If you had to limit yourself to one bike… and you wanted to
cover club road rides, centuries, cross races, gravel roads, singletrack, work
commute, credit card touring, six-pack runs…this is one solid contender.
I bought it pretty much is sans the stem, tires, front derailleur and the
optional Soma Rack. This frame is in great condition baring one loose water
bottle braze-on. I provided Litespeed with the serial # and they said they will
still do a refurbish (make it look brand new, decals, et al). If you’re
interested in that, just call your local Litespeed dealer for pricing.
Two wheel sets and two granny rings are included. Soma Rack
(disk break specific) is yours for an additional $20.
Specs from
Litespeed:
2002 59 cm Litespeed Appalachian
57 cm Top Tube
17.6 cm Head Tube
72 degree Head Tube Angle
72.5 degree Seat Tube Angle
43.2 cm chainstay
83.7 cm standover height
Set-up
Wheel Set One: Front – Wheelsmith built Mavic Open Pro 32
spoke Shimano XT hub
Rear – DT Swiss TK 7.1 32 spoke Shimano XT
hub
Wheel Set Two: Cane Creek Strados 28 spoke
Tires Set One: Ritchy Speed Pro 35c cross tires
Tires Set Two: Continental 4 Season Grand Pre 28c – New, Sub
150 miles
Bars: Salsa Bell Lap 46 with flared drops
Stem: New Salsa SUL 100m
Break Lever/Shifters: Shimano Ultegra Flightdeck 9 Speed (Scuffed
up but work fine)
In-Line/Top Bar Shifters: Can Creek Crosstop
Breaks: Avid Mechanical Disks
Fork: Winwood Carbon Cross Fork with disk tabs and
cantilever mounts
Seatpost: Thompson
Saddle: Flight
Pedals: Shimano (I think 535s but not sure. I never rode
these so can not speak to their condition)
Front Derailleur: Shimano 105 – original collar, new
derailleur, sub 150 miles
Rear Derailleur: Shimano XT long throw cage
Two Rear Clusters: 11-32, 11-27
Crank: FSA Gossomar (175) with stock 50/39/30 and a Salsa 26
Granny
Sorry the photos are not great. Let me know if you have any questions or need to see any specific clossups etc.
Bike will be professionally packed by my LBS thus the $150 flat rate shipping.
On Nov-25-08 at 17:38:47 PST, seller added the following information:UPDATE:
I have had several questions about scratches and condition. This is a USED BIKE. Probably an '02 or '03. Given the nature of titanium frame it's a bit tricky to photograph. There are no dents and to my knowledge (I bout it second hand) it has never been crashed. There are a few light scratchs on the stays but no gouges or anything that couldn't be buffed out. The bike rides great. The headset is integrated and the rear disc is mounted via the stock disk tab. I have also added a few photos of the rear disk, the driveside chain stay showing no suck-damage and a close up of the detached water bottle braze-on - the seating the nut sets into inside the frame is detached from the frame. As best I can tell, you would have to send this to Litespeed or a good ti frame builder for repair (I provided Litespeed with the serial number and they said they can make the repair as well as do a full refurbish).