Humor me. My Ti Tri SS Frankenbike -- Which version do you prefer?

[RFC]

I treat my single speeds like Legos. Easy to take apart and reassemble. I looked for this frame for a long time. 1991 Litespeed Tachyon with rear dropouts.

It makes for a great SS -- accelerates like Hell and holds a line at speed.

So, it's time for me to take it apart and put it back together.

Here are two versions. Which do you like best? Mix and match parts? Color changes?

Thanks for humoring me!


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/RCopple/IMG_0502r_zpsbc15d53f.jpg (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/RCopple/media/IMG_0502r_zpsbc15d53f.jpg.html)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/RCopple/IMG_0052r_zps5a757cda.jpg (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/RCopple/media/IMG_0052r_zps5a757cda.jpg.html)

[sandyrs]

My take:

Go with the Arione, threaded stem/top fork, black tape, the wheels from the top photo but put those colored tires straight into the trash.

[David Tollefson]

Don't take this personally... I'm not digging on either one, and can't really put a mix-'n-match of these parts together to stroke my aesthetics.

Kinda starts with the 0-setback post and the saddle pushed forward. Smacks of bad frame fit. The Brooks makes it look less so, but still... Then on to the high-and-long stem (the quill looks better than the threadless, and I'm not sure why I find it so, since I run a lot of upsloping stems on my rides, just not with a level top tube).

The Tachyon was fabbed as a TT/triathlon ride, so forward and low should work on it -- you've done that with the saddle, just not the bars, and likely you can't trying to go for a road set-up.

But I agree with the wheel assessment -- go with the former wheels, and the latter tires. Black tape.

[cdn_bacon]

black tape, black arione, quill stem, black wheels.

Stay classy San Diego.

[RFC]

Don't take this personally... I'm not digging on either one, and can't really put a mix-'n-match of these parts together to stroke my aesthetics.

Kinda starts with the 0-setback post and the saddle pushed forward. Smacks of bad frame fit. The Brooks makes it look less so, but still... Then on to the high-and-long stem (the quill looks better than the threadless, and I'm not sure why I find it so, since I run a lot of upsloping stems on my rides, just not with a level top tube).

The Tachyon was fabbed as a TT/triathlon ride, so forward and low should work on it -- you've done that with the saddle, just not the bars, and likely you can't trying to go for a road set-up.

But I agree with the wheel assessment -- go with the former wheels, and the latter tires. Black tape.

No offense taken. Thanks. One note on fit. Older tri bikes with 74-75 STA work well for me because I am one of those guys with enhanced legs and a comparatively shorter body.

[sandyrs]

No offense taken. Thanks. One note on fit. Older tri bikes with 74-75 STA work well for me because I am one of those guys with enhanced legs and a comparatively shorter body.

That on its own does not mean you need less setback, I'm like that but prefer 72-73 angles. But if ···· works, ···· works.

[malcolm]

I like the one with the quill stem best. To my eye the angle of the stem and top tube needs to be close.

[mg2ride]

love the top picture hate the bottom.