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History: Following the success of the Aluminium/carbon Spectre mountain bike, which I designed the geometry for, the opportunity arose to have something similar made in Titanium. Rather than just have the same frame made in ti, I tweaked the numbers a bit. One of my objectives was to have a bike with better mud clearance, which means disc brakes. To acheive this I designed the frame around a Pace carbon rigid fork (I managed to get hold of one of the earlier versions which isn't stupidly long!). The headangle is set to combine with the fork rake to give slightly more trail than the Alu/carbon bike, for a little more high speed stability, but hopefully without affecting the great technical singletrack handling. When I duly got the frame, about nine months after sending the drawing off, it looked very impressive. The rear dropouts are very neatly done, and there is plenty of clearance, even for a large rear tyre. I decided to build it up without any compromises, so it is pretty much my ideal machine - just hoping that it lives up to the promise when I ride it now! Purpose: Racing cross country. |
Specifications:Frame: Spectre titanium, custom geometryFork: Pace RC31 carbon Headset: Chris King NoThreadSet Seatpost: USE Titanium Sumo, ti bolt Saddle: Selle Italia SLR Stem: Spectre aluminium, 110mm, ti bolts Handlebars: Spectre carbon Shifters: SRAM 9.0 gripshift Brakes: Magura Marta SL disc, with ti/alu bolts Bottom Bracket: American Classic ISIS Chainset: Middleburn RS7 Duo 29/44, 170mm, alu bolts Pedals: Shimano M540 Chain: KMC X9SL Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Chorus CT, alu bolts Rear Derailleur: SRAM 9.0 Cassette: Shimano XT 11-32 9spd, alu lockring Front Wheel: American Classic Disc custom Rear Wheel: American Classic Disc custom Tyres: Specialized S-Works Fast Trax, with Stan's NoTubes Wheel skewers: Salsa Flipoffs, titanium Bottle cages: Spectre carbon fibre Weight: 18.5lbs |
