Meet My New Bike....

[N8]

:weee: :weee: :weee:

Photos speak for themselves.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/42068831-DSC_0045.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/109647662-DSC_0044.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/335516310-DSC_0043.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/91848457-DSC_0039.jpg



..and here she is in all her glory!!!!

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8972/sssssox6.jpg

[Westy]

Did you go for custom geometry?

[N8]

Did you go for custom geometry?

It was special built by the elves at Titus....

[DNA]

Those wheels look too big. It must be the camera angle. :rofl:

[McGRP01]

Is that a Terry Butterfly? I was thinking about getting one for the road bike. Oh, and she's BEAUTIFUL!!!! :love:

[splat]

Purty ! :thumb:

Ridgid fork too, you are a glutton for punishment

[MMcG]

Do you actually have the friggin thing in your posession or are you just sharing someone elses pics with us??

Let's see one of you standing alongside it or better yet riding the thing.......but first put some friggin pedals on it. :rolleyes:

Oh yeah and Congrats!

[N8]

Do you actually have the friggin thing in your posession or are you just sharing someone elses pics with us??

Let's see one of you standing alongside it or better yet riding the thing.......but first put some friggin pedals on it. :rolleyes:

Oh yeah and Congrats!


These are teaser shots... poSSeSSion in time for the last year's SS champ to skool me this weekend. :dead:

[N8]

Is that a Terry Butterfly? I was thinking about getting one for the road bike. Oh, and she's BEAUTIFUL!!!! :love:


Terry Fly Ti...

[hooples3]

awesome bike... lots of luck!!!

[douglas]

I want to see a ride shot, maybe at the end of 3 or so hours of saddle time

[Westy]

It was special built by the elves at Titus....

All the Exo's are custom built but did they give you standard geometry or did you ask for something special? Just curious.

[N8]

awesome bike... lots of luck!!!

I can always install a hanger, rear cog set, tripple rings and a Reba fork and make it a gearie hardtail...

[narlus]

These are teaser shots... poSSeSSion in time for the last year's SS champ to skool me this weekend. :dead:

so who's yr pal w/ the D70? is this his bike, and you are buying it 2nd hand?

[N8]

so who's yr pal w/ the D70? is this his bike, and you are buying it 2nd hand?

I bought through Mr D70 who had the hook up on it.

[narlus]

hookups are always fun.

nice photos too, aside from the hackneyed B&W except for colored hub shot.

[N8]

hookups are always fun.

nice photos too, aside from the hackneyed B&W except for colored hub shot.


He is really getting good at bike photos. Esp since he sells a lot of bikes online where a photo sells the bike.

[N8]

This big will go good with my Exogrid Racer-X

[I Are Baboon]

You need the Exogrid roadie and the Exogrid Super Moto to complete your stable! :thumb:

Damn that's a sweet bike. I'd approve if I could.

[N8]

You need the Exogrid roadie and the Exogrid Super Moto to complete your stable! :thumb:

Damn that's a sweet bike. I'd approve if I could.


I can't bring myself to go roadie... :dead:

[narlus]

i used to say the same thing N8, but i really enjoy my road bike.

[N8]

i used to say the same thing N8, but i really enjoy my road bike.


I donno....




Oh... the SS weighs 21.5 lbs with Ti Eggbeaters on it

[skinny mike]

that bike looks sexy. titus makes very sweet frames.

[moff_quigley]

Nice. A set of mono minis with red bore caps and rotor carriers would be ultra pimpin'.

[BrickTop]

One word for this rig: HOT. :hot:

[N8]

Nice. A set of mono minis with red bore caps and rotor carriers would be ultra pimpin'.


Currently under consideration...

[N8]

All the Exo's are custom built but did they give you standard geometry or did you ask for something special? Just curious.


It's a custom built job.

[hitekrdnk]

:stosh:

Sorry, but the whole idea of this bike is just not to my tastes.

However I hope you get the most out of your purchase and that it brings you the pleasure you are looking for.

[Nobody]

a new definition of beauty.

while it might not be entirely to my personal tastes, all and every part of it appeals to my engineering-craftsman sensibilities.

I just absolutely love that dropout.

Take a profile shot against a blank wall - any light color would be fine...

[moff_quigley]

:stosh:

Sorry, but the whole idea of this bike is just not to my tastes.

However I hope you get the most out of your purchase and that it brings you the pleasure you are looking for.

Because it's a high-zoot, 29er SS? Not every SS needs to be an old clapped out Trek with a singulator.

[N8]

Because it's a high-zoot, 29er SS? Not every SS needs to be an old clapped out Trek with a singulator.

Some people love Hyundai's too...

[N8]

I think I am starting to see a trend with my bike stable... :p

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/867718/DSC_00191.JPG http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8972/sssssox6.jpg

[chicodude]

You are such a yuppie.


Do you ride that clapped out bike to starbucks too?

[N8]

You are such a yuppie.


Do you ride that clapped out bike to starbucks too?


Starbucks??? what's a Starbucks?

:confused:

[narlus]

I think I am starting to see a trend with my bike stable... :p


can a stable really consist of only two bikes?

[N8]

can a stable really consist of only two bikes?

Yes...

[narlus]

more like a stall.

[Nobody]

i'll probably take grief for this, but i liked the bike so i experimented with a Cross Process I've been practicing in PS...

http://static.flickr.com/63/205169418_23f8e6e26f_o.jpg

[narlus]

too dark. all tire details are lost.

what's a 'cross process'? anything like HDR?

[Nobody]

well, cross processing is used primarily in the 'artsy' fashion mags to highlight things that don't depend entirely on micro details.

in the olden days...

Cross Processing was basically the method of processing slide film with print film chemicals, in varying degrees of this and that...

With digital imaging, you have to do different things...

the net result is an effect that is over-saturated colors with a marked overall color shift. Highlights tend to be blown out and darker colors get a richer feel.

Like i said, it's more on the 'creative' end, not for super-accurate representation, such as 'hyper-realism'.

[ito]

Sexy bike, I like it. Too pretty to ride though.

How do you like the Ti? I've only ridden it a few times, but it seems pretty lively. I still like my steel, as does my wallet.

You need a sexier set of brakes and chain tugs though. I suggest Surly TugNuts and Oro Puros. But that is just me :)

:thumb:

The Ito

[hitekrdnk]

Because it's a high-zoot, 29er SS? Not every SS needs to be an old clapped out Trek with a singulator.

Agreed, but I built up an American Made Ti SS last spring for my son that if it had one of those carbon rigid forks on it (WB IMV .8 currently) would weigh within a few ounces of that bike and the cost for the whole build was probably less than the cost of that frame. It is pretty high zoot in its own self. High zoot doesn't necessarily mean high cost.

If someone gets more or as much fun out of building/buying bikes because they are "connected" and are getting "hooked up" than they do riding them then so be it. I like to build up a nice bike as much as the next guy and have owned more one of a kind bikes than the average joe. I usually work it in such a way as to have alot of input in the concept and let the builder have at it. In fact we are working on a new project right now that will stand out from the crowd rather than join it.

But in the end they are just bicycles and someone on a clapped out Trek is having just about the same experience while riding as they would be riding on a bike like the one here that costs way more. To each his own:oink:

[Toshi]

re: "HDR"

makes it just look like a cheap camera imo, what with too much contrast, blown highlights and shadows.

[N8]

This is the cleanest the SS will ever be...

I buy bikes to ride and abuse them... Means nothing to be to cover a $6k Racer X in mud and crud... If stuff breaks, I fix it.

[blue]

Nice bike, but I could never justify spending over 1500$ on an XC bike...and I used to race XC. *sigh*

[narlus]

re: "HDR"

makes it just look like a cheap camera imo, what with too much contrast, blown highlights and shadows.

like anything else, i guess it depends on how you use it...

what do you think of this image?
http://i.pbase.com/o4/37/572937/1/61515095.yosemite2may06165pano.jpg

more here.
http://www.pbase.com/petejackson/yosemite_colours

[narlus]

here's another guy who uses HDR pretty well (a bit more heavyhanded i think, but it mostly works for me).

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=181308
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=195081

i've not tried it, but it looks like something worth toying w/ .

[binary visions]

HDR? High Dynamic Range?

What does that have to do with the way the bike shot was processed? There was only one exposure in the first place, so there's no way to combine exposures to achieve the HDR.

The processed bike shot looks interesting to me, not really my taste but it certainly gives a different feel to the image.

I don't understand what that has to do with HDR though.

:confused:

[N8]

Nice. A set of mono minis with red bore caps and rotor carriers would be ultra pimpin'.

I am working on this package as I type this...

*M4 front - 7" rotor
*mini rear - 6" rotor
*custom Red rotor centers
*custom Red-bore plugs
*custom Red LEVERS
*custom Red Resivoir caps

Avids will go on my old Stumpjumper and replace the old rim brakes.

[moff_quigley]

I am working on this package as I type this...

*M4 front - 7" rotor
*mini rear - 6" rotor
*custom Red rotor centers
*custom Red-bore plugs
*custom Red LEVERS
*custom Red Resivoir caps

Avids will go on my old Stumpjumper and replace the old rim brakes.

I think a Mini with the 180 rotor on the front would be more than adequate and probably more fitting with the rest of the bike. Thumbs up for the rotor carriers/bore caps. I don't care for the colored levers and resi caps. An all black lever would be sweet. Carbon levers perhaps?

[DNA]

This conversation is getting a little metro-creepy now.

I'm outta here as soon as you start talking about matching your lipstick to the reservoir cap color.

[moff_quigley]

What about eye liner and eye shadow can we match those?

[mtbtom]

It all comes down to personal taste and the pursuit of happiness. For example, if you want a bike that looks like it belongs in the Pasadena tournament of roses parade then go for it.

[DNA]

What about eye liner and eye shadow can we match those?

:nonono:

It all comes down to personal taste and the pursuit of happiness. For example, if you want a bike that looks like it belongs in the Pasadena tournament of roses parade then go for it.

<Dr. Phil>
You are enabling these people and you have to stop doing that. This is a desperate cry for help and you refuse to listen.
</Dr. Phil>

[Leethal]

That Redline chain tensioner needs to go for somethign a bit higher zoot.

If your into red anno check these.. http://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking/p/COMPCHTBMX/CH9007

[d.e.f.]

I know you've got a color-theme going on there, but I'm not a fan of the buttranger stuff. Its all a personal and performance deal, but I've never liked the feel of those bars (sweep/rise just seem off) and I'm still sketchy on a carbon stem. The rest of the bike seems good. Now ride and thrash it and don't worry too much about the color cordination.

[N8]

Bike was picked up at 11AM and it's on my Thule rack along with it's ExoBling Rx twin...



:dancing:

*Edit: Weighed it at the shop on a digiscale: 21.03 lbs with a bell and no pedals. Twin Ti Eggies are 260 grams a pair.

[narlus]

There was only one exposure in the first place, so there's no way to combine exposures to achieve the HDR.

not so fast...there's a thread on POTN on how to do HDR w/ a single RAW file...

[binary visions]

not so fast...there's a thread on POTN on how to do HDR w/ a single RAW file...

Well, okay, you get a little more leeway with a RAW file if you want to do multiple processes of the same file, but it's still not going to have as much dynamic range as multiple exposures. There's only so much dynamic range that the sensor can capture, RAW or not.

[Toshi]

like anything else, i guess it depends on how you use it...

what do you think of this image?
http://i.pbase.com/o4/37/572937/1/61515095.yosemite2may06165pano.jpg

more here.
http://www.pbase.com/petejackson/yosemite_colours
those, and the following link(s) are tasteful. seems more like an aggressive job in Curves rather than intentional clipping of highlights and shadow detail. the shadows are still there in the yosemite one...
Well, okay, you get a little more leeway with a RAW file if you want to do multiple processes of the same file, but it's still not going to have as much dynamic range as multiple exposures. There's only so much dynamic range that the sensor can capture, RAW or not.
you get a lot more leeway. i push and pull exposures over a stop regularly, and there's more to be had if you convert with linear gamma, use 16 (12 in reality) bit files, etc.

[binary visions]

those, and the following link(s) are tasteful. seems more like an aggressive job in Curves rather than intentional clipping of highlights and shadow detail. the shadows are still there in the yosemite one...
That's the point of HDR... that the shadows AND highlights are there. I don't understand how the bike image and/or intentional clipping of highlights and shadow detail even relate to HDR.

you get a lot more leeway. i push and pull exposures over a stop regularly, and there's more to be had if you convert with linear gamma, use 16 (12 in reality) bit files, etc.
Right. But you can get a lot more stops with multiple exposures :)

[narlus]

you can't always use a tripod, can you?

[N8]

Met up with a couple friends of mine, one of which is a top SS sport racer in TX and AR to learn how to ride a SS since this was my first time with one.

We rode a fairly easy trail with some short climbs. I was surprised to find that I could climb every one of them! It seems like every ounce of power from my legs is transfered to the wheels. The ridged fork took some getting used to having come of my Racer X with a 100 mm of travel. The only thing I had some trouble adjusting to is having to spin on the flat sections of the trail. Usually I shift in the large chainring/smallest cog for these sections and haul ass.

Bottom line is the Titus SS is a BLAST!!! :D

[narlus]

you know, geared bikes can also be SS training tools if you don't actuate the shifter. :D

[N8]

you know, geared bikes can also be SS training tools if you don't actuate the shifter. :D


Wow... did you think of that all by yourself?

:rolleyes:

[narlus]

maybe if you did, you wouldn't need a 'top sport SS racer' to show you how to ride one...

[N8]

New goodies....!!!

:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/Picture081.jpg

[Leethal]

Still need that red Profile chain tensioner...

[benwitt11]

Finished pictures? Man, you've had two hours already....

[N8]

Finished pictures? Man, you've had two hours already....

HAHA! Ben, you are as bad an Nathan J... I blame all this on him. BTW, thanks for supplying him with a KM on which to kick my ass on at Devil's Den next month....

:rofl:

I flipped the stem over... I'll see if I like that any better than the way you had it... I think it looks better inverted but tonite we'll see how it rides. Whatever the good peeps at I9 did fixed the wheel problem.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/Picture093.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/Picture098.jpg

[benwitt11]

That's what I like to see! I did like the stem as I had it, though it's all you now! Whatever works for you. I love the Hope's, a fine choice to be sure. You'd do well to look out for my next three projects though. They promise to be a matched set of bikes to really fill one's stable! Congrats.

Comparing me to Nathan though? I'd like to think that I'm more than a little responcible for these bikes. Hey, now you need a road bike to match! (Yes, I have one that would fit the bill in your size, and I am the devil!)

Cheers,
Ben

PS, How do you like the bell?

[N8]

That's what I like to see! I did like the stem as I had it, though it's all you now! Whatever works for you. I love the Hope's, a fine choice to be sure. You'd do well to look out for my next three projects though. They promise to be a matched set of bikes to really fill one's stable! Congrats.

Comparing me to Nathan though? I'd like to think that I'm more than a little responcible for these bikes. Hey, now you need a road bike to match! (Yes, I have one that would fit the bill in your size, and I am the devil!)

Cheers,
Ben

PS, How do you like the bell?


You are the manufacturer and Nathan is the pusher!!! :p

I LOVE the bell! It was a really cool surprise!!! I use it amost constanly much to the dismay of some of my riding buds... :evil:

I'm looking forward to your next offering.. ;)

[benwitt11]

I'm looking forward to your next offering..

It's not Ti/Carbon, I don't think that it would be good enough for you. :)
Muah hahahaha!!!!!

It is, however, red :rofl:

[ncj01]

Well, it's hot enough to where I'm going to have to throw down my 1st ever RM.com post...

But I spy a vanity violation :clue: !!! Rear skewer on the wrong side :hot: ....that's a 3 point deduction... :ouch:

Yea, ben's cool, he's going to loan me a bike so I can come lay down the law in C-Dale at the Arkansas Championships at Devils Den in Sept...only he didn't know there's a time-line on it...it's all good though...all else fails I know a guy with a really hot looking red-bling Ti/carbon single speed I can borrow... :dancing:

HAHA! Ben, you are as bad an Nathan J... I blame all this on him. BTW, thanks for supplying him with a KM on which to kick my ass on at Devil's Den next month....

:rofl:

Whatever the good peeps at I9 did fixed the wheel problem.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/mtbnate/Single%20Speed/Picture093.jpg

[N8]

Well, it's hot enough to where I'm going to have to throw down my 1st ever RM.com post...

But I spy a vanity violation :clue: !!! Rear skewer on the wrong side :hot: ....that's a 3 point deduction... :ouch:

Yea, ben's cool, he's going to loan me a bike so I can come lay down the law in C-Dale at the Arkansas Championships at Devils Den in Sept...only he didn't know there's a time-line on it...it's all good though...all else fails I know a guy with a really hot looking red-bling Ti/carbon single speed I can borrow... :dancing:


Hey Nathan... the skewer is on the no-drive side of the rear wheel... ain't that proper and such..??? :p

[benwitt11]

Yes, it is proper. Nathan, send me those damn parts! I can't built a whole bike out of a frame, and UPS only move so fast!!!!!

[N8]

I hope you guys like this board... it's a little more laid back than MTBR and we only have one goofy resident 29er Hater and even he's tolerable.

:rofl:

[benwitt11]

Wait, let me get this straight, you guys like 29ers? It's nice here :) A lot less yelling :rolleyes:

[ncj01]

Hey Nathan... the skewer is on the no-drive side of the rear wheel... ain't that proper and such..??? :p

:weee: ah, i'm just makin' stuff up...you're right though, on a geared bike the lever is opposite of drive side...but on a SS, I would consider putting the levers opposite of the disc's...also, your XTR reads upside down as it is...

But, you know, I'm all about how it looks...

[N8]

:weee: ah, i'm just makin' stuff up...you're right though, on a geared bike the lever is opposite of drive side...but on a SS, I would consider putting the levers opposite of the disc's...also, your XTR reads upside down as it is...

But, you know, I'm all about how it looks...

Good point...

I've been skooled by the King-o-Bling...

:rofl:

[Westy]

:weee: ah, i'm just makin' stuff up...you're right though, on a geared bike the lever is opposite of drive side...but on a SS, I would consider putting the levers opposite of the disc's...also, your XTR reads upside down as it is...

But, you know, I'm all about how it looks...



SS or geared you should have the lever opposite of the disk for two reasons:

1. reduce the chance of contaminating disk with greasy fingers when removing a wheel.
2. reducing the chance of burning the crap out of your hand on a hot rotor if you flat on a long downhill.

[binary visions]

Damn, N8, even your seatpost and rim graphics are color coordinated. What you need is a bolt-on 10mm axle from Hadley with red anodized axle nuts. It'd look cleaner and match :p

[N8]

SS or geared you should have the lever opposite of the disk for two reasons:

1. reduce the chance of contaminating disk with greasy fingers when removing a wheel.
2. reducing the chance of burning the crap out of your hand on a hot rotor if you flat on a long downhill.


I did not know that!

[N8]

I shot some pix this morning but they were not anywhere ncj01 worthy so I will have to reshoot them at lunch.

[Tame Ape]

How do you like the grips?

[N8]

How do you like the grips?


I am really digging the Dimension cork grips! Quite comfy!

[Tame Ape]

I am really digging the Dimension cork grips! Quite comfy!

Any twisting or install issues? Do you know what retail is?

[N8]

Any twisting or install issues? Do you know what retail is?

No twisting yet...

They go for $6-$10 bucks...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+Dimension+cork+grips&btnG=Google+Search

[skinny mike]

SS or geared you should have the lever opposite of the disk for two reasons:

1. reduce the chance of contaminating disk with greasy fingers when removing a wheel.
2. reducing the chance of burning the crap out of your hand on a hot rotor if you flat on a long downhill.
but running the lever on the driveside you run into the issue of the derailleur housing and the derailleur getting in the way on a geared bike. plus if you take it off by wrapping your fingers around the lever and pushing off the other skewer part with your thumb you never touch the rotor.

[Tame Ape]

No twisting yet...

They go for $6-$10 bucks...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+Dimension+cork+grips&btnG=Google+Search

thanks!

Oh, and your bike looks great! I'll buy your old brakes. Maybe.

[N8]

thanks!

Oh, and your bike looks great! I'll buy your old brakes. Maybe.


MizN8 has dibs for her Stumpie...

[benwitt11]

Damn, N8, even your seatpost and rim graphics are color coordinated. :p

You're forgeting the matching all carbon stem, bars and cranks ;)

The grips, they're golden. Most comfortable things I've ever used. They're all natural even. Oh, and they're lighter than all get out. 60 gms or something along those lines. (For those who are counting.)

[N8]

I in no way can take credit for the red color scheme... Ben already was well into it when I bought the bike from his shop, www.milltowncycles.com .

:thumb:

[N8]

Dirty dirty Exogrid!!!

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/locomtb/DSCN1023.jpg

[mastercycleman]

Do you actually have the friggin thing in your posession or are you just sharing someone elses pics with us??

Let's see one of you standing alongside it or better yet riding the thing.......but first put some friggin pedals on it. :rolleyes:

Oh yeah and Congrats!
yeah hook toes!!!!:busted: :busted: :busted: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[N8]

Here's what a cross-section of what the titanium wrapped carbon fiber burrito looks like:

http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/titus_tube_hi.jpg

[ncj01]

wow, that is awesome...

[N8]

wow, that is awesome...

Did you get a bike yet??? The race is weekend after next... and I've been riding Brady's secret training course at least once a week on my single speed.......

[ncj01]

not yet...crossing fingers I'll have it by Friday....otherwise it won't show until next week, and i won't get to start my training until Saturday...the day before the race....

Also, slight change of plans, it's not going to be a KM afterall...it'll be lightweight alum hardtail...meaning I'm reeeeallly going to go fast with it being that light and all....

watchout!!

[N8]

not yet...crossing fingers I'll have it by Friday....otherwise it won't show until next week, and i won't get to start my training until Saturday...the day before the race....

Also, slight change of plans, it's not going to be a KM afterall...it'll be lightweight alum hardtail...meaning I'm reeeeallly going to go fast with it being that light and all....

watchout!!

Umm.... you do realize the xc race is on Saturday... right???


:p

[xy9ine]

Here's what a cross-section of what the titanium wrapped carbon fiber burrito looks like:

http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/titus_tube_hi.jpg
holy crap. i thought that was just a graphic. that's some exotic stuff. very cool bike. great component spec & color coordination (i've got the red anno bits theme on my dh bike - a pseudo retro old school bmx aesthetic that i just love).

[ncj01]

Umm.... you do realize the xc race is on Saturday... right???


:p

uhhh, oops :bonk: ...I guess it'll be an early-morning ultra-quick, ultra-high intensity training session.... :busted:

[N8]

uhhh, oops :bonk: ...I guess it'll be an early-morning ultra-quick, ultra-high intensity training session.... :busted:


An Al frame..??? Humm... not a Badger then...? but what?

[jebfour]

Here's what a cross-section of what the titanium wrapped carbon fiber burrito looks like:

http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/titus_tube_hi.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/jeb4/For%20Forums/Bling.gif

[N8]

i need this jersey now...

http://www.twinsix.com/data/products/mensjerseys/T607J002_lg.jpg

[douglas]

i need this jersey now...

http://www.twinsix.com/data/products/mensjerseys/T607J002_lg.jpg


sonofabitch, I am in Team Twin Six........I might have to quit if thats your New Jersey


:bonk:

[N8]

Hummm....


http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/ib06_maxmpost_hi.jpg