Still in shock

rower63

gbsahne wrote:

Was looking at the Dolan ADX frame and building it up.

I have one, pic in sig below, I built it up with Campag Chorus and a Record rear mech. I love it, though it arrived with a couple of problems: the (Alu) seat post kept slipping down no matter how hard I tightened the thingy. A colleague at work also bough the same frame, and had the same issue. I solved mine by roughing up the seatpost shaft a little with a metal file, which introduced enough friction for it to stay put. The trouble is, Aluminium Oxide and Titanium Oxide bind together quite well, so now the seatpost is seized absolutely solid. I'm going to have to place a long strong pole through a disposable saddle fixing and use the whole bike for leverage to get it freed I reckon. I haven't managed to summon up the courage to do it yet, as it's stuck at the correct height.
It's not the lightest of Ti frames, the tubes are thicker-walled than many, but that means it's strong, I reckon. But I really like it nonetheless.

Sirius631

rower63 wrote:

gbsahne wrote:

Was looking at the Dolan ADX frame and building it up.

I have one, pic in sig below, I built it up with Campag Chorus and a Record rear mech. I love it, though it arrived with a couple of problems: the (Alu) seat post kept slipping down no matter how hard I tightened the thingy. A colleague at work also bough the same frame, and had the same issue. I solved mine by roughing up the seatpost shaft a little with a metal file, which introduced enough friction for it to stay put. The trouble is, Aluminium Oxide and Titanium Oxide bind together quite well, so now the seatpost is seized absolutely solid. I'm going to have to place a long strong pole through a disposable saddle fixing and use the whole bike for leverage to get it freed I reckon. I haven't managed to summon up the courage to do it yet, as it's stuck at the correct height.
It's not the lightest of Ti frames, the tubes are thicker-walled than many, but that means it's strong, I reckon. But I really like it nonetheless.

Did you think of buying a bottle of carbon fibre grip paste?

rower63

Sirius631 wrote:

rower63 wrote:

gbsahne wrote:

Was looking at the Dolan ADX frame and building it up.

I have one, pic in sig below, I built it up with Campag Chorus and a Record rear mech. I love it, though it arrived with a couple of problems: the (Alu) seat post kept slipping down no matter how hard I tightened the thingy. A colleague at work also bough the same frame, and had the same issue. I solved mine by roughing up the seatpost shaft a little with a metal file, which introduced enough friction for it to stay put. The trouble is, Aluminium Oxide and Titanium Oxide bind together quite well, so now the seatpost is seized absolutely solid. I'm going to have to place a long strong pole through a disposable saddle fixing and use the whole bike for leverage to get it freed I reckon. I haven't managed to summon up the courage to do it yet, as it's stuck at the correct height.
It's not the lightest of Ti frames, the tubes are thicker-walled than many, but that means it's strong, I reckon. But I really like it nonetheless.

Did you think of buying a bottle of carbon fibre grip paste?

I wish I had done - I wasn't aware of it at the time. Roughing up the post and filing through some of the painted Alu was clearly a mistake.

gbsahne001

Looking at the Scott Solace 10 now, any comments

Levi_501

Custom built steel steed from Roberts