Chinese Carbon MTB > 29er
New Light Carbon LCSF980 XC bike
repoman:
fixed
impmonkey:
--- Quote from: repoman on October 08, 2024, 05:07:31 PM ---fixed
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So not a frame issue?
repoman:
--- Quote from: impmonkey on October 12, 2024, 08:06:49 AM ---So not a frame issue?
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Nah
Rear shock had play but that was because of the aftermarket bushing kit. There was some rattling but it turned out it was the rear cassette had become a bit loose, tightened down the hub nut, no more rattling. I have some cable slap inside the downtube but I just need to put some foam cable covers on.
It's super fun, although I already smashed my ribs on a crash from my front wheel washing out on some wet leaves ;D so I've not been able to ride it for a couple days, right after getting it sorted ;D anxious to ride it again.
I don't have any reference to compare unfortunately since I've never ridden MTB before.
tisun:
Hey repoman, I like this post and love your detailed build report. I'm building an XC bike myself. Question for you:
- Why did you pick this frame over others such as Tantan FM121, SpCycle Sp-M861, etc? To my understanding, this frame is the heaviest among them.
- Total weight of your bike after build?
Thanks for reading man.
repoman:
--- Quote from: tisun on October 18, 2024, 10:35:55 AM ---Hey repoman, I like this post and love your detailed build report. I'm building an XC bike myself. Question for you:
- Why did you pick this frame over others such as Tantan FM121, SpCycle Sp-M861, etc? To my understanding, this frame is the heaviest among them.
- Total weight of your bike after build?
Thanks for reading man.
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I went with this frame primarily because I have a Lightcarbon Gravel frame that I think is pretty good, I don't know much about MTBing, I built this one up to basically learn how to ride technical stuff easier for gravel rides/races that incorporate tech so I figured a short-ish rear travel would be good. I have no interest in bike park/shredding gnar/tail whips sort of stuff.
Bike weighs 25 lbs right now, the 2.4" Purgatories are 1kg each, so with some legit XC tires IE Race Kings/Fast Tracks/Renegades/Ground Controls, a light saddle, and a weight weenie cassette I think this would be a sub 23lbs bike. The post is a Transfer SL so it's super light for a dropper, the rear shock is a Float DPS so its sort of light but not the weight weenie one, the fork is a 2022 Stepcast which is pretty light.
You can't really trust published weights for any of these frames tbh. A lot of them weigh a lot more than what the sellers claim, sometimes they weigh a bit less.
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