Building my new Leader 735TT

Ever since I've become a triathlete, I've really had a fascination with bicycles. I've learned to do a lot of maintenance-type work, but I really want to learn how to assemble a bike from scratch. As you miay have gleaned from my last post, the opportunity has arrived with my new Leader 735TT frame, LD-806 carbon fork and Cane Creek IS-6 headset.

This will be my first ever bike building experience, and I wanted to follow my progress in my blog. So, this is the first in a series of posts chronicaling my first bike build. Here are the parameters.

I have an older road bike, a 2002 Trek 2000, which I've been using as my triathlon bike for the last two years. The bike came stock with a mix of Shimano Tiagra and 105 triple ring components. I upgraded to Ultegra and Dura Ace double, but I kept the old components (and some Dura Ace triple components I had purchased but never used).

In order to get "permission" from the wife (or as I like to call her, the voice of sanity) I agreed to buy only a new frameset and move the higher end 9 speed components over to the new bike, and put the older 9 speed equipment back on the old bike. So, here's how the bikes will be re-built:

Components	Trek 2000	Leader 735TT
Fork	OCLV Carbon Classic	Leader I806 Carbon
Headset	STR Aheadset	Cane Creek IS6
Bottom Bracket	Dura Ace Triple	Dura Ace Double
Front Derailleur	Tiagra Triple	Dura Ace Double
Rear Derailleur	105 Triple	Dura Ace Double
Crank Set	Dura Ace 52/42/30	Dura Ace 53/39
Brakes	Alloy dual pivot	Ultegra
Pedals	105 SPD	Ultegra SPD-SL
Shifters	105 Triple	Dura Ace Bar End
Brake Levers	Shimano 105	Dia Compe 188
Seatpost	Bontrager Sport	Aerus Composites Aero

So, what I will do is remove the DA/Ultegra components from the Trek 2000 and replace them with the Tiagra/105 parts listed in the table. Then, I'll clean the DA/Ultegra components and install them on the Leader 735TT.