The cockpit is accentuated by Titec titanium bars and stem. This might seem a bit Gucci for a touring bike but since both are quite flexible, I feel like I get cush from them over the bumps. XT shifters and levers. Cork tape over the bar ends makes them nice and plush, and I like the added girth. The compass a big help since getting lost is a daily occurance, It's nice to just look down and see which direction I'm getting lost in. The black Minerva bar is for velcroing my map holder and my Cateye light to.

When I picked-up the frame, the paint was still soft. The next day Cameron Faulkner picked up the frame and all my new parts, threw them all together, and tuning it all up in a couple days. It shifted like budduh.
Nothing but Chris King for a headset. Avid Arch rival brakes, and a Bruce Gordon rack. The fork is custom made by Rick Hunter. Most racks have stupid bands of metal that fasten the rack to the fork. I gave the rack to Rick before he built the fork so that the rack would bolt directly to the fork. The wheel is a tempory, I'm having a new one built up by Cameron Faulkner with a 36 hole XTR hub, straight gague spokes, brass nipples, and Sun Rhino Lite Welded rims. I'm riding Michelin 1.5" slicks, I did most of my European trip on 1.25" but got way too many pinch flats. Just changing to 1.5" made all the difference.
The Rock Shox suspension seatpost is worth it's weight. The rear rack again is Bruce Gordon. Note the piece between the frame and rack. A bit on the heavy side, but strong as f***. Robert Ives who also built the frame made this thing custom. Again I gave him the rear rack to build the frame around. The rear wheel has an XTR 36 hole hub, straight guage spokes, brass nipples, and a Sun Rhino Lite Welded rim. A 1.5" Specialized Nimbus in the back that I picked up in Inverness Scotland. The rear cassette is XTR, I think it's a 12-32.
Check out the killer Kickstand. Made by ESGE, 1.5 lbs and worth every ounce. Both legs fold up on the non drive side. It makes everything from parking to maintenence so much easier. Months of laying yer bike on it's side all the time is a pain in the panniers (sorry). Again I gave the kickstand to Robert before he built the frame, and the area where it mounts behind the bb is custom fit to the kickstand. The cranks are Truvative Team Stylo. I went with the square taper bb, cuz I didn't know I'd encounter in Europe incase I had issues. These pedals are Ritchies, I'll probably pick up some 959's. I did Europe on some Shimano dx pedals, but one failed miserably.
Oh yeah, the frame, the soul of any bike. This was made by Robert Ives of Blue Collar Bikes, surely you've heard of them. Some say they're what put Sacramento on the map (some say it was the gold rush). Columbus tubing, Bontrager seattube and bb shell. I had Robert extend the rear triangle 3/4" more than his usual frames. I noticed that Bruce Gordon builds his bikes with 44-45cm from bb to dropout, so I picked 44.5 cm for mine. The down tube is ovalized for strength and flex. The rear dropouts are Breeze. The real freak about this frame are the flame gussetts. Not just cool looking, they add strength to the stress points on the frame. There are seven of them. Two on either side of the top tube as it meets the headtube, and two as the top tube meets the seat tube. One on the underside of the downtube where it meets the headtube, and two on the chainstays where the meet the bb. Robert says they were so much f***in work he's never doing them for anybody ever again. I kind of think that makes me special.