Clark Kent Ti 500 - Bontrager build

Mine are going strong so far, not broken them yet. Very good cages

Glad to hear it.

My only experience of carbon cages are the Arundel jobs where the bottom 'hook' came away after about a year

Saddle found - Paradigm RL Ti railed job - might be a bit narrow at 138mm to my normal 143mm Romin, but I'll give it whirl

Decals came the other day too from Wanit.co.uk - really helpful and rapid postage. Will get photos of them up when I re-find them.....

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Re-found the decals and I've just noticed that they are upside down

The fade should be Red-Gold-Green :)

They were £11 for 3 sets so no major disaster

Not sure about them atm, may get some others made up, may keep these....

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Got a BB from the shop and put the cranks on to see how they looked. Various shades of silver/grey on Ti would seem to be how this is developing

Seat post should arrive tomorrow too.

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Looks promising!

I've got the black versions of those brakes and was seriously considering stripping and polishing them! They look awesome silver.

Yeah they look mean I think, well as mean as brakes can look anyway.

I thought they would be a darker grey from the sales photo, but they look really good in shiny silver. I now just need to BC them up with some gold and green paint in the right spots and they're done

Was about to link to some older Aeoleus wheels on TT forum but they've sold, would've been perfect :(

Ah, cheers for the thought.

Problem I'm having is that I need 11 speed compatibility. So my Bargain DA 9000/1 mini group will prob end up costing me more in wheels, a lot of the older Bonty hubs are 10 speed max and a mare to swap the freehubs, apparently.

I have one outside shot at some serious wheelage, but if that doesn't come off it will be a waiting game I'm afraid.

Its also proved to be very hard to get hold of the RL IsoZone bars I swear by, in 40cm.

Ah well, best get on with building my wife's bike back up anyway :)

Seat post for this came today though and its spot on.

Older RXL seat post to match the stem.

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Cheeky Friday mock up

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YES! Liking that alot!

What wheelset have you got planned?

I would love some Aeolus 5's.......but they are v spendy.

Nice! Extra points for optical illusion rourke top tube in the photo.

This bike is lots of awesome

sweet build

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BONTRAGER-HCM-CARBON-FORK-/322081338247?hash=item4afd8b3387:g:fmcAAOSwB4NWvIFv

Cheap, colour coded Bontrager forks on eBay.

Steerer is probably too short...

This is a 1" head tube and I'm very much in love with the EC90's that I have already.

All Ebay/non Ebay pointers greatly appreciated though.

@russmeyer ha ha, just spotted that. I am a terrible photographer and my phones camera is knackered to!!

if you're even wanting to swap for a black pair..

:)

Someone is selling Aeolus 5.0 clinchers here http://www.timetriallingforum.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=107088

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Lovely looking frame. I had to google to see if there is any connection with Kent Eriksen (also ti frames from Denver, Colorado), but the name is purely coincidence. Kent Eriksen and Dean Kent - totally different people!

My initial thoughts, too. Really liking the look of this already!!

Cheers, I've emailed him.

He's decided to keep them...... :(