Man this is so cool! I've missed new RoJ videos a lot, and i'm glad there is more comming! Some questions: 1- will you opt for longer chainstays than the emonda in order to go back to a 1x drivetrain? 2- how did you decide on the final geometry? Did you copy the geometry from some other bike? 3- did you request a specific tire clearance? 4- will it have any extra bolts for bag and/or more than 2 bottle cages? 5- how long do you plan to keep it? Any concerns on resale value? 6- How will you be able to leave with yourself when the emonda replacement ends up being heavier? 😁 Happy new year!
I'm most interested in hearing how you like the road feel of the titanium frame vs. your other carbon fiber frames. I have carbon-fiber, aluminum, and steel and I have to admit that my steel frame still feels the best, even though it is 50 years old this year! (and my CF is a new Emonda, so yeah, a little bit stiffer, but with much larger and tubeless tires)
Same with me: My steel Casati - although only 35 years of age - still gives me the best ride feeling. It is exactly 9.9 kg at 59,5 incl pedals,bottle cage and garmin mount. Meanwhile i only ride it in dry conditions in order to prevent rust on the inside.A ride on it brings back the race feeling of my youth! 🤙
Hey @Doug I have a Ti frame from Waltly. I was really skeptical about the mythos of Ti feeling really awesome and dampening road buzz. But it’s not a myth, it’s actually true, it was really great. I have a steel fixie made by affinity that I really love and I think steel is probably the best out of everything because you can feel the road a lot better. With Ti + fat tubeless tires you can’t really feel anything, it feels like you’re riding on a cloud.
@@NyleRaps Maybe you need to size DOWN your tires to get back some of that road feel? I almost bought a Ti Merlin a few years ago but backed out because it felt "strange." Later I realized it was because I was wearing my prescription glasses on the test ride instead of my non-prescription sunglasses and it completely changed my perspective. By the time I figured that out, the bike was sold.
@@NyleRaps I'm in the process of getting a frame from Waltly too. Can't wait to get it built up in the spring. My current bike is Al and I've never ridden carbon, so I'm interested to see what the ride quality is like. How do you like your Waltly? Is the quality good?
This is nuts in all the right ways! I’ve always loved the look of Ti bikes. But I’m glad I don’t have to foot the bill 😁 Questions for a future video: - What geo did you go for? Endurance? Sporty? - What is the purpose of the bike? Alroad à la Open UP? Pure road bike? - What is tire clearance do you have?
HNY Mr ROJ I did wounder when the first video of the year would be out and it was certainly worth the wait. Looking forward to the videos as the build progresses,
Awesome looking frame. I went custom myself this year and it's currently in paint (4+ months later). I will have the same fork on mine. The builder says the fork is really nice.
I can´t wait to see the end result! I once built a Titanium bike weighing 3.88 kg (8.55 lbs, though with pedals coming in close under 4 kg) out of a Litespeed Ghisallo. It was Singlespeed, but I tried to have everything made from Titanium other than Seat, Fork and Rims, so that for instance meant a custom 3D-Printed rear cog, Titanium spacers, cockpit, etc. 6.7 should be doable!
Amazing! However, there is one thing, T47 should end up weighing more than regular 68mm BSA, but it doesn't matter. The extra stiffness with the larger diameter tube it can accept, this bike is going to be a stunner!
Can’t wait to see it built up. My incoming custom bike will have the same fork, but it’s steel and has much heavier components on it but I also weight 85kg so it wouldn’t make much difference saving 2kg of bike weight.
Where is Vlad from? Super cool accent. You may want to slope the top tube to get more bending/comfort on the ISP. They're relatively stiff as they don't have a seat post clamp, which is where you get a some micro movement like a pivot, it's not a perfect cantilever.
How funny..... i placed an order with Sturdy bikes for a bespoke ti all road -to replace my Open and Moots a few days ago. Good luck with the project, very much look forward to the new build video
You could save 100 grams or more by attaching a cradle and pin saddle clamp mechanism directly to the seat tube. Just make the seat tube long enough and reinforce the very top from the inside.
I know, the topper is one area I decided on looks over weight. Love the EQ design… and having 1~2cm of adjustment is crucial for when switching pedals, or even saddles… not that I plan on switching saddles but you never know.
nice project...looking forward to seeing the outcome..have long admire the Bastion bikes 3d titanium lugs but as you say, weight was always a little high
My component wishlist for this build: Carbon wheels with Berd spokes THM Frontale handlebars 🤤 SRAM 1x mullet with Garbaruk upgrades (casette, derailleur cahe and pulleys) But I know you’ll stick with Shimano 😉
Cool project. I see the front center being 598mm. If you have big feet, use a long crank, run fat all-road tires, or all of the above, you might want to check for toe-overlap. To increase the front-center you could substitute another fork with greater offset, which allows you to slacken the head tube angle while maintaining the same trail. Another thing I spotted is a BB drop of 75mm. A fat all-road tire effectively raises the BB. So maybe you could go with a 80mm BB drop and still not have pedal clearance issues. A lower BB increases stability as it lowers the center of gravity.
Very nice, looking forward to more content with this build. Will there be another video discussing how you arrived at frame size and geometry? Did you consult with a professional bike fitter? Keep up the good work! Thank you.
Very cool project! Excited to see how this one will end up looking. Think they'll be able to match the carbon finish between the Shmolke stem, ISP and fork? Further, and this might sound ridiculous: how many grams would you save if you made the BB a structural part of the frame? Think that would be quite unique in the bike world
Did you consider the Open MIND with similar ISP? You were an Open fan just recently. I really enjoy your videos and your quirkiness. They are informative but also very entertaining.
No, not really... an ISP is what I've actively avoided on all production frames. Just not good for the resale value. Going full custom I don take resale value into account at all. I also really wanted the Equilibrium 3D printed topper ;) I'm still an OPEN fan though, loved the UP! cheers!
To 3D-print the whole frame as base of discussion with the client is absolutely brilliant. I guess Equilibrium does charge his customer for this mockup (maybe included into the final price?).
Are you building of Emonda geometry .. I always wanted to build a ti bike like the trek Madone from mid 2000s. Hope the build comes out light and with a nice ride
Very cool! will you be keeping it shiny and silver or what type of colourscheme are you planning on? Will you be selling your Trek/Allied frame? (And here I am trying to bend a 80ties Mixtie frame back into rideable shape 😂)
@@troglodytestroglodytes220 There's a couple things you can do with Ti without adding the weight of paint. Brushed vs matte finish for starters. Then some companies can do some cool laser etching on the tubes. It looks like they've already decided on a brushed finish. But then you can add some subtle color with anodized titanium bolts and such.
Congratulations! You are almost at bike perfection! All you need to do is get a full titanium frame and some rim brakes and you will have the perfect bike! 🤭😍 PS. My Litespeed is 6.39kg. So titanium can be lightweight. (Full titanium)
That frame is going to be a stunner. But I'm also interested in what will be the new crazy ultra light components you will manage to dig up from some unknown corner of the planet. 23mm tires? Or maybe, 19s? Ohh you gonna get Berd spokes?
Since this is custom, why are there still all the fasteners to connect adjustable parts? -saddle clamp is a heavy bunch of metal, surely a direct mount would save a bunch or weight -fork is simply a replica of a metal tube design, made sense with cheap metal tubing but if you're 3d printing anyway, why not run a truss design (axle-handlebar-steering pivot makes a nice truss section)
He said he will be swapping from the Emonda so I am assuming an endurance road bike. If I had guess maybe 35mm of clearance, maybe a bit more in the fork.
Interesting how well it will be welded to the BB shell, because on cooling, Ti alloy might and will deform. The external shape of the welds is like an engineering porn :)
Man this is so cool!
I've missed new RoJ videos a lot, and i'm glad there is more comming!
Some questions:
1- will you opt for longer chainstays than the emonda in order to go back to a 1x drivetrain?
2- how did you decide on the final geometry? Did you copy the geometry from some other bike?
3- did you request a specific tire clearance?
4- will it have any extra bolts for bag and/or more than 2 bottle cages?
5- how long do you plan to keep it? Any concerns on resale value?
6- How will you be able to leave with yourself when the emonda replacement ends up being heavier? 😁
Happy new year!
I'm most interested in hearing how you like the road feel of the titanium frame vs. your other carbon fiber frames. I have carbon-fiber, aluminum, and steel and I have to admit that my steel frame still feels the best, even though it is 50 years old this year! (and my CF is a new Emonda, so yeah, a little bit stiffer, but with much larger and tubeless tires)
Same with me: My steel Casati - although only 35 years of age - still gives me the best ride feeling.
It is exactly 9.9 kg at 59,5 incl pedals,bottle cage and garmin mount.
Meanwhile i only ride it in dry conditions in order to prevent rust on the inside.A ride on it brings back the race feeling
of my youth! 🤙
ride quality will always have much more to do with how the frame material is used as opposed to just the material itself.
Hey @Doug I have a Ti frame from Waltly. I was really skeptical about the mythos of Ti feeling really awesome and dampening road buzz. But it’s not a myth, it’s actually true, it was really great. I have a steel fixie made by affinity that I really love and I think steel is probably the best out of everything because you can feel the road a lot better. With Ti + fat tubeless tires you can’t really feel anything, it feels like you’re riding on a cloud.
@@NyleRaps Maybe you need to size DOWN your tires to get back some of that road feel? I almost bought a Ti Merlin a few years ago but backed out because it felt "strange." Later I realized it was because I was wearing my prescription glasses on the test ride instead of my non-prescription sunglasses and it completely changed my perspective. By the time I figured that out, the bike was sold.
@@NyleRaps I'm in the process of getting a frame from Waltly too. Can't wait to get it built up in the spring. My current bike is Al and I've never ridden carbon, so I'm interested to see what the ride quality is like. How do you like your Waltly? Is the quality good?
This is nuts in all the right ways! I’ve always loved the look of Ti bikes. But I’m glad I don’t have to foot the bill 😁
Questions for a future video:
- What geo did you go for? Endurance? Sporty?
- What is the purpose of the bike? Alroad à la Open UP? Pure road bike?
- What is tire clearance do you have?
When a Rides of Japan vid gets uploaded:
1. Brew a cup of tea
2. Hit the like button
3. Sit back and relax
That deda stem box is an alluminum brick
After watching reruns it´s nice to see some very interesting upcoming Ti-series! Cheers!!
You are a dangerous man to watch for those who are gear and weight obsessed! You have me focused on a sub 6.8 bike, crazy quest.
HNY Mr ROJ
I did wounder when the first video of the year would be out and it was certainly worth the wait.
Looking forward to the videos as the build progresses,
Great to see a new video. It seems like it's been a while. Looking forward to the rest of the build👍
You „Schmolke“ pronunciation at 6:40 is on point! 👍
What an excellent way to wish yourself a happy new year! ;-) Can't wait to see the result!!!
This is so insane to the max! I love it! Can't wait to see rides... Stay safe dude!
Looking forward to your build. I did a custom Seven 622 SLX Ti/Carbon Disc build 3 years ago and absolutely love it.
Vlad is awesome. He's also helped me with my 3d ti printing questions. You're in good hands...enjoy the process and the ride!
Awesome looking frame. I went custom myself this year and it's currently in paint (4+ months later). I will have the same fork on mine. The builder says the fork is really nice.
I can´t wait to see the end result! I once built a Titanium bike weighing 3.88 kg (8.55 lbs, though with pedals coming in close under 4 kg) out of a Litespeed Ghisallo. It was Singlespeed, but I tried to have everything made from Titanium other than Seat, Fork and Rims, so that for instance meant a custom 3D-Printed rear cog, Titanium spacers, cockpit, etc. 6.7 should be doable!
👏
Wow that's light.
@@andrewmurgatroyd9214 Not very stiff though ;)
I’m curious about tire clearance, bb drop and trail numbers! Thanks for interesting content.
Glad to see you back on a metalish bike!
My Ti bike is my everyday bike and I will never sell. Rim brakes and all the beautiful mounts!
Wooooo good to see you back with a new project ✌️
Amazing!
However, there is one thing, T47 should end up weighing more than regular 68mm BSA, but it doesn't matter. The extra stiffness with the larger diameter tube it can accept, this bike is going to be a stunner!
Good for you! Super cool idea! I keep fingers crossed for a successful completion of this project. All the best!
Superb! I miss my custom Ti Serotta.
Can’t wait to see it built up. My incoming custom bike will have the same fork, but it’s steel and has much heavier components on it but I also weight 85kg so it wouldn’t make much difference saving 2kg of bike weight.
Happy New Year Tobias. Can't wait to see the new bike. Great video as always 👍
So excited for this build! Can't wait to see you take it to another level!
Where is Vlad from? Super cool accent. You may want to slope the top tube to get more bending/comfort on the ISP. They're relatively stiff as they don't have a seat post clamp, which is where you get a some micro movement like a pivot, it's not a perfect cantilever.
😍😍😍 wow that is so incredibly cool. Really looking forward to seeing how this bike turns out :)
Very excited about this upcoming video series!
Brilliant looking forward to seeing this bike frame👌👍
I like your video style and presentation.
The bike also looks tremendous
Awe. Some. Can't wait to see how you paint it!
Really looking forward to seeing this great one happen. 😎👍🏻
What is the maximum allowable frame weight (excluding fork) in order for the whole bike to weigh no more than 6.8 kg?
I’ve been wondering that myself as well!
We know your usual components, what is the max frame weight you “allow”?
I frickin (yes I said finkin 😂) love your videos - absolutely inspiring.
How funny..... i placed an order with Sturdy bikes for a bespoke ti all road -to replace my Open and Moots a few days ago. Good luck with the project, very much look forward to the new build video
Happy New Year Torvig 🎉😊❤ I’m looking forward to seeing more of your awesome content this new year. 🥰
Always a pleasure to watch you vids. Wouldn’t it be lighter if a classic carbon seat post was used instead of this seat tube cover as on Trek bikes ?
As mentioned in the video, Yes... but it look good ;)
Exciting!
Har sagt det förut, men säger det igen, du är en svårt sjuk människa, fast på ett väldigt fint sätt 🤣
You could save 100 grams or more by attaching a cradle and pin saddle clamp mechanism directly to the seat tube. Just make the seat tube long enough and reinforce the very top from the inside.
I know, the topper is one area I decided on looks over weight. Love the EQ design… and having 1~2cm of adjustment is crucial for when switching pedals, or even saddles… not that I plan on switching saddles but you never know.
that will be awesome saga
nice project...looking forward to seeing the outcome..have long admire the Bastion bikes 3d titanium lugs but as you say, weight was always a little high
Bastion lugs perhaps not heavy enough for the Aus Olympic team 😂
How did you decide the specific geometry? Bike fitting? Which criterias did you take?
Sweet Ti! Looks like No22 gets its fork from the same supplier, I'm not keen on the insert nameplate on the fork blade. Otherwise it's very nice.
Cool project and company. And you pronounce Schmolke pretty good 👍! Cheers from Germany.
My component wishlist for this build:
Carbon wheels with Berd spokes
THM Frontale handlebars 🤤
SRAM 1x mullet with Garbaruk upgrades (casette, derailleur cahe and pulleys)
But I know you’ll stick with Shimano 😉
Living a dream 🥳 Great stuff!
Nice and exciting project ! Geometry : why you don't take the back geometry like chiru chilkoot ?
Cool project. I see the front center being 598mm. If you have big feet, use a long crank, run fat all-road tires, or all of the above, you might want to check for toe-overlap. To increase the front-center you could substitute another fork with greater offset, which allows you to slacken the head tube angle while maintaining the same trail. Another thing I spotted is a BB drop of 75mm. A fat all-road tire effectively raises the BB. So maybe you could go with a 80mm BB drop and still not have pedal clearance issues. A lower BB increases stability as it lowers the center of gravity.
I think it is a road build. He has a gravel.
Very nice, looking forward to more content with this build. Will there be another video discussing how you arrived at frame size and geometry? Did you consult with a professional bike fitter? Keep up the good work! Thank you.
Please make a full aluminum (except fork) build.
Welcome to the custom Ti club. You'll not regret it.
Happy new year!
What tire clearance are you going with?
WAY to go 👍👍👍
The madman. Keep going :D
Very cool project! Excited to see how this one will end up looking. Think they'll be able to match the carbon finish between the Shmolke stem, ISP and fork? Further, and this might sound ridiculous: how many grams would you save if you made the BB a structural part of the frame? Think that would be quite unique in the bike world
Structural BB sound like Cannondale BB30. You just put bearings strainght into frame
Absolutely awesome
Did you consider the Open MIND with similar ISP? You were an Open fan just recently. I really enjoy your videos and your quirkiness. They are informative but also very entertaining.
No, not really... an ISP is what I've actively avoided on all production frames. Just not good for the resale value. Going full custom I don take resale value into account at all. I also really wanted the Equilibrium 3D printed topper ;)
I'm still an OPEN fan though, loved the UP!
cheers!
To 3D-print the whole frame as base of discussion with the client is absolutely brilliant. I guess Equilibrium does charge his customer for this mockup (maybe included into the final price?).
Is Emonda gone already? This Ti bike looks legendary!
Were are you going to store all your bikes? 😁. Very nice project, love custom bikes, they are so much more good looking than modern bikes
Excited for this build. I've been following Prova and No22 with similar builds. Is there an estimated weight on the frame & fork?
Fork is north of 400g uncut. The frame weight we’ll cover in the next installment :)
@@ridesofjapan Uh, very excited about this 🤗. Spinning a No22 myself...
@@ridesofjapan and what about...mono or double ???????
Are you building of Emonda geometry .. I always wanted to build a ti bike like the trek Madone from mid 2000s. Hope the build comes out light and with a nice ride
Happy new yeaaaar
3:17 oh my!
Yeah! That is beautiful 😍
Its like watching the lifting of Excalibur from the stone.
Your pronunciation of "schmolke" is pretty good, no need to worry.
Interesting! Did you consider Prova Cycles in Australia beforehand?
Equilibrium was always my fist choice as I explain in the video.
Prova makes some beautiful bikes for sure though.
Very cool! will you be keeping it shiny and silver or what type of colourscheme are you planning on? Will you be selling your Trek/Allied frame?
(And here I am trying to bend a 80ties Mixtie frame back into rideable shape 😂)
Not decided on finish yet.
Will be selling the trek, yes.
Cheers!
@@ridesofjapan “paint = grams.” Was the response I expected.
@@troglodytestroglodytes220 There's a couple things you can do with Ti without adding the weight of paint. Brushed vs matte finish for starters. Then some companies can do some cool laser etching on the tubes. It looks like they've already decided on a brushed finish. But then you can add some subtle color with anodized titanium bolts and such.
@@ridesofjapan rainbow anodize the way to go
Congratulations! You are almost at bike perfection! All you need to do is get a full titanium frame and some rim brakes and you will have the perfect bike! 🤭😍
PS. My Litespeed is 6.39kg. So titanium can be lightweight. (Full titanium)
WOW!
Why do they weigh them without pedals I don't ride my bike without them.
Why not go with an extralite hyperstem?
because they still bite into the steerer tube and bars.
@@RotatingMass hmm, really? No issue with my three stems I have in use tbh
@@RotatingMass You just need to deburr the edges...
you need the "team" version of that stem..it has the hole.
Not enough in budget to pay €600 for a hole ;)
Nice 👍
That frame is going to be a stunner. But I'm also interested in what will be the new crazy ultra light components you will manage to dig up from some unknown corner of the planet. 23mm tires? Or maybe, 19s? Ohh you gonna get Berd spokes?
RoJ.. I bet you won’t go back to carbon after this bike.
I’ve got a weight weenie ti bike
Since this is custom, why are there still all the fasteners to connect adjustable parts?
-saddle clamp is a heavy bunch of metal, surely a direct mount would save a bunch or weight
-fork is simply a replica of a metal tube design, made sense with cheap metal tubing but if you're 3d printing anyway, why not run a truss design (axle-handlebar-steering pivot makes a nice truss section)
Fascinating as the athertons are doing it on there mtbs
Is this a gravel or a road bike? The fork clearance looked quite big, but I did not really catch this info
He said he will be swapping from the Emonda so I am assuming an endurance road bike. If I had guess maybe 35mm of clearance, maybe a bit more in the fork.
was that drawing right 415mm chainstays? endurance bike?
A nexum would look good wouldnt it?
What happened to the Emonda?
Tubulars are maybe in your future, friend?
Nope, will never tubulars again... not a practical option for a lone weekend warrior like me
Why not go for the couplers... it makes my Japan travel so much nicer.
Glad to see that you've found the truth !
Big pimpin next level
actual road race geo or disc geo?
Aesthetic king
Interesting how well it will be welded to the BB shell, because on cooling, Ti alloy might and will deform. The external shape of the welds is like an engineering porn :)
what do your wheels weigh? i know a guy who builds sub 900g disk tubeless wheels for gravel bikes.
SRP777 on the wrist at 1:44?
damn！i thought that’s gonna be a fully 3d printed rideable transparent frame set! Btw is it No22 fork or No6?🎉
It’s a no22 fork… but they sell it as no6 for aftermarket
Which bike are you retiring?
How much $ ?
they pay with ￥in Japan.
from the website: EQ E1 Road DISC Titanium frame set: $ 6,000
@@Epson5000 o my god )
Cool project but of all people I would never have thought that you would go custom as you change your bikes so often .
Polished or satin finish?
Tyre clearance?
Just the right amount ;)
Will fill you in once the frame is done
Where have you been? Don't tell me you've busy working only riding ;)
Riding... and working :)