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Kolb Rahmenbau Aerocross

Frame:
Wim Kolb from Kolb Rahmenbau fillet brazed custom frame with Columbus max toptube. 38mm spirit downtube. Custom spirit headtube, chain- and seatstay, T47bb and pmw stainless x12 Syntace dropouts with Shimano direct mount hanger. Weight transparency data: -Raw unpainted frame 2260g -Painted frame with 4x 20µ Cerakoatings (0,08mm total) 2310g

Fork/Headset:
Carbon Brother Cycles Road Fork / Axle-to-crown 381mm / Offset 45 / tapered 1 1/8 – 1 1/2″ / 100x12mm CARBON-TI X-Lock EVO M12x1.5Px120mm Axle / Hope EC44/40 lower bearing 52mm 40mm 45&45 / Custom adapted ZS44/28.6 silver top bearing

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Ultegra FC-R8100 50/34 165mm / Chris King T47i 24mm Ceramic matte slate

Pedals:
XTR PD-M9100 tuned with Meti grade 5 titanium axels and 686 6x13x5 ceramicspeed coated bearings or stock Dura-Ace PD-R9100

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Cassette Dura-Ace CS-R9200 11-34 / Chainring Alugear Aero 50x34 / Chain "Dura-Ace" XTR CN-M9100 waxed with silca secret hot blend wax

Derailleurs/Shifters:
Ultegra Di2 RD-R8150 with EW-SD300 1200mm/ FD-R8150 with EW-SD300 650mm / ST-R8170 with Y63X98050 Ti clamp band unit

Handlebars/Stem:
Pro Carbon 400mm / Custom Ritchey Chicane WCS 110mm with tubus tara Ti custom drilled garmin mount

Saddle/Seatpost:
Gebiomized Sleak Saddle with Ti rails / Thomson Masterpiece 27,2 with Custom long Di2 wedge handmade from Rob English and internal BTDN300 battery

Brakes:
Shimano Ultegra BR-R8170 /Shimano RT-CL800 Centerlock 140/160mm rotors

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Bontrager Aeolus XXX 6 Ceramic bearings with Vittoria corsa Pro 700x28 and latex tubes

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Bontrager Aeolus XXX 6 Ceramic bearings with Vittoria corsa Pro 700x28 and latex tubes

Accessories:
King Cage Titanium Bottlecages / plenty of Pro-Bolts drilled titanium racebolts / Meti Titanium Pedal Axels from italy / Pro Garmin-mount made by K-Edge / Carbon Ti Titanium Topcap / Carbon-Ti Thruaxles / Alugear aero cover /

More Info:
Maintanance Intervalls: -grease seatpost every 12 month, (done Feb 2024) -apply body cavity spray every 12 month. (done feb 2024) Total weight 9.6kg in CX mode and 9,4kg in road mode. with pedals, bottlecages and garminmount.

Bike History

Click a link below to see past stages of this bike.

  1. Showbike
  2. How it rides best
  3. Build Process
  4. 2024 Comeback

Added by ianiscaratti. Last updated 6 days ago.

49 Comments

Thor

Thor says:

Nice you got it back!
You can't sell it man!
No chance. It belongs to you!

Posted 11 months ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

You got it right.

Posted 11 months ago

hbn

hbn says:

Purely awesome!

Posted 11 months ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

Thank you. Very hyped on getting it back!

Posted 11 months ago

NicolasCalifornia

NicolasCalifornia says:

Is this bike meant to be pink? I wonder. Consider giving the head-tube gusset its due

Posted over 1 year ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

What? I don't understand the question sorry pls elaborate?

Posted over 1 year ago

GhostRidingTheWhip

GhostRidingTheWhip says:

take your medication Nicolas

Posted over 1 year ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

+1

Posted over 1 year ago

br0qn

br0qn says:

do we get to see the new paint?!

Posted over 1 year ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

new paint is a winter project but should i go white gloss with b lack goss fork and seattube or dark purple gloss with matte black fork and seattube?

Posted over 1 year ago

br0qn

br0qn says:

ahh. Purple sounds more fitting/interesting but sounds rad either way!

Posted over 1 year ago

DoktorMave

DoktorMave says:

Super Slick!!

Posted almost 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

thank you <3

Posted almost 2 years ago

tarabario

tarabario says:

it's alive!!!

Posted almost 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

5k aleady on this beast. Waiting for a new wheelset and warmer weather.

Posted almost 2 years ago

Thor

Thor says:

What a story!!! Great bike!!!

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

Thank you a lot

Posted over 2 years ago

henry510

henry510 says:

did you already swap the crankset to the R7000 model? and new stem with no headset dust cap? What was your reasoning?

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

Simple: Even if I work for Shimano and and ordered the groupset back in 2021, I'm still waiting for the Crank. The R8100 on the contest was a crank that Scampi Cicli lent me. Now I have to ride the available and cheap 105 till my crank will be delivered. Extralite stem is some serious weightwheenie stuff. How this cnc masterpiece flexes and clamps is just scary. The Ritches is 120g heavier but I trust it lol.

Posted over 2 years ago

henry510

henry510 says:

Makes perfect sense, thanks for the reply.

Posted over 2 years ago

henry510

henry510 says:

probably my favorite bike on this website now.

Posted over 2 years ago

NicolasCalifornia

NicolasCalifornia says:

How is the ride? I see you already bifft

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

It rides amazing like expected but I haven't been on cx tires since last winter (ca. nov 2021/ 7 month ago). They terreno mix drift very predictable on trails and gravel but cx tires are scary on tarmac. Luckily only the Sti is broken and should be exchanged soon.

Posted over 2 years ago

GhostRidingTheWhip

GhostRidingTheWhip says:

+1

Posted almost 2 years ago

sublorange

sublorange says:

I'm saying this with great affection: this is a fucking bicyclepubes bike.

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

Thank you but what do you mean by pubesbike lol?

Posted over 2 years ago

sublorange

sublorange says:

there is an instagram account named @bicyclepubes that makes fun of current trends in "alternative cycling", initially as drawings made in MS Paint and now as fully built monstrosities. genuinely though, congratulations on realizing your vision on such a unique bike!

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

ok now i get what you mean and ys it is very very extreme lookung but in the exact way i wanted it. Maby it will get featured on the pubes meme account you mentioned lol

Posted over 2 years ago

anton

anton says:

Woohoo 100th update and we finally see a bike

Posted over 2 years ago

metatronic1123

metatronic1123 says:

lol

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

relax lol

Posted over 2 years ago

_nico

_nico says:

Couldn't believe it either ...

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

you guys are joking. it was planed for 2023 but the framebuilder found some more time that's why it is already finished now.

Posted over 2 years ago

metatronic1123

metatronic1123 says:

This this is crazy, I love it!

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

Thank you and yes it is

Posted over 2 years ago

NicolasCalifornia

NicolasCalifornia says:

Have Kolb remove that gusset and replace with one a fraction of the size, what the hell are thinking?

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

do you man the sleeves on the seattube by gusset?

Posted over 2 years ago

Blokk

Blokk says:

wild. definitley no beauty, but i like it

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

it is very controverse but I love it and it's nice that you like it too

Posted over 2 years ago

henry510

henry510 says:

frame looks amazing already. i really like the aero headtube cut out.

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

Thank you I love it even if ir is very big and heavy but so unique

Posted over 2 years ago

evisu

evisu says:

So far, so interesting.

Posted over 2 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

still in school but can't wait to start building it tonight. stay tuned

Posted over 2 years ago

63r1

63r1 says:

can't wait to see this thing!

Posted almost 3 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

me neither!

Posted almost 3 years ago

Grant4

Grant4 says:

I don't get some of the pics.

Posted almost 3 years ago

ianiscaratti

ianiscaratti says:

How about now?

Posted over 2 years ago

NicolasCalifornia

NicolasCalifornia says:

the aggressive!

Posted about 3 years ago

GhostRidingTheWhip

GhostRidingTheWhip says:

+1

Posted about 3 years ago