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Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame So, I ended up purchasing the vbr-r-66 endurance disc frame. This seemed to be the most relaxed/comfort frame they offer. It also looks very similar geometry wise to her giant liv. I’m going to let velobuild paint it as well as they say they can fade the paint between pink & blue chameleon. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

Thanks all for the suggestions.
May 11, 2022, 01:23:14 PM 		4
VB-R-066 D Build I'm a bit surprised there isn't a build thread on this frame on here, or a recent one at least.  I purchased this XS frame from Velobuild for my wife as she needed an upgrade to her 2013 Aluminum Giant Avail with 8 speed Sora.  I ordered on May 11 2022 and received the frame on May 25 2022, so pretty fast turn around which surprised me actually.  This frame almost looks identical in geometry to my Canyon Endurace CF SL 7. 

Along with the frame I purchased 2 custom paint colors (pink & chameleon blue) which actually turned ok.  The fade job between colors could be better and maybe we would have picked a lighter chameleon color as the blue tends to look almost black if it isn't light out.  However in the sunlight it does sparkle a bit which is nice. 

I also picked up:
$5 carbon spacer pack
$39 carbon VB-HB-009 handlebars (which i asked for 400mm and I believe they sent 420mm, which is OK and it still works but wasn't told ahead of time)
$35 ST-002 80mm carbon fiber stem (right before shipping Chris did send me an email stating he's substituting this stem for the stem that comes along with their 2021 separate handlebar/stem combo.  I didn't get this email till the next morning after shipping occurred and thought it might be ok.  Turns out it was not.  This stem is big, bulky and has a negative angle it seems.  My wife didn't like it too much.  I just ended up buying an aluminum stem from Amazon for $15 and used that.  Chris is being awesome though and said he'd refund me the cost of the stem so I'm happy)

I got a used 105 fully hydraulic groupset off craigslist for $525 which was an awesome find.  The crank is a 52/36 with 172.5mm cranks which might be a bit big for her but time will tell.  It came with a 11-34t cassette, chain, F&R D's, shifters & calipers.  I did have to buy little things like a bottom bracket, a spacer for one of the calipers, 160mm rotors, bottle cages, bar tape etc.

The wheels are from Elite Wheels that I had custom ordered in 50mm depth & 12k twill pattern & 1420 spokes.  I asked them for a quiet hub but it's still pretty loud.  The tires are GP5000's with pink latex tubes.   

I didn't build it as there is a guy up my street that sorta runs a bike shop out of his garage.  He charged me $150 to put it all together and that included all gear cables, hydro fluid (I had the hydro cables), installing the groupset, BB  etc.  I thought that was a pretty good price but I do wish I had the patience to learn myself. Maybe, if I end up doing another one...

The weight was a bit disappointing though.  I know the 105 r7020 groupset isn't the lightest but the builder said it weighed 17.9lbs/8.1kgs.  Maybe it was wishful thinking but I thought it would have weighed maybe 7.7kg or even less.  The seat is temporary as we still haven't decided on one to get so maybe that will lower the weight but not sure what else I could have done. 

The wife & I have our first real "test ride" tomorrow.  Planning on going 30-40 miles and see how it does but so far seems to be great.  If you have any questions let me know!
June 02, 2022, 10:26:29 AM 		5
Re: VB-R-066 D Build
Quote from: SCassa on June 02, 2022, 11:25:50 AM
Nice looking bike. The contrast in colors do look good. Hope your wife gets on well with it. Did you happen weight the frame and fork separately?
Is the seatpost frame specific? Let us know your wifes thoughts on the frame after she's got a few rides in.

Unfortunately, I did not weigh the frame/fork when it came.  I don't have a scale but the guy who put it all together for me on a theory that the paint added a noticeable amount of weight.  However, when I just had the frame & wheels on it felt light as crap.  The groupset definitely added a lot.  But, my Canyon Endurace with the exact same groupset in Small (which is about a 54cm in Canyon sizing) is about 7.6kg/16.8 with those Elite wheels on, so I dunno.

As for the seatpost I think it's your standard size rounded post.  I had the bike builder cut 2 inches off it because it was so long and I told him it was aluminum.  When I picked up the bike he corrected me and said it was carbon... just really thick carbon.  He showed me the cut off piece and it had to be quarter inch thick or something. 
June 02, 2022, 12:51:37 PM 		1
Re: Pulled the trigger on the Elite Wheel DRIVE wheelset I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a 50D set of wheels.  I chose to get them with no decal which adds 12-15 days to actually make them.  I'll post a pic when I see them before they ship.
June 22, 2022, 12:13:36 PM 		3
Re: Pulled the trigger on the Elite Wheel DRIVE wheelset Any of you 2 in US?  Just curious how long it took for them to arrive.  Elite sent me my UPS tracking number on 7/4 but hasn't been scanned in yet so I assume it's still on a boat somewhere.
July 18, 2022, 08:39:52 AM 		1
Re: Pulled the trigger on the Elite Wheel DRIVE wheelset Man, was mine really on there tight.  I had to take it to a my LBS and they even had a hell of a time unscrewing the end cap thingy.  They finally got it.  Watch out though, those notches on the other end where you use "butter knife" or whatever to hold it will chip away if you aren't careful then it will even be harder to hold it. 

I emailed EliteWheels if they had a video on how to do this & wow did they come through.  I had this video waiting for me in my email about 24 hours later.
July 27, 2022, 09:22:39 AM 		1