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29er / Re: FM-1286 out of stock, Nukeproof Dissent offered as an alternative
« on: January 10, 2025, 08:36:57 AM »
The carbon dissent is a sweet looking bike. 1440 is great deal too, congrats!
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29er / Re: FM-1286 out of stock, Nukeproof Dissent offered as an alternative
« on: December 29, 2024, 10:29:28 AM »
Do you have a link to the FM-1286 geo chart/pictures? None of the links work in the other thread.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Carbon Speed Gravel Frameset Giveaway!
« on: June 13, 2024, 09:13:47 AM »
Thanks for organizing!
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: October 03, 2023, 09:12:11 AM »
Too bad the aliexpress one breaks. I've had it my cart for a while to try out. The original is over $100 shipped to Canada lol.
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29er / Re: LCFS948 - a new enduro from Light Carbon
« on: September 17, 2023, 07:40:30 PM »
It does look similar the Scor 4060. Which was on my list when I was looking to replace my 947. Looks cool.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: How do yall feel about the value of open mold road bikes vs mainstream brands?
« on: September 12, 2023, 09:35:26 AM »
Yeah location is definitely key. In Canada prices are crazy for bikes still. A new mechanical 105 carbon TCR with aluminum wheels is 3800cad. Even Canyons and other DTC we have to pay a bunch extra from HST and duty sometimes. The used market is even more crazy than new, decade old carbon 105 rim brake bikes for 1.5kcad is normal. Sometimes you can find good deals for older bikes. But if you want modern carbon frame + carbon wheels there's really no competition here at all if you're comfortable building.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velo Build R-099 Build
« on: September 10, 2023, 10:09:14 PM »
Hard to tell from the pictures. Did you try taking the crank arm bolts out completely and the little lock clip off and then pressing on the crank arm? Maybe it's a little tight or something.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velo Build R-099 Build
« on: September 10, 2023, 03:44:45 PM »
I used this ztto bb: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33023047002.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.81.25791802wy98FE
Worked with R7000 105 cranks so it should work with the new ones too? Did take quite a bit of force to get it completely seated.
Worked with R7000 105 cranks so it should work with the new ones too? Did take quite a bit of force to get it completely seated.
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29er / Re: T1000 Full Carbon Fiber 27.5er DH Suspension Frame MTB BSA 240*76mm Rear Shock
« on: September 08, 2023, 08:32:12 AM »
I think this frame design has been around for a while. Lightcarbon has it listed and Evolve (apparently they're bankrupt and stole everyone's money lol) sold it as the Skypilot a few years back.
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc!
« on: September 03, 2023, 03:21:07 PM »
Those 6 piston calipers are interesting. Very expensive though.
I had an ok time with the Juin Tech F1s. The cable housing/routing seems very important to get them to feel good. Yet another difficulty with integrated handlebars/stem/headset. At least there's some cheaper fully hydraulic groupset options now.
I had an ok time with the Juin Tech F1s. The cable housing/routing seems very important to get them to feel good. Yet another difficulty with integrated handlebars/stem/headset. At least there's some cheaper fully hydraulic groupset options now.
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velo Build R-099 Build
« on: September 03, 2023, 08:28:13 AM »I didnt want to dremel my FD so dremeled some Jagwire cable ends instead, they fitted quite securely and saves 'ruining' your FD.
I mean this part to dremel. At least on my frame it's just compression fit with a little bolt. Unscrew it and it pops out.
https://i.imgur.com/ziZHkDs.png
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velo Build R-099 Build
« on: September 01, 2023, 03:32:28 PM »
If you have a front derailleur with a cable stop (like 105) you can just dremel out the built in cable guide hole so housing fits through. Much easier to deal with and less fiddly.
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Component Deals & Selection / Re: Recommendations for integrated handlebar?
« on: August 01, 2023, 01:57:53 PM »
I have that kocevelo bar/stem, in 380x80mm. Have about 500km on it so far on my velobuild 099. The inner steerer surface was painted and wouldn't fit on the velobuild steerer tube. So I had to dremel/sand down the inside a tiny bit so it would fit nicely. Not sure if they're all like that or it was just a bad combination of generous tolerances from vb and kocevelo. It came with a variety of plastic spacers and headset pieces. Was a little tricky for cable routing but every one of these combo bars is. Doesn't seem flexy but I'm not putting down insane watts and only weight 130lbs.
For 100$ I'm super happy with it. Here's a couple pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/B7Iibc9
For 100$ I'm super happy with it. Here's a couple pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/B7Iibc9
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Unreadable Topic: "VeloBuild Headset Play Issue"
« on: June 29, 2023, 06:58:18 PM »
I recently received the new velobuild c ring and it is a big improvement! With the original c ring + microspacers or the kocevelo ring + microspacers I still had a tiny bit of front-back play. Had to push forward on the back of the steerer to notice it. With the new ring there is no more play at all! I still had to use some microspacers with the kocevelo bar combo spacers but maybe with the velobuild bar combo it isn't needed now. The new version is much taller and has a larger opening. Here's an album comparing the original c ring and the new version:
https://imgur.com/a/rupJ6Cd
https://imgur.com/a/rupJ6Cd
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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Velobuild VB-R-177
« on: May 25, 2023, 01:18:12 PM »Hello everyone. I am interested in this frame and like others have said some modifications need to be done to get rid of the headset play on some VB frames 168/177
will any of these products help?
Kocevlo Headset
sl7 expander/compressor ring
I'm using a kocevelo stem/handlebar combo (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005036706669.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.20.28811802tiWTv4) on my vb-099 and surprisingly it fits perfectly with no headset play. Assuming that headset linked comes with the same stuff. Plus an extra-long compression plug I got on amazon.
Although I thought velobuild was now sending the thicker c-rings so headset play isn't an issue anymore?