IP-057 Project has begun (Completed Pics on Page 4)

[Sussed.]

When you fit the gripshift make sure you compress both lock rings towards each other as much as you can.  This should prevent the plastic cover from rattling in the future !

[325racer]

Thanks Sussed, I'll keep that in mind.   No I'm just waiting for stuff from Chain Reaction and my frame/wheels, etc to ship.

Not worried about timing, but I'm getting antsy now that everything is ordered and I'm waiting.

Have some cool ideas for paint/pinstriping once it arrives.

[325racer]

Guesstimated weight based on most published numbers should have it in the 18.6lb or 8.45kg range.  Not quite half the weight of my current bike, which is 32, but a full suspension long travel 29er.

That's with a rigid fork, I think sub 19 will still be possible if I eventually add a suspension fork.

[325racer]

Shipping notice just came, 6-7 days...

[325racer]

A few more goodies showed up today.

Rotors, BB, Seat, tire sealant.

Front rotor 180mm Hope, they are actually red, but look a little pinkish in this light.  158g  about 12g over what I thought.



Rear Rotor  160mm Hope  105g, about 13 g over what I thought.  I'll have to weight the bolts, I'm guessing they come to about 12g.



SRAM BB 111g, 8g less than planned



Ergon SM3 Pro  251g, about 6g over advertised.




And some Sealant, stems and rim tape.



Frame, Fork, wheels, etc should be showing up next week.  Frame will go to painter, then build will probably be another week or two out due to schedule.  But we'll see.

[Carbon_Dude]

After trying it in my tires on my IP-057, I prefer Orange Seal over Stan's Sealant.

[325racer]

Reviews I found said Orange is better, but the Stans stems are the best, so I stopped and picked up some Stans stems today.

[325racer]

Tracking shows "Handed over to US Customs" yesterday. I guess I could see it as soon as tomorrow, but probably Tuesday.

[brmeyer135]

Interesting on the Hope discs and different.
What made you go with them?
At some point, hope you will give a review.

[325racer]

Went with Hopes for various reasons.  Wanted a two piece rotor, kinda light weight, something with a colored center, and I like the style.

I'm sure the overall will be different than my other setup, which is XT brakes with used Avid rotors on my Santa Cruz.

But when I'm done and get some miles on everything.

[325racer]

Everything is through customs and departed USPS facility.  With any luck Ill have it tomorrow.

[325racer]

Today was really like Christmas!!!!!!  The rest of the parts arrived, well, all except a stem and spacers (Peter said he'd send spacer, but didn't, oh well)

Everything looks great.  There was a tiny nick on the bottom side of the down tube.  A little bummed about that, but I'm sure once I get riding there will be more, so not worried about it.  I am a little disappointed in some of the weights, especially the wheel set, but I have no doubt that it will be strong!

Now for some pictures.

Some 3k gloss!



Weave blends to UD near the BB and a few other spots.  I kind of like it, looks cool.



Weave on the fork blends to UD too.



Wheels look good!



Rear came in at 1020, with Novatec 881 Hub, with 32 holes, with 35 mm Hookless rim.



Front came in at 826 with Novatec 882, again with 32 holes and 35 mm hookless rim.



Got the wheels built up tonight, man the way the XX1 cassette mounts is weird.  Not very straight forward the first time to ensure that everything lines up correctly, only took about 5 times getting it halfway together and not feeling right.  (that's why I'm posting at 12:30)

Anyway, here's the built up front.  Had to do the tube in the tire to seat one side before going tubeless.

[Sussed.]

Keep the pics coming !   

[Carbon_Dude]

Given they are 32 hole and 35mm wide, that should be a very strong wheel set.  Yes, I also had some difficulty installing the XX1 free hub on my Bitex hubs from Peter, in comparison the hub went right on my DT Swiss 240 hub with little effort.  Seems the tolerances are better on the DT Swiss hub threads.

I currently have a creak/pop coming from the XX1 hub/cassette/derailleur.  I have not had a chance to do much troubleshooting although the r/d is brand new.  SRAM sent me a warranty replacement along with the chainring that seemed to wear quickly.  I really like my XX1 drivetrains but I am starting to be concerned with the reliability.

[325racer]

What I did for the cassette, after 5 tries, was to go slow until it started to engage, then watched, held and guided the teeth on the big ring to engage with the notches on the freehub.  I found that there wasnt much info about it online.

I'll post more photos later on, have to do domestic stuff now....  But the frame went to the painter today.  He's one of the grandfathers of pinstriping and hotrod painting as far back as the 50s. He worked Ed Roth and Von Dutch.  He's done carbon fiber racecar parts and old school vintage bikes, but never a carbon bike, but he's super excited for the job.  We have some really cool stuff planned for it, i just hope it's not over the top.

Look for painted frame pics towards the end of next week.