Titanium Gravel Bike Litespeed
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2023
- In this video I'm walking you through my ideal custom-built gravel setup what I think may work for me as a non-competitive cyclist.
I did not ask for speed or light weight which opens a lot possibilities in terms of choosing the groupset and components that I want, so they will work efficiently, comfortably, and aesthetically more pleasing to my eyes.
Contact info:
organicbikepacking@gmail.com - Sport
A titanium Seven caught my eye at the store. Very cool machine. Hard to pay carbon prices for a material that is heavier than aluminum and harder to work with though. Sometimes we're all about performance and sometimes we just want cool stuff I guess.
A very nice build and a nice environment in where you live. :) Best Regards from Germany
1x is the future. It’s just cooler.
I prefer 2x all day. I use gravel as a road bike in a state that lacks bike lanes. Use it more as a beefier endurance road
Heh, you could fit a 40mm tyre with your front derailleur there, with space for it to balloon a bit. When you measured the gap and showed you had an extra 5-ish mm of expansion space, you forgot that there'd be 5mm on both sides 👌
Mullet is the way to go. Just ordered a Lynskey GR Pro and they offer mullet builds.
Thanks for making this. I built a Lynskey GR300 with Force AXS 1x using Force AXS RD modified with the Garbaruk cage and their 10-48 cassette. It works just fine. Since I want more gear range, I am going to try a 2x setup. The plan is to use a Force wide AXS FD, wide 43/30 2x crank set, and XPLR 10-44 cassete. We'll see if chain clears chain stay while in the 30t inner ring.
Really nice frame and setup!
I really enjoyed watching this video. Thanks!
Thats one pimped out touring bike lol. I just got my lynskey backroad and built it with mechanical everything including brakes. Reason being was i wanted massive gears for climbs so went with a shimano xt rear derailleur to fit a 11-46t cassette along with 46-30t grx upfront. Was thinking electronic but they haven't figured out issues like you ran into.
So far it shifts great and climbs walls lol
Sweet! Congrats on the new bike. I felt a little guilty when I said "touring bike", but I think it could lol. Had this been a dedicated touring bike, I would have gone mechanical as well. Your gearing is my dream range. Happy touring.
Looks like a really fun bike! Thanks for all the extra info discussing the decisions to make this bike. Very informative!
My pleasure; glad you found it informative.
@organicbikepacking7312, wo, wait, what was that about the advice putting the clamp on the seatpost instead of the toptube comment? That sounds interesting as I'm just CAN'T stop my Ti frame and carbon or aluminium seatposts from slipping.......
Sweet bike. I’ve had my eye on an Atalaya Gravel for awhile now…
Thank you and happy riding.
Hey man, subbed liked the build and jokes. Keen on asking some questions if possible. Want to build something similar in aus
Thank you my friend.
Sure, I’ll be happy to answer what I know.
Thanks for showing…but very groupset heavy content. Would be more interesting to hear more about the frame: size S I guess etc
Nice build!
I am just putting together a one by as well by Litespeed. Different frame though. Going with the flint. I will be using sram transmission drivetrain. Let's see how it goes. Enjoy your ride.
Thank you, hope you've had yours built up. Happy riding.
@TheFplooes. That’s the same set up I’m looking at. Do you like the bike. Especially the shock absorption. I’ll be on road and fire roads. My other option was carbon SR8 Roubaix.
I like the bike a lot. I think shock is on par with other gravels I've ridden. I've been using a redshift seat post which definitely make a huge difference on shock absorption. I ruled out carbon since I see myself loading the bike with rack + panniers. Sram transmission mullet was worth the investment. Tip: sram transmission standard assumes the through axle being used has a 1mm thread pitch. The axle + hanger combination that comes with the flint has a different thread pitch. Learned that the hard way. Reach out if you need more info.
@@msdinba see below
@TheFplopes. You lost me. In short, should I get the Shimano electronic group set instead, to avoid the battery / tire clearance issue?
Have you ever considered Pinion Gearboxes for issues relating to clearance on your derailer? It would cost you more, but since i see you are already going all out with titanium, maybe you might consider the extra cost for higher quality/ less maintenance with the pinion. very nice bike by the way, i am still planning on my dream setup.
Thank you. I think it's maybe worth considering in the future. However, with this bike I'm limited to 40s frame clearance.
What is the stand to hold up bike?
For an titanium bike, I can't imagine clamping on the top tube would do much damage? With carbon, yes.
Don't you find that toe-overlap a problem on the rough stuff?
The "meter" in power meter refers to a "device or instrument for measuring". The same appears in barometer, thermometer, altimeter, speedometer, etc... But perhaps I failed to detect sarcasm? That happens all the time
Thank you. Now it makes sense.
how do i paint a polished alloy bike frame to look TITANIUM COLOR? does anyone know which colors to mix pleaseeeeeeeeeee??? thanks in advance!
No color. It's brushed like some fridges
QQ: How's the stiffness of the ti seatpost? Too stiff? Thanks in advance.
It's stiffer than my carbon post, but way less harsh than my aluminum, speaking when this bike was on 25c road tires.
Nice build! I have a question, I'm building a Lynskey GR300 with SRAM Force 1x but instead of XPLR derailleur/cassette I want to use 10-36 cassette and swap 46T or 38T chainrings depending on terrain. When you setup the app on your phone does it allow 38T front 10-36 rear?
Thank you. Hope you figured it out. Your R300 build is looking good.
Nice build.. as for the tires with the titanium frame set - do you keep the psi at the same level or vary it for the different terrains and how does the titanium ride feel is extra plush and compliant or stiff like a carbon road bike? Thx for sharing your build again beautiful bike should last a long time!
Thanks for the kind words Michael,
I play with tire pressure based on the terrains ~25-40psi. This is my most compliant frame; I've been using this bike as a road bike for 4 years with a set of road wheels, and the ride quality had been great. With these current wheels/tires/build, it's a whole world better. I don't know anything about carbon frames as I don't own one; hopefully in the future.
Think these a better value than thomson bikes, that hooch looks nice, so does that hardtail mountain bike, see they can be ordered as a kit to save, someday i hope to afford one, a tita bike
Thank you.
Nice ride, it's too bad they've not considered the option that people want to run the 2x. You'd have to gain some chain stay length, etc
Thank you.
bike looks great. was looking around for setups to do something similar.. heck same use case same rides/trails too apparently lol. curious how much you ended up spending on the whole thing?
Hi thanks. lol this has been a fun setup so far.
As far as the cost, I bought a complete bike with mechanical group a while back and lost track after I upgraded some wheelsets...
Hi, I recently got a used Cherohala size M/L with the Enve fork. Does it really take up to a 45mm tire in the front / 40mm in the rear? The website says max 38mm.
Congrats on the bike,
I ride mostly dry gravel and have been running 40s in the rear with about 3mms clearance left per side between the chainstays without any issues.
You're correct on the max clearance; however it is there so in an event when something's stuck in the tire, it doesn't rub against the frame easily.
ENVE, Adventure Fork = 53mm, G Series Fork = 50mm, Road Fork = 32mm. Give several mms clearance.
I recommend running no more than 45mm in the front or it will make the bike super upright.
@@organicbikepacking7312 Thanks for getting back to me! When you say wider tires in the front will make it steep, do you mean steepen the head tube angle (making it closer to a road bike)?
@@smallvillemontessorikatipu3084 My mistake; I just made a correction. The wider the tire the taller it is making the head tube slacker (like mountain bike).
Which saddle do you like better for which discipline?
Or do you like one saddle better than the other for both road and gravel?
Thanks!
Personally I think it depends on the bike's geometry. My road bike is more aggressive I seem to like the sworks romin mirror fits better (longer nose), my gravel and mtb are somewhat relax/upright, I prefer the sworks power mirror.
However, if I could choose one, I'd go with the power mirror for all around saddle.
@@organicbikepacking7312 thanks!
me personally feel 34 max is enough for graveling. bigger than that make me slow.
In gravel or single track dirt, wider is faster
Is that a titanium stem? What brand?
Lynskey
7000 €
Looks like you have a toe overlap
You are correct! I do on a couple of the bikes which I'm a bit used too now.
Странная геометрия рамы.нижние перья рамы , зачем они их согнули,это сделало байк уродливым.велосипед выглядит тяжелым, геометрия устарелая.