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29er / Light Carbon LCFS947 build
« on: June 08, 2022, 01:34:41 PM »
I finally finished the build and here is the Green Pine.

I was delivered by national post office just 16 days after i made the payment. Amazing work followed by Jim from lightcarbon.

Full build album is in the link.

https://imgur.com/a/lX4lcHO

Frame:
Lightcarbon LCFS947 -Large-

Build

Fork: Rockshox Lyric Select 170mm 42mm with 2 tokens

Rear Shock: Rockshox Deluxe Ultimate 185x55 159mm travel with factory tokens. Found 190€ new on bike24 so no piggyback..

Drivetrain: Shimano XT8100 shifter / SLX7100 Rear derailleur / SLX7100 crankset 32T 170mm/ SLX 6100 Chain & cassette

Brakes: Shimano deore 6120 with metallic pads

Rotors: Slx RT66 203mm F - 180mm R

Handlebar: Nukeproof horizon v2 - 35mm- 25mm rise- 770mm

Stem: Nukeproof horizon 35mm

Wheelset: Nukeproof Horizon v2 102T

Headset and seatpost clamp: Nukeproof

Dropper post: Brand-X 170mm 31.6 going to swap with a friend's 150mm. This frame works allright with Oneup v2 150mm only!

Saddle: WTB volt

Tires: Maxxis Aggressor / Dissector / Assegai on rotation 2.5/2.6

Going to give some ride feedback soon!

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29er / Painting: First Chinese bike experience w/ LCFS947
« on: May 14, 2022, 09:44:51 AM »
Yesterday, my frame is shipped from China. Not sure about the delivery date but I decided to start the topic.

Firstly, I did some preliminary research for painting the frame.
After couple hours of youtube, I was between two options. Spray my bike completely myself or work with a auto body shop.
I get some estimation about the painting price under 100$ even less if i get involved with sanding and stuff. Tbh, I don't mind spend some time to sand the frame.
Auto shop haven't worked on bikes before but, quick research showed me that bike specific paint jobs starts at 200$+.
For now I'm thinking about auto body shop should be good enough for me.

Preparation
I will cover all the pivot points which can be scuffed with the movement, bb, headset, seatpost. Wet sand the UD fiber layer with 600 then 800 grit.

Primer paint
At this stage I'm between getting my own primer or supplied from auto industry.
Options are Spray max 2k epoxy primer spray can OR generic brand 2k primer + thickener + thinner with a spray gun.
Wet sand the primer with 800 or 600+800grit after 24hrs.

Base coat
This is actually the easiest options since I will be quite happy with my jeep's metallic silver.
I can also use some extra shine for the color, for deeper metallic effect. Any idea would be appreciated.
However I'm not sure about 2 color coatings or 1 coating?

Clear Coat
I decided to go with auto industry clear coating since it is pretty durable and spraymax 2k clear coat cost a lot compared to auto spray gun option.
Also Does this stage require 1 coating or 2 coatings?
After applied, frame needs 24 hours to dry, full hardening will be much longer, weeks maybe.

Body shop owner told me base coat and clear coat is one day job and doesn't require any sanding.
Because I don't make any decal(color on color), that sounds right to me. Maybe I will polish the clear coat with 3m ultra fine polisher
I know this is a cheap frame but doesn't have to look cheap.

These information above is my knowledge from internet, I've never done painting before.
Please make your own research before painting.
If someone is experienced enough about painting, maybe clearify the topic?

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