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Re: Softail titanium MTB 29/27.5+ (all mountain - bikepacking) First ride : not very confident at first, then the smile arrived after the first downhill.

The bike feels amazing with climbing, perfect position, the front wheel keeps stucked on the ground, the bike is stable and easy to place in technical climbs.
While downhill : tThe downhills were 50% noseturns, 50% trial on rocks. The bike is very long and slack, it needs some time to understand when I need to start the nose turns (even flat turns). Once it is OK, the confidence comes and the smile appears  ;D

It feels like an "easy hardtail", not as smooth as a big full suspension MTB, not as stiff as a conventional hardtail. It feels like heaven to me.
I need some trial practice / manual / bunny up, to understand where is the "balance point" on this bike.









I used 80% of front and rear travel, suspension setting seems OK (no big jumps / compression on that ride)
June 14, 2021, 08:53:35 AM 		1
Re: ICAN P9 29ER ENDURO BUILD Almost 2 years have passed since building this up and it's been bulletproof. Many a huge crash and it's only got a few small scars.
Finished 15th then 16th overall in elite class for our state enduro series the last 2 years.

And a pic incase anybody is wondering how strong it is.
June 16, 2021, 12:38:51 AM 		1
Re: Welcome to Chinertown - Introduce Yourself! Hi. From BC, Canada. Built a CFR 696 upon the thread from Gravel Riding Forum. Custom painted job in Martini Racing Colors. Di2. GRX FD and RD. Tiagra flat mount brakes.
June 23, 2021, 02:01:45 AM 		1
Re: My TanTan FM199 Build finished. Need some more adjustment at the shift but it seems to work well. I had just few rides but I'm very happy with it.
June 29, 2021, 11:16:56 AM 		1
Re: Velobuild VB-R-168 Frame Finished the build last Saturday.

My first proper road bike, my first carbon frame. Nothing fancy.

I didn't build it myself. I brought most of the components to a bike shop in the neighborhood, and let the pro do it for me.

Everything is within expectation. I am satisfied with it, although I wish I had the patience to get the frame painted and to wait for some deeper wheels.

I had a concern that it would be too aggressive for me. It turned out that, with all of the supplied spacers, it's within my comfort. I could probably afford to remove the 0.5mm spacer.
August 12, 2021, 08:41:19 PM 		1
Re: Ican S3 XC Frame I’ve finally finished building mine up and have had a chance to put around 200 miles and 30,000’ of climbing/descending on it. Decided to run 45mm stroke on the rear shock to give me ~112mm rear travel with a 120mm fork and it rides great. Mine came in at 23.5# as pictured. My previous XC bike was a hardtail so I can’t say what a “good” XC suspension platform feels like in comparison, but I’ve felt like it offers plenty of pedaling support while remaining active enough to make trail riding fun. Overall, really happy with the bike. It’s been a blast.
August 21, 2021, 07:56:04 PM 		1
Re: Titan Cycles - Gravel frames First ride tomorrow. Very happy with how it turns out!

p/s i will share components list later on.
August 29, 2021, 06:00:03 AM 		1
Re: TopCarbon TCGF066 gravel frame Why not just state that you're a rep of TopCarbon and offer to field questions about your company's products.  Nobody is going to believe the post you made is legitimate interest from a third party.  This just makes your company look dodgy and desperate.  Which is a shame as a couple of the road frames actually look interesting.
September 28, 2021, 02:43:07 PM 		1
Re: Chinese Carbon 29er Pic Thread. Airwolf frame with a host of nice parts. Really enjoyed this build and have a few more parts to arrive from Tune before the build is “complete”. Bike currently at 7.63kg.
October 02, 2021, 02:22:37 AM 		1
Velobuild GF-002 Bikepacking build.


Just finished my Velobuild GF-002 build and wanted to share.

The build was good fun but being my first time building a bike it was a struggle at points. The hardest part was internal routing 4x hoses including 2x Jagwire compressionless shift housings. I am also struggling to the get the front derailleur to shift up properly so need to do some more tinkering there.

Issues:

The rear brake flat mount on the GF-002 was completely off so I took it to a LBS to face the mount which worked, sadly they soaked the brake pads in mineral oil in the process.  ::)

I originally asked Velobuild for British Racing Green in Gloss and gave them a pantone which they confirmed was ok before ordering. After paying they effectively said 'sorry we dont have' and said I can have the frame in a 'similar' colour which in person is akin to Satin Army Green. Not what I was going for. Wasnt impressed with the paint quality either, there are noticeable edges where the colours change. Not gonna complain for a $60 paint job. I will eventually repaint myself.

EliteWheels originally sent out the wrong wheels so I disputed and asked for a partial refund, then sold the wrong wheels on eBay and re-ordered the right ones. Was not too impressed with their service on Aliexpress including asking me to 'close the case to get a refund' and refusing to re-send the correct wheels unless I paid extra. ::)

Re-ordered from them on another Ali account and had no issues. The wheels are the highlight of the build for me. 1320g @ 50mm depth 21mm internal and ratchet hubs for $620 is nice.

The TPU inner tubes have plastic stems which dont seem to seal properly, the tyres lose a decent amount of air every week. Might try some PTFE tape on the valve core threads.

I didnt research much in the saddle and will probably try a 3d printed one that TraceVelo recommended at some point, the Mixed one is pretty comfortable but I can see it getting a bit painful for 100+km days.

Impressions:

I have only ridden for about 100km or so but loving it so far, never had a drop bar bike so I didnt know what to expect. Aside from the FD not shifting up cleanly no issues so far. With the out of Shimano spec 11-40 cassette I need to be careful not to cross chain otherwise its not pretty. I'm already thinking the 34-40 gearing is a bit excessive and might switch to a 11-36 cassette or 1x but will wait for a while to tackle some more climbs.

I will go on some longer trips next month and hopefully multi-day bikepacking in September.  ;D

Components:


Velobuild GF002 Frame
EliteWheels Edge Disc
GRX600 2x11 Shifters
GRX810 Rear Derailleur With Sunrace SP570 Extended link
Shimano 105 Front Derailleur
11-40 SLX Cassette
ZRace 50-34 Chainset
Magene P505 Spider
GP5000 32mm tyres
Mixed 7D Saddle
Newboiler TPU inner tubes
IGPSport BSC200 head unit

Total cost was around £2200GBP

Weighs 8.3KG with pedals, no bottle cages.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for the FD shifting, I'm thinking it maybe a qfactor issue and will try to swap some spacers around to see if it helps as the low screw is bottomed out and I feel like the shift cage needs to be further out.
July 16, 2023, 01:50:25 PM 		1