The Commutant

This is what happens when you fancy a commuter you can lock up outside, and have a pile of random high-end bits left over from bike builds past...






Frame: Condor Super Acciaio di2
Forks: Condor full carbon
Bars: Deda Dabar
Stem: Zipp 145 (100mm)
Headset: Condor
Bar Tape: Deda
Front Brake Lever: Dura Ace 9071 TT combined
Front Caliper: SRAM Red Aero
Rear Brake Lever: Dura Ace 9071 TT combined
Rear Caliper: SRAM Red Aero
Shifters: DA 9071
Cables: di2
Front Mech: None
Rear Mech: Ultegra 6800GS
Seat: Charge Knife
Seat Post: Ritchey Superlogic
Seat Post Clamp: Condor
Cranks: SRAM Force CX1
Chainring(s): SRAM CX1 46t
Chain: SRAM Red 22
Cassette: Ultegra 6800 11-32
Pedals: Ritchey Paradigm
Bottom Bracket: SRAM BB30
Front Wheel: Handbuilt by me
Rim: Stans Alpha ZTR 340
Spokes: Sapim D-Light
Hub: Novatec A291SB-SL
Tube: None
Tire: Hutchinson Intensive Tubeless 25c
Back Wheel: Handbuilt by me
Rim: Stans Alpha ZTR 340
Spokes: Sapim D-Light
Hub: Novatec A482SB-SL
Tube: None
Tire: Hutchinson Intensive Tubeless 25c
Accessories: Elite Custom Race cage, Pitlock skewers
Weight: 8.1kg ready to ride
Other info: Top-cap now slightly lowered as I've switched from the Pitlock cap shown, which needs a huge spacer, to a Zipp carbon top-cap with a security Torx bolt. Seatclamp and saddle clamp bolts replaced with security torx as well. Still need to get the heli tape on the cranks to sit properly.






Frame: Condor Super Acciaio di2
Forks: Condor full carbon
Bars: Deda Dabar
Stem: Zipp 145 (100mm)
Headset: Condor
Bar Tape: Deda
Front Brake Lever: Dura Ace 9071 TT combined
Front Caliper: SRAM Red Aero
Rear Brake Lever: Dura Ace 9071 TT combined
Rear Caliper: SRAM Red Aero
Shifters: DA 9071
Cables: di2
Front Mech: None
Rear Mech: Ultegra 6800GS
Seat: Charge Knife
Seat Post: Ritchey Superlogic
Seat Post Clamp: Condor
Cranks: SRAM Force CX1
Chainring(s): SRAM CX1 46t
Chain: SRAM Red 22
Cassette: Ultegra 6800 11-32
Pedals: Ritchey Paradigm
Bottom Bracket: SRAM BB30
Front Wheel: Handbuilt by me
Rim: Stans Alpha ZTR 340
Spokes: Sapim D-Light
Hub: Novatec A291SB-SL
Tube: None
Tire: Hutchinson Intensive Tubeless 25c
Back Wheel: Handbuilt by me
Rim: Stans Alpha ZTR 340
Spokes: Sapim D-Light
Hub: Novatec A482SB-SL
Tube: None
Tire: Hutchinson Intensive Tubeless 25c
Accessories: Elite Custom Race cage, Pitlock skewers
Weight: 8.1kg ready to ride
Other info: Top-cap now slightly lowered as I've switched from the Pitlock cap shown, which needs a huge spacer, to a Zipp carbon top-cap with a security Torx bolt. Seatclamp and saddle clamp bolts replaced with security torx as well. Still need to get the heli tape on the cranks to sit properly.
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What sort of "park outside" are you going to do with it? A thief with a multi tool would do rather nicelyoff that in a couple of minutes...
Bars not sure about but that's personal choice and guess if you find it comfortable then that's all that counts.
*and the stem. I missed the stem. That's pretty fugly!
But I feel like a hipster just looking at it. It's not my cup of tea.
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Some other junk...
The stem's an acquired taste, but I had it lying around - along with about half the bits for the bike. I take slight umbrage at the tape comment - you try wrapping that tape around those bars! I need to find a suitable tape with more stretch. The chain won't drop (I hope) because the chainring's a narrow-wide design specifically for single front ring applications. A narrower cassette would reduce the bike's utility - the idea is to have an easy gear to spin up Swains on the way home after a long day. The bar is a personal choice, but I didn't find myself using the drops at all when commuting, and the combination of bar and shifters weighs less than a set of Ui2 conventional shifters on their own. They're less hideous than they look in the photos, IMO.
Ah. Rumbled.
Looks like the tape is about to come off, best undo it now and rewrap it before you start using it. Pull it tighter stretching it as you wrap and it should fit perfectly
It's a great build that could be nicer with a RC Fizik saddle and white Fizik tape (non logo).
Not sure I'd lock it 'anywhere' but is the kind of thing I'd do if I had the cash and a reason to commute.
edit: also get a Deda stem ... no need for bars that nice without matching stem.
The bars have a bizarre curve where you see the tape not fitting. The Deda tape I used simply won't stretch enough to fit the curve. I'm going to try some Fizik tape instead.
I would go for the usual drops and shifters, but I don't do any commuting on my bike ( not to many safe places on a building site :P )
Worth a shot. If you can't get Fizik to work on those bars, then we'll know it was definitely down to user error!
Point taken about not using the drops. However, drop handlebars look great so even with the weight penalty, it would have been the right thing to do!
Fi'zi:k FTW.
Well, I like it too.
Nice bike, too