920 sl Ti inc Swisstop Flash Pro pads Free
Cable set Prorace grey inc Jagwire cnc sealed ferrules and Middleburn oilers £35 new

Wheelset Fast Forward F4r 45mm Carbon Clinchers £350 Second hand
Tyres Schwalbe Ultremo ZX blk/silv £40 pair new
Wheel skewers PZ racing bolt on £11new

Weight tbc

nammynake

Was that frame a one-off? Seems very cheap for a new frame!

pastey_boy

Looks like it was a sample, was advertised as having a tight bb30 bottom bracket, hence the very low price, but I am using a converter sleeve so it is not an issue. Absolute bargain price and perfectly sized for me.

Camcycle1974

Looking forward to this one Pastey. Picked myself up one of the SAB Alu/Carbon frames for £100 to build up. Won't be as nice as your Ti one but good for a winter trainer.

pastey_boy

Camcycle1974 wrote:

Looking forward to this one Pastey. Picked myself up one of the SAB Alu/Carbon frames for £100 to build up. Won't be as nice as your Ti one but good for a winter trainer.

I also picked up a Sab frame, a Sab Lampedusa full carbon frame. They were selling the frameand fork for £499 but I managed to get the frame only for £99 posted !!! Absolutely stunning frame that weighs in at a fraction over a kilo, still pondering whether to build it up as I have too many bikes at the moment.

Camcycle1974

pastey_boy wrote:

Camcycle1974 wrote:

Looking forward to this one Pastey. Picked myself up one of the SAB Alu/Carbon frames for £100 to build up. Won't be as nice as your Ti one but good for a winter trainer.

I also picked up a Sab frame, a Sab Lampedusa full carbon frame. They were selling the frameand fork for £499 but I managed to get the frame only for £99 posted !!! Absolutely stunning frame that weighs in at a fraction over a kilo, still pondering whether to build it up as I have too many bikes at the moment.

Bargain. Did you haggle with them or just the last clearance frame like mine was? Wanted one of the Classico ones but happy with what I got. A mate built up a Classico in orange (got the frame for £60!) and it looks great considering the whole build cost him £400.

pastey_boy

It was on their eBay site, also manged to source a new tapered fork for £59. The Sab frame is actually 250 grams lighter than my Time Speeder S frame.

Camcycle1974

Good find, sounds like you got a real bargain.

pastey_boy

Here is a quick mock up of the bike, just waiting on the Ti stem and a few finishing bits.

pastey_boy

Here she is all finished. Changed the wheels to a set of FFWD F4r's. Had quick go in the street and the bike feels awesome and fits nice too, will report back after a proper ride but first impressions are good.

AshW92

Bike look beautiful mate!

ianbar

thats a great looking ti bike that!

Camcycle1974

Lovely end result Pastey. You have great taste in bikes, I take my hat off to you. Chapeau sir!

MountainMonster

Lovely bike! I have a soft spot for Ti, the colour just gets me every time.

pastey_boy

Cheers for the comments, made a couple of small changes since the pics. I have had to change the 100mm Ti stem to a 110mm, gutted as the stem is stunning and superlight but the Pro Vibe Carbon is a not too shabby replacement, bit heavier but lots stiffer. Also removed the Conti 4000s tyres as they were old and a bit beat up so I have fitted a pair of silver striped Schwalbe Ultremo ZX's which will stay in place until I convert the wheels to tubeless, just waiting on long ust valve stems, then I will fit a pair of Tubeless Ultremo's. Also swapping the Bebop pedals for Speedplay X1 Ti pedals then I have Speedplays on all my bikes so no messing about with shoes. Only done 10 miles on the bike as of yet but I like it, nice and comfy but goes when I put the power down. Also added a couple of Ti bottle cages and a cnc'd Garmin mount.

Iamnot Wiggins

Looks great with those FFWD wheels! What size inner ring are you running there, looks tiny?

pastey_boy

Iamnot Wiggins wrote:

Looks great with those FFWD wheels! What size inner ring are you running there, looks tiny?

The outer ring is a 52 and the inner is a 33 making a few ratios unusable but I am either going very fast or struggling up hills. To be honest it only makes the smallest 3 sprockets unusable when in the inner and I only ever drop to the inner if I am climbing so it is no problem. Got a mate trying to buy the FFWD's off me, he's offered me nearly double what I paid for them but if I'm honest I love the wheels so I may have to disappoint him.

stevehollingsworth

Great looking bike

How does this ride compared to a carbon bike?

pastey_boy

A while since I updated the TI. Changed the forks for a set of 3T Rigida Pro's. Fast Forwards made way for a set of Mavic Ksyrium SR's, I also have a set of carbon clinchers off a 13 Intuition Gamma which really compliment the bike and use on flatter runs. Saddle is now a Fizik Antares and the chainset is a Sram S950 with Dual Oval rings. Brake calipers are Dura-Ace and I had to change the bar tape due to wear. Still loving this bike

warrior4life

That's lovely.
I nearly pulled the trigger on one in their clearance section.

pastey_boy

Got a good price on a pair of Veloflex Master 25mm tyres and thought I would try them out on the Ti. Hope they ride as good as they look.

mlgt

looks lovely indeed