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Great machine.

Titus Loco Moto Hardtail 29er Titanium frame w/62° headtube angle! w/ some light bicycle carbon rims & Industry 9 hydra II hubs w/ tire pressure 20psi front 21psi rear! Raceface cranksets & handlebars & stem! yup...it's a fun rig! PNW Dropper w/ WTB Gravelier carbon & Rockshox DEB ultimate!

My custom-built Litespeed Spezia FI is exactly as it sits here: 7.28 kg, built by me from the ground up, and it has already covered 4,000 km this year. AMA

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Specs
Frame: Litespeed Spezia FI - size M (54) - 1090grams - Custom anodized full lettering logo - seat tube modified for 27,2mm seatposts
Fork: Enve In-route
Gear: complete Sram Red E1 48/35 - 30/10, 172,5mm cranks
except front chainring: Sram Force E1 (because of the full black color)
Chain: Sram Red one in silver one in rainbow
Discs: Galfer Shark (104gr. - certified for E-Bikes and Enduro 😂)
Wheels: Enve 6.7 with Extralite Hypersmart 3 hubs
Tire: Vittoria Corsa Pro Graphene 30mm with Temu TPUs (1 flat in 4000km)
Cockpit: Enve SES Aero Pro One-Piece 39/120mm
Garmin mount: Titan Temu piece (19 grams) modified with a blue 3D-printed connector for the Enve cockpit
Bottom bracket: Kris King in blue
Headset: Wolf Tooth Premium Internal for Enve in blue
Saddle: tune Speedneedle
Seatpost: Enve Carbon off-set, 27,2mm
Clamp: Wolf Tooth in blue
Cages: Lightweight Edelhelfer
Tape: Supacaz Super Sticky Kush
Pedals: Look Keo Carbon Ceramic TI (modified down to 169 grams / pair)

Patriotism can be complicated but so can Cannondale!

Custom carbon frame I built. All tubes made from HM63 carbon and Hybor boron fiber. Capped it off with the Dura-Ace build. Next I will change the headset for fully internal routing and move to a custom 1 piece bar/stem I’m building.

I just built this bike which is technically a cyclo-cross frame but my plan is to make it my all-rounder with a road wheelset and a gravel wheelset plus a smaller chainring for gravel. I was worried it would feel a bit sluggish on the road but it's an absolute rocket 🚀

Sorry for the cheap components but this is only stage 1 of long journey with this bike. Upgrades will come but later.

Shot on Ricoh GR IV - SOOC Bennet 800 Recipe.

2025 Specialized Chisel - Rebel Pink Tint Organic Brushed / Satin Ion Metallic / Size S

Fork: Fox 36 Float SL Factory, 140mm Travel, 44mm + axle (1745g)
Shock: RockShox Deluxe Select+ 190x40mm (340g)
Shifter: NX Eagle shifter (112g)
Derailleur: SRAM GX Eagle (300g)
Chain: GX chain (244g)
Crankset: Samox Platinum TM-1 Carbon 155mm (378g)
Crank Arm Boots: AliExpress (19g)
Chainring: Race Face 30T (63g)
BB: SRAM DUB (76g)
Pedals: HT Components ME03 Alloy (263g)
Brakes: SRAM G2 RS + MTX Gold pads (260g/280g)
Brake Caliper Bolts: Wanfiya titanium (-18g)
Brake Rotors: Trickstuff Ultralight 180/160 (119g/87g)
Seatpost: OneUp Dropper 120mm 30.9mm + Ti bolts (364g)
Seatpost Clamp: Procraft PRC Carbon 34.9 (11g)
Dropper Lever: OneUp (24g)
Saddle: God & Famous Paincave Carbon 145mm (109g)
Handlebar: God & Famous Trail Carbon 31.8 x 800mm 9° (244g)
Grips: OneUp Components Jackson Goldstone (108g)
Stem: Kalloy UNO 70mm + Ti bolts (81g)
Spacer: God & Famous 5mm (2g)
Top Cap + Bolt (4g)
Front Wheel: Roval Traverse SL Fattie (773g)
Front Tyre: Continental Trinotal 27.5 x 2.4 Grip Trail (702g)
Front Rotor Bolts: Deermount Titanium (7g)
Rear Wheel: ZEN Carbon Bike 27.5" (689g)
Rear Tyre: Continental Dubnital 27.5 x 2.4 Rapid Trail (647g)
Rear Rotor Adapter: Chaser 6-bolt to centrelock (8g)
Rear Rotor Lockring: Chaser (5g)
Ratchet: Goldix 60T helical ratchet (14g)
Cassette: ZTTO SLR Gen3 Ultimate 10-50T XD (297g)
Sealant: Silca Ultimate (90g)
Bottle Cage: S-Works Carbon Zee Cage II Left (24g)
Pump: OneUp EDC + OneUp inline mount (250g/27g)
Saddle Bag: Skingrowsback Plan B Nano (66g)

WEIGHT: 11.26kg
Original Weight: 13.51kg

Swapped parts from my broken Bianchi XR4 and upgraded to 105 di2.

This frame kicks so much butt, the hype is real about Time.

Picked up this 2017 Allez Sprint LTD after moving to NYC. SRAM force 22 drivetrain and Zipp 404 firecrests. I think I got a pretty good deal at $1400. Very nice pink metallic.

Always loved the look of modern wheelsets on 80s/90s frames. Was buzzing to find this frame in this colour for an unreal price. Aluminium frame keeps it nice and light. Might get some toe straps to fit the MKS pedals.

I bought this frame last fall, and spent the last 10 months scouring second-hand bike shops, swap meets, and Marketplace for most of the parts I wanted to build it up. Originally, the plan was to keep it all period correct and Italian, but I found the wheels early into my hunt for parts and the project evolved from there. I did my best to retain the vintage look and soul of the bike anyway, and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Tom Sturdy doesn't just build titanium frames — he crafts complete sets, right down to the titanium shift levers. That's how Marc's new "Cilla" came to life: raw titanium, a touch of purple, Chris King R45 hubs and SRAM RED E1. A one-off, built exactly as he dreamed it. Full story on light-wolf.de