punahou

Well it seemed to be dying a bit so gave it a bump!

Darrick

Heya there!
Long time lurker, first time poster here.
Looks like I *may* potentially be a new member of this club as of an hour ago.

Just needing to make sure though.. as my purchase was off Craigslist. The guy said he bought it back in 2010, off bikesdirect, and I'm wondering if they ever happened to make a Mercier TT Stripper model with an Alloy frame, and not Reynolds steel. Because after picking it up, and tapping it all over once getting it home, it feels waaaay too light and *ping* sound is higher pitched when tapped (like an aluminum frame), instead of the dull thud you hear when flicking older more dense Chromolly bikes.

Am I just tripping, or is this frame a possible imposter?
Any serial number clues to look for?

pic pron from the ad attached.

TejanoTrackie 

Simple way to find out is to test it with a magnet.

Darrick

Gracias!
Any other non 9-hour shift+5 mile skate (to pick up the bike) day, that would've been my first thought.

and well....It passed!
been riding so many old school frames..who knew steel could be so light?

OntheRun.

Finished bringing it back to life at 2am last night. Cleaned, regreased and back to the #kilott life.

Davidpll

Looking good.

iamtim

Ok, I know I just posted a pic of this bike a few posts ago, but I've finally got it where I want it until parts start breaking:



As described above, with the addition of a 100mm Kalloy UNO stem. Phew.

Davidpll

I think I want a new saddle next, been looking at the fizik arione classic.

OntheRun.

Is it a shorter stem from the stock one? Looks good. Good thing you swapped out that saddle....its the worst.

I want to replace that stupid seatpost but its stuck to my frame

iamtim

Yup. By like 20mm. And less rise, too.

Eh, it wasn't too bad. Either that or it was so bad that it destroyed my ass-nerves and I didn't notice it. Probably the latter.

Thanks! I like it.

SpeshulEd 

Did this thread always have the (2011-2012) at the end or am I just losing my mind.

iamtim

Looks like the former. It began in March of '11, having continued a thread that ran from June of '07 to March of '11. It looks like the assumption was that there would be so many Kilo TTs posted, they'd need another new thread in a year or two.

SpeshulEd 

Yeah, I went back and looked. Guess it has, I just never noticed.

LoFo

This may seem like a silly question but are the decals removable on the Kilo TT Pro?
...or are they under the clearcoat?
I really like the stripper's unbranded look but I do not like any of the current color options.

j_e_r_e_m_y

I'm pretty sure they're under the clearcoat and that's why the stripper is even offered. Check bikeisland.com, I believe they may still have some unlabeled (except for the headtube sticker) Kilo TT Pro frames available - I saw a few there the other week.

steve-in-kville 

I ride a Stripper (heh... I said stripper) that I got in white. Never again. I have a white 18 passenger van too. Never again as well. I am actually sticker bombing the Kilo just to hide the crud a bit better between washes.

AristoNYC

I have a bunch of stickers to unload, PM your address and I'll ship you some.

jkalber87

What makes the Kito TT WT a "winter frame"??

SquidPuppet

WT = Wide Tire

jkalber87

Yes I know that!

Just the way he worded it made it sound like the Kilo TT WT is a "winter frame". Idk, maybe just the way I perceived it.

Megacolor

steve-in-kville 

I never did publicly thank you for this!! They were great. Didn't use all of them, but I did use a bunch. Gotta post up a pic in the next day or two.

speedygonzalez

Just ordered the Mercier Kilo TT from BD 2021 model.

Looking to replace the pedals ( 1/2" or 9/16" ) and handlebars, but unsure as to the sizing.

Specs for handlebar and stem:

Handlebar Alloy Track Bend, 420mm width, Silver (Standard clamp 26.0mm, not oversized)
Stem Alloy 3D Forged, 50cm= 90mm

I'm looking to get either riser bars or bull horn handlebars. Can I just order 26mm handlebars and fit it for this bike or would I need to also get a new stem?

TejanoTrackie 

The pedal threads are 9/16”.

Any handlebars with a 26.0mm clamping area will fit the stem, but you may want a different stem length, shorter for bullhorns, longer for risers.

speedygonzalez

I was able to find a 26 mm bullhorn handlebar online but couldn't find any 26 mm short stems, only 25.4mm. From my understanding and what I read online, it's a bad idea to install bigger handlebars even by .6 mm into smaller stem. If I were to just get a 25.4mm stem then I could get handlebars that fit ( found a bunch of 25.4 stems and handlebars online ).

Would a 25.4 stem even fit on my bike which originally came with a 26 stem?