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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: November 13, 2016, 06:57:30 PM »
It seems my 062 has a small crack. http://imgur.com/gallery/NZiPN   the first picture shows the first cracking i noticed. The second picture shows a small crack that i cant feel, however every 2 days it leaks out white stuff.. I asked workswell what to do.. they said ride it harder to see if it is a paint crack or a structural crack. I have since ridden it 500km standing more and mashing it as much as I can.. I really can't say if it has gotten any larger, but we will see since I have only had my frame for 1 year/1500km.. I weight 200lbs and ride 99% xc trails with no major jumps/drops..

Will keep others up to date on the process with them.

Mine's cracked in this identical location.  It's got 1300 miles on it now, and the crack started maybe 200 miles ago. It's slowly gotten worse and has now appeared on the other side of the tube as well.  I mean very slowly.  Can't say I'm all that confident anymore in it, I fully expect it to fold in half everytime I cross a rock garden.  For that reason I'm planning to replace it with a name brand frame that probably costs 4-5 times as much.  All in all, I still got my money's worth from the 062. 

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Light bicycle. I have two sets. They're amazing, you can't go wrong with any of them. I bought one set built up with hope hubs and did one myself with DT Swiss. I wouldn't even consider any other brand rim.

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: July 05, 2016, 10:05:56 PM »
Hit 1000 miles on my 062.  No real problems with it, still going strong.  It's gone from SS to 1x11, and back to SS.  I've run both an eccentric bottom bracket and a BB30 crank.  these are great bikes. 

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Elliptical Chainrings. Thoughts?
« on: July 05, 2016, 10:03:36 PM »
I have one on my SS and 1x11 bikes.  I really like the oval rings, get one!

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Broke my chiner handlebar today in half.  So lucky I didn't crash.  I can't even imagine how much worse it could have been.  It just happened to fail coming out of a dip so I wasn't really pushing on it and was coming back uphill so going relatively slowly.  This bar had 250 miles on it.

I have chiner handlebars on three of my bikes (Niner EMD9, Niner Jet9 RDO, and Chiner 062), and have over 1500 miles on them in total.  For me, never again.  I'm going with US bars only from US dealers and only bars that are new out of the box, so I can verify they are in fact real.  I'm sure you can think of plenty of reasons why I broke this bar and shouldn't have, but never again for this guy.  There are probably several chiner versions available that are high quality, but I'm not willing to conduct the quality control testing anymore with my own body!  These bars were beautiful, super light, and cheap.  But, not worth it.  Today I ordered an expensive US bar to replace it, and it seemed like money well spent.

I've got 1000 miles on a chiner frame, and i do still plan to ride it, although I wonder if I can ever really trust it now.  I'm done with chiner bars though. 

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29er / Re: Carbon Integrated Handlebar for MTB
« on: May 10, 2016, 11:22:59 PM »
Seems light but a stem and bar are lighter. No adjustment makes it a deal breaker. You'll twist your bar in the stem to make it just right. This setup doesn't allow it. Looks cool but isn't lightest or that useful.

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: April 24, 2016, 10:59:23 PM »
About 800 miles on my 062 now. Zero issues. I just upgraded to a brand name $3k frame. And so far I prefer the 062. I'll give it some time.

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29er / Re: Dealing with BB Squeak
« on: March 11, 2016, 08:50:18 PM »
BSA is where it's at.  If you have someone who builds and maintains your bike for you, pressfit might....might be worth it. 

I have both pressfit and BSA.

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: March 08, 2016, 10:04:22 PM »
G'day gent's!
RS VR6: What is the 062 frame's condition now for almost 10 months with your riding style? I guess it is holding up much better than the 256SL.

My 062 has 9 months on it now and right around 600 miles.  No issues so far.  I beat on it pretty good.  Not totally sure I understand what qualifies as XC vs AM, but sure feel like i put it to its limits.  I destroy tires routinely, but no frame problems. 

Recently bought a $1500 Niner carbon frame to build a second bike, and still prefer this chiner.

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: February 14, 2016, 10:48:31 PM »
Dang, sorry fellas. I got a pf30 and had no such trouble. It showed up with no bb, I put my eccentric in, and it's been great for several hundred miles. I didn't realize how lucky I was.

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: January 08, 2016, 07:16:01 PM »

How is the EBB holding up in the Carbon PF30 Shell? Any Creaks? How long have you been running it with the EBB for?

About 400 miles. No problems, no creaks. It's great so far.

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29er / Re: Viperdriver's 18.5lb Hardtail Build
« on: December 27, 2015, 05:31:45 PM »

Why the seat post has this shape ?

No idea why.  I figure the Chinatown supplier thought it would look faster that way and he'd sell more of them.  At the time it had the most orders on Aliexpress for compatible 27mm seatposts.  Whenever I buy things there I always choose those with the most orders.  Probably faulty logic.

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29er / Re: Viperdriver's 18.5lb Hardtail Build
« on: December 27, 2015, 05:29:07 PM »
So you switched from single speed to the derailleur?  How did the weight change?  I never seriously considered a single speed, but was curious on how much weight it would drop.

Yes, that's right.  Added just over a pound for the shifter, derailleur, and cassette.  So far I prefer SS, but trying to give gears a chance.  That's XX1 stuff though, pretty light.  Probably could drop a couple pounds, esp if you have multiple chainrings up front.

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: December 27, 2015, 05:26:12 PM »
Nice looking bike Viperdriver! Why did you go to geared? I was debating about making mine a SS. Mainly because I ordered a dedicated plus frame from Workswell and the SS conversion would be the cheapest way to keep it in the stable. And I always wanted to try one.

Been SS for a decade, wanted to try 1x gears and see how they work.  Really just wanted to see if I'd be faster with gears.  It's ok.  More weight, more hassle.  Marginally faster on most of the trails I ride.  In the end I'll probably end up with either two bikes, or remove the gears and go back to SS on my lone bike.  I'm trying to give gears a chance, but it's not as fun. 

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29er / Re: Workswell WCB-M-062
« on: December 27, 2015, 01:14:33 PM »
What is EBB? Sorry for my ignorance. I have to buy a frame for an xx1 gxp crank. What do you suggest me, bsa o bb92?

ebb=eccentric bottom bracket.  it allows the smaller GXP crank to move for/aft/up/down inside the bottom bracket of the frame to change the overall length between the chainring and sprocket.  You only need it for single speed, and even then it's just one of many options to tension the chain. 

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