Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame

[some guy]

sweet build are you running the 3D-printed headset cover?

[Eddy_Twerckx]

sweet build are you running the 3D-printed headset cover?

No. I went back to the one piece bar/stem and used all the parts from that. A couple reasons. The Tarmac stem I had was 110 and I want to run a 120, so it was either buy a new Tarmac stem for $90 or a one piece from Ali for roughly the same price. Plus these bars are a little more aero than what I had. And I just like the look of these. All the cables are completely hidden rather than having the shift cable exposed, so it just looks cleaner. If I had the correct Tarmac stem length though I would have just used that, but since I needed to buy a new one, I decided to go the one piece option.

[some guy]

yeah, will go with the oem version of the one pro handlebars as well. did you by chance weigh the spacers that came with it?

[coffeebreak]

Man, this is a really good looking bike।

[Eddy_Twerckx]

yeah, will go with the oem version of the one pro handlebars as well. did you by chance weigh the spacers that came with it?

The top transition piece (between stem and spacers) is 3.8g. The top cap is 9.3g. The compression plus is 10.8g. The 5mm spacer is 3.6h and the 10mm spacer is 7.2g.

[Eddy_Twerckx]

Man, this is a really good looking bike।

Thanks! I still have to wrap the bars and do a brake bleed before I hit the road. But I was able to put it on the trainer for a ride and it feels good, got the shifting tuned and my fit dialed. Can’t wait to go for a real ride and see how the frame feels.

[coffeebreak]

I am sure it will be lot of fun to ride! Instead of blue bar tape, how about pink accent bar tape matching your bottle cages?

[some guy]

The top transition piece (between stem and spacers) is 3.8g. The top cap is 9.3g. The compression plus is 10.8g. The 5mm spacer is 3.6h and the 10mm spacer is 7.2g.

thank you!

[Eddy_Twerckx]

I am sure it will be lot of fun to ride! Instead of blue bar tape, how about pink accent bar tape matching your bottle cages?

Supacaz has the perfect tape that’s mostly black with pink “stars” or whatever the logo is. I just happened to have the blue tape sitting around.

[kr78]

thanks a lot for this hint/description!
I also went with the separatet Bar/stem Combo and now I am about to change it towards a HB010.
The separated one with 100mm stem technically fits perfectly but just doesn`t look good imho so I am now trying to figure out which size I shall pick for the HB010.

I have now repeatedly stumbled on your post and the explanation of dodgiepapa in Post #1090. It totally makes sense, that despite the 5mm more reach of the HB010 also the angle makes a difference, but I hardly cant imagine that this extends the total reach by such a significant amount as you`ve shown.

Did you doublecheck if VB really delivered the correct sizes for both systems by measuring the stem length or equivalent measure for the HB010 only?
If not it would be great if you could doublecheck it. I also recently ordered a 110 stem and got a 120mm instead^^

thanks again and kind regards

I ordered the HB010 with 400mm width. The maximum length shown on the HP is 100mm. Thus, I doubt that they delivered something longer than that. Also from measurements it seems to be a 100 stem.

[straycat]

I ordered my VBR 168 on the first of March and took receipt of it on Friday 24th March, so not a bad wait. I also purchase a set of the VB-RC 50-23/25 wheels. At first glance all looks good, got mine with just the black gloss finish and I am really impressed with the look of it. I Have not started assembly yet as my group set (L-TWOO R9) only arrived yesterday so hopefully this weekend the build will start.
Only issue I have is I ordered the wheels with center lock disc rotar setup, when I trial fitted the disc to the wheel and then to the fork the disc lock nut was lightly rubbing the inside of the fork. As I said it was a trial fit so I might be able to sort it out . Am really looking forward to the build, first build with full internal cabling not to mention first hydraulic brake build

Well 2 weeks on and I have most of the bits to proceed, however I am having trouble with running the front derailleur cable, the housing for it is impossible to connect into while still connected to the bike, and if I remove the housing and connect the cable to the back of it, I cant get the housing back into the bike frame. Not sure if anyone else has had this problem but if so all help appreciated.

[BerndSon]

I ordered the HB010 with 400mm width. The maximum length shown on the HP is 100mm. Thus, I doubt that they delivered something longer than that. Also from measurements it seems to be a 100 stem.

thanks for your reply.
Just checked the length of the stem in your VB-HB-021 picture via pdf measurement function just to rule out the possibility that the presumed error is caused by this part, - it indeed is a 110, all correct.

So the effective reach Bar/Stem really differs by ~15mm in this case 

[chughes]

How is it still working for you

[Eddy_Twerckx]

Anybody have a seatpost that is slightly crooked? I got off the bike and thought my saddle was bent because it had a slight right rotation, but I tried a different saddle and got the same thing. Took off the saddle and it looks like the mounting base is actually crooked and rotated clockwise if looking down on it, making the saddle nose point right. I emailed "Chris" but curious if anybody else noticed a similar flaw.

[siejak]

Same problem, velobuild says it's my saddle's problem even though a few run the same XD