FrequentFaller Posted April 21, 2016 Share I had the wonderful luck of getting picking up a Lynskey R240 Custom racer built up with a pretty cool mix of Campagnolo 10 speed components. http://mudcakedface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LynskeyBefore1-768x1024.jpg Having run her pretty much as-bought for the better part of two years, something started itching when the shifters were commandeered to do duty on my Mercer CX-tourer (build here). I changed a couple of small items: Adding leather bar tape (complete with champagne corks as plugs) and a Brooks Swallow saddle. http://mudcakedface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LynskeyBefore2-768x1024.jpg While I loved the colour (candy apply red), I wasn't too fond of the decals (like the "Lynskey Custom" you can see here). Also, I managed to chip the paint on the top tube through sheer carelessness (yep, leaning her against a street light on a gradient, sob, sob). I've also discovered that painted Titanium is pretty chip prone in general: several smalls spots around the BB area, as well as the cable guides on the down tube losing some paint. This all pointed to a new paint job to fix the chips, change the decals and get a more classic look. A re-occurring theme I hope to never cure of... I stripped the frame and fork of all components and dispatched same to a frame painter rumoured to be the best in the country...One Anton of Bogus Designs (check his Instagram handle here). On cleaning up the parts, I discovered the headset cups were pitted pretty badly: http://mudcakedface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BearingCups-768x1024.jpg Ah well, Chris King to the rescue... Also, the current bar, stem and seat post aren't matching and likely not quite suitable to where I want to go with this bad boy. Some time to ponder this direction... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted April 21, 2016 Share Nice bike What colours are you going with?Did you consider just polishing the Ti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted April 21, 2016 Share http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Sage-Cycles-skyline-titanium-road-bike01.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted April 21, 2016 Share I do like the look of polished (or matte) Ti and have that on my Merlin MTB, however for this one I'm sticking with the red... Will be adding a white band with classic script decals on the down tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J∆kk∆ls Posted April 21, 2016 Share That is really stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted April 21, 2016 Share Like this... http://mudcakedface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_2152.jpg But in red... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted April 21, 2016 Share Polished Ti...get out of my head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted April 21, 2016 Share Dude. Get away with your projects. Demmit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted April 21, 2016 Share Dude. Get away with your projects. Demmit! Last one for this season, I promise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted April 21, 2016 Share Last one for this season, I promise...Beautiful collection your amounting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted April 21, 2016 Share Like this... http://mudcakedface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_2152.jpg But in red...Damn..that looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted April 28, 2016 Share ChainReactionCycles to the rescue...Chris King 1-1/8 headset ordered and delivered in 5 days, including a public holiday. I'll be honest (on a completely irrelevant sidenote), I battle seeing the long term viability of SAPO if this is how good the private sector is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted May 16, 2016 Share While other things were consuming my attention ( ) , I've been hounding local bike shops to settle on handlebar/stem/seatpost combinations. I was pretty happy with the matte/wet-black/stealth-logo design of the Fizik R1 set, however, the bars only come in 40 (or even smaller?) and 44. I need a 42 c-t-c. http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2014-Fizik-stem02.jpg Next up for consideration was Ritchey. The good thing with this was that I already had a stem, thus potentially reducing the cost by R2500. I could unfortunately not find a combination I liked. The bars weren't available in my size (how weird IS a 42???), not locally and not online. It came down to 3T vs. Deda...with the latter winning on price and the available combinations. CRC to the rescue once more - hoping to get the goodies this week sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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