Ip256sl building in progress

[brmeyer135]

Today i got my hands on a new wheelset. Sorry guys no chinese carbon:

ZTR crest 29" no tubes, RaRa 2.25 with DT SWISS 240s hubs, dt swiss competition spokes and nipples. ( black)

The reason why i choose for this set is that i had the opportunity to get it at a rear good price. Maybe upgrading the set with a couple of carbon rims in the future, but for now, these are my best new friends..

Set need to be converted to xx1 freehub and 142x12 TA at the rear. Does somebody have experience with converting a hub into 142x12?

Those are good rims for XC....28 hole if you aren't hard on them....32 if you tend to a little AM
Your hub choice is great...you should have a great lightweight wheelset.
Can you tell us the spoke count and weight of your wheelset?
Finally, no apologies - this is YOUR bike.

[Sjon7283]

Both hubs have 32 spoke holes. About the weight, i'm not shure yet.
Hubs about 460gr according to the specs.
Spokes 300 gram
Rims 2x 380grams
Total estimated weight about 1450 grams i think.

[Sjon7283]

Change of brakes. Today i sold my new XX brakes and bought the XTR m987 set. I think both are good brakes, but have heard good reviews about the xtr set. Maybe the Shimano are a bit easier to maintain in the future. Are there other bikers using the xtr brakes?

Good news from Bert: end of the week the frame will be shipped.(EMS) Should arrive in about 2 weeks.

[brmeyer135]

I have the 987s from Merlincycles in UK - best prices especially with strength of dollar and needing to get rid of them for the M9000 line.
Mine came moto.  I removed cable from handle put tape over and ran it up the 057 frame.  Some have put a small nail/screw in to cap off...that is fine if you are cutting your brake lines after running them through your frame because of the displacement.  I was able to reverse the moto and run cables through the frame and not have to bleed.
Like all Shimano's these are grabby(but not as bad as trails with servo-wave) but I have gotten used to them and get good control from them. 

[Sjon7283]

Completed my build list today. Hope to stay under 9kg

Not sure about keeping my Prologo Saddle and my look paddles.

The frame has left Hong Kong at the beginning of last week, so i hope it arrives soon! Any experiences in the shipping times to europe/Holland?

[Vipassana]

I think you're very close on the weight.  Your build is nearly identical to mine and mine is about 20.5 lbs.  Your wheels/tires and brakes are a bit lighter.  If you get the reinforced sidewall RaRa's, they will not be anywhere close to 1050g for the set.  But they will be much tougher.  My RaRa's were in the 620 each range if I recall correctly.

Our builds are close enough that I can say definitively that you will love that machine.  It will climb like not much else you've ridden.  Enjoy. 

[Sjon7283]

Thanks man, can't wait to ride it! I don't have the reinforced RaRa's. In the meanwhile i take a good look at your build 

[Sjon7283]

I'm up to the point if choosing my shiftercable...... Harder than i thougt! I'm considdering, sram, sram slickwire, Jagwire. Does anyone have good experiences with any of them?

[carbonazza]

There are two modes for the shifter cable.

Either you run only the cable trough the frame, as designed.
Stopping the hose at each end.
And passing the cable trough the rails you see when opening the bottom hatch.

Or run the full hose + cable through the frame. Over the BB shell.
Here is a description how I did it: http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,230.msg2109.html#msg2109

Just for information, the SRAM hose coming with the XX1 group has an outer diameter of 4mm, while Jagwire has a 4.5mm

[blueducati]

I've done Jagwire on all three of my road bikes with no issues, FWIW.

[Sjon7283]

[Sjon7283]

Got my iplay toys today! Just finished the break install so its time for some pics. Rear break cable was a bit time consuming, but at the end i managed to instal the brake whithout bleeding.

[Vipassana]

It will feel much better with a bleed on it. Is really recommend it. It's not heard.

[Sjon7283]

I Will bleef the brake tomorrow. I'm now at the point of drilling the cablestopt out. Can somebody tell me how the %#$£$% i can drill the rear stop?

[MTB2223]

With a dremel? Or with a little drill by hand and a lot of patience? I did the last one. It took me 3 hours