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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Re: Carbonal Venture SL budget lightweight 1x10 build
« on: January 19, 2015, 03:32:51 PM »
Fair point Carbon_Dude and well calculated!!  Everything bar taxes and decals is paid for; excluding pedals which I already have, the build to date is 2250 euros!

I have been MTB'ing for a long time but don't change bikes often.  Currently I race an Ellsworth Truth thats about 7 years old.  I built it up with full XTR, XTR Wheels, King, Pace forks and  Thompson kit.  I have no complaints about it and have done a La Ruta and two Transalps on it.  However I never "loved" it!

Mostly I ride a 15 year old Titanium Airborne Lucky Strike that was originally built with XTR, Mavic 517's on XTR, King, Pace forks and Thompson kit (notice a theme here?).  This has had many reincarnations, but getting rear disc brake bosses welded on a few years gave it a whole new lease of life. Lately it's a single speed rigid, I do nearly all my cycling on it and I love it.

So in comparison this project is more of a budget effort.  Apart from simple economic reasons it also gives me a chance to try out a carbon frame and a slightly different approach to geometry without tieing myself to a 2k frame.


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26er & 27.5 (650b) / Carbonal Venture SL budget lightweight 1x10 build
« on: January 18, 2015, 01:47:18 PM »
So I pulled the trigger on a new 650b hardtail build and ordered a Venture SL frame and assorted bits from Carbonality.

The theme of this build could be descibed as budget, lightweight, 1 x 10, XC Race, black.  While I'm waiting for stuff to arrive I might expand on it further, along with some other background information and opinions that you can skip or, if you're bored, read.

Build list;
Venture SL 650b, 19", threaded BB, 12x142mm dropouts.
Rockshox SID RLT forks Pushloc 15x100mm
Crest Rims on DT350 hubs, DT comp spokes
XT Brake Levers and Calipers
XTR rear shifter
XT rear mech with OneUp RADr cage
XT 10-36 cassette with OneUp 42 and 16 tooth sprockets
OneUp 34 tooth wide/narrow chainring
XT Cranks and Bottom Bracket
Shimano XT HG95 Chain
Seatpost, Flat bars, Headset and Rear Axle from Carbonality too
Stem Crank Brothers Iodine 2, 80mm, 6 degree
Saddle Selle Italia XC SLR Ti
Grips Ergon GS2
Tyres  Schwalbe Rocket Ron 2.1 Snakeskin
Pedals Time Atac XC 8

Everything was bought at reduced prices and my final choice on forks, saddle and wheels was flexible depending on what deals were on offer.  All the rest was bought at the cheapest price possible.  The stem was simply the cheapest on sale 80mm 6 degree stem I could find as I have no idea what stem I will need to achieve my desired stack/reach.

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Vendor Discussion & Reviews / Re: Any Opinions, Experiences of Carbonal(ity)?
« on: January 01, 2015, 02:31:28 AM »
I was just having a look at Xmiplays "about us" page.

"Xiamen Iplay Sports Goods Co, Ltd, established in 2012, is a company focusing on the import and export of high-quality sports goods, with a group of young dynamic working staff and experienced manufacturers.
Our aim is to provide an outstanding door-to-door package service to our customers. We mainly deal in professional carbon fiber bicycle parts, whose design team has also been responsible for the design, production and sales of the famous brands SPECIALIZED and CARBONAL for two decades, as well as deal in sports supplementary equipment, such as sports shoes, sportswear, T-shirts and the like."

It looks like they are a recently established dealer, not manufacturing themselves but possibly buying from Carbonal (who appear to be a manufacturer)?

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Vendor Discussion & Reviews / Re: Any Opinions, Experiences of Carbonal(ity)?
« on: January 01, 2015, 02:24:24 AM »
Thanks for that.  Sorry you had such a bad time with them.  There is not a lot of feedback (that I can find) out there about them, either negative or positive.
If anyone else has any experiences with them them I'd appreciate hearing about them.

I was looking at the Venture 650B hardtail, 12x142, hookless rims and seatpost and bars.

David

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Vendor Discussion & Reviews / Any Opinions, Experiences of Carbonal(ity)?
« on: December 31, 2014, 02:28:31 PM »
Hi All,
As per the title.  I am thinking of buying a frame and some bits from them.

Thanks

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