KHS Flite 800 (Reynolds 853)

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Current road steed is a KHS Flite 800 frameset from the year 2000.
Reynolds 853 main tubes - I suspect the stays are nowt special. CF/Alu fork is stock, made by Advanced Composites (the parent company of Wound Up, I think).
I transferred most of the components from my old LeMond - Mavic Ksyrium Equipes, 105 5700 10spd group, SRAM Rival OCT chainset & BB, and Thomson bits.
Saddle is a NOS Selle Italia SLR Gel Flow from 2006, handlebar is Ritchey WCS Logic Curve with Cinelli Caleido tape.
In summer it looks like this

and the rest of the time it looks more like this

SKS Longboard P35 mudguards, Zefal HPX frame pump.

Makes a great comfortable winter training rig.

Latest addition has been a pair of these. I wanted to try something a bit racier than Pasela PTs without going all-black.

 

[CTK]

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I like it- stealthy! Need some of those retro-esque tyres too

 

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The tyres are a hit. Put 85 hilly miles on them yesterday and they do feel significantly faster than my old Paselas.
Same Black Chili compound as GP 4000s, but more handsome. They handle gravel ok too.

 

[CTK]

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I think handsome is the right word for the bike too, its the non compact geometry that does it for me.

 

[legrandefromage]

nice

 

[mattiamerca]

i don't know if it's for the steel frame, for the stealth appeal, for the shimano with black sram crankset, for the thomson combo...or why
but i love this bike!!!

 

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Another season, another full service and tyre change.
This time I've gone for Vittoria Corsa G+ 700x25s. Plush and really surprisingly fast. Lightweight Conti tubes inside might help a bit, who knows.
Cockpit has received an update too, the Thomson/Ritchey combo has made way for Zipp Service Course SL stem and SL70 bars.
New bar tape, chain, BB and Ultegra cables has it feeling like a new bike for summer

 

[ImBazu]

I am looking at a bike like this on marketplace for commuting, was wondering if I can get a 30mm tire in there?
The bike I am looking at was converted to a single speed, the guy is asking 500$ for it, probably I can take it down to 400$. Do you think it is worth it?
Thank you!

 

[dirttorpedo]

I am looking at a bike like this on marketplace for commuting, was wondering if I can get a 30mm tire in there?
The bike I am looking at was converted to a single speed, the guy is asking 500$ for it, probably I can take it down to 400$. Do you think it is worth it?
Thank you!

No idea what bike you're looking at but 30mm rubber - particularly if you want fenders - is a stretch for most racing style road bikes. You'd probably be best off looking at an older CX bike like a Kona Jake the Snake, Soma Double Cross, Surly Cross Check which will definitely take a 30mm tire or something like a Surly Pacer or maybe a Soma Smoothie ES (the extra smooth version) if you want caliper brakes. An early edition Soma Pescadore will definitely take fatter rubber with fenders (35mm?) and use caliper brakes