mercier kilo tt frameset build

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Frame:
Mericer Kilo TT 53cm frameset from bike island (no decals or clear)

Handlebars and Stem:
colnago 3TTT aluminum pista, -10 thompson road

Fork and Headset:
mercier kilo TT cut to threadless, cane creek s-2 threadless headset

Front wheel:
dp18/formula

Rear wheel:
dp18/formula

Crankset and Bottom bracket:
sugino vp/shimano ub73

Saddle and Seat Post:
selle san marco glamour aspide / easton ct2

Pedals and Chain:
mks sylvan track/kmc hx

Cog/Gearing et cetera:
soma track kog 16t/salsa 42t

Notes:

colnago track drops are beautiful things.

also have gold 144bcd 48t cranks from keirin culture. this completes the renovation, all parts are new for the build.

In sept. 07, as far as i know, this was the only threadless mercier kilo TT with the stock fork... if your steerer tube is long enough, you can use the stock fork threadless!

Bathroom scale subtraction method puts this at 21lbs ready to ride. not the lightest thing, but the wheels are bombproof and so is the frame.

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looks awesome with the

Submitted by rockintherad on 06/15/2008.

looks awesome with the addias stripes!

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thanks, i recently painted

Submitted by hipster on 07/28/2008.

thanks, i recently painted them on so they're zigzagged too. i'll upload a new pic.

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yeah how do you get the

Submitted by rockintherad on 05/12/2008.

yeah how do you get the decals off?

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mine didn't come with

Submitted by hipster on 05/21/2008.

mine didn't come with decals, it was a frameset only. if you have them you can either strip and repaint or cover with vinyl.

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size

Submitted by splitneedls on 03/11/2008.

what size are those bars?

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somas are 42cm... little too wide for

Submitted by hipster on 05/21/2008.

the soma's are 42cm... little too wide for me...

the 3ttt are 41cm and much much better.

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soma drops

Submitted by splitneedls on 03/11/2008.

im thinking about buying the soma 456 track drops. what do you think of them? is the much of a flat section on the top?

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plenty of flat section at

Submitted by hipster on 05/21/2008.

plenty of flat section at the top, most i've ever seen on 'track' drops. they've great feel but they're super heavy. i'd probably do nitto or deda if i did it again.

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Mine was threadless

Submitted by Gerrardough on 12/08/2007.

Mine was also threadless. I had mine cut and threaded. As far as I know there's a few threadless Mercier out there. When I bought my frame set the seller had few more in different sizes.

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yeah i've seen more and

Submitted by hipster on 05/21/2008.

yeah i've seen more and more... especially when people start swapping out the forks... but at the time i built this i hadn't seen any on here or online anywhere.

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Get over whether or not

Submitted by idiq on 05/23/2008.

Get over whether or not yours was "the first" - the reason most people don't have a threadless Kilo TT is because they've already upgraded the actual bike.

I can get a threadless adapter and throw a threadless stem on there, since "replacing the fork" doesn't seem to count for you. Or, just use an older shim that actually covers the fork.

If you bone threadless so much, why did you switch to it? What are the advantages you've gained besides points with your white belt?

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i did it because the fork that came with mine was too long and it had to be cut and rethreaded to use a threaded headset anyway, so i decided to try this out rather than have it rethreaded. it doesn't matter if i was first or not, i just want someone to show me that they've done it too or maybe that they've done it before i did.

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white belt

Submitted by Ride Among Us on 05/25/2008.

where is it?

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Sickk bike, looks like you

Submitted by david3558 on 11/13/2007.

Sickk bike, looks like you invested some serious money. How in the world did you get the bike to be threadless?

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Yeah, I've spent a whole

Submitted by hipster on 11/18/2007.

Yeah, I've spent a whole hell of a lot- but mostly because I had the wheel custom built and I've bought many kinds of the same component.

I have two seatposts, three saddles, two headsets, five handlebars(!!!), three stems, and like two sets of blinkie lights, front and rear.

Threadless was easy: It had a fork that was too long for the headtube, so instead of cutting and rethreading it, I cut it down to size for a threadless headset. The cane creek s-2 is actually the second headset I've had on it; I had an aheadset sts first, but I wanted sealed cartridge bearings.

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mercier kilo tt frameset build

looks awesome with the

thanks, i recently painted

yeah how do you get the

mine didn't come with

size

somas are 42cm... little too wide for

soma drops

plenty of flat section at

Mine was threadless

yeah i've seen more and

Get over whether or not

i did it because the fork

white belt

Sickk bike, looks like you

Yeah, I've spent a whole

what is it easy to strip the