Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame

[dalon]

Hi guys, thank you for all your advice, here is finally my bike mounted.
Very happy final weight:7 kg pedals.
Two exits the first two hours per setup, the second over 4 hours and a drop 1600 meters, excellent sensations.

[Greenred]

Hi guys, thank you for all your advice, here is finally my bike mounted.
Very happy final weight:7 kg pedals.
Two exits the first two hours per setup, the second over 4 hours and a drop 1600 meters, excellent sensations.

Nice build Dalon!

Any more details on price/weight of your components?
Did Chris put the UCI sticker?
Is the font color white or is there also some metallic in there? Can’t really tell from the photo

[Nickk2000]

How the heck are you able to get 7 kg? WITH PEDALS what do the wheels weigh?

[hazzer19]

Hi all, just building up my frame and was wondering what the best way would be to fit a DI2 battery in the seattube?
I saw many solutions like wedges or rubbel plug type thingies to even just bubblewrapping the battery and stuffing it in the tube.
Any suggestions?

Thanks!

I used a small piece of foam to fill the gaps and it's worked great.

[hazzer19]

Hi guys, thank you for all your advice, here is finally my bike mounted.
Very happy final weight:7 kg pedals.
Two exits the first two hours per setup, the second over 4 hours and a drop 1600 meters, excellent sensations.

Nice build!

[Greenred]

I finally ordered as well, unfortunately just before Chinese New Year, but it is how it is.

[JutSu]

Hello,

I also ordered a frame 2 weeks ago that was supposed to be shipped already, hopefuly it will be shipped this week as I see that there will be a freeze for 2 weeks next monday.

I took the separate stem with handlebar, anyone knows which kind of computer mount should be compatible with it (I have a wahoo)

Thanks !

[dalon]

How the heck are you able to get 7 kg? WITH PEDALS what do the wheels weigh?

Deerobust 800$ - now unfortunately they have increased too much.

https://it.aliexpress.com/item/33058320191.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.79024c4dSUXwGC&af=369231&dp=12251_1642445922_2ebf0bb11b936682cd8da717635e5df9&cn=convert-a-link&Afref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtb-mag.com&aff_fcid=578d69540ed341b0a52562be208a89bf-1642445923411-03062-eYB6MVF&aff_fsk=eYB6MVF&aff_platform=promotion&sk=eYB6MVF&aff_trace_key=578d69540ed341b0a52562be208a89bf-1642445923411-03062-eYB6MVF&terminal_id=802f987ccff341cbab276ee8abe0df93

Wheels purchased last year for freehub body Shimano replaced with freehub body XD. Spoke titanium.

[dalon]

Nice build Dalon!

Any more details on price/weight of your components?
Did Chris put the UCI sticker?
Is the font color white or is there also some metallic in there? Can’t really tell from the photo

Stickers I made them do, purchased in Italy. UCI it's a fake, I wrote my name

Color hex 66666 and black - matt

Frame   548,59
wheels   784,48
Sram red   2882,80
Tires    58
Valves tubeless 2,50
Tape   8,50
Bottle holder   16,56
Saddle china 19,00
Pedal   190
          €4510,43

[Greenred]

Anyone? What's the size of the bolts you used to mount your disc brakes?
I received the Juin Tech F1 and think about replacing the frame bolts with chinese titanium ones.

Same could be done for the handlebar and seatpost I guess... (any experience?)

[OlieSimpson]

I've replaced most of my bolts with black Ti ones, what you need is:

Steerer Clamp Bolt   M5 x 18mm   x2
Steerer Clamp Bolt   M5 Washer   x2
Front Brake bolt   M5 x 16mm   x2
Front Brake washer   M5 Washer   x2
Rear Brake bolt   M5 x 35mm   x2
Rear Brake washer   M5 Washer   x2
Seat post bolt   M6 x 30mm   x1
Seat post nut   M6 x 20mm   x1
Seat post nut   M6 x 13mm   x1
Seat post bolt   M6 x 35mm   x1
Computer MountBolt   M4 x 25mm   x2
Computer MountBolt   M4 Washer   x2

Hope this helps.

Here you go Greenred.

[Greenred]

Here you go Greenred.

Legend, Ollie. How much weight did you safe in total?

[OlieSimpson]

Legend, Ollie. How much weight did you safe in total?

In all honesty next to nothing, like 10-15g which mainly came from the 2x m6 bolts used in the seat post, and it cost around €40 to swap the bolts so not the most economic way of saving weight. I mainly did it because I wanted all of the bolts to be black rather than silver.

I did get them all from AliX however and what I got seems to be good quality and fit as expected. The products/stores I used are:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002878873842.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32814573763.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1522191?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.21ef194d695mFd
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/3619010?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.21ef194d695mFd

[renrew]

Hello Dalon,
great bike Can you post a table of your weights.

Thanks Werner

[dalon]

Hello Dalon,
great bike Can you post a table of your weights.

Thanks Werner

I weighed whole bike. I'm sorry but I didn't weigh the individual parts.
I believe that online you can find everything.
Specific some parts: Titanium Keywin Pedal, Tires Hutchinson FUSION 5 Performance 700x25 Tubeless Ready,
Saddle: https://it.aliexpress.com/item/32944805803.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2ita&spm=a2g0o.9042311.0.0.27424c4dkly4nR
Wheels see topic photo above.