Recent content by latman

Yes , aluminium with Scandium in it , tubing from Easton in America

I emailed Litespeed in America with the serial number and they said it was a '97 frame so I built it up with the best parts of the period

My period build with 9 speed Dura ace and Fulcrum zero racing wheels in Australia

I was given this frame by a friend and already had most of the mavic components so I decided to repaint it to replicate the Cannondale/Mavic version (but with 8 speed gripshifters )

I did it for stiffness more than safety , but it must also make them safer I assume

I saw a picture of some 3D printed ones and they were terrible imo , which is why I laminated my own

I couldn't find any X Beams when I recently bought a set of used wheels so I made my own carbon ones (my old career, now retired)

Yes ,the X Beams had double sided tape on them and fitted about midway between each pair of spokes

the narrower freehub body MAY be able to get machined down 1.8 mm , or the back of the cassette milled out 1.8 mm , how it works depends on the geometry of the drive side spokes

there is probably a manufacturers sticker on the steerer tube

New to me pickup in Australia , built up with modern Ultegra 8000 and Mavic cosmic Carbone wheels , Got a flat on my 1st ride and my spare tube didn't have a long enough valve stem..

its funny what appears when you stop looking.

Klein were a lot earlier than cannondale i think , here in Australia I remember Wheeler and Principia , never heard of musing sorry

Re: I have some VGC brake calipers in Australia if you get desperate , which variety did you particularly want , only the 7403 is dual pivot .