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@richardab1967
This is my titanium fixie with carbon forks and crank.
It is badged as a Cavelo Titanium, the frame is an XACD 3AL2.5V Titanium road frame and the geometry is based on an Airborne Zeppelin/ Van Nicholas Zephyr
http://www.bike.caloriesmadesimple.com/Zep/Specs.htm
http://vannicholas.com/WbmBikeDetails.aspx?ProdId=4v0alWTcua3yMjy3tbDi4Vfp2Km0lHycZLtbNXKkXwX6GBSd4EDN5TGLsMwaQNIPJX0nb%2fXci0E%3d
Seat tube ct=53.5cm
Effective top tube cc=55cm
Crank- Pazzaz Carbon CK03 172.5mm 53T 135BCD
BB- Campagnolo
Sprocket-Halo 18T
Wheels- 700c Vuelta Airline 2 deep rims
Tyres- Vredestein 23c
Brake- Shimano 105 short reach
Stem- ITM Millenium 4ever
Headset- Integrated FSA sealed bearing
Seatpost- Aluminium micro adjust
Saddle- M Trax
Bars- Straight aluminium with Profile Design bar ends
Weighs in at just under 8kg (17.5lbs)
Listed on FGG 11197
I genuinely had a bunch of spare parts left over from other projects which included the ti frame and carbon cranks so I decided to try and make a fixie. I had great fun putting it together and decided, even before I finished it, to sell it when fresh to fund another build (I'd like to do something vintage). The bike is freshly built and has only done a few shakedown runs.
The frame, forks and cranks are in excellent condition with very little use in its previous life, the titanium has no scratches or dings and is in a beautiful matt bead blasted finish, such a great material, hard to really make it look bad!
The chain, track sprocket and stem are new.
The wheels and tyres are in reasonable condition, round and true, perfectly serviceable but used.
The other smaller parts are used and in good condition, the seatpost has some scratches at its base, the brake caliper return spring shows a bit of corrosion and the saddle has a small tear.
Included in the sale is a matching rear brake and lever incase you want to go single speed.
Also I will include the original 39T inner sprocket should you want to ever turn this back into a geared road bike (ok thats probably heresy on this site) as the frame hasn't been de brazed.
Pedals are not included
Bike has a good chainline and uses magic gear combo (which took me a while to figure out) giving 77inches. I ride many thousand miles a year on my 75inch SS up and down hills, rain and wind so figured a couple of extra inches on this lighter more sporty bike would work...it does. The QR axle has been modified eccentrically to give a few mm of chain tension adjustment to account for chain wear. The bike is super tight and smooth, the ti frame gives a lovely magic carpet ride. I am 6" and it is setup lovely for me but the seat post is around its maximum. I really enjoyed building it up. I think this is a pretty cool bike, you don't often see titanium/carbon fixies.
£550