Hi Guys,

I finally got my frame. Unfortunatly it seems like the derailleur hanger is a bit bent. Someone got that problem too?
And what about the rear axle? To me it seems pretty heavy and not really reliable.. and the nut too. Do you know an alternative?

Greetings

Norman

Here is my broken hanger, it snapped by itself. no branch, no fall. broke my XTR M9000 derailleur, bend some spokes.
the hanger is very poorly designed. they souldn't remove so much material from this red draw part. And this aluminum looks very brittle.



this is hanger for original Spec. Stumpjumper HT, there is no weak points

Quote from: LHSN on September 21, 2015, 12:26:06 AM

Quote from: Petenausen on September 19, 2015, 02:20:54 PM

Is it possible to mount a 156mm sram xx1 crank on the bb92 version of this frame? My worries are about the q factor

Q-factor should not depend on BB type. so if I have 156Q with GXP BSA, then you won't have problem with clearance.

Yes but is 156mm ok for this frame or do have I to mount 168?

Yes it's ok and safe.

I think that stem longer than 100mm is overkill on 29er. You get that truck steering feel  

these 7075-T6 stems are great. super stiff and have very hard anodizing. don't ask me how I found out cuting the steerer with pipe cutting tool. The stem milled the cutting tool. and anodizing stayed untouched

Looks good - did you start that ride all the way down by the buildings? Looks like you've got a whole bunch of climbing available!

Yes, lots of climbing and lots of descending, and this not even half of height to the peak. You can choose either only climb in one direction to 1000m height, and just descent back down to town or ride short climbs/descents or combine both all the way through the forest "hiking" trails.

Maybe not immediately, but I would suggest checking tension on your wheels. Bikestacja has great prices but the lacing skills of the people there are not the highest (I have on set from them for about 6 years now)

thanks for information, I would check the tension regularly regardless which wheels I ride  maybe they are more experienced now after 6 years 

How tall are you LHSN? And what size of stem are you using?

I'm 180cm, 90mm stem. If you're between 175-180cm I would suggest 18.5" and shorter stem rather than 17" and longer stem.

Finally I finished my build and went for first, but short ride yesterday. This my first 29er so I can't compare it to other brands or geometry. 
Geometry seems perfect.  Still we need to get to know each other little better so ride can be relaxed and fun.
I don't know the exact weight, but it should be around 9 kg (+/- 100g), probably more + than -, haha, but there is still room for reducing the weight (axles, brakes, cassette, pedals, saddle...). But as it requires more investment I'll leave it like this for some time. I had my wish list, but reality was something else Lot of parts I got from sales, crankset, wheels, fork, chainring...

18.5"(L) 1150g just frame without dropouts, screws...
Wheels are Crest/Novatec/DT Aerolite 15mm/142x12mm built by bikestacja.pl, 1500g
XX1 crankset (GXP/BSA), Q156mm which is actually 158mm because of pedal shims you need to install. I came from SLX M660 and this low Q-factor is pure joy to spindle. Wanted the new XTR cranks with 158mm Q-factor but got good deal on XX1
Work Components oval direct mount 32T chainring
Fox CTD Preformance
XTR derailleur/shifter/chain, I went for XT cassette because of steel durability and price. I chose 11-40 range so I can eventually some day put One Up 45t extender, and 34t chainring in front for more range.
Switch old M540 pedals, because winter is coming. For next season I'll put new ones.
Fizik Thundra, ebay seatpost(crbn)/handelbars flat 680mm (crbn)/stem -17°(alu)
XT 785 brakes, Quaxar Axim discs.
I kept supplied headset for now.

And now some word about building experience. 
-Upper hole for rear brake hose was almost impossible to reeve because the frame hose attached to hole was cut to 5-7cm instead off have it ending down at BB hatch. No way I could hit frame hose and pull it outside the upper hole. After so many trials and errors (tried even with NdFeB magnet) I took some cord and pull it down to the hatch, tie it to j-bend spoke and screw the spoke into the brake hose coming/peeping from chainstay direction. I started gently pulling up the cord and somehow the brake hose was out.
-Rear brake postmount wasn't perpendicular to the disc. it wasn't much so I file it down. It's ok by eye, but I'm gonna search for some LBS with ParkTool DT-4 to make it perfectly flat.
-Shifter cable and housing, was nightmare. Any way, if you can try to pull cable housing all the way through the frame from shifter to derailleur, don't combine with those tiny (inner) transparent cable housings.

Sorry for poor image quality, will put some more soon

Yes, but do you change spoke? If you make "Mavic 819" like nipples I believe that would add too much weight on carbon rims.

I waited for "asia carbon" offset spoke hole rims.