1992 Litespeed Mountain

[theproscloset]

I don't have any Ti bars right now.... actually looking for one for our 1991 Alpinestar Ti Mega build.

Looking forward to following this build!

Cheers
Nick

 

[troje]

Some progress again, but at this pace it will be winter season when I can ride this frame first time. There is a Dutch retrobike gathering in a few weeks, that's probably a good reason to speed up the build progress.

I finally got a Syncros ti seatpost in the difficult size 27.0, and I fitted a white Flite, just to see if this is the right combination. Maybe to combine with white cabling and white Ouri grips? The Syncros Powerlites should look great, really wonder how a stiff 1" fork on a light titanium frame will feel.

I have the full groupset available, all XC Pro stuff. Now only waiting to find a silver CK headset, or maybe a ti... And of course have to make my mind up on the stem and steerer. Probably I will change a few items during the build.

 

[sparkiegaz]

its going to be yummy,,,,,do like those forks,,,

 

[shutter]

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Lookin good!

 

[PeteC]

But the saddle really is the icing on the cake

Looking forward to seeing this one come along. If I come across any other Litespeed gear down here, I'll give you dibs if I don't keep it. They were made a few hundred miles from here, so they're actually kind of common.

 

[troje]

I've pressed in a 1" XTR headset I still had, think that is the best looking option I had so far. Now there is around 18 mm of thread too much on the steerer. That means I have to cut it down. If it was a Mag21 steerer, I would have already done it. But this is a quite rare set of Syncros Powerlites in 1", so I'll have a few more looks to be sure that this frame really needs this fork.

sorry for the crappy pic, I've taken it inside, quickly, with improper lighting and a standard compact camera. In real life it looks much better.

 

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Nice! The 1" stem you have there is VERY rare! Even more so than the fork =)

 

[Double-E F]

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That looks promising ..!

Although I feel that those tyres aren't doing the build any justice.. Just put on some black ones!

Looking forward to the final result.

 

[troje]

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Nice! The 1" stem you have there is VERY rare! Even more so than the fork =)

Really? Never realized. I bought this stem new, somewhere in 1992 I think.

 

[troje]

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That looks promising ..!

Although I feel that those tyres aren't doing the build any justice.. Just put on some black ones!

Looking forward to the final result.

Thanks! Probably I will switch to black ones, just fitted these to see how they look with the white flite.