Hi MVinter,
I'm very excited to see your built! Please share some pictures. I'm particularly interested to know if you faced the same issues I did:
1. rear axle issue? Did you get it from Peter?
2. How about the headset height and lack of level issue?
3. The brake line feed issue?
I did a first quick ride yesterday to setup everything. Eagle 12x is a lot more delicate to set then my previous 2x9. It has to be dialed in very precisely. Apart from that Eagle is just awesome. Crisp shifting, always in the right gear. And I confirm that I keep my 32 ring.
Frame size is good. I've picked an unusual 17" frame for my 5'11" size, based on top tube length. It was the right choice for a trail oriented bike.
Another test this afternoon, longer one!
Pics will follow monday/tuesday... and in advanced sorry for my Norwegian-English!
1. Some minor problems with the threads and clearances on rear axle. Had to drill bigger hole inside driveside chainstay. Also had to make new threads for bolt holding dropout. Still some misalignment between axle-hole inside dropout and threaded bracket on the outside. You could feel some force is needed to get the rear axle into place. I could try to do something with this but I´m afraid I will make to much free-hole. As it sits now everything is tight and working very well!
2. Absolutely no headset problems. Also fitted Neco headset from Peter, and it just pressed straight into the frame. Spacing is no problem. I´m now running a 50mm thomson stem and a 20mm spacer between headset and stem. Think I will try to swap for a riser bar, but I really love the looks of a flatt bar!
3. The brake line was a pain in the ass! The main problem was between BB and outlet on non-drive side CS. There was some kind of plastic material left inside the CS, but after 2-3 hours of swearing and several different methods I got it thru. Looks clean now! Cable for RD and dropper was a 5min job, no problems!
I have the 21" size and it fits like a dream for my 6´2" or 188cm... Don´t know if the conversion is correct! I have been testing the bike now for some serious freeriding and it is more or less as expected. I think i need to replace the full carbon saddle for freeriding and I should have a dropper with more than 125mm drop. But for normal XC and some flat technical sections the bike is perfect setup. I could be running a lighter crankset but it´s not worth the $$$...
As for drivetrain group. I had an opinion to use the big $ on frame, fork, wheels and maybe brakes, then use what´s left for drivetrain. I still belive this is correct way of setting up a bike, but I have to say I love the crispness from XX1 drivetrain. I have earlier only experience from shimano, but from now on it´s sram for me.
I´m now in the marked for 29er boost wheelset at around 30mm to use for spiked tires and light fast rolling XC tires. Have already bought Ice spiker pro and Thunder burt for this, but really need wheelset!
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