Habanero Titanium Morph Bicycle
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May 2016. A bike that can do track and criteriums.
Based upon my appreciation of my steel Morph bike, I had the opportunity to have a similar design built out of Titanium by HabCycles.com.
The frame is immensely stiffer than the steel bike and 30 grams lighter along with a 10 gram lighter titanium seatpost.
It is also less forgiving on bumpy roads and has a lively ring to it.
I was able to incorporate the Ritchey Break-Away system so that the frame can be taken apart and traveled with without extra baggage fees.
The rear spacing is 130 mm for a road wheel, and uses 3/16 aluminum spacers for using standard 120 mm track wheels.
A single ring track crank with a BCD of 144 uses standard track chainrings and circa 1970 road chainrings (with a chain catcher to prevent dropping the chain).
There are four 4 mm outlets for attaching cable guides for the road setup for the rear brake and rear derailleur which can be removed for track racing.
Fixed training setup: aero bars.
Road racing setup.
Fabricators plans.
Ritchey
BreakAway
junction.
Rear brake.
Ritchey BreakAway collar.
Rear derailleur hanger and Avid Rollamajig.
Paul Chain Catcher.
Derailleur cable guide.
Brake cable guide.
Custom Dropouts.
Bolt for road wheel
adjustment.
Track spacer.
Protection on hanger.
Rear view.
Left spacer.
Spacer Bolts.
Titanium Post.
Wrapped and in suitcase.
Regular checked baggage.
Frame protection from finger prints and grease/oil.
Frame: Titanium 3Al/2.5V, 53cm top tube, 74/74, 55mm BB drop, 130mm rear spacing, Chain stays 382mm, WheelBase 940mm, Head tube 98mm, 1500 g, 3.31 lbs
Fork: Ritchie Carbon Pro, Carbon fiber, 43mm rake, 381 g
Headset: Ritchey WCS
Stem: Ritchey WCS, Aluminum, 110mm x 26.0 x 17deg
Handlebars: Deda 35.5 cm c-c, Aluminum
Seatpost: Titanium, 263 g
Saddle: Fizik Ares, 165 g
Cranks: Sugino 75 Track, Al 172.5
Bottom Bracket: Phil Wood Steel 105 ISO; Q-Factor 129.7 mm, Offset 4.5 mm
Shift Levers: Campagnolo Record, Al
Derailleur: Campagnolo Chorus 8 speed, Al
Chain: Connex 10XI 10 speed, Sram PC-7X 1/8" or KMC Z510HX 1/8"
Brakes: Tektro, Al
Pedals: Shimano PD-9000
Wheels:
Racing: Zipp 404 24/18 oval spokes on all carbon rims or Zipp 900 disc rear or 32 spoke clincher front; Tires: Tufo S3 PRO 22mm 195g or Veloflex Record clincher, 11x23 10 spd Campagnolo cogs.
Training: Shimano double sided fixed 32 spoke clinchers, Vittoria Rubino Pro tires (20 mm front & rear), 14 & 22 All-City track cogs
Computer: Garmin Edge 500
If you are interested in obtaining a bicycle that will virtually last forever, you owe it to yourself to check out Habanero Cycles at habcycles.com.
The workmanship is outstanding, the material will likely outlive you, the prices are a super deal, and the service is amazing.
Many frames in stock and custom frame service available for less than half of what any other manufacturers would charge.
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