MORATI HC 1.3

[Conrads]

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Looking good with the Morati stem & a Ti post. Now you need a Morati fork & h-bar.

There are a few sets of Morati cranks on e-bay but there for display use only.

 

[Yidaki]

You mean M-Bar I have that on the 1.4! Heh!

 

[syncrosfan]

You can always get another one for this build... My builds always start somewhat low profile then I start getting this fancier component, then another one, before I know it I just sunk 2grand in my "commuter" bike...

 

[Yidaki]

I don't want to be greedy. If I happen to find one
for a nice price hell yeah!

 

[Conrads]

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Yes an m-bar would be nice or just a straight Morati ti handlebar would also look good with the stem and some Morati bar ends.

I would like a m-bar for mine but they are hard to find. I have a Morati road seat post that I will use for display.

My HC1.3 is the only one I have seen in NZ and I've only seen 4 others Morati here (2 HC1.1 & 2 SC1.3).

 

[Yidaki]

Try to find some bar ends - I've heard it is impossible

I might go SingleSpeed on this one - with a nice Boone Ti
18T or 19T cog and a Chris King SingleSpeed hubset (Heavy
Dury Axis with FunBolts).

I might even change the brakes to Abid Arch Supremes with
the fitting Single Digit brake levers ..

 

[Conrads]

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oh yes I like your thinking.

that's a pretty trick SS cog you have there. I like the Chris King hubs but have you considered some profile elite ones. The loudest hubs made that would be an attention grabber. I currently run King (red head set, ceramic BB, classic hubs) and love them.

My brakes are control tech V's with kooka racha levers. Insanely light with lots of feel.

 

[syncrosfan]

And there you go... Avid Ultimates, new wheels... before you know it the "low" key going around town bike built with stuff you had around ends up being a fancy-parts monster!
Been there, done that, with my Schwinn Homegrown (started off with a bunch of M952 XTR, SID up front nothing crappy but nothing special either, 2 years later not a single part of the original build remains aside from the frame). Good call on the Ultimates, they're awesome super easy to set-up and work really nice (much lighter than XTR) I swapped out all the bolts on mine for Titanium ones (with Ashima cnc brake pad carriers they're way lighter than stock Ultimates).

 

[Yidaki]

Well ... I might even end up with a second MORATI seatpost, stem, handlebar, frame..

Then I'll go rigid of course. Also just bought this:

I've heard those Supremes are very hard to find in black ...

 

[Conrads]

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Oh that HC1.$ is fantastic I always wanted one but the NZ importer stopped dealing with Morati and then they disappeared.

Oh well a great build going on there. I'm very jealous lol

But living in NZ sourcing parts/bikes etc from overseas in so costly in freight.