low frills, low weight rigid

I was considering the following"
Cro-molly frame; Ti forks, stem, bar & bar ends, seat post and saddle with Ti rails.
Has anyone built something like this already?
What say you re pros/cons of this and similar setup?

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and saddle
with Ti rails.

Now that's the biggest weight-saver right there! 😉

None of the things you mentioned are really going to save you that much
weight. You'll want to look at getting lighter wheels, frame, and fork in
order to cut the pounds.
--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Gio said:

I was considering the following"
Cro-molly frame; Ti forks, stem, bar & bar ends, seat post and saddle

with Ti rails.

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Has anyone built something like this already?
What say you re pros/cons of this and similar setup?

Have fun:

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/

/s

Gio said:

I was considering the following"
Cro-molly frame; Ti forks, stem, bar & bar ends, seat post and saddle with Ti rails.
Has anyone built something like this already?
What say you re pros/cons of this and similar setup?

Someone surely has.

I'd say the pros would be a light responsive ride and the good feeling
of knowing you've got some bling.

The cons would be expense compared to a less-fancy bike, and that often
the weight savings comes at the cost of durability.

Matt

PS - be sure to get some purple anodized parts too!

(Pete Cresswell) said:

Per Gio:

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saddle with Ti rails.

Can't come up with a citation, but I've read cautions in a couple of

places

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about Ti rails' durability.

I weigh over 210 and have had a Ti-railed saddle on my FS for

something like 3

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years now with no probs.... but I'd think twice about putting it on a

hardtail.

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--
PeteCresswell

I have ti railed Fizik Nisene saddles on both my rigid SS and Freak
bike ad have experienced no problems in almost six years with those
saddles. Then again, I broke a Velo saddle ti rail once a few years
back that was on a hardtail. It probably depends on the quality of the
saddle as much as how thrasher of a rider one may be.

JD

JD said:

(Pete Cresswell) said:

Per Gio:

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saddle with Ti rails.

Can't come up with a citation, but I've read cautions in a couple of

places

Quoted message said:

about Ti rails' durability.

I weigh over 210 and have had a Ti-railed saddle on my FS for

something like 3

Quoted message said:

years now with no probs.... but I'd think twice about putting it on a

hardtail.

Quoted message said:

--
PeteCresswell

I have ti railed Fizik Nisene saddles on both my rigid SS and Freak
bike ad have experienced no problems in almost six years with those
saddles. Then again, I broke a Velo saddle ti rail once a few years
back that was on a hardtail. It probably depends on the quality of the
saddle as much as how thrasher of a rider one may be.

JD

I've bent chromo rails on a WTB saddle so I switched to Ti (also WTB -
they seem to suit my bony ass) and it's been fine. I'm not a
particularly large or heavy person (~150#) either so I must have really
landed on my butt hard to do this. Lucky for me the saddle was the part
that broke!

Matt

MattB said:

JD said:

(Pete Cresswell) said:

Per Gio:

>saddle with Ti rails.

Can't come up with a citation, but I've read cautions in a couple

of

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places

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about Ti rails' durability.

I weigh over 210 and have had a Ti-railed saddle on my FS for

something like 3

Quoted message said:

years now with no probs.... but I'd think twice about putting it on

a

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hardtail.

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--
PeteCresswell

I have ti railed Fizik Nisene saddles on both my rigid SS and Freak
bike ad have experienced no problems in almost six years with those
saddles. Then again, I broke a Velo saddle ti rail once a few

years

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back that was on a hardtail. It probably depends on the quality of

the

Quoted message said:

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saddle as much as how thrasher of a rider one may be.

JD

I've bent chromo rails on a WTB saddle so I switched to Ti (also WTB

-

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they seem to suit my bony ass) and it's been fine. I'm not a
particularly large or heavy person (~150#) either so I must have

really

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landed on my butt hard to do this. Lucky for me the saddle was the

part

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that broke!

Matt

I got my cheeks skewered by some vandium rails a few years back. I
crashed and didn't realize the seat had popped off the rails until I
jumped back on. Ouchie!

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I got my cheeks skewered by some vandium rails a few years back. I
crashed and didn't realize the seat had popped off the rails until I
jumped back on. Ouchie!

Wrecked 'em?

Per Gio:

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saddle with Ti rails.

Can't come up with a citation, but I've read cautions in a couple of places
about Ti rails' durability.

I weigh over 210 and have had a Ti-railed saddle on my FS for something like 3
years now with no probs.... but I'd think twice about putting it on a hardtail.
--
PeteCresswell

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I got my cheeks skewered by some vandium rails a few years back. I
crashed and didn't realize the seat had popped off the rails until I
jumped back on. Ouchie!

Wrecked 'em?

wrecked em? damned near killed em!

Gio said:

I was considering the following"
Cro-molly frame; Ti forks, stem, bar & bar ends, seat post and saddle with Ti rails.
Has anyone built something like this already?
What say you re pros/cons of this and similar setup?

Alu frame, cro-mo forks and one gear. I love it, it's light, responsive
and super fast, but anything over 3 hours and your body takes a bit of a
pounding.

Frame will rust and the military will be taking your Ti
parts to melt down for spare jet fighter plane parts.

Back in 97 the chromo rails broke and there was the
seatpost left. Low and behold I had a seat in my backpark,why I don't
know but it saved the night.

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I was considering the following"
Cro-molly frame; Ti forks, stem, bar & bar ends, seat post and saddle with
Ti rails.
Has anyone built something like this already?
What say you re pros/cons of this and similar setup?

A friend from a bike shop named George has a SS set up, based on an old Rock
Lobster frame, with ti fork and riser. *Pretty light bike.*

CDB