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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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Hi all

First of a couple of posts about my build of this bike.

I’ve bought the integrated frameset in XL painted RAL 5025 - metallic effect Pearl Gentian Blue. The frame has arrived and quality of manufacture and paint job is very high, even better than the already good 29er hardtail I bought from Carbonda last year.

I wasn’t sure whether I’d want offset or zero offset seatpost so bought both. And like a number of others looking at Carbonda’s integrated gravel bars, CGB02, ideally I’d have wanted a longer stem and narrower bar than they offer (80x400, 90x420, 90x440, 100x440). But I took a punt at their 44cm bars and 100mm stem version. And as someone else has observed, they actually feel narrower than their stated width, which for my preferences is a good thing. They feel stiff and the cable ports are well finished (and wide).

I’m halfway through building with the parts listed below. Will post pictures and conclusion when finished. For now, a word on the headset:

I wanted to replace the headset that came with the frame - mainly because I don’t trust the bearings (and with an integrated set up I didn’t want to be replacing them in a hurry…), but also because the FSA ACR headset cover looks neater than the Carbonda one. So I ordered the FSA ACR #55, which is compatible with the Carbonda bars (and spacers). Slightly problematic. The headset top cover works well with the bars, and looks better than the Carbonda one. And it is compatible with Carnonda’s top bearing compression ring (which as it happens looks like a better design than the FSA one). But the FSA bearings are a) 51.8 OD wheareas the Carbonda ones are 52 (which is the required size for the frame, the 51.8 bearings are a bit loose); b) the FSA bearings are 36/45 and the Carbonda ones are 45/45 (which makes no difference if you don’t mix and match race and compression ring); but c) the FSA bearings sit much lower in the frame and so (either) top cover rubs against the top of the headtube when tightened. So, I’ve gone and ordered a pair of Hambini MH-P16 bearings and plan to use these with the Carbonda compression ring, Carbonda crown race and FSA headset top cover. We’ll see.

Build list:
- SRAM Force XPLR 2023 1x (with Pass Quest 42T chainring)
- Ali X cheap ‘Carbon Fibre’ saddle. Now use this on all my bikes - cheap and comfortable, even on my hardtail
- ZTTO T47 bottom bracket. Looks ok, not ridden.
- two pairs of wheels: both rims supplied by Leon at Yuananbike - 24mm internal, 39mm depth tubeless hooked. One pair will be built 28/28 with Pillar Wing 20 straight pull on Goldix GDR310 hubs. Waiting on rims. Other pair being built 24/24 with Sapim CX Ray on Malcolm’s Borg hubs (The Cycle Clinic). Will put 33mm slicks on the 24/24 and Conti Terra Trails on the 28/28.
- ZTTO bottle cages.

Cheers
Ben


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One thing to be wary of - it seems like Wheeltop are not providing direct assistance for groupsets not bought from their website. There's a marketing rep in the Wheeltop EDS Facebook group that keeps posting messages such as this:

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29er / Re: SERAPH TANTA FM121 Mountain carbon frame
« Last post by akuutti247 on Today at 12:55:02 AM »
Hello

A geometry chart with a longer fork (F: 530, 120 mm fork travel) would be more useful. Geometry calculator corrects this, but who uses a 120 mm rear travel frame with a 100 mm fork?

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It probably wasn’t a good idea to buy 5 ER9 groupset especially since it seems LTwoo hasn’t ironed out their issues.
I agree very much, but we had 4 bikes to build up day 1 and I bought a spare in case we had one dead on arrival or breaking right at the outset.
At the time of purchase, it was pretty much the only electronic option available, and I definitely have mixed feelings with sensah mechanical, my experience has been very mixed. And routing 4 hoses in the bike instead of 2?... L-TWOO mechanical I didn't like the thumb shift thing. And Shimano/ SRAM were way out of budget.
So we're now paying the price of beta testing.
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