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Re: Velobuild VB-R-218
Quote from: mattgolt on April 14, 2023, 11:41:02 AM
Thank you very much for the picture. Apparently I have mistaken you for someone who had frame cracking at the seat post screws, haha. But thanks a ton for your effort

That was me. I got my seatpost set up to a seat height of approx 81.5cm. The seat tube is 54cm tall on my XXL frame. I dunno how long exactly the seatpost is but I marked and measured it and it's inserted around 10cm. I'm pretty sure though that my frame cracked upon the first installing of the seatpost when torqued the bolts up to 4nm. At least I heard a cracking noise then. Actual cracks only showed after the second ride, though. But ever since I repaired it, it holds up fine. I still haven't built up my replacement frame because I see no reason to do so.
April 17, 2023, 06:57:57 AM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-218 I don’t see why you couldn’t use that stem and bar with the 218 frame. But you would have to use a different upper headset bearing compression ring. From what I can see, the compression ring that comes with the 218 will route two cables each left and right to line them up with two holes in the integrated bars. That stem however has only one big hole which won’t line up with the compression ring. The compression ring that comes with the 168 should work however, since that frameset is being sold with that bar and stem.


Also, the spacer and bar that come with the 218 frame fit best in terms of the shape. The headset top cap perfectly integrates into the frame and another top cap might look slightly odd. But that’s just aesthetics.

April 18, 2023, 09:34:09 PM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-218 Not sure what you mean by cleaning the interior of the BB. A press fit assembly is best left alone once it’s installed and creak free. That’s why IMO it’s best to install a BB that comes as a one piece shell or a thread together two piece shell like the ones from Wheels Mfg. Once those are in you can then just replace the bearings if necessary by knocking the old ones out and pressing a set of new bearings into the shell which remains in the frame.

At least on the PF30 frame that I had, the fitment deteriorated with each new BB that I pressed in until I had to use Loctite for a good and creak free fit. But maybe that’s not the case with every frame. I dunno.
April 20, 2023, 12:55:36 AM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-218 There’s no need to clean the inside of the BB shell IMO. You could clean and relube your bearings. But on most bearings the seals can’t easily be popped off and reinstalled and you might do more harm than good. I usually leave it alone. At most, I take out the crank once in a while and remove debris and dirt that’s caught inbetween the crank arm and the BB. Once the bearings sound rough, I might attempt to clean and relube them. But that usually doesn’t really prolong their life significantly. Once they start sounding rough that’s usually a sign that they need replacing. With all that said, I don’t feel like my BBs wear out prematurely. But I had two PF30 frames and on those, the BB bearings did not last as long as the BB on my BSA road bikes. I bought a used Campy crank from 2009 for my steel road bike. No idea how old the bearings were. But after around 10.000k one of them needed replacing. The used record square taper BB on my commuter was more than ten years old when I bought it. I rode it for five years in all weathers including salty winter roads with absolutely no maintenance. And it still wins every spin test.
April 21, 2023, 02:06:49 PM 		1
Re: Campagnolo freehub body for Ican hubs? No need to use Campy cassettes for 11 and 12 speed unless you really desperately want to. I used various Campy 11 groupsets with both Campag cassettes and other manufacturers. No difference. There’s just too limited space to make a difference in cassette spacing. And GCN Germany did a vid about the compatibility of 12 speed cassettes between manufacturers. Same thing. Everything works with everything basically. You might have to trim a bit here and there.
April 22, 2023, 12:16:15 AM 		1
Re: Elves Falath EVO 2023 GC Performance posted a YT-vid of his Falath EVO. Apparently there is a review coming. The frame proportions do look a lot less weird on the bigger frame sizes. The sloping top tube really doesn’t work well with the chunky tube shapes on the small frames aesthetically IMO. Still, he’s got the full spacer tower beneath his bars which not only looks kinda strange, but it adds a whopping 100g to the build.

Design and geometry wise this bike still strikes me as a weird one. Can’t wait to see more builds, though.
April 25, 2023, 03:15:28 AM 		1
Re: Is 50mm of spacers above the headset dust cap safe on carbon steerer tubes? I’ve never heard of any manufacturer setting a definite limit to how much spacers you can stack.
Also, how much stress this puts on your fork steerer depends just as much on your body weight and on your stem length.
For me personally, I don’t like it when the expander plug in the fork steerer does not expand into the upper headset bearing because I feel this significantly reduces the support that the steerer has against bending stresses at that point.
If I needed to stack that much, I’d rather go up a frame size and shorten my stem. If that’s not possible, I’d look at another frame instead.
However, if you check some of Trace Velos builds, he’s running quite a few spacers below his bars and seemingly has no issues.
May 02, 2023, 08:40:48 AM 		2
Re: Spider mounted power meter advice Here’s my Magene P505 setup. I’ve done around 200k so far.
I can confirm that the power readings are basically identical with my Favero Assiomas. So I trust the unit. Initial concerns that it was over reading were unfounded. Turns out that gravel riding is just harder than road.  :)
Never had a PM on my gravel bike before, so I was surprised.
Only criticism I have to voice is that the fit on the crank spider interface was rather loose compared to the SRAM spider I took off. I hope this won’t cause problems in the long run but so far everything is silent.
May 05, 2023, 01:31:21 AM 		2
Re: Road 12 speed Cassette for Campagnolo Hubs Current Campy 12speed doesn’t need the N3W freehub.
That being said, I’ve never seen any third party manufacturer producing cassettes for Campy freehubs except maybe for Miche and Edco.
Bdopcycling.com from Taiwan did. produce their 11sp Monobloc cassettes also for Campy freehubs. Their 12sp cassettes however are currently only available for Shimano. You could ask them. They’re usually quick to answer.

May 10, 2023, 07:36:14 AM 		1
Re: Scott Foil replica I mean how likely is it that they would produce Syncros branded bottle cage bolts for a fake frame? Can’t be sure. But I think the photos are showing the real thing.
May 11, 2023, 02:13:46 AM 		2