TT Bike

In anticipation of the rain that is supposed to hit SoCal tomorrow, I ripped off a hard 1500KJ ride this morning, then set out to start building up the new TT frame I lucked into...

This bike has been a long term project for me.

I pinged lots of manufacturers in my quest for a TT frame - the one thing I wouldn't compromise on was saddle setback. The most interesting exchange I had was with someone from Cervelo via email - when I asked them straight up if I could get 12-14 cm behind the BB on one of their bikes, they wouldn't answer the question - kept on trying to make things more complicated than need be. A bit odd, actually - maybe someone was just having a off day - it happens sometimes I guess. The other manufacturers gave me straight up answers, FWIW.

Anyway, last fall, Damon Rinard of Trek helped me get a hold of the prefferred seat tube angled Trek TTT - supposedly the one I wound up purchasing was the last one in existence at the Trek facility.

It's a totally sweet frame - interestingly, when I opened the box up and then wiped the drool off my lips, I found myself muttering that I didn't deserve such a nice bike! After building it most of the way up today, I still think I don't deserve such a nice frame. I mean, it's a real TT frame, the first one I think I've had since being a bike racer some 15 years ago.

I'm still working out the bar/stem deal in order to get my position where I need it, but I reckon I'll get it sorted out - I'll have to one way or the other since I signed up for the fiesta island TT on Feb 10 (that sucker is sold out already it looks like!). That TT will be interesting - especially considering how I've been pedaling the bike lately!!! :-)

Anyway, here are a couple pics: