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There are very fewchinese d2c manufacturers making rims like that. Farsports make some gravel rims that wide, nextie, lightbicycle. Though the profiles aren't the best aerodynamically, particularly nextie. Ideally you want the rim edge to be wider than the tyre and then the rim to ulge out a bit before tapeting off so the cross section of the tire and rim is as eliptical as possible.
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I'd love to see Hambini reaming it  ;D

Hambini did a review of a Lightcarbon gravel frame, up on YT. I'm to stupid to get a URL working in this forum, so you have to find it yourself.
Well worth a look get a feel for LightCarbons QC/QA and engineering principles.
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Are you sure it is not a loose headset? I had this with my gravel bike.
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I finally finished my bike a couple of weeks ago. On my first rides, I had issues with my front brake: it stutters when breaking and it gets more intense the harder I brake.
I tried a couple of things like checking that the disc is clean, sanding the brake pads, re-aligning the brake multiple times, checking that the disc is not bent. Finally, I bought a tool (https://www.bike-components.de/en/Birzman/Clam-Disc-Brake-Gap-Indicator-Assembly-Tool-p53339) to help me aligning the disc. I did a short test and it seemed to work but after three times hard braking it was back again.

Anyone experienced something similar like this before? Any suggestions what else to do?

To me, it seems to be a problem with aligning the disc correctly; the brake must have changed position when braking hard.
I followed the mounting instructions of SRAM and there Newtown meter values when installing the break. Does it makes to increase the torque by 1 or 2 Nm? One idea I had while writing this was using Loctite - does that make sense?

Thanks a lot for any suggestions!
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Hi, i know there are many wheelset manufacturers, just thozght there could be some with aeri advantages for 30mm tires like ultra wide rims.

Thanks mates
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Component Deals & Selection / Wheelset recommendation for 30mm tires
« Last post by Casio20 on Today at 03:56:16 AM »
Hi, i know there are many wheelset manufacturers, just thozght there could be some with aeri advantages for 30mm tires like ultra wide rims.

Thanks mates
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The pictures Wing sent me showed 980g and 400g unpainted. I think for XL but not sure. I didn’t weigh the frame/forks painted.
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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Re: Lower headset gap?
« Last post by Sebastian on Today at 01:55:58 AM »
There are 2 different headset bearing designs. One with 45 degree angle and the other being 36 degree angle/chamber.   One really doesn't want to mix and match the different angle bearing to different fork/centering rings.   With the above stated as one possible problem,  gaps are common even when the fork/centering ring and the bearing have the same angles.
(Tolerance stack up.)  Different bearing manufacturers can machine in larger or smaller OD chambers that cause the bearing to sit higher of lower on the fork/centering ring.  The same machining tolerances can happen with the centering ring.   

Almost all of my recent bike builds have a 1-2mm gap.

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Looks like your crown race clearly doesn't match the bearings inner race. Therefore the bearing sits on top of the crown race. Get another bearing or an entire lower headset. I can wholeheartedly recommend the CaneCreek 10 series enty level headsets. On the cheap side and still very good and durable.
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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Carbonda 505SL Integrated Stem
« Last post by makl on Today at 01:53:33 AM »
I didn't find it in the threat: Could anybody comment on frame and fork weight?
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Maintenance, Mechanics, & Tools / Re: Disconnecting hydraulic hoses
« Last post by Sebastian on Today at 01:52:43 AM »
has anyone ever tried these quick connectors for hydro lines? I've been eyeing these when building my bike up but ended up not using them.
But they could be a good solution. My bike has the hydro lines showing under the stem. You could put the quick connectors there and just detach the bars.
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