Spcycle New Mold SP-R088 Carbon Road Frame

[jonathanf2]

Mechanical shouldn't be an issue. If my ER9 ever dies, I'll just replace it back with Ultegra mechanical!

[simo8891]

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your build! Mechanical shouldn’t be an issue. The bottom bracket area is quite tight but still enough space to run all the cables. If you are running separate bar and stem and use the headset cover that comes with the frame routing the cables through the headset shouldn’t be too difficult either.

Thanks.
I'm looking forward to it now. Good to know that it's doable and tbh I think a separate stem and handlebar in combination with the headset cover is likely going to be the end result. We will see.

[user757]

Did you guys use carbon paste for your seat post to keep it in place? Some quick tests pushing on it with the little wedge thingy in there and it seems to slip with some pressure. No torque wrench yet though so uncertain how right it is, just going off feel

[user757]

I didn't tie mine to the seat post, I used the ribbon only to pull it out of the seat tube. The ribbon makes it so you can pull the battery out with no hassle. Without the ribbon, I had to use a wire clothes hanger to push it out from the bottom bracket!

Also just to add more details about my procedure. I'd avoid any tape on the ER9/X battery holder because the seat tube is so tight. The only thing I added was rubber cement (with time to dry) after placing the battery cables into the battery holders for extra security. Once dried it adds a bit of bonding and it's easy to remove. I'm not fond of electrical tape, because after a prolonged period of time the adhesive gets gooey.

I had to cut my seat tube because it was too high with the battery installed. Without the battery I was able to adjust the height to size. If you have to cut the seat tube, I would cut conservatively until you get it down to the right height. I would also use fine grit sand paper after cutting to smooth out the edges.

How'd you keep the ribbon near the top of the seat post? Taped to the frame at the top?

[jonathanf2]

How'd you keep the ribbon near the top of the seat post? Taped to the frame at the top?

I tie both ends of the battery holder. The one closest to the plug gets a longer piece of ribbon. The top ribbon is slightly shorter. After placing the battery holder all the way down the seat post, the ribbon still sticks out of the seat tube opening. I then slide the seat post directly over it and no need to tape it. The only reason I tie 2 pieces of ribbon is mainly for redundancy, just in case one comes off the battery. 

[jonathanf2]

Did you guys use carbon paste for your seat post to keep it in place? Some quick tests pushing on it with the little wedge thingy in there and it seems to slip with some pressure. No torque wrench yet though so uncertain how right it is, just going off feel

I use carbon paste on every carbon interface area except for bearing and bottom brackets. 

[Benbenben]

I am back with my headset cover questions. I received the frame today and measured the headset cover width. It's 58mm. The balugoe integrated bar seems to be 47mm wide. I though the width of headset covers was standard size. I am I wrong or will I have to ask balugoe if they have a 58mm wide headset cover?

[Bonus79]

I am back with my headset cover questions. I received the frame today and measured the headset cover width. It's 58mm. The balugoe integrated bar seems to be 47mm wide. I though the width of headset covers was standard size. I am I wrong or will I have to ask balugoe if they have a 58mm wide headset cover?

Yes, the Spcycle headset cover is 57.5mm wide...how wide is the frame's head tube?

I ordered the Elita One SL8 handlebar, theoretically it should also come with a 52mm bearing cover...let's hope so!

[Bonus79]

Nice! Welcome here . I also chose this frame as my first build in years. I have build up around 6 Bikes myself; but that was around 20 years ago. Dealing with chinese frames was a pain in A back then.You will be the first one here to set it up mechanically. Curious to see how it works out; shouldnt be a problem though.  I hope this build goes smoothly. Still contemplating Wheeltop groupset/Di2 /Sram electric or mechanical. Depends on what I can get my hands on I guess. I ordered the XL frame in Pearl White. Going for that Bora Hansgrohe look

I ordered the raw frame to have it painted locally.

At the moment I am torn between two colors:

1) like Bora Red Bull, but instead of the sponsors, report the names of some symbolic walls of the Northern Classics (and maybe a Flanders lion instead of the red bull);
2) like Tarmac SL8 dove gray marbled effect.

I started with the idea of ​​a light silver color (like the SL8 PRO) but, as beautiful as it is, it seems a bit "flat" to me, and so I would like something that gives a "movement" effect.

The nice thing about the Bora Red Bull color is the tone-on-tone writing but, from the videos I've seen, in the sun they don't stand out as much as I would like, and the frame simply looks white (so I'm considering using a color slightly darker than white).

The dove gray marbled color is very nice and in the sunlight it looks even better, but it seems too shiny and I don't like that, so in that case I would opt for a semi-gloss finish.

Obviously instead of the S-Works writing and Specialized logo I had thought of applying Spcycle writing on the down tube and Spcycle logo on the front of the head tube (both modified, see attached photo), without writing on the down tube it would seem too "empty" to me.

I attach some videos where you can clearly see the colors.


What do you suggest?

Thanks

[Bonus79]

Sorry, but I can't attach the YouTube links....

[fhill]

I tie both ends of the battery holder. The one closest to the plug gets a longer piece of ribbon. The top ribbon is slightly shorter. After placing the battery holder all the way down the seat post, the ribbon still sticks out of the seat tube opening. I then slide the seat post directly over it and no need to tape it. The only reason I tie 2 pieces of ribbon is mainly for redundancy, just in case one comes off the battery. 

I did it quite similar on my X68, I took some solder wire and tied it at the battery holder, and then inserted this into the seatpost so that when the battery holder won't come out with the seat post, i can simply pull at the solder wire. But in the end I went for the other solution with a holder that expands in the seatpost

[Benbenben]

Yes, the Spcycle headset cover is 57.5mm wide...how wide is the frame's head tube?

I ordered the Elita One SL8 handlebar, theoretically it should also come with a 52mm bearing cover...let's hope so!

Just received the bar, it comes with a cover of 57.5mm. they would have benefits of posting it on the Ali item listing. Anyway the bar is great. Everything screams quality and it even came in a nice bag.

[Tilmanstoa5ty]

Just a little update as i just took a nice photo of the bike. Going strong after now roughly 700 km. Mostly shorter rides haven’t done a really long ride yet. Absolutely love the bike and don’t have any issues at all. Can‘t wait to do the race on it on may 1st.

[alfiomotrambo]

Just a little update as i just took a nice photo of the bike. Going strong after now roughly 700 km. Mostly shorter rides haven’t done a really long ride yet. Absolutely love the bike and don’t have any issues at all. Can‘t wait to do the race on it on may 1st.

Stunning bike Tilmanstoa5ty, keep us updated with the race, planning to do the same (build it and race it)

Enjoy!

[jonathanf2]

I haven't been on my R088 for a week, due to riding either my gravel bike or my other road frame! The way I have it setup, it climbs like a champ! Also the new thru axle feels solid, though to be honest I didn't notice any wheel issues before I discovered the issue with the original TA! I'm thinking of swapping the tires out for some 30c for better road durability, but I love climbing with 25c tires!

A few photos from today's ride.