Time for some carbon

Looks lovely! What did you use to polish?

Get a bottlecage on that downtube asap!

Cheers everyone!

@Tijs For now, I'll use look keo but I'd like to try the time xpresso pedals and they would obviously suit the bike better. I'll cut the steerer once I had the chance to ride it for a while to get it dialled in properly. I'm a bit hesitant when it comes to these sort of things.

@Matisse Some slightly abrasive paint cleaner and subsequently some paint sealant. I forgot the brand but I can look it up tomorrow if you're interested.

@Pifko I found some nice carbon ones the other day, I'll post a pic soon :)

Please!!

Here you go:
Cleaner
Sealant

What a nice looking machine.

Have you ridden it yet?

Thanks, unfortunately I haven’t had the time to finish it...

Finally finished this:

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Looks perfect.. how does it ride? If you’re allowed to ride where you are currently that is...

I'm in Berlin, where people are still allowed to go outside, suprisingly. I took it out for a few laps on Tempelhofer Feld - a former airfield. It rides really well, stiff but comfy and the accelleration is great. But tbh with the shallow rims I think it'd feel more at home in a hilly terrain :)

👌 lovely

Primo

Been long man nice work on that bike, plan for slamming? Share your tip in that saddle pls looks clean

+1 for saddle hints tips and cheats!

It’s an SLR carbonio 135g, DIY re-covered with Alcantara. I removed the leather but left the padding on. The Alcantara is glued on with Uhu Kraft, the key is to let the glue dry for a bit to prevent it from soaking through the Alcantara.
Not sure if I want to cut the stem atm. I could definitely go a little lower but I’m hesitant in view of the re-sale value so I guess I’ll try to figure out over the next weeks whether it’s a keeper or not :)

Amazing what is the total weight?
I just got the same frame for 400€ cant wait to built it

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Another 1st time poster here (no pun intended), just to say that's absolutely brilliant. Hats off.

Nice score, that one seems to be in pristine condition! Any build plans yet? Didn't even weigh the final bike yet since I don't have a proper scale at my place. I'll check it next time when I take it to the workshop.

Cheers! I'm currently planning some upgrades. I'll get new chainrings for the Rotor 3d Cranks that came with the bike when I bought it. That'll help me to shave off some weight and it'll allow me to run a compact set up with 50/34 instead of the 52/39 of the current 130bcd chorus cranks. I'm also about to pull the trigger on a posh wheelset. I'll also swap the vittoria corsa tyres from another bike onto this one. The wheelset comes with a shimano freehub body, so my plan is to get an 11 speed ultegra casette in 11-28 and an ultegra chain to use with the campa group. From what I gathered so far, this set-up should work well :)

Been following your thread and that's a lovely bike. Without hijacking your build here's my VX Edge. Currently running Chorus 11 but planning on switching out for Super Record from another build at some point.
I bought this bike new in 2004 with Record 10 and Ksyrium ES wheels. Sold it in 2015 to fund a Canyon. It then popped back up for sale again on ebay in 2018 and so I bought it back. Stripped off the mix of chorus/record 10 speed and added the Chorus 11 and the Cosmic wheels.
Unfortunately the original seat post was damaged when I bought it back so I have replaced with a Fizik carbon.

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That looks lovely and proper dialled! I got the original time stem as well but unfortunately it's too long for me :( I don't mind the hijacking, on the contrary it's nice to see this thread turn into a post-your-young'time'r-thread.

As for the new wheelset, I just purchased these:

I wanted some reasonably light handbuilt wheels with aluminium clinchers. I thought about buying a set with tune hubs but the freehubs on those appear to be prone to cracking so I didn't want to buy them used. So given the reasonable sale price and the value of the hubs + the fact that the wheelset checks all my boxes, I successfully convinced myself that these are in fact a somewhat rational purchase.

A while ago I got some scans of Time Manuals for the VXRS provided by a kind paceline-forum member. If there's interest, pm me.

V2 with rotor compact cranks; alpha ztr 340 x r45 with shimano freehub and 11 speed 105 casette and chain.

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And some details:

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Banger!
Those stems are horrible but I understand it’s necessary