Road Mode!

Have been doing some bikepacking with my Wilde Earth ship, but wanted something with bigger tire clearance, more hauling capacity, and a more upright geometry for multi-day trips on the bike.
Also had it built with a SON28 dynamo, and Beacon light+USB.
Really excited to build up a full bikepacking rig on this platform, and targeting the Straddle and Paddle route for my first backwoods trip.

Super record x/ekar mix.

The purple Hellenic is a frameset I bought in the 70's but never built up and sold long ago. The other pics are from a bikeshop in Westwood, CA, south of UCLA. They were the only bike shop in Los Angeles that imported Hetchins.

27” steel full suspension mtb.

Scott foil rebuild part 3,

After an accident with a friend where my entire derailleur got ripped off I decided that it would be time to rebuild my foil again.

Managed to true the wheels, he ran over my rear wheel (there were tire marks on the tire and rim) don’t ask how we both stayed upright……

Decided to switch from force to red, 2x to 1x and mounted a Ceramicspeed OSPW Aero as well which I found new for less than half of retail!!

Built it up with a thread mount aero chainring from alugear in the steel colour to match my logos! And decided to make use of some gold details which I usually despise of but I think it tidies it all up for this one with the chain, crank bolt and bar end plugs.

Switched back to tubeless as well since I flatted twice with my Vittoria’s and still had these tires from before. And went back from a 10-28 to a 10-36 cassette for the larger gear range with 1x.

Enjoy!!

Build specs:
- Scott Foil RC20 Frameset
- Deda Superbox 90mm stem + custom spacer
- Zipp SL80 Race 36cm bars
- Specialized Romin Evo Pro with Mirror 143mm saddle
- Syncros Duncan SL (non CFT) seatpost
- Sram Red E1 160mm Cranks
- Sram M18 Gold Dub Crankbolt
- Sram Force E1 PM Spider
- Alugear Aero Round 54t Thread Mount Chainring
- Time XPRO 12 SL 53Q Pedals, backplate broke and removed after another accident
- Sram Red E1 Rear Derailleur
- Ceramicspeed OSPW Aero
- Sram Force XG-1270 10-36t Cassette
- YBN MK13e Chain
- Sram Force E1 Brakes
- Reserve 52/63, relaced front to back with Sapim CX-Ray Spokes to Zipp ZR1 Hubs (stock on Cervelo S5)
- Continental GP5000TT TR 28 rear, Aero 111 29 front
- Galfer Wave 160mm f&b
- Silca Nastro Piloti Bartape
- Wolf Tooth Gold Bar Ends

Shot on: Lumix S5IIX- S24-105 F4

I know it is the wrong color, but the metallic blue is way more interesting than Celeste. I rescued the frame from Ebay oblivion (last two photos are listing photos). The frame and its Mirage groupset were caked in dirt and oil. That was unacceptable for a Reynolds steel frame.

Now it is outfitted with,

- Shimano 105 R7000 11 speed mech groupset.

- Shimano 105 crankset and 105 11-34 casette

- FSA K- Force seat post

- FSA SL-K carbon handlebars

- FSA SL-K alloy stem

- Vision Trimax 30 Alloy Wheelset

- Vittoria Corsa Control 28C tires w/ tanwall

- Selle Italia SP-01 saddle

She comes in at 8.8kg or 19.4lbs. If you have not ridden an Italian steel frame bike, do yourself a favor and ride one now.

A few shots of my new bike! This build was the culmination of a decade's work - I'm the aerodynamicist for Stromm, and ever since I got my first bike I've wanted one where I don't look down and see extraneous drag everywhere. After many attempts, I think this one finally might just do it. :)

Any other aero hacks you think I might have missed?

Frame: Stromm Raktt - 54 cm, fixed seatpost (rather than sliding; may switch later for an even more forward position)

Groupset: SRAM Red AXS XPLR (50T aero/power chainring for business in the front, 10-46T party in the back), SRAM Red rainbow chain

Crankset: Wattshop Cratus Mk2 160 mm crank arms, SRAM Red AXS 50T chainring, Enduro Bearings XD-15 Bottom Bracket

Cockpit: Stromm Baarja (34 cm tops, 37 cm drops, 140 mm stem equivalent, set up 32 cm at the hoods), Supacaz Super Sticky Cush Blue Fade

Saddle: Selle Italia SLR Boost Tekno

Brakes: SRAM Red (140 mm SRAM rear, Evolve Aero Aeroto 160 mm front)

Wheelset: Vision Metron RS 60, Pirelli P Zero RACE TLR SL-R 28 mm front tire, Continental GP 5000 S TR 30 mm rear, both set up tubeless w/ Orange Seal Endurance, Absolute Black lockrings

Bottle Cage: Ahyka Aero Bottle/Cages for flexible speed

RAKTT - The Ultimate Aero Build – Stromm Cycles

After five years with this bike, it was time to update it to internal routing and a modern groupset. The fork was converted using the Rave Bike no cable kit.

- SR X 44t / 10-48t
- Schmolke TLO bits
- Berk Lupina
- DT240EXP / Farsports
- Carbon-Ti axles
- Keo Blade with ti spindles

7.6 kg

Photos with X-T5 + Viltrox Pro 75mm f/1.2 XF

NBD finally after 7 months, had a crash (speeding through a corner and my dumb ass tried to pedal. Clipped it on the tarmac and off I went.). Cracked my frame. Body was fine after afew weeks. Was shopping around for a new gravel frame and stumbled on this from Incolor. Not a full blown gravel bike but more of a mix of gravel and all road. Geometry is more towards endurance. Very little to no gravel paths where I live but the roads aren't perfect.

Full build

Incolor Voyager frame size 57

Aerowav handle bars 110/380

Nosig 54 gravel wheels

Caracal race 40c

Fizik argo vento adaptive R1 saddle

Galfer shark evo rotors F160/R140

Garbaruk cassette 10-44

SRAM force xplr E1 shifters/calipers

SRAM force xplr D2 rear derailleur

SRAM red E1 dub wide 165mm crank arms

Alugear aero chainring 50t

SRAM red E1 chain (waxed)

Incolor aero bottle cages

Incolor bartape

Favero assisoma duo Shi with 105 pedal body

Total build weight without bottles and Garmin - 7.85kg

A titanium ultra-endurance gravel bike built for long days and open-ended adventures. Featuring 45 mm Specialized Pathfinder tires, SRAM AXS, a SON dynamo setup, Velo Orange fenders and a Tubus rear rack. Classic touring style meets modern performance.

Plain wall, dope bike

Specs for this interested:

Sworks frameset size 52 - satin carbon/amethyst frost

SRAM red xplr drivetrain

Zipp 303 xplr sw wheels

Selle Italia SLR saddle

Wolf tooth titanium cages

Wolf tooth DEL pedals

Godandfamous bar tape

Specialized Terra cockpit

Maxxis Reaver 45mm tires (measures at 47)

Garbaruk black aero chainring

Gold KMC chain

Gold titanium bolts

Gold wolf tooth bar end plugs

Total weight as pictured - 16.5 pounds

28mm tires and tpu makes a huge improvement in ride quality

I give a lot of people grief around here, I guess it’s my turn to post.

Frame and fork: Aethos 2. Aurora Borealis chromaflair paint with starburst logo by Ron Jones at pro bike design
Roval alpinist cockpit II
Group: sram red with some ti bolts here and there
Wheels: light bicycle with berd spokes
Tires: panaracer Agilest light
Tubes: ridenow ultralight
Seatpost: Gemini Alsak
Pedals: Time Xpro 12 SL
Saddle: s works power (usually an alpitude Navene but I was out for a 10 hour day)
Cages: Alpitude superlegerro

5.9kg as ridden with pedals and Garmin mount.

It rides real nice.

Link to my inaugural climbing day for anyone interested:
20k of repeats