It has a Mavic Ksyrium Elite wheelset, Chris King headset, Thomson seatpost, Race Face Cadence cranks, Race Face external bearing bottom bracket, Reynolds Ouzo pro carbon fork, San Marco Aspide Arrowhead saddle, Deda Piega handlebars, full double Ultegra drive train with Wipperman chain, Ultegra brakes and brifters. I was drawn to the listing since the owner, who had it built custom, has some very similar measurements to me. The frame is 55 cm center-to center with a standover height of 31.75 inches, which will match my 32" bicycling inseam very well. He did have it built with a 58 cm. top tube which may or may not be a little stretched out for me. But it also has a Ritchey adjustable stem, so I figure that between the stem and the Thomson seatpost, I should be able to adjust things to compensate. My current road bike is 56 cm center to top with a 56 cm top tube, so I don't think 7/8 of an inch or so in top tube length will make a lot of difference for my riding style.
A good friend of mine worked at a shop (Ti Cycles) that is the local IF dealer, and after looking at what I paid for the auction, told me that I got the bike for less than wholesale. The frame and fork alone with the custom paint job would have retailed for slightly more than $ 3000. The total retail of the whole bike would have been around $ 5,000. The seller just had other bikes that he liked more and needed to thin the herd a bit.
Over on Bike Forums, I had recently read some threads about people on expensive bikes, and I saw an acronym that I found charming: ROBOT for Rich Old Bastards On Titanium. It was then that I knew my life goal was to become a ROBOT. Now I am one and I can die content.
