Frame:
Wim Kolb from Kolb Rahmenbau fillet brazed custom frame with Columbus max toptube. 38mm spirit downtube. Custom spirit headtube, chain- and seatstay, T47bb and pmw stainless x12 Syntace dropouts with Shimano direct mount hanger.
Weight transparency data:
-Raw unpainted frame 2260g
-Painted frame with 4x 20µ Cerakoatings (0,08mm total) 2310g
Fork/Headset:
Carbon Brother Cycles Road Fork / Axle-to-crown 381mm / Offset 45 / tapered 1 1/8 – 1 1/2″ / 100x12mm CARBON-TI X-Lock EVO M12x1.5Px120mm Axle / Hope EC44/40 lower bearing 52mm 40mm 45&45 / Custom adapted ZS44/28.6 silver top bearing
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Ultegra FC-R8100 50/34 165mm / Chris King T47i 24mm Ceramic matte slate
Pedals:
XTR PD-M9100 tuned with Meti grade 5 titanium axels and 686 6x13x5 ceramicspeed coated bearings or stock Dura-Ace PD-R9100
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Cassette Dura-Ace CS-R9200 11-34 / Chainring Alugear Aero 50x34 / Chain "Dura-Ace" XTR CN-M9100 waxed with silca secret hot blend wax
Derailleurs/Shifters:
Ultegra Di2 RD-R8150 with EW-SD300 1200mm/ FD-R8150 with EW-SD300 650mm / ST-R8170 with Y63X98050 Ti clamp band unit
Saddle/Seatpost:
Gebiomized Sleak Saddle with Ti rails / Thomson Masterpiece 27,2 with Custom long Di2 wedge handmade from Rob English and internal BTDN300 battery
Brakes:
Shimano Ultegra BR-R8170 /Shimano RT-CL800 Centerlock 140/160mm rotors
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Bontrager Aeolus XXX 6 Ceramic bearings with Vittoria corsa Pro 700x28 and latex tubes
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Bontrager Aeolus XXX 6 Ceramic bearings with Vittoria corsa Pro 700x28 and latex tubes
Accessories:
King Cage Titanium Bottlecages / plenty of Pro-Bolts drilled titanium racebolts / Meti Titanium Pedal Axels from italy / Pro Garmin-mount made by K-Edge / Carbon Ti Titanium Topcap / Carbon-Ti Thruaxles / Alugear aero cover /
More Info:
Maintanance Intervalls: -grease seatpost every 12 month, (done Feb 2024) -apply body cavity spray every 12 month. (done feb 2024) Total weight 9.6kg in CX mode and 9,4kg in road mode. with pedals, bottlecages and garminmount.
Bike History
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Added by ianiscaratti. Last updated about 1 month ago.
49 Comments
Is this bike meant to be pink? I wonder. Consider giving the head-tube gusset its due
Posted 11 months ago
do we get to see the new paint?!
Posted 12 months ago
new paint is a winter project but should i go white gloss with b lack goss fork and seattube or dark purple gloss with matte black fork and seattube?
Posted 12 months ago
it's alive!!!
Posted about 1 year ago
5k aleady on this beast. Waiting for a new wheelset and warmer weather.
Posted about 1 year ago
did you already swap the crankset to the R7000 model? and new stem with no headset dust cap? What was your reasoning?
Posted almost 2 years ago
Simple: Even if I work for Shimano and and ordered the groupset back in 2021, I'm still waiting for the Crank. The R8100 on the contest was a crank that Scampi Cicli lent me. Now I have to ride the available and cheap 105 till my crank will be delivered. Extralite stem is some serious weightwheenie stuff. How this cnc masterpiece flexes and clamps is just scary. The Ritches is 120g heavier but I trust it lol.
Posted almost 2 years ago
How is the ride? I see you already bifft
Posted almost 2 years ago
It rides amazing like expected but I haven't been on cx tires since last winter (ca. nov 2021/ 7 month ago). They terreno mix drift very predictable on trails and gravel but cx tires are scary on tarmac. Luckily only the Sti is broken and should be exchanged soon.
Posted almost 2 years ago
I'm saying this with great affection: this is a fucking bicyclepubes bike.
Posted almost 2 years ago
there is an instagram account named @bicyclepubes that makes fun of current trends in "alternative cycling", initially as drawings made in MS Paint and now as fully built monstrosities. genuinely though, congratulations on realizing your vision on such a unique bike!
Posted almost 2 years ago
ok now i get what you mean and ys it is very very extreme lookung but in the exact way i wanted it. Maby it will get featured on the pubes meme account you mentioned lol
Posted almost 2 years ago
Woohoo 100th update and we finally see a bike
Posted almost 2 years ago
you guys are joking. it was planed for 2023 but the framebuilder found some more time that's why it is already finished now.
Posted almost 2 years ago
Have Kolb remove that gusset and replace with one a fraction of the size, what the hell are thinking?
Posted almost 2 years ago
wild. definitley no beauty, but i like it
Posted almost 2 years ago
it is very controverse but I love it and it's nice that you like it too
Posted almost 2 years ago
frame looks amazing already. i really like the aero headtube cut out.
Posted almost 2 years ago
Thank you I love it even if ir is very big and heavy but so unique
Posted almost 2 years ago
So far, so interesting.
Posted almost 2 years ago
still in school but can't wait to start building it tonight. stay tuned
Posted almost 2 years ago
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Thor says:
Nice you got it back!
You can't sell it man!
No chance. It belongs to you!
Posted 3 months ago
ianiscaratti says:
You got it right.
Posted 3 months ago