Hi All!
For the past 10 or so years I've been doing most of my filthier rides on a 2007 Litespeed Tuscany. I bought it at the fag end of Ti's attempts to compete with carbon for full-on racing bikes and Litespeed's rep had taken a hit after reports of cracking frames, so the price was a bit of a bargain.
Two proper crashes and a reasonable chunk of miles later and it was all looking a bit tired. The decals were scuffed to crap and I'd just swapped out bits or raided the parts bin as stuff wore out.
Although I'm not especially sentimental about my bikes, I thought it was time that it received some lovin'. I also wanted to convert it to 11 speed so I could swap around my wheels without having to faff around with cassettes.
So I had the decals and scraps of paint off, gave it a good rubdown with some paint cutting compound, fitted a new Ultegra groupset, Ritchley forks, polished alloy stem, bars and seat post, Elite bottle cages and a Chris King headset. The plan is to fit some race blades for winter and use it for credit card touring in the summer, but I might just keep it in the living room (or not, according to Mrs Dr B).
For the past 10 or so years I've been doing most of my filthier rides on a 2007 Litespeed Tuscany. I bought it at the fag end of Ti's attempts to compete with carbon for full-on racing bikes and Litespeed's rep had taken a hit after reports of cracking frames, so the price was a bit of a bargain.
Two proper crashes and a reasonable chunk of miles later and it was all looking a bit tired. The decals were scuffed to crap and I'd just swapped out bits or raided the parts bin as stuff wore out.
Although I'm not especially sentimental about my bikes, I thought it was time that it received some lovin'. I also wanted to convert it to 11 speed so I could swap around my wheels without having to faff around with cassettes.
So I had the decals and scraps of paint off, gave it a good rubdown with some paint cutting compound, fitted a new Ultegra groupset, Ritchley forks, polished alloy stem, bars and seat post, Elite bottle cages and a Chris King headset. The plan is to fit some race blades for winter and use it for credit card touring in the summer, but I might just keep it in the living room (or not, according to Mrs Dr B).
