ATTENTION! Galvanic corrosion! You are right about corrosion between different Metals, in this example of aluminium and titanium. But it is even more so between copper and aluminium! These two metals will corrode! They are very far apart on the galvanic scale and dissimilar metals. So I would highly recommend using a ceramic based anti seize and removing the copper based anti seize from your bottom bracket! Copper based anti seize is only used for steel on steel. On aluminium, NEVER use copper based anti seize because it WILL corrode! Yes, the bottom bracket is anodized (which protects the aluminium itself) but in the long term you will not be able to remove the bottom bracket anymore, and in the worst case this will also damage your frame. Ceramic based anti seize is not electrically conductive, wich will prevent the galvanic corrosion. I hope this helps
@ridesofjapan
Жыл бұрын
Cheers! Will look into it 👍 Edit: thanks for the explanation!! Times like this I wish one could edit a publish video easily 😅 Hopefully the pinned comment will help. I’ve used (and still do) copper paste on Ti bolts into aluminum parts many time before and not had any problems so just went with that. I was told to use anti-seize (they recently had to cut out a BB from one of their customer frames that was installed without it) and with zero knowledge in material science I just used what I had laying around with the label anti-seize hehe. More knowledge added to the databank, cheers!!
@towhee7472
Жыл бұрын
@@ridesofjapan I used copper paste on my car (wheel - hub) and it messed everything up. Since I started using ceramic paste everything has become so much better. You live and you learn.
@joseantoniosanchezsanchez6789
11 ай бұрын
Servira
@mediocrecyclist
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for waiting for Paris-Roubaix to finish before posting this. May you never flat again. 🙏
@paulschmidtke425
Жыл бұрын
That may be the best wish ever
@aliancemd
Жыл бұрын
Not to downplay the other bikes but this is probably the best looking bike that you’ve assembled, imo.
@Numeriwar
Жыл бұрын
There is nothing special with Round tubes. It looks like any other 90's bike
@taichihead42
Жыл бұрын
Best looking what, a yoke with a sloping bar that looks like a mountain bike, with disk brakes, that over heat while descending at speed and never stay straight. Yr a clown who knows nothing about bikes and have never worked on fixing this shit
@tygrewesterfield841
Жыл бұрын
I have admittedly fallen in love with the look of that bike.
@taichihead42
Жыл бұрын
@@tygrewesterfield841 Based on what
@ArteUltra1195
Жыл бұрын
@@taichihead42 holy sh you must be fun to be around
@lucendi.
Жыл бұрын
I take it as the highest compliment that you chose my bar end plugs to go this fantastic build. :)
@treyquattro
Жыл бұрын
for tying up the loose end eh?
@theantichrome9842
Жыл бұрын
Are Lucendi products available in the US?
@FergusNelson
Жыл бұрын
Riding through cherry blossoms in Japan has just been adding to my bucket list rides. Absolutely georgeous!
@zackbaldman
Жыл бұрын
Thumbs up just for swapping the DA ti shifter clamps for carbon ones to save 7g. Top tier weight weenie behavior and I love it!
@charlesmansplaining
Жыл бұрын
I am interested in those too. I could stand to loose a couple more grams because I've been losing sleep over the weight of my bike.
@thedownunderverse
Жыл бұрын
@@charlesmansplaining Dude, srsly, those (nor hundreds of grams) will make ZERO difference to your times nor to your ride feel. Sleep soundly and stress not.
@charlesmansplaining
Жыл бұрын
@@thedownunderverse I was joking. Actually I would never trust something like those things for keeping my levers attached to the bars. My bike is practically all Titanium. I learned through experience not to trust carbon or spend the crazy amount of money for that garbage. Did you see what those clamps cost? $60 Euro. Schmolke needs to go away.
@thedownunderverse
Жыл бұрын
@@charlesmansplaining you got me, haha! 🤭
@SherazChoudhary
Жыл бұрын
You've done it yet again! I would watch this in a movie theater if I could. Beautiful bike, videography and script!!!
@otsuu
Жыл бұрын
As always, stunning work - thanks for sharing your process and your beautiful build
@ridesofjapan
Жыл бұрын
You are too generous, thank you 🙇♂️
@veriest1
Жыл бұрын
That opening shot of riding through the Cherry Blossoms was amazing. A great teaser for all the bike pron to come.
@lemonshire1
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful blossom in the intro, lovely Japanese landscape - must be a wonderful place to live
@ryux
Жыл бұрын
Ever since watching your videos I found so much more joy in reducing my owns bike weight and your attention to detail is truly contagious. Love your videos you are the goat
@ridesofjapan
Жыл бұрын
Cheers mate… and I have to apologize as well ;)
@celestialemissary4934
Жыл бұрын
Haha same here
@Dwyane1st
Жыл бұрын
and all the imaginative ways to burn your wallet, too
@ryux
Жыл бұрын
@@Dwyane1st I see it like this.. some addicts burn money to get grams.. we burn money to lose grams.. haha
@julianallen515
Жыл бұрын
@@ryux Others pay money to burn grams!
@hansschotterradler3772
Жыл бұрын
Frame is a piece of art. Nice built. I always use regular grease on my TI bike; never had any issues after 6 years.
@charlesmansplaining
Жыл бұрын
Same here. The only area I use anti seize is the bottom bracket. Of course every part of my bike, the cockpit, seat post, all the fasteners is titanium. I haven't given thought to the brake calipers though, maybe time to rethink the fasteners mounting those on.
@jonathanwalters5611
Жыл бұрын
A great video. You have left me wanting my Van Nicholas back. There is something special about a Ti frame. Have fun riding it.
@brycegracey699
Жыл бұрын
Great build of a fantastic frame! Thanks to you and Vlad for including our No. 6 Composites fork!
@ridesofjapan
Жыл бұрын
🙌
@al-du6lb
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting us vicariously live our bike dreams through you.
@jcsrst
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the new bike! Japan is a beautiful place to be in the spring!
@jameshallam6359
Жыл бұрын
I got my Reilly in at 8.3 and was a tinge disappointed, now you’ve done 6.6 I’m positively depressed 😂😂 oh well nothing a couple of grand won’t fix!! Well done, amazing bike and thanks for sharing 😄😄
@BlackVinylMusic
Жыл бұрын
I literally just went to your page to see if there was an update. Looking forward to this!
@innocent7048
Жыл бұрын
Thanks and happy Easter. Here you have some recovery time.
@ridesofjapan
Жыл бұрын
Too kind my friend, cheers! 🙇♂️
@innocent7048
Жыл бұрын
You succeeded to balance Ti and carbon very well. I think that cockpit looks cool. And wow what a weight !
@stevethistle7974
Жыл бұрын
i can watch these videos all day!!!FUNNY AND INFORMATIVE.
@cosinus_square
Жыл бұрын
Very cool build. Not a weight weenie part but a Ti fork will blow your mind.
@GMoneyLove
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous bike and, as always, a great video. I appreciate the content with the splash of humor. Bikes are simply supposed to bring you joy!
@edwardhomson
Жыл бұрын
Just the right amount of insanity. Another excellent job, and the bike looks awesome.
@richardrutishauser4689
Жыл бұрын
Some people like yoga to relax. I like bike build videos to relax! Great job!
@AceMBP
Жыл бұрын
Lemon Pledge the spray furniture polish cleans up and protects Ti frames nicely.. Excellent build!!!
@rickmancini772
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful bike! Looking forward to a more extensive ride review video, especially feedback on the wheels
@charlesblithfield6182
Жыл бұрын
That is a glorious piece of machinery you have there. A work of bike art. Must be a joy to ride on those mountain roads.
@julianallen515
Жыл бұрын
Very nice, congratulations and welcome to the custom Ti bike Club. Love to see a cleaning video for it. Save me a "Ti is Fly" T-shirt 🤩
@treyquattro
Жыл бұрын
the most watchable cycling channel on YT! Another great bike, another great vid
@xaviermelendez2639
Жыл бұрын
Hahahahaa, "Ti is Fly"! What a great video and amazing Ti road bike build. Kudos on hitting such a low weight--and what a beautiful ride!
@mmontic1
Жыл бұрын
Super nice frame and build! The presentation video is neat and brilliant as always, a pleasure to see it for weight weenies. 😊
@11robotics
Жыл бұрын
As a fellow titanium road bike user and a somewhat moderate weight weenie, chapeau for this build. This bike scratches me right where I itch. It's an amazing build, and the attention to detail is sublime. Given that I'm going to very likely be the last man standing in the rim brake defence force, as well as in that of the mechanical groupset, the fact that I'd actually want this bike says a lot. Amazing job.
@bradford_shaun_murray
Жыл бұрын
Rim brakes lighter than disc, go rim brakes.
@11robotics
Жыл бұрын
@@bradford_shaun_murray lighter and cheaper, which means more money to spend on other gram saving upgrades ;)
@bradford_shaun_murray
Жыл бұрын
@@11robotics agreed, and easier to maintain. Also disc braking on big alpine descents (Rocky Mountains style) can heat up and warp the disc.
@obfuscator
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful build, thanks for sharing. Enjoy the Ti rides.
@cemsonmez6322
Жыл бұрын
A Titanium Bike WASH would be more than welcome as NEW VIDEO, oh yes!
@teddgram
Жыл бұрын
I did the brushed finish on my Ti bike and it's like owning a stainless steel appliance - anytime someone touches the frame, you see the fingerprints. Took about a 9 months for the wallet to heal. The bike rides great, but perhaps I'm biased. Glad I did it.
@galenkehler
Жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful. The carbon seatpost/tube is the perfect aesthetic balance for the carbon at the front end. Well done, and thanks 😊
@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr
Жыл бұрын
The way that carbon tube just runs from the bottom to the set is amazingly! Total pornography.
@durianriders
Жыл бұрын
Deda are really doing their bit to make carbon steerers stronger with their 70mm steerer plug and this new composite split ring. Id put some 3M helicopter tape around your steerer though so the hydro cables dont rub away your steerer longterm or cause ghost bleeds aka brake fail from the cables leaking oil from rubbing together too much.
@bousta99
Жыл бұрын
Congrats to this amazing bike. Can’t wait to ride my Baum Orbis soon…
@klein-concept
Жыл бұрын
Man i love this bike. I have a custom steel bike i build up and it is 7.05kg but now looking at your component list there is a lot of motivation to get it down to 6.7.
@vaughnwilliams3600
Жыл бұрын
That Crow was digging your nice shiny new bike
@luilasblume3713
Жыл бұрын
It's great so see how all your experience and dedication to detail pay off in such a beautiful build. You worked your way up to this point and took us with you on your journey. Thanks and congratulations!
@dh7314
Жыл бұрын
That’s so light the rim brigade will need to find a new reason to hate progress
@Krooks44
Жыл бұрын
Beaty. Ti and Carbon gorgeousness
@derikjgross
Жыл бұрын
Great build. I just got my fully custom Ti frameset as well. It was media blasted in a similar fashion as the Slayer of Grams. My builder used a light lube like T9 to clean up the frame. Just a little spray on a terry cloth to wipe it down then chase with a dry cloth. The blasted areas of the frame absorb the lube and it simply pops, plus the bike smells amazing when it's all wiped down. Give it a try on your frame, it may not work well with the anodized sections and polished sections, but thought I'd share. Keep up making these great videos and building up top class bikes.
@jacquimercer1057
Жыл бұрын
Oh man, when I'm finally due for a new bike, can you build it for me 🙏🏻🙌🏻 This is amazing, love your work!!
@lukesanders768
Жыл бұрын
I love how dedicated you are to the bicycle things and also I loved that bird, so common in anime and japanese stuff
@cherepaha3
Жыл бұрын
What bird species is this ?
@Dennis12141978
Жыл бұрын
Another amazing video ❤~ What a great looking bike 😍
@stevenr5149
Жыл бұрын
Continued great work. That is a dreamy bike. I'm still a weight weenie in my heart (I got mine to 6.2kgs). Now 55mm tires for this 55 year old with lots of arthritis in his lower back( from riding thousands of miles on that weight weenie bike).
@bigredreborn
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous bike man!
@aidanmasterson50
Жыл бұрын
Tis a thang of beauty
@SuccessinTech
Жыл бұрын
You should make a video about life in Japan and what brought you there!
@simongleave3373
Жыл бұрын
That’s a beautiful looking bike. Agree with you on the mandibles.
@MichelBertrand
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful bike. So much attention to detail. After seeing your video, I went and weighted my Ti bike, which is a custom frame, with mechanical Campy Super Record 11 from 2009 with rim brakes, Shamal wheels and off the shelf components, , and it comes out at 16lbs. Not bad for an old bike and makes me think I made some good choices way back then :) Only thing I have to try is wider tires to see if they fit - it"s still riding on 23mm :')
@docmccoy9813
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the spreedsheet.
@nlanni
Жыл бұрын
Great video. I'm glad your subscriber number is growing. Your production is pretty good and I assumed you had some production help, but you mentioned the other day you do everything. Impressive. Keep it up.
@MS-bw7yt
Жыл бұрын
Very nice build and video! Keep up the good work! Although from a technical perspective, I never understood the logic behind copper paste on aluminium. The only thing preventing corrosion there is the grease part in the copper grease (no electrolyte -> no corrosion). But aluminium and copper are basically still a battery. Copper paste was designed for high temperature steel on steel applications where the organic grease part cooked out. Although nowadays, with ceramic and non metallic compounds available, I wouldn't use copper grease for anything. It is such a dirty mess
@MatthewLister
Жыл бұрын
Really interesting video. The carbon seat tube looks epic.
@jms493
Жыл бұрын
Great build, bike, and video. Always top notch.
@andy4g63
Жыл бұрын
Bro, bike is dope… And so are you 👍👍👍👌
@RickRolling-tc7vb
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that was glorious in so many ways.
@josh33172
Жыл бұрын
Custom > Stock But some stock frames are definitely better than others regardless of material! When each tube is prescribed from the builder specifically for you.....wonderful things happen! I just got done building up a Rodeo Labs Flaanimal 5.0 that has a carbon seat tube. Its of course not a "slayer of grams" bike as its gravel and bikepacking, but it has a much better ride feel than say a Surly or even a Kona. However, I also own a '16 Trek Boone, and I have to say they did something magical with that frame. The IsoSpeed and curved fork are just sublime. Beautiful bike, enjoy!
@arcaderadio5438
Жыл бұрын
Been hyped for this one for weeks now, let's go!!!
@NickPavlenko
Жыл бұрын
I bet shorter trail results in new descent KOMs. It's basic bike geometry theory. I'm in the process of building a custom Ti frame and went with more conservative 60mm trail and fat 35mm tires for long days in the saddle. On the frame finish, I noticed that Prova goes with paint up front and polished (!) rear end with brushed bits. I have another bike with blasted finish (I think it's old style sand blast) and it's quite a pain to wash. Anyways, big thumbs up for the bike and welcome to the Ti guild!
@annon-ski7985
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful build sir.
@pepessz32
Жыл бұрын
"Fine, go back to your old quill stem" LMAO I'm not a big fan of internal routing myself, but this is damn funny.. :))))
@actionmethod
Жыл бұрын
What a dream build! I am so jealous! :)
@alovelymanvideos
Жыл бұрын
Titanium Bikes Cleaning Video - Please. Thanks for sharing, I enjoy your work and attention to detail
@iana7924
Жыл бұрын
k o big bucks guy like that you replace the brake calliper bolts with ti .all the bolts on my bike is ti .very nice sir
@PeakTorque
Жыл бұрын
That bike deserves at least 5.5w/kg of climbing prowess. What a thing 😊
@ridesofjapan
Жыл бұрын
Haha, as long as it’s less than 3 minutes I’ll see what can be done 😅
@PeakTorque
Жыл бұрын
@@ridesofjapan same! Enjoy it!
@chrisobyrne5675
Жыл бұрын
Amazing looking bike. Well done.
@wsbygt
Жыл бұрын
Great series!! Enjoy and thank you!
@peteransel2715
10 ай бұрын
Great video and your presentation style is awesome with a nice sense of humor. I'm looking for a new Ti road frame. I have mixed feelings about hybrid Ti/carbon though. I guess we all use carbon forks and seat posts, but I just worry that a full carbon seat tube, may not feel like a "timeless" choice years from now. Like similar Ti/carbon hybrids from the 90's with carbon seat stays, which people are not as interested in buying on the used market as full Ti bikes, IMHO.
@christopherhood9241
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful bike. Super video
@UlliMueller
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning bike! Congrats! As always, I love your videos and your passion. ❤
@richardsutton6742
Жыл бұрын
Titanium frame cleaning video, yes please 😊
@gladand
7 ай бұрын
Spring comes forth. The rolling, slayer of grams. Roadside blooming.
@polarbear3417
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful bike; well done.
@skogling
Жыл бұрын
Wonder bike!
@jaredandcarlos
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this info. Congrats.
@Gufolicious
Жыл бұрын
this is a masterpiece! chapeau sir!
@anthonyhomercycling
Жыл бұрын
Travel to taiwan for the kom challenge with that one bro! Let’s do this !! 🎉❤😊 Hope to see you ride in taiwan someday!!
@RK01
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful build, looks amazing.
@kleinerriese_
Жыл бұрын
That bird and the dog should become permanent fixtures in your videos. 🤣
@al-du6lb
Жыл бұрын
Looks absolutely gorgeous.
@el3ktrik0
Жыл бұрын
Beauty! I mean the bike...❤
@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr
Жыл бұрын
What is it about this dude that’s totally awesome!!! Everything?.
@cemsonmez6322
10 ай бұрын
Waiting the Titanium bike wash VIDEO already
@jbrew44
Жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@neil3124
Жыл бұрын
You could just drill some holes in the handlebar to make it internal, that’s all the other bars have done, just copy that. Love the videos 😊
@Velorize
Жыл бұрын
Congrats to this amazing bike.
@s.z.5355
Жыл бұрын
'...a bit harder to get a muscle biopsy...' RoJ, you crack me up.
@davewattimena3491
Жыл бұрын
nice looking Ti bike
@rrluthi1
Жыл бұрын
I just got that same fork in the 45 offset to hit the trail figures I wanted. Just looking at the way it's built, it's a high-quality fork. It handles great on my bike and clears my 30mm tires with gobs of room. I think it could probably clear 35's. Bigger tires will definitely affect the trail / handling though.
@universe-juice
Жыл бұрын
Awesome bike! 👌 love this vid. Watch alot
@don_marcel
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous machine
@durianriders
Жыл бұрын
Glass blast looks great! Would love to see you do a rim brake version of this. Cant beat that rim road bike feeling IME.
@aaronedgeart
Жыл бұрын
CONGRATS!!!!!!
@jasonmart1081
Жыл бұрын
Lovely build 😍 Anything that has a blasted/pitted finish will be a magnet for dirt and marks. The surface needs to be treated/coated. If I had to be critical the stem doesn't look right. I think a more rounded/tube type stem would be nicer, the current one looks to bulbous/square against such a lovely classic looking frame.
@lenolenoleno
Жыл бұрын
A work of art is an understatement! Is this goodbye to the Emodna?!
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