nice, now comes the fun part.. 

holly crap... great looking frame, and the vinil mood lookes insanely awesome, hope you do not get mad if i still it 

insane weight, hope to get there some day... loved the bike.

yes you guys by now know i'm picky so i really tested everything... if only i had gone for the file option sooner... the problem is that the angle that the screw makes is tighter the higher you put it, so keeping it as low as possible the problem is less noticeable... now this is a remedy off course, but i guess i managed to get it as straight as i can and in a way that i can live with it. Desmanteling the bike, sending it to china, wait for a new frame, assemble all would be a pain

i would make a drawing... but i will try my best to explain, the problem was that besides the tilted mounts the inclination of the screw pushed the caliper inside the bike... but keeping it low with the
160 rotor the screw almost has no effect. The problem was when i tried to remedy it with adapters and 180 rotors...

like i said i was never making trouble for the sake of making trouble, if it works fine...

the bolts are sram original, not those extra light but will definitely check

the bike weighs 9.6Kg or 21.16 lbs, with 2 water bottle cages and a gps support

The area is named Arrabida Natural Park in Portugal, near the capital Lisbon, great place to ride, a small set of not very high mountains near the Atlantic. Weather has been superb, but cold, even if i guess is hot for some of you guys for this time of the year If you guys came i can be your tour guide... lots of sun, good wine, amazing beaches.

I will post some pictures of the FD tomorrow, i guess it makes a strange angle but it works flawlessly

It's alive, It's alive..... 

The 1st real ride... great winter day, rocky and hard terrain






The 1st ride just near home to test everything









it's fixed, a slow process with the finest file i found, it ended up pretty nice in the end, one can hardly notice by looking at the mounts. I guess as long as the screw is as low as possible the inclination of the screw is not a problem.... so as long as i don't use adapters or any rotor bigger then the 160 (which is enough for me any way) it's OK
If i try the 180 rotor and adapter the problem came back
It's gonna stay like this 

and i have already rode it, and fell. Not the bikes fault, the gps came loose and in the confusion i ended up on the ground, rough rocky terrain and all it took was for me to distract myself for a fraction of a second. So i ended up by riding almost the all time in a little pain and still can't really comment on the ride quality

The suspension was not tunned for me, i followed the RS guidelines and it completely missed the target, ended up for only using half the travel in the end. Guess i have to take some air off.

No noises because of the hydraulic tube, i stuffed some pipe foam in the frame and it worked wonders.
Shifting was crisp, on time and no noises.
The handlebar seemed sturdy and comfortable, and it ended up being the only part of the bike to suffer with the fall, some scratches. I just think 700mm is a bit much for me
The neco headset also behaved very well, no noises, no play. 
Just notice some noise from either the pedal or the BB30 bearings, must take a better look

The rear axle nut has not tight at the end of the ride, not sure i forgot to tight or if it come loose by itself... read more people have this problem with xmiplay axles so got to do some more testing

Not a fan of the Rocket Ron Evo on the front, accepting suggestions.... come from a the Maxxis Ikon and seemed a lot better.

Could be just because i haven't ridden in almost 2 months, but the ride comfort seemed a bit off compared with my 26'' Axman frame. It could be also tires too inflated.

ok, thrusting you, those 4.8mm seem small, the inside is threaded and cannot receive the bearing without some adapter. To have external bearings it does not work, all you have to do is see the manual for sram x0 or xx BB/PF assembly and you clearly understand this, believe me i have one, there is no way i can see

One one side you could always remove the washer you see in your photo (and they depend on the type of frame) on the other side there is no way, not even removing those adjusters you see on the top near the crank itself

homemade solutions you add to be a lot "macgyver" on the crank to get it centered. 

i used bsa, gxp, pf30 and now bb30 (and some older crazy standards). Used bsa on bsa frame. BSA on pf30 frame, pf30 on pf30, a lot of combinations... used a couple of rotor adapters    Now i'm going for a BB30 BB30 combination for the 1st time, i guess the one that gives more problems so i heard, but i am not a heavy guy so it should help. Never encountered any problem to date. By experience bearings last longer on BSA/GXP because they are better encased and protected.

it's really a pain to install BB/PF because you need more tools, i still don't have them. At least 2 kind of pricey. I still have tools for older standards that no one uses any more 

BB/PF has the advantage that it can use every crankset available, just get an adapter. 24mm frames can only use 24mm cranksets. Also there is less 30mm bikes in the market compared to 24mm, and you get better deals, imagine someone changes a bike from 30mm to 24mm and has to sell it, less people to grab it and prices drop.

when mounting always follow the instructions, they tell you what washers to use and how many  Respect it to get the best chain line.
BB/PF allow to assemble bikes with better chain lines and the lower q factor is something i really enjoy.

some very usefull video


i'm still using BSA on BSA on a road bike, no reason in particular, the bike i wanted (merida) come that way.

not exactely ended  but in the right path